There is something so powerful about this ending. It is not typical to have such a quiet ending. No collage of heroic shots with a voiceover. No Samuel L. Jackson popping out to talk about a team. No riding off into the sunset happily. It is hauntingly quiet. I believe in this moment, Bruce realized he was now for sure going to be alone. No one was ever going to understand him like Selina. Keaton, Gough, Burton, Welch, and Elfman bringing their A game here. Beautiful stuff.
DrewToLife amen to that my friend. Couldnt put it better myself. I miss this so much. Tim Burton could tell beautifull stories with true begginings, middles and endings. Edward Scissorhands and The nightmare before christmass are another two vlassic examples. I wish somebody could do that today like that. Maybe Guillermo Del Toro - his movies have that flavor of great dark fairytales. Loved Pan's labyrinth. Also - whatch - a monster calls. Brilliant and dark but so realistic and heartbreaking. About a child whos getting bullied and coping with his mother's illness. And then a monster comes to visit him and theach him domething important...So sad but do beautifull.
Please send me recomendations of your own. It seems you appreciate the perfection of all the ingridients (brilliant directing work, amaxing soundtrack, wonderfull and whole story with real round and deep characters and beautifull camera work and great stage and costume designs) and id love to watch more like that. Thanks ahead😊
Just because it's unique. Doesn't mean you can disregard other unique endings as "typical." Iron Mans ending isn't typical. But to be fair... I prefer DC to Marvel anyway.
the really sad thing about this scene its because its the last moment with Michael Keaton,Michelle Pfieffer,Tim burton and Danny Elfman on the batman franchise before the Warner Brothers made a several awful and stupid descicions. Jesus , its a very depressing ending.
They still do make awful and stupid decisions. Removing Henry Cavill and Ben Affleck. Releasing the Whedon Cut of the Justice League in 2017 and Wonder Woman 1984.
I don' t think Batman Beyond should be right for them, but there are many stories from the comics. A new movie with Burton ND Keaton will be great, not a young Batman but cool.
Thats how you finish a batman movie. Mysterious, sad, deep. Much more then you expect from those new versions of way too over the top-realistic-serious ones. I miss the dark tone batman of the animated series and the burton era. That was the best batman and catwoman ever.
I remember seeing this in the packed movie theater when it came out, and when Catwoman appears at the very end, the guy sitting right in front of me literally jumped out of his seat, and yells out "Yeah!! Batman 3!!" throughout the entire theater. Then everyone started clapping and saying "Batman 3!! Batman 3!!!!". People talking and thinking that this Bruce and this Selena would finally get together in "Batman 3", but instead we got stuck with Kilmer as Batman, dumb Riddler and Two-Face, Robin, and Neon colored Gotham city!! 😡😤
Doesnt matter how many times i see this ending it always makes me cry, for a few reasons 1) Selina leaves Miss Kitty aka Isis in the care of Bruce 2) The fact that Bruce wishes both Men and Women a Merry Christmas 3) The way Selina appears at the end when the sign gets turned on is so touching and it used to make me hopeful to see her again (though we never have since, and dont compare her to that other nonsense, Michelle is Catwoman)
This whole sequence was well directed. Well acted too. You can feel the sense of loss/loneliness here from Bruce Wayne. Really glad he picked up the cat instead of leaving him there in the cold. Shows his character too. That he cared for that cat thus also reminding him of cat woman. Really nice at the end too. Loved that too. Well done in all respects.
Remember watching this in the cinema with my cousin and we were exited at the ending watching the batsignal and catwoman and we couldn' t wait for batman 3 , and then batman forever came out ....and batman went down hill
I missed Returns in the theater but saw Batman Forever, I liked it at the time, it was actually pretty good I thought, action packed, entertaining and funny. B&R was the lame one that was pure garbage. Tim Burton still worked on the production of Forever which is probably why it was still halfway decent.
Batman Returns was one of my most memorable times ever going to see a movie. I remember the anticipation before the pain and disappointment that was Batman Forever. It would have kept the series alive to leave Keaton and Burton do what they did best. We likely would have seen a full six movies instead of a pair of awesome movies followed by a pair of senseless corporate cash grabs brought to us by the idiots at Warner Bros. Changing the Tim Burton theme was a fatal business mistake. We are really lucky as Batman fans that Christopher Nolan came in when he did. Another Batman movie like Forever + Robin would have completely wrecked the franchise beyond repair.
Agreed. Tim Burton's Batman were the best for me. Although, Chris Nolan did a great job on it, gave the dignity back to the character, cause Joel Schumacher blew it big time, made Batman a mess and fucked the saga up. And have to say that George CLooney and Ben Affleck were the worse Batmans for me. Keaton and Bale, the best.
Michelle Pfeiffer is hands down, the best Catwoman. She’s got the perfect Catwoman voice, and she’s scary as hell. It’s Warner Bros. fault we never got to see her again.
Here here! That's why I got faith in Zoe Kravitz because there hasn't been a masterful and sensual Catwoman on screen since Pfieffer and thankfully, Kravitz will deliver!
