Batman Returns - Every Batman Movie Reviewed and Ranked

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[@drewcole1449]

I love when Nick breaks out the Walken impression

[@anthonylamonica4110]

Kinda Funny, your angel of death awaits, on the next episode of Batman in Review *Shirley Walker's Batman score intensifies*

[@nicktiznado8492]

God that score is legendary.

[@mjohns908]

It's ok Tim, I'm on your side. Returns just had a much more thought provoking story. Sure it had some camp, but Batman has a comic book precedent for campiness. I do agree with everyone else that the visual presentation was lacking compared to '89 though.

[@Timbulathespidermonk]

I thought the name Max Shreck was just a reference to the actor who played Count Orlock in Murnau’s Nosferatu. I know Tim Burton is a big fan of that movie, so I just always assumed that’s why he named the character that.

[@berndjahnke9331]

The original actors name in Nosferatu is "Max Schreck". "Schreck" is a german word that could be best translated with "scare" or "fear". So its a fitting name for Batmans "Max Shrek" too.

[@slappydoodle]

Wtf Micheal Keaton and Michelle Pfeiffer on kinda funny oh that's greg and nick. Couldnt tell the difference

[@mjspresents]

"You look over at the mail man and HE'S a penguin! Aha!" 😆😆😆

[@ToastyBunsMcGee]

Tim, buddy. You’re right. It’s so much better than 89. The music, visuals, characters, story... it’s better in literally every aspect. That opening sequence is a masterpiece. We would not have the art-deco visuals of TAS if it wasn’t for this films influence.

[@seangalvin3196]

Anton Furst couldn't come back to design the sequel. He, unfortunately, died.

[@GregOrCreg]

Anton Furst died in November 1991. Batman Returns commenced production around September 1991.

[@tomcaswell1529]

Tim doing a NOT Hims commercial - "Nick and Andy have been using Hi- this sort of stuff for years now."

[@alexlawrence6440]

The first couple of minutes of this one made me really happy, love old gog references

[@Maj601]

Pause at 1:08:57 this shot basically describes Kinda Funny XD 1:08:57 Nick says something absurd, Tim, Kevin, and Andy are shocked, Greg is just in his own world

[@gleekthemonkey4570]

Tim: how did the Joker, a mobster, get thugs? Also Tim: I totally buy that the penguin, this weird as sewer dude, got followers.

[@darrickbeitinger7664]

Can you guys do Christopher Walken In Review just so we can hear Nick’s impression every week?

[@bobtista88]

55:46 the name of the soup is vichyssoise, I remember that because I was watching batman returns with the captions on lol

[@ShadyGFella]

Tim really doesn’t understand the scene in 89 when Keaton is surprised and locked in on Jack during the mime scene.

[@brandonf6169]

29:05 always bothered me the kid selling newspapers changed the price in between Alfred’s conversation with him 50 cents to 25 cents🤷🏻‍♂️

[@GregOrCreg]

The kid was obviously deflated by Alfred's dismissal of his headlines, so he did the smart thing and lowered the price. At least his papers started to sell big when the 'hideous penguin of the sewers' was discovered to be real. Unfortunately, Batman had to ruin the kid's lucky break by proceeding to kill The Penguin.

[@iihastega5972]

To me this movie is 10/10. Only weird thing of note is: “Eat floor, it’s high in fibre” that had me laughing. Also: Batman does not have any dialogue in this film for the first 40 mins. Bizarre

[@ToastyBunsMcGee]

II Hastega it’s honestly so much better than 89 in almost every aspect. I think it nails the look of Gotham and clearly it was super influential throughout the 90’s and in comics to this day.

[@jayreese4597]

@@ToastyBunsMcGee WTF are you talking about? It's objectively worse than Batman 89 in literally every possible way. Batman Returns is a plot-hole ridden, incoherent trainwreck excuse for a movie.

