15 Most Underrated Movies Of The 90s

2. Batman Forever

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For all of the wild teeth-gnashing and wailing at the temerity Warner Bros had to replace Tim Burton with Joel Schumacher at the behest of toy makers and McDonald's (of all people), Batman Forever is not the disaster it’s often made out to be. It’s certainly not the nightmare that Batman & Robin would later be.

Sure, it’s a world apart from Burton’s deliciously dark vision, which might not have been marketable but which was years ahead of its time, but Forever is fun. And not in a way that is cloying or too silly, despite some of the iffier choices.

Val Kilmer is great and so is Jim Carrey, and the story is pretty great when you strip it down. Tommy Lee Jones was a Joker clone, admittedly, but this was absolutely the first (and possibly only) Batman movie that tried to aim for what the MCU achieved so well and it deserves WAY more love.

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