I remember seeing this in the packed movie theater when it came out, and when Catwoman appears at the very end, the guy sitting right in front of me literally jumped out of his seat, and yells out "Yeah!! Batman 3!!" throughout the entire theater. Then everyone started clapping and saying "Batman 3!! Batman 3!!!!". People talking and thinking that this Bruce and this Selena would finally get together in "Batman 3", but instead we got stuck with Kilmer as Batman, dumb Riddler and Two-Face, Robin, and Neon colored Gotham city!! 😡😤
Nastassia; similar view. Imo “Batman Begins” kind of fits w/ the Burton movies. There is still a Batcave & there was a chance the mansion could be rebuilt. TDK is a good movie but not really about Batman. It has some guy in a bat costume living in an office building. And Ledger’s Joker while brilliant was more supernatural like “The Crow”. TDKR with Bruce’s broken back, getting out of the pit & the flaming bat on the bridge was BS. Nolan is a great director. He can take cr@p like TDKR & get most people to like it.
@@SigalDa Folks aroud here let the nostalgia cloud their judgement, when the trilogy came to cinema nobody complained back then but now is a trending to mock the hell out of it.
By watching the way Bruce is holding the cat, I think he understands that it was a way Selina was saying goodbye, and he knows shes pushing him away and doesnt want to cause him any pain. Brilliant ending.
I was wondering if there is a comic book series that actually continues Tim Burton's Batman story after Batman Returns, completely removing Joel Schumacher's Batman stories out of the continuity. From what I heard, it was called Batman '89.
That was a very, very powerdul ending. Loved the scene, with a calm version of the main theme as the background, and almost no talking from any of the characters. That's how you portray emotions: allowing the viewer to feel by themselves instead of inserting sound effects and cheap voicelines to make them feel what you want.
This was the batman my mom fell in love with (she was 18 in '92) and she passed it down to me as a kid. Sure I personally find TDK series to be the best, but this had that irrevocable nostalgic New York essence to it. It's ephemerally 80s, many lines are clever, the Penguin was an interesting villain, and Selena is the OG femme fatale, the first that I ever knew of.
I feel like this trumps TDK only because it seems closer to the comics and I feel Burton captured the essence and feel of what the world of Gotham looks like vs TDK. TDK just came off like New York City and not really Gotham.
That shot of Selina’s head rising and looking up at the batsignal was added at the very last minute when the film was about to be released in theatres. I think what they had planned was seeing great potential for Michelle Pfeiffer to have her own spin off which is sadly something that didn’t happen…You were ahead of your time Michelle!!!
I always thought Michelle Pheiffer was the catwoman. The only one. And only now am I able to appreciate the depth of her performance in capturing the nuances in and range of emotions and the darkness of catwoman. She was truly complicated and a tormented soul. Plus she was absolutely stunningly gorgeous. Shame Selena and Bruce couldn't be together.
"Good will toward men. (pause) And women." Get's me every time, and under the circumstances of what's going on in the world right now, it's wise words.
This was a very good movie. Everyone remembers Jack Nicholson as the Joker and the comedy of the third and fourth films, but this movie gets lost in the discussion for all Batman movies, when in all honesty - I think it’s one of the best hands down.
Julie is beautiful and all, but she is no Selina Kyle/Catwoman. The fact that Batman was willing to unmasked himself in public, and offered Catwoman a chance to start a relationship shows that he was vulnerable and in love with her.
this will always be my favorite Batman. dark. cold. gloomy. desperate. the music score here is the Catwoman transformation’s but in a slower and more mellow style😢Batman and Catwoman not finally being together added the sadness part of this movie. some might hope for Batman 3 but it is what it is. without a continuation of this, makes this movie is so special! let this movie just stands alone and becomes great👍🏾 just perfect!
I 100% concur. Nolan is and probably will always be the best to do ' Batman '. Along with Christian Bale as the actor. My favorite all time Batman film is ' The Dark Knight Rises '
Studio shut him down :(. They didn't want him too make more because they were very dark and not family movies. Witch is really sad because they were in the begining stages of making a 3rd. Once they canned Burton, Keaton left. Damn studio getting in the way and fucking up everything.
Burton went waaaaay off the reservation here and needed tone shut down. It wasn't just the cliche "Happy Meals" issue. The box office returns were down. And the film was just unnecessarily macabre and in a few spots, mean spirited and nasty. It was the right decision to turf Burton, setting on the path to the remake hell he lives in now. Burton was not necessary for a successful Batman film. Where WB misfired was veering so far in the opposite direction with Schumacher. Although they had to be happy considering Batman Forever brought in the biggest box office. They then repeated the Burton mistake of giving Shumacher free rein, leading to the rancid filth that was Batnan & Robin.
The possibilities if Burton had continued filming the batman movies & if Keaton had stayed on as batman. I always felt Burton had captured the true essence of batman and Gotham city. As a kid I got so excited to go see batman and batman returns and I would even get excited with the commercials and merchandise. Now dc/wb has not been able to recapture that magic like they did in the 89/92.
