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Batman Returns is probably the most visually distinctive Batman film ever made. Tim Burton turns Gotham into a gothic nightmare, while Michael Keaton, Michelle Pfeiffer and Danny DeVito all feel completely at home inside it.

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Haunted Loner6 days ago

I love that Burton made the characters completely inhabit their personas. We really do get the bat, the cat and the penguin.

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