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Gag Gifts, Occasion Gifts - Batman Forever
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List Price: $14.95
Our Price: $1.87
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Availability: N/A
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey, Nicole Kidman, Chris O'Donnell
Directed By: Joel Schumacher
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Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780790725673
Format: Closed-captioned
ISBN: 0790725673
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: 1997-10-07
Running Time: 122
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1995-06-16
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Editorial Reviews:
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When Tim Burton and Michael Keaton announced that they'd had enough of the Batman franchise, director Joel Schumacher stepped in (with Burton as coproducer) to make this action-packed extravaganza starring Val Kilmer as the caped crusader. Batman is up against two of Gotham City's most colorful criminals, the Riddler (a role tailor-made for funnyman Jim Carrey) and the diabolical Two-Face (Tommy Lee Jones), who join forces to conquer Gotham's population with a brain-draining device. Nicole Kidman plays the seductive psychologist who wants to know what makes Batman tick. Boasting a redesigned Batmobile and plenty of new Bat hardware, Batman Forever also introduces Robin the Boy Wonder (Chris O'Donnell) whose close alliance with Batman led more than a few critics to ponder the series' homoerotic subtext. No matter how you interpret it, Schumacher's take on the Batman legacy is simultaneously amusing, lavishly epic, and prone to chronic sensory overload. --Jeff Shannon
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Summary: Holy Action Scenes, Batman!
Comment: After the modest "Batman" and the disappointing "Batman Returns" comes
"Batman Forever," featuring an all-star cast: Val Kilmer, Academy Award winner Tommy Lee Jones (Best Supporting Actor, "The Fugitive; 1993), Jim Carrey ("The Mask"), Nicole Kidman ("Far And Away," "To Die For," "Days Of Thunder"), Chris O'Donnell ("The Three Musketeers") and Drew Barrymore ("E.T.," "Firestarter") in a very minor role as one of Two-Face's (Jones) henchwomen. This new installment in the franchise, which sadly went into hibernation after "Batman & Robin" and was fully reborn out of the ashes with the spectacular "Batman Begins" (which was better than "Batman" and
"Batman Returns") fires on all cylinders here. The storyline is much better developed, as the first two films had a comic-book feel to them and lacked any emotional depth to the characters and physical depth to the action sequences. Rated PG for some strong stylized action.
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Summary: Who thought this was BAD!!??
Comment: I found this movie very brilliant and outstanding!!!!
I loved it very enjoyable, since I was a kid!Batman Forever (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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Summary: The Riddler, Two Face, Robin and bat crap.
Comment: Its bad, its green and the bright colors are out of control, Its Batman Forever. The movie has a new director whos name is Joel Schumacher. Whenever I think of this movie I think of greeeeeeen!! The new Batman is Val Kilmer, hes not the best choice but he gets the job done. Which is probably what Joel Schumacher was thinking while making this candy scented bat crap. The movie was passible but that dosent mean much. Jim Carrey was good as The Riddler and was my favorite villian out of Batman 3 and 4. My favorite comedy scene from that movie was when E. Nigma absorbs his bosses knowledge.
Next is Tommy Lee Jones as Two Face. Not alot to say but what happened, Billy D. Williams played as Harvey Dent in 1 and 2 but not 3! It was probably because he didnt want to be in this crappy movie. Chris O'Donnel plays as Robin. He has a fit about everything and complains to much, but its a substantial update since the 1960's Robin played by Burt Ward. Then thiers the love intrest Dr. Chase Merridth played by Nicole Kidman, her Character is pretty shallow like all the other girlfriends of Batman. Alfred is again (and for all four movies) played by Micheal Guff. Not much to say but that he had a great performance in the Batman movies. It was defenitiley dumbing it down for a wider audience. This movie gets 2 1/2 complainig Robins out of 5. Tomorrow ill be reviewing Batman and Robin. God help me.
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Summary: Pretty good
Comment: I like this Batman movie a lot of people hate it but I like it a lot and this was a big hit in 1995 got a few award nominations. Val Kilmer did a good job Jim Carey was just Jim Carey. Tommy Lee Jones was good as Two Face not great loved Bruce Wayne's love interest Chase Maridan played by Nicole Kidman. Good story but they should've stopped here or gave it a few years had Tim Burton do the directing cause Tim Burton being the producer of the film saved it from being a Joel Schumacher camp fest like Batman & Robin was.
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Summary: Mediocre at Best - the Beginning of the End
Comment: This movie began the descent part of the Batman arc or dive. Even though Bob Kane himself said that he always pictured Bruce Wayne as portrayed by Val Kilmer, the film as a whole did not carry a whole lot of appeal. Chris O'Donnell, while doing a fine job as Robin, reminded me more of Jason Todd than Dick Grayson.
I enjoyed Gotham much more as Tim Burton's dark vision rather than Joel Schumacher's Neon Funland.
The movie carries on the mythology with the introduction of Robin, but sets the premise for the subsequent failure of "Batman and Robin."
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