4. The Dancing - Oh God, The Dancing
We've already mentioned quite recently that the worrying trend of making superheroes and villains dance will probably be one of the reasons the comic book genre dies in coming years (if it continues at its frightening rate of appearance, that is) and it seems the Batman franchise is the worst single property. It would be quite easy to assume that the flamboyance was all down to Joel Schumacher, but the dancing started way before the colourful director ever got his paws on the batsuit, with Tim Burton's Joker.
This wouldn't be the only instance of jarring, and frankly camp behaviour from Burton's Joker, despite how incredible that performance largely is, since we were also treated to the odd spectacle of the art gallery scene, which felt more like it should have been part of Adam West's Batman universe, rather than Burton's darker, more gothic iteration. Clearly, Joel Schumacher was enthralled by how successful The Joker's dancing had been in such a key theme, and chose to bring his own dancing goon in for Batman Forever, sucking every last drop of restraint out of Jim Carrey's performance, which could and should have been a lot creepier, and a lot more complex, had Carrey actually put his skills into it. Instead, we got this...
Carrey's Riddler dances twice in the film, which is precisely twice more than should have happened at all: it serves no purpose, and while some might suggest it's the cherry on top of his eccentric sundae, the truth is that the physical comedy is mostly unnecessary for the role, and was indulged merely as a means to justify Carrey in the role.