Sadly this is the last time we ever saw Michael Keaton as the Dark Knight😢😢😢😢😢 If only Warner Bros didn’t kick Tim Burton off the project, we maybe would have seen a reunion between Batman and Catwoman. Michelle Pfeiffer was to die for as Catwoman😍😍🥰🥰🥰
This movie has aged so well. I remember many critics panning it as too dark and depressive when it was released because it was way ahead of its time. Today, many fans of the genre consider it to be the greatest superhero movie of all time.
Although I would have liked to see them together, I think there is something very catlike and thematically consistent about the way she stays single and doesn't belong to anyone. Like how cats don't particularly need company and are known for being independent.
I hope seeing Michelle Pfeiffer's Catwoman back in The Flash movie, 30 years later, just like Michael Keaton, if he is there, she possibly can return! PS : Sorry for my English
Pure and epic comic book glory. Nothing ever came close to capturing this mood. I love the Nolan trilogy but the comic book roots can never be forgotten. I like that they tried to recapture this in some scenes in the Batfleck movies, but they didn't last more than a few seconds every time.
And one more thing another fun fact is I grew up with Tim Burton Batman movies which featured Michael Keaton so Innoway I feel like I grew up with Michael Keaton as Batman Bruce Wayne so I’m really looking forward to seeing him again should be good only time will tail
The fact that burton couldn’t continue his beautiful dark masterpiece is a shame, if he had just two more movies this would have been the best Batman series ever (still love affleck and bale tho)
When you realize what goes through a persons mind just like Batman and Catwoman. They hide behind shadows till they come out. Something dark happened to both of them, Bruce’s parents shot, Selena’s boss pushed her out of the window. I mean if I saw or felt something so bad like that I would probably go through depression then become a character. Hands down this is the best movie by far for me.
I really wish Tim Burton made a Catwoman film set in this universe with Michelle Preifer(sorry if I butchered her last name)returning and Michael Keaton making a cameo
It was supposed to have a Catwoman spinoff. Enter Warner and everything went to garbage can. Supposedly Warner wanted Sarah Michelle Gellar to play a younger Catwoman instead of a feature film with Michelle. Burton didn't agree to their demands and the movie was never made. Then, they butchered Catwoman in the Hale Berry's abomination 10 years later. Go figure.
0:53 Reminds me of a stray black cat I took in back in janurary 2012. It was snowing outside but the poor thing was under-fed, underweight and wasn't neutered. He spent most times out on my balcony with the food I gave him and the homemade kennel, but when it was cold he would come in. He was quite scared to the point of aggressive but I still loved him. Eventually he settled in and became part of my home. Sadly he passed away in 2020 due to multiple tumors on his mouth. Every cat (hell every animal) needs a warm and loving home regardless of who they are. RIP Salem. 😿
I could imagine him and John McClane hanging out because both stopped bad guys on Christmas. *John McClane:* I tossed a terrorist out of a 30 story window when he threatened my wife. *Bruce Wayne:* I fought against an Organ Grinder with a Gattling gun, Skeletons on Motorcycles, a half man half bird child killer, A woman dressed up as a cat and Christopher Walken.
The good news is that the upcoming Arrowverse Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover reveals that this Bruce and Selina did get married after all. So happy ending.
As much I wanted them to end up together, I feel that this ending still fits into the Batman lore. Bruce and Selina have always had polar moral views they kept them divided despite the chemistry they share. Whether or not they ended up together has varied in the comics, but this movie shares in that tradition of their cycling distant romance.
I love this movie so much. Spent my childhood watching it. I recall being so sad it did not have a proper sequel since production and aesthetic wholly changed with Batman Forever...
this movie and the batman before it are like exactly two episodes of batman the animated series everything Keaton and alfred, the music, imitating the villains, batman suit car plane,Gotham buildings shape and this dark night with snow rains just awesome really awesome whatever batman movie comes it won't be like those two.
The movie ends on such a bittersweet note. Batman beat the villains, but lost a chance at happiness that could’ve been found with Selina, which in a way is a more crushing defeat.
I *love* the little satisfied wriggle Selina does when she looks at the Bat signal
Even if they can't be together, that's still her man lol
Mostafa Ossama come back in about ten to fifteen years kid. I’d hate for someone to tear into you verbally.
Vicki vale pullin up like: wHo Is tHiS bItCh
she's a strong woman, she aint need no man
@@Mhats Telltale's catwoman would like a word with you
I have a feeling Catwoman and Batman could possibly hookup in the ending of the movie.
There is something so powerful about this ending. It is not typical to have such a quiet ending. No collage of heroic shots with a voiceover. No Samuel L. Jackson popping out to talk about a team. No riding off into the sunset happily. It is hauntingly quiet. I believe in this moment, Bruce realized he was now for sure going to be alone. No one was ever going to understand him like Selina. Keaton, Gough, Burton, Welch, and Elfman bringing their A game here. Beautiful stuff.
