

Batman & Robin may be an objectively worse movie in many respects, but at least it's more honest about what it's trying to be (in other words, a flashy, feature-length toy commercial). Traces of Burton and composer Danny Elfman's Gothic fairy tale sensibilities still remain, particularly when it comes to the flashback scenes and locales like Arkham Asylum.


Forever was a film that attempted to both maintain continuity with the previous Burton movies and forge a new, more commercial path forward for the franchise. Even with all their on-set disagreements, the late director Joel Schumacher often spoke very highly of Kilmer's take on the Dark Knight.
