![]() ![]() Indeed, Karyn Kusama’s sunbaked neo nightmare gets a lot out of Nicole Kidman’s stellar performance as a poor, haunted cop doing an even poorer job of becoming the hero. But sometimes that aesthetic can be mostly the province of the actor-king, or in the case of Destroyer, actor-queen. In a world of paranoia and despair, aesthetic reigns supreme. While my college professor would quibble over even labeling it a “genre,” it is easy to see his point. ![]() BATMAN FOREVER will entertain those who love comic books.Dennis Hopper once said that noir is every director’s favorite genre. However, the film provides a moral worldview: Batman instructs Robin that revenge is not an answer to grief Two-Face demonstrates that a double-minded man is unstable in all his ways and, Riddler demonstrates that pride comes before a fall. It includes bloodless action violence, sexual innuendo and an occult talisman. This film falls short on plot, but delivers on action, brilliant design and a moody central character. Batman and Robin must save Chase and bring the two villainous criminals to justice. Acrobat Dick Grayson turns into Batman’s sidekick Robin after Two-Face kills his family at the circus. When Bruce rejects this invention as immoral, Nygma redesigns his machine to suck knowledge from the brains of Gotham’s citizens into his brain and becomes the Riddler, who teams up with Two-Face to destroy Batman. ![]() Next, we find Bruce Wayne touring his research department, where he meets Edward Nygma (Jim Carrey) who shows him his “box” to send television into men’s minds. Chase Meridian (Nicole Kidman), a psychiatrist who is infatuated with Batman. In the midst of the attack, Batman meets Dr. Lighter and more moral than its predecessor, BATMAN FOREVER, starring Val Kilmer as Batman, explodes with an action-packed attack on a Gotham City bank by Two-Face Harvey Dent (Tommy Lee Jones). ![]()
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