This would be the best Batman film ever. When reading it I imagined the cast as they were in Returns, and in Vickys case 89, why on earth didn't Burton choose this script over Returns?
What a fool.Don (8 out of 10 )
Yes, this is a MUCH better script than the mess they eventually used for Batman Returns.Kirk (3 out of 10 )
The decision to pass on this script was the right one. Vicki has no place outside of the first film, Selina and Penguin are two-dimensional, and Robin's time still had not come. Also, the screenplay just isn't that interesting or exciting. jason holborn (8 out of 10 )
Not perfect, and Penguin and Catwoman ARE a bit two-dimensional. But a flipping HUGE score better than Returns.
Vicki NEEDS to be in Batman 2/Batman Returns. Her absence badly scarred the film - Bruce should be tempted by Catwoman outside, and kept honest by Vicki back home.
Waters ruined Batman with his Returns script - which is a weird, Frankenstein-like mish mash of all the best parts of this script, done in a kindergarten fashion with giant rubber ducks and grenade-toting poodles.
Hamm and Skaaren did a bang-up job on Hamm's first Batman script - this one isn't great, but it's getting there, and could have made a wonderful, wonderful movie that built on the first one.
I've been wanting to read this script for a looong time - and while it needs some work, it's got great legs. I give it an 8 for the potential it shows - it's headed in a great direction.
Burton yet again displays his no-clue-at-all sense about story and writing. What a fricking idiot.Brandon (9 out of 10 )
After reading this script, I have come to the conclusion that they should have used this storyline for Batman Returns. Catwoman, although two dimensional, was far more evil than what she turned out to be in the film. I think had they made several more drafts they would have been able to fit in a backstory for the two villains and a simple backstory for Robin. I think that this script could have potentially made a better film than what we finally got in 1992.Chris (2 out of 10 )
How anyone can think that this would make a better film than the one made is just off their rocker.Timmy (2 out of 10 )
This script is hideous. Vicki Vale was awful in the first film, and subjecting us to "Gotham Barbie" a second time round would have had me vomiting blood. Waters has a gift for both clever dialogue and gallows humour, and Hamm comes off looking ham-fisted, no pun intended, by comparison. Batman Returns was sheer brilliance, and though McDonald's didn't get to sell loads of Happy Meals due to the outrage from "concerned parents", the film was a success nevertheless. Sure, it was dark, it was grim and in places it was surreal, but then Gotham City is not Metropolis, and the Dark Knight is not Captain America. He's messed up, and his struggle to protect a city beset by homicidal lunatics isn't about to make for family-friendly viewing. When Leonard Maltin described Batman Returns as a "nasty, nihilistic nightmare movie" he was right, but for some fans, that is what made the film so much better than its predecessor. Kudos to Waters for a great screenplay, and to Burton for having the courage and fortitude to remain true to his vision.Anthony Williams (7 out of 10 )
A good script that could've been polished into a very good or great one. 'Returns' is so gut-wrenchingly awful that it makes this script read that much better.Reece (7 out of 10 )
I thought this was good, the only things that annoyed me were Batman being so media friendly and the Penguin's real name not being Oswald Cobblepot like in the comics, and I liked Returns I wouldn't have minded if he went with this script though because Robin was handled well in this Batman (10 out of 10 )
I like this script better than the one that was made. Robin was done very well and added a whole new layer to the movie. Viki's return made this a direct sequel and Batman refusing to kill Catwoman because of Dick was awesome!
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