Can we admit at long last that Tim Burton's Batman sucks and always did?

[Orrex]

35. I don't accept that Burton has ever been the master of camp or even kitsch that's credited to be

Sure, he takes broad swipes at them, but it's as though he sort of knows where they are yet can't quite find them, so he swings wildly and hopes for the best.

Sometimes it works very well, as in Edward Scissorhands, and sometimes it doesn't, as in the entirety of his career otherwise.


I disliked Burton's Batman when it came out, for reasons that I've already mentioned, and I've only grown to dislike it more as time has passed. I would say the same even if Batman Begins didn't exist; I said so before Batman Begins was even announced.