[@gglibert3238]

Max schreck is the actor who played Dracula in nosferatu. Not only is the vampire a call back to Batman. There is even a nosferatu Batman comic that isn’t that bad. It’s also a nod to 1930s German expressionism, Which is a influence on Batman and all Tim burton films. Dracula is also a type of Faust film. Mac schreck also sells his soul in Batman returns to penguin.

[@grooms93]

I think what we should all take away from this is that “BaSu BaSu, I’m Kevin” will skyrocket to the top podcasts within a podcast on In Review. 🤣🤣🤣 I almost died in traffic when I heard that.

[@arodz21]

37:29 Wrong Greg. It wasn't just in the trailer. I saw that movie in theaters and that scene was there. It wasn't until someone died trying to do it that they had to pull it from theaters and edit it out.

[@mjspresents]

Ahhhh, damn. Returns is the best guys. Ledger's Joker is predated by DeVito's Penguin. The character work was fantastic. Tim you bummed me out for '89 but I'm so glad you're the dark knight of this review.

[@jayreese4597]

You mean ridiculous sewer mutant Penguin who has a circus gang (?!?) and an army of actual penguins with rockets attached to their back? This whole movie was f'n troll worthy

[@mjspresents]

The movie was great. A lot of people don't like it, that's fine. But it's a great movie.

[@vinnybastos]

One thing in undeniable. This movie is visually stunning!

[@ItsGregKon]

I gotta say, this might be my favorite Batman movie. It's barely a Batman movie, I'll admit. But it's so weird and fun and kind of a Christmas movie. Love it.

[@TomG1013]

WTF!!! I nearly lost my shit when Nick said Chip is the same actor who played Butterfinger in Hudson Hawk! Are you fucking kidding!! OMG!

[@CoNiCuZn]

When I watched this as a kid, it was always kind of scary to me. The darks used and the lack of color just spooked the crap out of me for some reason. I felt like I was watching a horror movie.

[@bradfletcher4856]

That dog was apparently precious from silence of the lambs

[@flickster1655]

3. The Batman Movie (1966) 10/10+ A+ 2. Batman Returns (1992) 10/10+ A+ 1. Batman (1989) 10/10+ A+

[@jervin8132]

I was so confused watching this movie as a kid (for context I was a kid in the 2000’s) and they’d keep referring to Max shreck as “shreck” and I was so damn confused cuz there was no mike Myers in this movie

[@randalladkins7452]

56:03 - Vichyssoise (/ˌvɪʃiˈswɑːz/ VISH-ees-WAHZ; French pronunciation: ​[vi. ʃi. swaz]) is a thick soup made of boiled and puréed leeks, onions, potatoes, cream, and chicken stock. It is traditionally served cold but it can be eaten hot.

[@JakeBritton94]

Selina Kyle drinking milk just like homelander drinks milk.

[@lexis4490]

Why did Tim Burton think, let's make The Penguin villain an actual Penguin? Can you imagine if he had the Poison Ivy character? It is insane and perfect for the shitty times we are living in right now. I love this movie!

[@DanielNagy]

Weird right? On paper a plot like ”okay a man dressed as a bat fights against a man dressed as a penguin” sounds like a kids cartoon and then came Tim Burton being like ”yo do you wanna know how terrifying a man dressed as a penguin to the extend that it really is a living humanoid penguin can be? Hold my beer. ” Like wtf dude so strange yet influential

[@aoe41015]

Something Kevin said in a previous Ghibli in Review, think it was The Wind Rises, : All these batman movies would have been SO much better had they been animated instead of live action.

[@SaiyanABlazeNinja]

1:44:07 there's no face that I love better of Tim's than this, cause he knows something goods coming

[@MikeSW]

I prefer this over the '89 Batman; it's pushing all of the appealing parts of that movie to more of an extreme. These Burton era movies are fun to watch because they are all so goofball. There isn't a compelling story in any of them, they don't feature authentic performances, they are just well crafted, high-volume silliness.

[@CrossOutBryce]

This movie always felt really dark and scary to me as a kid, but watching it last night, I liked it way more than Batman 89'

[@davidmoreno7525]

Every single time the guys started arguing about the logic behind the penguins I would just lose it, oh man this is good

[@andrewfeistner3384]

Oh you know I knew Nick would do that impression

[@jimmybrown3263]

Penguin's biological dad is the penguin from Billy Madison.