DrewToLife amen to that my friend.
Couldnt put it better myself. I miss this so much.
Tim Burton could tell beautifull stories with true begginings, middles and endings.
Edward Scissorhands and The nightmare before christmass are another two vlassic examples.
I wish somebody could do that today like that.
Maybe Guillermo Del Toro - his movies have that flavor of great dark fairytales. Loved Pan's labyrinth. Also - whatch - a monster calls. Brilliant and dark but so realistic and heartbreaking. About a child whos getting bullied and coping with his mother's illness. And then a monster comes to visit him and theach him domething important...So sad but do beautifull.
Please send me recomendations of your own. It seems you appreciate the perfection of all the ingridients (brilliant directing work, amaxing soundtrack, wonderfull and whole story with real round and deep characters and beautifull camera work and great stage and costume designs) and id love to watch more like that. Thanks ahead😊
No Samuel L. Jackson is always a good thing.
Just because it's unique.
Doesn't mean you can disregard other unique endings as "typical."
Iron Mans ending isn't typical. But to be fair... I prefer DC to Marvel anyway.
completely agree
Pfeiffer played Catwoman so well... Those were the days
BitZu she was gonna do a spinoff film as Catwoman
BitZu she WAS Catwoman!
Austin Pearce but we got a shitty actress instead.
greenlee7smythe yep now we got Camren Bicondova in Gotham
Anne Hathaway was good too
Classic masterpiece never be forgotten
Especially thanks to Tim Burton's messages via the Penguin and Catwoman on how trauma can greatly impact one's identity.
Masterpiece? Don't make me laugh.
the really sad thing about this scene its because its the last moment with Michael Keaton,Michelle Pfieffer,Tim burton and Danny Elfman on the batman franchise before the Warner Brothers made a several awful and stupid descicions. Jesus , its a very depressing ending.
It was a bittersweet ending, if you want a sad ending watch the Mist.
And now we have learned Burton was supposed to produce the third film too.
They still do make awful and stupid decisions. Removing Henry Cavill and Ben Affleck. Releasing the Whedon Cut of the Justice League in 2017 and Wonder Woman 1984.
Well not anymore. Keaton will return as the Batman in the Flash
Sorry, but warner brothers wanted to sell toys to McDonald's, and Tim Burton tried to actually make a movie. Different ideals conflicting
The best ending ever. Michelle pfeifer as catwoman was perfection.
Yes, but ironically, that wasn't her in the suit at the end.
@@bruceleeroy8302 how wasn’t it her?
@@emajebristowmotton2000 her double.
U mean puurrrrrrfection
Mike you beat me to it
Burton should have got a chance to make a 3rd film and complete his Batman trilogy.
I'd love to see Burton make a final one in the vein of Batman Beyond. Keaton is the perfect age for it too.
I would like to see Denis Villeneuve make it.
gokinsmen I don’t really like batman beyond I think they should just continue the main story.
@@gokinsmen Burton should do a Batman Beyond film with Keaton returning.
I don' t think Batman Beyond should be right for them, but there are many stories from the comics. A new movie with Burton ND Keaton will be great, not a young Batman but cool.
Batman Returns is so underrated. Visually it’s the most inspired Batman movie to date.
I'll always most fondly remember Michael Keaton's last line: "Good will toward men. And women."
It was a bit of a sad ending but it was so cute to see Bruce take the cat home to look after it
Starscream91 cats don’t need so much attention so that would perfect for Bruce but yes most likely Alfred would clean the litter box 😂
I can easily see that cat lounging around in the Bat cave with Bruce.
Seeing this when I was 8 years old always thought the ending was sad when Bruce took the cat with him.
I loved how he took the cat, because it showed the cat reminded him of Selena and he wanted something that was connected her, tragic love story!
@Mr. Cool and it does, read the batman 89 comics lol
Thats how you finish a batman movie. Mysterious, sad, deep.
Much more then you expect from those new versions of way too over the top-realistic-serious ones.
I miss the dark tone batman of the animated series and the burton era. That was the best batman and catwoman ever.
kobipbip What about Selina Kyle in GOTHAM?
Tim Burton does the best Batman and Gotham City, Christopher Nolan does the best film.
Eradicated Noodle what the flying fuck are you talking about!? BURTON HAS THE BEST BATMAN AND GOTHAM AND THE BEST MOVIES DUMBASS
Clarence Jeong Yea.
Nostalgia is a very powerful thing buddy. Very powerful. So powerful it can cloud your senses.
A sad but beautiful ending I always thought at the end that this was the beginning of their adventurers since she only had 1 life after.
That's EXACTLY what I always thought...her final life she would give to Bruce
Shannon Foley Agreed
I remember seeing this in the packed movie theater when it came out, and when Catwoman appears at the very end, the guy sitting right in front of me literally jumped out of his seat, and yells out "Yeah!! Batman 3!!" throughout the entire theater. Then everyone started clapping and saying "Batman 3!! Batman 3!!!!". People talking and thinking that this Bruce and this Selena would finally get together in "Batman 3", but instead we got stuck with Kilmer as Batman, dumb Riddler and Two-Face, Robin, and Neon colored Gotham city!! 😡😤
@@joelrifkin6730 the riddler was... ok. The rest of the movie sucked ass.
