Jasonic's Favorites: Batman Returns
Hello and good evening, Internet! Having reviewed the first Batman with Michael Keaton a few months back, I figured it was only fitting I review the second and last Batman film to star him, Batman Returns. Since it's a week until Christmas at the time of me posting this, I also thought it would be fitting to review a movie with a Christmas aesthetic. Whether it's considered a Christmas movie depends who you ask, but for what it is, I might just call it my favorite "not a Christmas movie" Christmas movie. Released in 1992, Batman Returns was one of the most divisive movies of its time. Whereas the first movie had a dark, gothic Tim Burton flare and was appropriate enough for most kids old enough to handle it, Tim Burton got much more creative input on this project to a point where everything about it was darker, more sexual, and outright disturbing compared to its predecessor. It really gave a sense of what lurked within the psyche of the famed director and, whil