[@Deloreon]

Mystery solved.

[@michaelhernandez9417]

Catwoman learned cat fu

[@Inkadu4You]

Since you guys are reviewing Joker as apart of “Batman” in review, you COWARDS better do Halle Berry’s Catwoman from 2004! But for real at least have a 15 minute discussion about Ben “Batfleck” Affleck’s Batman. Suit, batmobile and his Alfred are all top ranking imo and deserve to be in this review.

[@GregOrCreg]

Agreed. Catwoman is canon dammit!

[@thedefinitionisthis]

This is definitely the Batman movie I really have liked less, and less, every time I've watched it. Tim Burton achieved success with '89, so it's not surprising he got a lot more creative power with this one. It shows, but it doesn't make it good. Probably the one thing I like about this movie is Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman.... But I do kinda hate how over-the-top she is, basically getting powers by being bitten by a gang of cats. I HATE Danny Devito's Penguin.... The decision to make him an actual "bird-man", gushing black oil out of his mouth. Nah, I'm not down with that. A lot of the stuff that is "iconic" about this movie, is just dumb to me. Everyone always gushes over that shot of Michael Keaton's Bruce Wayne brooding in his office, before the bat-signals shine through his window. Yeah it looks cool... but it was established in the first movie that he is a public figure, AND hosts parties in his mansion. Is it really necessary or smart to have batsignals AT HIS MANSION activate when Commissioner Gordon throws up his signal? Lol. I liked this flick a lot as a kid, but I definitely have come to dislike a lot of it as I've gotten older. It is easy to see why WB switched gears with "Batman Forever" (for better or worse). And also: THANK YOU GREG! To everyone who knocked points off Affleck's Batman for killing, and yet praise Keaton's as the best despite the fact he's killing fools with a smile on his face: Fuck all y'all haha. Keaton's Batman kills, and enjoys it. If we're gonna be consistent, let's be consistent haha

[@RegginaldRiglet]

I love these cause of the dynamic all you bring to these in reviews. Keep them coming KF

[@GregOrCreg]

Great video. I concur with the rankings so far: 1. Batman '89 2. Batman Returns 3. Batman: The Movie Nick's comments made the most sense to me (but props to Tim for sticking up for Batman Returns). But I should add that although Batman '89 is my favourite, or at least the most satisfying IMHO (not just of the Batman films you've reviewed so far, but of all the *live-action* Batman films, give or take TDK - note that I stated live-action...), I do find Batman Returns the most interesting and most visually appealing.

[@taylorjack2130]

Is no one gonna say anything about how utterly insane Greg is at recapping when he's on in review? When he used to recap the whole MCU from the top of his head was ridiculous

[@ki700]

They’ve talked about it a lot

[@johnking7747]

Reminds me a lot of Kevin Smith's review videos where most of it is him recapping what he saw from memory.

[@rxtsec1]

My Batman rankings 1. Rises 2. Dark knight 3. Batman 89 4. Batman Begins 5. Batman returns & a distant 6th 6. Forever ( mask of phantasm is better but I'm talking about live movies) The rest don't count

[@Orson_Welp]

It's so weird watching Tim be on the right side of history

[@aidenarkham]

Also, take a shot everytime they say campy... Lol

[@lokithor99]

Christopher Fucking Walken. Great sequel, also just finished Batman and Robin: why is Uma Thurman doing a William Shatner impression the whole time.

[@thorprime2523]

This is my favorite live action Batman movie.

[@reflectionist]

55:55 Vichyssoise en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vichyssoise

[@thatmattbowers]

Returns should have been number one so far. I could barely get through Batman but returns actually kept me engaged even tho it’s not super great it still was way better than 89 I’d say. Penguin was way too horny tho

[@canadian0099]

The Keaton Batman movies are the best ones. Really wish they got to make the third one burton & Keaton wanted to do. This Selina Kyle/catwoman was the best too. Keaton & Pfeiffer had great chemistry. That rooftop scene where she licks him? Classic.

