and a perfect film to watch during the holiday season a the winter or xmas atmosphere that burton create for gotham city be way cool . it weird that warner decide to release this a a summer film . it doesn not fit . but what even weird and when you consider the content of this film and be that it be aim at family . an upper class family throw their mutant baby down the sewer and a socio phobic billionaire dress up in leather a a fly rodent and a lonely secretary dress up in leather a a feline and a freak run for political office . and s and m and bondage be present in a very perverted way . but burton get away with it . his visual style in this film be at it best . this and batman represent dead end be the only true live action incarnation of the comic book character . true and the animated series be the close to the source material and but compare with batman forever and the un nameable one after that and batman return be the best of the four . darker and more violent than the first movie and the sense of gothic pathos reach a new high . i be quite keen on michael keaton a bruce wayne ( do not even get me start on george clooney . ) and he display the right balance of weirdo loner and cool crime fighter . michelle pfieffer be great a catwoman ( much sexy and more realisticly cat like ) and she wear that leather outfit well than halle berry . and danny devito be so convincing a the penguin that his scene become disturb to watch . and christopher walken be brilliant a the spooky max shreck ( if you think you recognise chip shrek it none other than a very young leatherface or butterfinger ) . danny elfman score be also even good than it be first time round . his powerful and engaging theme be way well than the dross that follow in the late 2 schumacher movie . this movie be the batman phenomenon at it zenith . forget the following sequel and stick to the animate series after this . let hope that christopher nolan and christian bale can bring some integrity back to the live action batman with their movie next year . this dvd be one of the first ever dvds release by warner ( almost 7 year ago . ) and a a result there be no feature and the case be a snapper . pick it up cheap like i do and hope for an se in the future .