Doesnt matter how many times i see this ending it always makes me cry, for a few reasons 1) Selina leaves Miss Kitty aka Isis in the care of Bruce 2) The fact that Bruce wishes both Men and Women a Merry Christmas 3) The way Selina appears at the end when the sign gets turned on is so touching and it used to make me hopeful to see her again (though we never have since, and dont compare her to that other nonsense, Michelle is Catwoman)
That's a gorgeous cat.
Well, the other one is a little more gorgeous :)
beatlecost, that’s very true.
All black cats are beautiful :)
Shame it was never to be seen again.
Beautiful eyes like Keaton's eyes !!
This whole sequence was well directed. Well acted too. You can feel the sense of loss/loneliness here from Bruce Wayne. Really glad he picked up the cat instead of leaving him there in the cold. Shows his character too. That he cared for that cat thus also reminding him of cat woman. Really nice at the end too. Loved that too. Well done in all respects.
The fact that she survived and even comes out at the end with no sequel, makes this the best ending EVER!
Fuck yes. I fully agree!
Remember watching this in the cinema with my cousin and we were exited at the ending watching the batsignal and catwoman and we couldn' t wait for batman 3 , and then batman forever came out ....and batman went down hill
I missed Returns in the theater but saw Batman Forever, I liked it at the time, it was actually pretty good I thought, action packed, entertaining and funny. B&R was the lame one that was pure garbage. Tim Burton still worked on the production of Forever which is probably why it was still halfway decent.
Batman Returns was one of my most memorable times ever going to see a movie. I remember the anticipation before the pain and disappointment that was Batman Forever. It would have kept the series alive to leave Keaton and Burton do what they did best. We likely would have seen a full six movies instead of a pair of awesome movies followed by a pair of senseless corporate cash grabs brought to us by the idiots at Warner Bros. Changing the Tim Burton theme was a fatal business mistake.
We are really lucky as Batman fans that Christopher Nolan came in when he did. Another Batman movie like Forever + Robin would have completely wrecked the franchise beyond repair.
Yeah the only problem is that Robert Pattinson will replace Ben affleck for the role of batman
Agreed. Tim Burton's Batman were the best for me. Although, Chris Nolan did a great job on it, gave the dignity back to the character, cause Joel Schumacher blew it big time, made Batman a mess and fucked the saga up. And have to say that George CLooney and Ben Affleck were the worse Batmans for me. Keaton and Bale, the best.
Timothy Rodgers, Batman Forever was good. Batman and Robin was trash! Worst Batman movie of the series!
This scene is so bittersweet and romantic. One of my favourite endings to a superhero movie.
Gotham City in Batman and Batman Returns looked perfect.
GOTHIC AND DARK
COMIC BOOK WORLD
Absolutely!
Yes Nolan’s and Snyder’s world are so boring and bland
Both movies are awesome!
Danny Elfman’s score is an absolute work of genius! 😀
Michelle Pfeiffer is hands down, the best Catwoman. She’s got the perfect Catwoman voice, and she’s scary as hell. It’s Warner Bros. fault we never got to see her again.
Here here! That's why I got faith in Zoe Kravitz because there hasn't been a masterful and sensual Catwoman on screen since Pfieffer and thankfully, Kravitz will deliver!
She’s not scary tho, but the best catwoman,
But to me, she isn’t scary,
I remember seeing this in the packed movie theater when it came out, and when Catwoman appears at the very end, the guy sitting right in front of me literally jumped out of his seat, and yells out "Yeah!! Batman 3!!" throughout the entire theater. Then everyone started clapping and saying "Batman 3!! Batman 3!!!!". People talking and thinking that this Bruce and this Selena would finally get together in "Batman 3", but instead we got stuck with Kilmer as Batman, dumb Riddler and Two-Face, Robin, and Neon colored Gotham city!! 😡😤
@@joelrifkin6730 I liked Batman Forever, but it still would've been nice to see Tim Burton's Batman 3.
she definitely did a great job but I won't say she was the best, the bet in my opinion was Julie Newmar
The series was never the same after this movie. Thankfully TDK trilogy was wonderful. Burton and Nolan delivered quality Batman movies.
Your post should have ended after the first sentence. TDK trilogy was garbage.
LETS GO RANGERS! It wasn’t garbage. But the original is better.
@@amazinmets8439 garbege? Tdk trology was masterpeice!
Nastassia; similar view. Imo “Batman Begins” kind of fits w/ the Burton movies. There is still a Batcave & there was a chance the mansion could be rebuilt. TDK is a good movie but not really about Batman. It has some guy in a bat costume living in an office building. And Ledger’s Joker while brilliant was more supernatural like “The Crow”. TDKR with Bruce’s broken back, getting out of the pit & the flaming bat on the bridge was BS. Nolan is a great director. He can take cr@p like TDKR & get most people to like it.