[@captainhook3962]

Tim is high during this review. Also, this movie is full-on Burton gothic style. Nightmare before Christmas, Edward scissor hands, beatlejuice esthetics. Danny elfman score is classic burton with the chorus.

[@TyranBatten]

He was right that this movie is better than 89' tho

[@GGdrive1]

Maybe it's just me but Batman, as a character in this film felt like an after thought. Really all the development in the characters was centered around Catwoman and Penguin. Batman felt like Walkin's character. Just there to move things along. The Batmobile had more depth and character development.

[@KalebKoho]

1. Batman (1989) 2. Batman (1966) 3. Batman Returns

[@davidhamilton7865]

Dude, Thank god for Tim. This movie worked way better for me than 89.

[@ericvonericson]

Greg describing this movie as a background movie is spot on. I “watched” it while playing dark souls haha

[@mutedmayday]

Man Tim hates Batman '89 so much lol

[@barret3b]

What program are they using to conference on?

[@SDHero]

the 89 Batman is a Batman movie directed by Tim Burton. Returns is a Tim Burton movie that occasionally has Batman in it. You could argue it's the worst Batman movie in that it seems wholly disinterested in Batman. I love it, but it's not a great Batman movie.

[@aidenarkham]

One of the best Batman movies of all time. You guys are nuts.

[@OMGLX]

It's early still, but I expect Batman Returns and The Dark Knight to end up as my #1 and #2, for completely different reasons. One delivers the closest thing to a Batman that feels like it could exist in our world, the other is a strangely surreal approach that isn't afraid to embrace some of the pulp of the comics while still giving it more of an air of legitimacy. Different times, different approaches, different movies. Trying to compare them directly against one another truly feels like comparing Apples and Oranges.

[@jalenjohnson1662]

Batman Returns is a very divisive movie amongst Batman fans. I am glad that there are people who have connected with it. Personally, I’m mixed on the film but I do like it overall.

[@TheMAC010]

Agree with tim returns is so much better than batman 1989

[@auburnmann3630]

I can’t wait for you Jurassic franchise ranked and review for Dominion

[@OMGLX]

2 hours of the boys ascribing logic to an early comic book movie that opens with Pee-Wee Herman ditching a penguinchild into a sewer river. Have fun, kids! 🤦 If you told me going into this that Tim, TIM, would be the biggest defender of Batman Returns, I would not have believed you. I still don't believe it. Hopefully the reviews get a bit more fun when the movies get more dark, I guess?

[@usedfuzzbox]

What was weird was how dark this went, scary some kids, and then how they went and lent into the very 60's style Batman campyness for the next two films. Also, this one is long, and has not enough Batman, it's really about the villains.

[@elcapitan2293]

Where can i find an order for the conjuring movie reviews?

[@MatthewNovak]

They should start putting the orders of In Review in the descriptions

[@gp63]

Batman took way too much of a 2nd billing to the villains in this move. You could probably say the same about Joker in Batman 89, but Batman himself was still a much more compelling character in the first move. Keaton played him as tethering on the edge of sanity much better.

[@zap9124]

Jason Bourne in Review

[@showtime1285]

Hey andy:)....I believe the word ur looking for is...AAHHHHHHHHH!!!;)

[@RegginaldRiglet]

RoboCop in review. Let’s go!

[@joshuanolet1076]

Are they planning on reviewing all the batman animated movies, since they're reviewing mask of the phantasm next? Does also mean we're getting reviews for the dark knight returns, return of the joker, batman year one, son of batman, etc....?

[@Sithwarl0ck]

I love the twist when you think its for hims but its keeps 😳

[@CoNiCuZn]

As a Kid, I always thought this movie came out after Batman forever and Batman & Robin... Mostly because of the plot of Batman returning, like this was supposed to be the last one. I just thought they were all connected and were constantly being re-casted, finally being able to convince Keaton to come back on this last one.

