Some how the reviews are better than the first film. This sequel had to grow on me as I am sure it had to on many at the time of its release.
I remember on talk shows, this movie was compared to the My Girl surprise. Where you don’t go in expecting Macaulay Culkin to die. With this I guess, the audience didn’t expect it to be so dark.
I suppose even the reviews went up in the years due to there being far darker movies these days. Especially since even this movie is better executed and has more humor than Batman v Superman.
Though I still don’t get how it has higher reviews than the first 1989 film. Maybe because while making Batman, Burton admits in the film commentary. That he didn’t even know why he was having a Batman and Joker final confrontation at the church.
With this film the final confrontation makes sense more. Batman actually has to stop the Penguin from killing babies…. In the 1989 film, Batman is just stopping the Joker from dancing with Vickie Vale and then getting away on a helicopter ??
Still the Penguin’s death is disappointing in this film. The Penguin’s angry plot to take out his bad childhood on everyone. Is pretty much the same as the Joker wanting to put smiles on everyone’s face. Since he is really unhappy that he is stuck looking how he does.