@@SigalDa Folks aroud here let the nostalgia cloud their judgement, when the trilogy came to cinema nobody complained back then but now is a trending to mock the hell out of it.
By watching the way Bruce is holding the cat, I think he understands that it was a way Selina was saying goodbye, and he knows shes pushing him away and doesnt want to cause him any pain.
Brilliant ending.
Wait so catwoman didnt die?
@@shishupal720 She survived somehow.
@@mikebasil4832 she had two lives left after max shot her
@@brierichardson8462 Actually one, because I think she used one of her last two up when she killed Max in that explosion.
Such a shame we never got a third movie from this fantastic series. 🙁
Since Michael Keaton is back as Batman now it's possible
I was wondering if there is a comic book series that actually continues Tim Burton's Batman story after Batman Returns, completely removing Joel Schumacher's Batman stories out of the continuity.
From what I heard, it was called Batman '89.
Who would have been Bruce's love interest if they would have done a third one 🤔
@@justina249 cat woman. I think they could have brought her back and maybe even added poison ivy to the mix.
Thank McDonalds for whining about this being too dark. Don’t know why this had to be completely marketed as a kids movie since it really isn’t.
The penguins death was depressing in this film and the love between batman and catwomen is untouchable.
That was a very, very powerdul ending. Loved the scene, with a calm version of the main theme as the background, and almost no talking from any of the characters. That's how you portray emotions: allowing the viewer to feel by themselves instead of inserting sound effects and cheap voicelines to make them feel what you want.
Man I want reunion movie with them to see if they still have their chemistry. They are by far my fave comic book couple made into movies.
B A T M A N B E Y O N D
they were a couple in those years
Maybe Vulture can cross paths with the Wasp.😂
This was the batman my mom fell in love with (she was 18 in '92) and she passed it down to me as a kid. Sure I personally find TDK series to be the best, but this had that irrevocable nostalgic New York essence to it. It's ephemerally 80s, many lines are clever, the Penguin was an interesting villain, and Selena is the OG femme fatale, the first that I ever knew of.
This is the best Gotham City. No other interpretation has beaten this one, except maybe the one shown in the Arkham video game series.
@@istinkofpoobut5602 And the Batman: The Animated Series Gotham.
*90s.
I feel like this trumps TDK only because it seems closer to the comics and I feel Burton captured the essence and feel of what the world of Gotham looks like vs TDK. TDK just came off like New York City and not really Gotham.
That shot of Selina’s head rising and looking up at the batsignal was added at the very last minute when the film was about to be released in theatres. I think what they had planned was seeing great potential for Michelle Pfeiffer to have her own spin off which is sadly something that didn’t happen…You were ahead of your time Michelle!!!
I always thought Michelle Pheiffer was the catwoman. The only one. And only now am I able to appreciate the depth of her performance in capturing the nuances in and range of emotions and the darkness of catwoman. She was truly complicated and a tormented soul. Plus she was absolutely stunningly gorgeous. Shame Selena and Bruce couldn't be together.
It's not a shame. It's so much more enticing that they're can't be together. This was a perfect ending
"Good will toward men. (pause) And women."
Get's me every time, and under the circumstances of what's going on in the world right now, it's wise words.
@FAGGOTWARE STUDIOS what nonsense are you talking?
@Jay i hope so.
@Fragrantguy12 Nothing, they were just jumping on bandwagon of current "empowerement" movement
See back then Batman/Bruce Wayne was so much better and in being more open to others as a DC hero than how he is nowadays
Me too
Batman ends here. For me.
Yeah, they ruined Batman after this. Batman Begins with Christian Bale saved it as Batman Forever and Batman and Robin were more camp than serious.
Same. Aside from Mask of the Phantasm
This was a very good movie. Everyone remembers Jack Nicholson as the Joker and the comedy of the third and fourth films, but this movie gets lost in the discussion for all Batman movies, when in all honesty - I think it’s one of the best hands down.
I wanted him and Catwoman ending up together, she's cooler than the lady reporter who screams a lot
Vicki vale. Ice skater or stewardess
What reporter?
I wanted them to be together too.
Julie is beautiful and all, but she is no Selina Kyle/Catwoman. The fact that Batman was willing to unmasked himself in public, and offered Catwoman a chance to start a relationship shows that he was vulnerable and in love with her.
sweetcupcake408, excellent observation.
this will always be my favorite Batman. dark. cold. gloomy. desperate. the music score here is the Catwoman transformation’s but in a slower and more mellow style😢Batman and Catwoman not finally being together added the sadness part of this movie. some might hope for Batman 3 but it is what it is. without a continuation of this, makes this movie is so special! let this movie just stands alone and becomes great👍🏾 just perfect!
I've always loved the dark Eerie feeling of these Tim Burton Batman movies they're always going to be my favorites
Both this and The Dark Knight are the best Batman movies
i agree the first two burton batman films and the dark knight the best batman films to date
is it bad that I like begins more than the dark knight?