[@SaiyanABlazeNinja]

I love that I agree with a bit of what everyone is saying about these Batman films. I understand Nick's view of the overly-dramatic sets and design of 89' but I totally agree with Tim's complaints of the cheesiness & duck-lips of Keaton as well. Let's see how close they come to a middle-ground on Returns

[@kovvi-]

I always hear how Keaton plays the best Bruce Wayne, I honestly just dont see why he is any better than anyone else

[@GregOrCreg]

I don't think he's the most comic-book accurate Bruce Wayne by a long shot. Affleck had the misfortune to appear in some of the worst Batman films, but in terms of appearance and demeanour, I think he came closest to capturing the essence of Bruce Wayne (the animated series is still the gold standard as far as I'm concerned). But I do think Keaton's quirky, lonely, little-boy-lost take on Bruce Wayne, whilst far from faithful, is still one of the franchise's most compelling performances. As far as any actor playing Bruce Wayne goes, nothing is as memorable as "You wanna get nuts? Let's get nuts!!"

[@MikeSW]

I can't put my finger on it, but Keaton does read as a more believable rich orphan to me than Bale.

[@GregOrCreg]

@@MikeSW Keaton strikes me as better conveying the disturbed and traumatised aspects of Bruce Wayne, although I still associate Bale more as the wealthy playboy. Keaton usually has more of a working/middle-class vibe.

[@MrEnyaws07]

Nick's story about his tailor from GOG episode 23: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3ayqZJpq9h-nrc

[@mjspresents]

"This bitch is crazy!!!" Hahahahaha! I love Michelle Pfiefer's Catwoman. I don't care about comic book accuracy- we got that with TDK Trilogy. I love her performance- Nick, 100% on point. When Bruce pulled her out of her crazy, it's a small but enlightened moment. She's a goddamn rockstar!

[@pinkflame3138]

I will apologise for nothing!!😭 Batman/Bruce Wayne as a murderer is horrible to me in anyway, to me, it’s just not him :/ Sometimes i imagine it’s Flashpoint universe and the Batman we see is Thomas Wayne instead.

[@kyledion1346]

Did Tim say this is as good as Spider-Man 2?! Blasphemy!

[@kyledion1346]

Also, Max Shreck shares a visual similarity to Simon Stagg so there's a likely chance that his character was inspired by him as well.

[@GregOrCreg]

@@kyledion1346 Yes, they have similar hairstyles and they're both ruthless corrupt businessmen.

[@jayreese4597]

Spider-Man 2 is embarrassingly overrated full-stop

[@rickyticky7221]

Sam Raimi’s Spiderman movies are way better movies then any Batman film from the 80s and 90s fight me

[@gglibert3238]

Batman: mask of the phantasm.try me

[@vinnybastos]

You are entitled to your opinion, friend. Be well!

[@jasethomas5198]

@@vinnybastos I appreciate your kindness pal

[@jalenjohnson1662]

I’m more of a Batman fan than a Spider-Man fan so I do prefer Batman 89 to any of those films. However, if I was doing a top 5 greatest comic book movies list Spidey 2 would be at number 4.

[@jayreese4597]

@@HermanFalckHow Christ almighty. Try reading an actual Spider-Man comic, doofus sheep

[@Celledhor]

But will you be covering Mask of the Phantasm?

[@MatthewNovak]

Yes

[@War624]

They better be. It did release in theaters.

[@Celledhor]

@@War624 I hope so. For my money, one of the best Batman movies made.

[@War624]

@@Celledhor My personal opinion, is that it's still the best Batman movie around. As much as everyone loves The Dark Knight, it's not really a Batman movie to me. It's a Joker movie, featuring Batman. Phantasm manages to have Batman, Joker, and others in the film, but Batman isn't overshadowed in his own movie.

[@Celledhor]

@@War624 its the same for me. I think Hamill is the best Joker we've had and the single most iconic take in the character. Much as I like Nolan's Batman, TAS is the pinnacle for me. And Mask of the Ohantasm has everything that made that series amazing.

