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Title: Buy the Animated Stuff Instead
Review: This movie suffers from different forms of excess. First of all, there are too many main characters involved to get any development in the treatment given here. Next, Joel Schumacher, the director, intentionally attempts to invest this movie with the same high camp the Adam West series has; the attempt fails. Finally, the film emphasizes production value over story, a serious mistake in any kind of movie. Too see a franchise Tim Burton has developed leveled to this garbage is embarrassing; to note that this movie was one of the first major DVD releases from Warner Bros. is frustrating. George Clooney (Bruce Wayne/Batman) deserves credit for doing as well as he could with the circumstances; he's the only bright spot in the film, with the exception of Micheal Gough as Alfred.As of June 2001, one can buy BATMAN BEYOND: THE MOVIE, BATMAN: MASK OF THE PHANTASM, and BATMAN BEYOND: RETURN OF THE JOKER on DVD. You'll be much more satisfied with those purchases.
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