I actually like Batman Forever😂 it’s really campy and weird but it’s the best movie out of all my guilty pleasures
nahhh man just this
I 100% concur. Nolan is and probably will always be the best to do ' Batman '. Along with Christian Bale as the actor. My favorite all time Batman film is ' The Dark Knight Rises '
Kitty looks sooo smug in Bruce's arms
Is that Miss Kitty?
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Yeah I Know
@@MaxtothePower yes
Because it's chubby
sad ending.
Especially since this was Keaton's final Batman performance. I wish Burton proceeded with the third one. 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
+Nicholas Potter so agree😧😩
Studio shut him down :(. They didn't want him too make more because they were very dark and not family movies. Witch is really sad because they were in the begining stages of making a 3rd. Once they canned Burton, Keaton left. Damn studio getting in the way and fucking up everything.
Robbie Jordan 😟😓😢
Burton went waaaaay off the reservation here and needed tone shut down. It wasn't just the cliche "Happy Meals" issue. The box office returns were down. And the film was just unnecessarily macabre and in a few spots, mean spirited and nasty. It was the right decision to turf Burton, setting on the path to the remake hell he lives in now. Burton was not necessary for a successful Batman film. Where WB misfired was veering so far in the opposite direction with Schumacher. Although they had to be happy considering Batman Forever brought in the biggest box office. They then repeated the Burton mistake of giving Shumacher free rein, leading to the rancid filth that was Batnan & Robin.
The most epic ending in a Batman movie! I love everytime the batsignal appears, then Catwoman and finally the awesome Danny Elfman theme!
Words cannot explain how much I love cats 🐱💛
Ikr!.
And remember, be nice to cats.....
One of my favorite Batman movies ever Michelle Pfeiffer as catwomen was stunning. Not to mention stunning Music score
1:30 Love Elfman’s score right here. Hits so differently than most movies
THE BEST BATMAN MOVIE EVER❤️❤️❤️🦇🦇🦇
Makes me miss 1992
The possibilities if Burton had continued filming the batman movies & if Keaton had stayed on as batman. I always felt Burton had captured the true essence of batman and Gotham city. As a kid I got so excited to go see batman and batman returns and I would even get excited with the commercials and merchandise. Now dc/wb has not been able to recapture that magic like they did in the 89/92.
this is such a good movie and UGH this Catwoman is THE CATWOMAN
you did it Batman you save Christmas you save the world yay
"We did it Alfred, we saved Christmas"
*Spongebob Squarepants Music in the background*
And he earned himself a reward: A black cat.
The best catwoman epic forever 😔😭
This movie will always be one of my all time favorites
Can you imagine 3th batman movie with Keaton and Burton directing? It would be masterpiece.
@Juaco VTX7 well its Warner brothers fault for making some stupid decisions 😔😔😔
Sadly this is the last time we ever saw Michael Keaton as the Dark Knight😢😢😢😢😢 If only Warner Bros didn’t kick Tim Burton off the project, we maybe would have seen a reunion between Batman and Catwoman. Michelle Pfeiffer was to die for as Catwoman😍😍🥰🥰🥰
This didn’t age well in a good way!!!!!
This movie has aged so well. I remember many critics panning it as too dark and depressive when it was released because it was way ahead of its time. Today, many fans of the genre consider it to be the greatest superhero movie of all time.
Although I would have liked to see them together, I think there is something very catlike and thematically consistent about the way she stays single and doesn't belong to anyone. Like how cats don't particularly need company and are known for being independent.
I loved it when he took the cat with him
Same face expression, I had when me and ex girlfriend changed schools during highschool.
Lord Defector what happened?
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Such a sad but GREAT ending!
I hope seeing Michelle Pfeiffer's Catwoman back in The Flash movie, 30 years later, just like Michael Keaton, if he is there, she possibly can return!
PS : Sorry for my English
the best batman et catwoman for ever
people can say all they want, thats pure gold. period.
Imagine if Batman Forever was basically them falling in love and fighting the riddler and two face together?!? Tim Burton style no less.
If only.. that woulda been a perfect end to the trilogy. Michael and Michelle deserved that and so did Tim.
Pure and epic comic book glory. Nothing ever came close to capturing this mood. I love the Nolan trilogy but the comic book roots can never be forgotten. I like that they tried to recapture this in some scenes in the Batfleck movies, but they didn't last more than a few seconds every time.
This REALLY makes me wish the Burtonverse continued for at least one more film.
Such a gorgeous scene. It hits you right in the heart.
That is awesome when she appears with the bat signal at the end.
And one more thing another fun fact is I grew up with Tim Burton Batman movies which featured Michael Keaton so Innoway I feel like I grew up with Michael Keaton as Batman Bruce Wayne so I’m really looking forward to seeing him again should be good only time will tail
Everything about this...the mood, music, actors, director ...beautiful film.
Bruce out looking for his lost kitten 😢😢😢
The fact that burton couldn’t continue his beautiful dark masterpiece is a shame, if he had just two more movies this would have been the best Batman series ever (still love affleck and bale tho)
When you realize what goes through a persons mind just like Batman and Catwoman. They hide behind shadows till they come out. Something dark happened to both of them, Bruce’s parents shot, Selena’s boss pushed her out of the window. I mean if I saw or felt something so bad like that I would probably go through depression then become a character. Hands down this is the best movie by far for me.
I really wish Tim Burton made a Catwoman film set in this universe with Michelle Preifer(sorry if I butchered her last name)returning and Michael Keaton making a cameo
Logan Playz Pfeiffer
She was supposed to come back in Batman forever but they replaced her with Nicole Kidman because of scheduling conflicts
It was supposed to have a Catwoman spinoff. Enter Warner and everything went to garbage can. Supposedly Warner wanted Sarah Michelle Gellar to play a younger Catwoman instead of a feature film with Michelle. Burton didn't agree to their demands and the movie was never made.
Then, they butchered Catwoman in the Hale Berry's abomination 10 years later. Go figure.
I never noticed the little shaking, Catwoman does.... like: "ya, ya, ya, the Bat-signal, hmhmhm"
Lol this was ah deep Batman ending
0:53 Reminds me of a stray black cat I took in back in janurary 2012. It was snowing outside but the poor thing was under-fed, underweight and wasn't neutered. He spent most times out on my balcony with the food I gave him and the homemade kennel, but when it was cold he would come in. He was quite scared to the point of aggressive but I still loved him. Eventually he settled in and became part of my home. Sadly he passed away in 2020 due to multiple tumors on his mouth. Every cat (hell every animal) needs a warm and loving home regardless of who they are. RIP Salem. 😿
Amazing ending. The new movies never quite make Gotham look as visually distinct as this one does
I could imagine him and John McClane hanging out because both stopped bad guys on Christmas.
*John McClane:* I tossed a terrorist out of a 30 story window when he threatened my wife.
*Bruce Wayne:* I fought against an Organ Grinder with a Gattling gun, Skeletons on Motorcycles, a half man half bird child killer, A woman dressed up as a cat and Christopher Walken.
McClane: ...Christopher Walken? Really? Jeez...
But Christopher Walken was the most of my worries
Shanethefilmmaker 👍🏻 💡
and 007 , Chris Walken also played a villain in one of those movies as well
Shanethefilmmaker I always wanted to see a Crossover. McClain battles The Red Triangle Gang and Penguin they take over Naktomi to visit California.
Ooooooh how romantic this touched me so deep .😍😍☺☺❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
The music and action best batman ever in the 90's but bale with that joker was king
Can't wait to see Micheal Keaton's Bruce Wayne and the World of Earth 89 Return in the Flashpoint Movie gearing up to Start Production in March 2021.
The good news is that the upcoming Arrowverse Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover reveals that this Bruce and Selina did get married after all. So happy ending.
Sadly, we didn't see that only Superman got his happy ending instead.
I'll always prefer a Snowy Gotham than Rainy. Gives me this better feeling...
Tim Burton did an amazing job on both movies. Feels more like the actual comic book. Sadly the rest later became humiliations. Lol
No one will be able to create the Gotham city in live action movies like Tim Burton. He knows Gothic elements sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo well.
I think the gotham TV series made an okay MODERN DAY gotham
As much I wanted them to end up together, I feel that this ending still fits into the Batman lore. Bruce and Selina have always had polar moral views they kept them divided despite the chemistry they share. Whether or not they ended up together has varied in the comics, but this movie shares in that tradition of their cycling distant romance.
wow the cinematography of this movie is top notch
Beautiful movie, I loved it when I was a kid. All the actors are incredible, and the music is ART!
esta escena me conmueve y me estremese tanto
You can definitely see how this show influenced Batman TAS
the music is so good here and works with what is happening so well love this endding
I love this movie so much. Spent my childhood watching it. I recall being so sad it did not have a proper sequel since production and aesthetic wholly changed with Batman Forever...
Best batman film ending!
My cat Bella says take me home Batman. Meow. 🦇👨🏼⚫🐱🐾💚🖤❄️
Happy 30th Anniversary for Batman Returns. 🦇🐱🐧
this movie and the batman before it are like exactly two episodes of batman the animated series everything Keaton and alfred, the music, imitating the villains, batman suit car plane,Gotham buildings shape and this dark night with snow rains just awesome really awesome whatever batman movie comes it won't be like those two.
The movie ends on such a bittersweet note. Batman beat the villains, but lost a chance at happiness that could’ve been found with Selina, which in a way is a more crushing defeat.
Great ending to my favorite Batman movie
She's back
It was as if Bruce took a part of Catwoman home with him... 😻
here we see Bruce Wayne kidnapping an innocent black cat
I miss this kind of movie from my childhood
I just wanna forget the Schumacher sequels and just think that there was ONLY Batman and there was only Batman Returns