[@Joshiesgotagun]

"Feels bad man, feels real bad man. Everyday I wake up wishin' I was the batman." Just gonna leave this here. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZaVYWVoqKiLj6c

[@ggstarwizzrd]

Best catwoman, paws down

[@Kyle_Noronha]

Kevin is right, he could feel she felt bad in his bata-wang

[@lokithor99]

Agree 100% with Tim

[@patrickthemango756]

Im with tim gettys. Smart boy

[@jaydotjay]

Maybe it’s just how movies were made back then, but I couldn’t get past how just ridiculous this movie was. It continually took me out of it. I never saw it when I was a kid, so maybe the lack of nostalgia takes it away from me, but it did not feel enjoyable, just non-sensical. Like, Catwoman’s origin is that she gets killed by being pushed out of a window, but she comes back because... she gets licked by cats? And then she gets the power of... bring super flirtatious and making tons of backflips? The camp was so prevalent and you were just meant to accept that things just happened, but I really couldn’t. I felt like this was earnestly a bad movie, and I couldn’t believe how many nice things people had to say about it. It was an enjoyable bad, like to see how constantly incoherent it became, but I really could not get into it.

[@tannersgarden]

this is my favorite Batman idc

[@DoingOK]

What happened to Andy? He came up with some really fun and catchy segment songs in the early In Review days but lately he doesn’t really try. Did he lose his muse?

[@EveryTimeIDavid]

Tim with a string of terrible takes lately. 89 is much better than this movie, and Keaton is really good as Bruce/Batman.

[@Dcalmagic]

Good!

[@zmj1799]

I've just watched both the Burton Batman movies and wow I can't believe how bad they are. I usually have different opinions than Tim but wow am I with him on these two. These movies are BAD. Returns is leagues better but still very bad. I've always heard these were good but I am stunned to see how actually bad they are. I could not wait for 89' to end and while that wasn't the case with Returns I still can't say its great but I completely agree with Tim that it leans into what it is and is consistent. Keaton is a fine Batman and may have been great with a few more movies but compared to Bale and Pattinson? No way, he barely compares. I am interested to see his return in the DCEU... I guess... but like what has people so excited to see his return? I would still put Affleck above Keaton but I still hate how anti Batman both of their Batman are. Welp anyways, interested to see how Forever and B&R are as I've never seen those either.

[@xizor1d]

It feels like Tim Burton has no interest in Batman. He likes the villains though.

[@berndjahnke9331]

He has told all about Batman in the first movie so he concentrated on new stuff in the second movie. The newer Batman movies repeat itself over and over (like all superhero movies).

[@showtime1285]

Let's fucking go!👍

[@Joshuavancruz]

The dialogue in this movie is WAAAAY more horny than I remember. It's almost uncomfortable.

[@gregbellin6676]

Yeah 1342nd!

[@TrickyCustomer]

Thank God you guys saw sense with the returns batsuit and ranked it number 1. Does anyone remember the batman returns snes game? It was a double dragon style side scrolling beat em up. Unlike Nick, I thought batman icing clown fools was cool as hell when I was younger. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n2SbYaaNaKmKq68

[@MrRuSh61]

I love this movie. But Batman Forever is where you keep my Sub or not. Don’t break my heart boys. I don’t take Kilmer slander well.

[@Inkadu4You]

Having never really watched all the 90s Batman films since I was a kid going back and watching them I actually think Kilmer was an excellent Batman/Bruce he ranks top 3 for me!

[@thedefinitionisthis]

"Batman Forever" is not my favorite Batman movie, by a long shot.... But honestly, i think it gets a lot of underserved hate, and is unfairly paired with "Batman & Robin" in terms of mediocrity. "Forever" did do a few things right, and actually put Batman front and centre, unlike the other films from this era. And i don't care: I liked Val Kilmer as Batman lol.

[@rxtsec1]

Micheal Keaton is my favorite Batman

[@Reeceisyourfriend]

If you do joker and not catwoman you will lose all integrity as friends who watch movies then have a laugh about them.