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Pity the poor younger sibling, who might have been watching Sesame Street had not his big brother or big sister -- who once learned along with Snuffy -- switched to the Power Rangers. The Rangers too shall pass, just as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Batman and Bartman passed before them...
...this dumbed-down universe, the prospect of Batman Forever gave some hope. The series' first two films, directed by Tim Burton, were the top summer hits of 1989 and 1992; Batman Returns was also a wonderful film. Joel Schumacher, director of Forever, hasn't Burton's creepy poetic vibes, but in The Client he showed real storytelling talent. He also wanted to give the series a fresh look, with a new Batman-Val Kilmer for Michael Keaton-in a new costume and car, both retooled in fine Corinthian leather. Even Gotham gets a make-over...
...seems that every movie is a sequel, as writers pick over hit films and try to incorporate the successful elements into their own projects. The first two Batman movies were wonderful exceptions to this rule. Sadly, however, the third one is not. Granted, "Batman Forever" looks fresh, with a new director, new set design and a new actor -- Val Kilmer -- portraying the Caped Crusader. ButTIME critic Richard Corlisssays director Joel Schumacher forgot to give the movie life -- "the energizing spirit of wit and passion that makes scenes work and characters breathe." Despite dueling star turns from villains Jim Carrey...
Having seen concepts for sequels pre-empted by Under Siege (Die Hard on a destroyer) and Speed (Die Hard on a bus), director John McTiernan and writer Jonathan Hensleigh turned the tables and appropriated a device sure to be used in this summer's Batman Forever. Like the Riddler, Vengeance's evil genius (Jeremy Irons) taunts the hero with word games, history quizzes and math problems -- riddles, see? This keeps the plot clock ticking as McClane and a good-hearted black racist (Samuel L. Jackson) dash around Manhattan at Irons' bidding...
...action, high concept-and Disney cartoons-to bring in the really serious money. So here's what Americans will get in six successive weekends after Crimson Tide opens: Die Hard with a Vengeance; Casper (the friendly ghost, now a live-action apparition); Madison County; the killer-ape thriller Congo; Batman Forever; and Pocahontas. Then no fewer than three big-adventure films will go head to head: Judge Dredd; Ron Howard's astronaut drama Apollo 13, starring Tom Hanks; and the current TV favorite of eight-year-old martial artists, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie...