In Batman Forever, this same tone just plays out like a cartoon aimed at grade schoolers. Granted, the Caped Crusader's '60s TV adventures hold a special place in pop culture but this trippy production was a White Buffalo in the Zeitgeist. And then Batman Forever follows Batman starring Adam West and Burt Ward. Americans keep saying some historic gaffes will never happen again. Regressing superhero flicks back to the days of candy-colored camp, the slapsticky and recast Batman Forever sports a title that's quite apt seeing as it begins a once-edgy franchise's slow demise. As the caped crusader also deals with tortured memories of his parents' murder, he has a new romance, with psychologist Chase Meridian (Nicole Kidman). With several serious Batman movies now in the mix, and with more on the way, a bit of campy adventuring is a welcome respite.Batman (Val Kilmer) faces off against two foes: the schizophrenic, horribly scarred former District Attorney Harvey Dent, aka Two-Face (Tommy Lee Jones), and the Riddler (Jim Carrey), a disgruntled ex-Wayne Enterprises inventor seeking revenge against his former employer by unleashing his brain-sucking weapon on Gotham City's residents. In this regard, the films were a success. Schumacher's Batman movies were designed to reorient the franchise towards a younger, 1990s audience, while still honoring the aesthetic and tone they inherited. Carrey might not be today's choice for the character, but he was perfect in the 1990s.īatman Forever and Batman & Robin might not hold up with a modern rewatch, but it is important to remember their purpose at the time. Carrey's performance provides children with a villain they could truly love to hate, while also detailing the character's downfall and descent into madness. Carrey's Riddler matches the cartoonish tone which permeates Schumacher's Batman movies, offering a Riddler much more animated than before, and certainly not a Riddler as dark as in The Batman.
Jim Carrey is often lauded for "stealing the show" in Batman Forever, in a performance even more memorable than Tommy Lee Jones as Two-Face.
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