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Funny you mention that movie I’ve wanting to post some musings involving that movie in how it influences in how DC movie have been.
Starting in the 60s there was the Adam West series well known for its camp which many believed to make Batman a joke in pop culture.
Then came the first Burton movie that went dark and gothic with a Batman that wasn’t a afraid to kill a film made to be as far from the 60 TV show as possible.
It was then followed up with the aforementioned Batman Returns a movie so dark it began with parents attempting to drown their monster baby.
McDonald’s didn’t want to sell toys in their Happy Meals from a film that bleak which is what will lead into the next point.
(Side note: the plot of Batman Returns with Penguin running for mayor is actually lifted from the 60 series.)
So Joel Schumacher takes over actually wants to do a serious Batman film but because of the Happy Meals thing the executives want a lighter tone movie more like the campy feel of the 60 show which leads to Batman Forever and McDonald’s being able to sale collectors glasses.
Forever is followed up with Batman and Robin (and Batgirl) and even more campy film the last and one so reviled it necessitated a reboot.
This is of course Nolen’s Dark Knight Trilogy a dark more realistic depiction of Batman that was much acclaimed.
The success of this dark and gritty take is of course what leads to Man of Steel and Dawn of Justice which are meet with “mixed” reviews.
This leads into Justice League a movie which the had to promise “there will be jokes” which there were particularly at the experience of the previously grim and gritty Batman.
And round and round it goes where it stop? Never cause no learns anything.