Batman Returns, like the last two films I analyzed, is a film in another long and continuing series. It was also produced in 1992, this time directed by Tim Burton. It was the fifth in the series, and the second of four Batman films that he directed. So far, there have been five films that followed it, and more are sure to come. The film was well received and it remains one of the favorites in the Batman franchise to this day.
The film opens with the visual story of the Penguin, another “bad guy” that Batman has to save Gotham City from The Penguin, like the Joker from the previous film, entitled “Batman,” attempts to take over the city. The rest of the movie is filled with action as Batman tries to defeat The Penguin and save those whom he chose to be his victims. In the end, he is successful.
I think that the Batman series works so well because it is based around an actual person, not a superhero, who takes it upon himself to make sure that his city and its occupants are safe. This raises the stakes significantly and allows one to create a more concrete storyline. It also allows the director to spend more resources on making a solid movie than on carefully creating scenes to be enhanced later. Batman Returns takes this idea and runs with it, and that’s why I think it is successful. It is strongly American in its ideals and its tactics, and I believe that the film was very successful at capturing the imagination of adults and children alike.
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