10 Overlooked Positives Of Batman Forever

10. Val Kilmer's Batman

Poor Val Kilmer. The once promising co-star of Top Gun, Heat and Tombstone came so close to making the A-list. Now making a living from supporting roles and the butt of far too many cruel 'look how fat these celebrities got' clickbait article jokes, Kilmer is destined to go down in history as the most forgotten Batman. Coming after the wonderful Michael Keaton and before the too-memorably awful George Clooney, this suave, thoughtful Bruce Wayne never stood a chance. And now, following the intense Christian Bale and in the run-up to the much publicised Ben Affleck, it doesn't look as though he'll be getting his share of the appreciation anytime soon.

While Kilmer's quiet performance hardly sets Gotham on fire, it's just the anchor Batman Forever needs. Amidst the hyperactive tomfoolery of Tommy Lee Jones's Two-Face and Jim Carrey as The Riddler, Kilmer tries to keep things grounded, beset with buffoonery (more of that later) from all sides. Having to share a screen with the surprisingly terrible Nicole Kidman and ridiculous Chris O' Donnell can't have helped either.

Giving a fine performance in a flawed movie, Val Kilmer is to Batman as Timothy Dalton is James Bond. Replaced after one film, we can't help but wish he'd stuck around for a while longer. With Kilmer still under the cowl, just imagine how much more mileage Schumacher could have wrung from his many 'Iceman' jokes in Batman And Robin.