Current Events > Batman Returns turned 25

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Parents were not fans of the movie

http://ew.com/article/1992/07/10/hawking-batman/

Not surprisingly, many parents who have ignored the movie’s rating (”Some material may be inappropriate for pre-teenagers”) to take their young children to see Batman Returns are seeing red. Their complaints began hitting the media last week in a Batlash that’s still growing. NBC reporter Faith Daniels was scheduled to devote the July 3 episode of her talk show, A Closer Look With Faith Daniels, to ”Parents Against Batman Returns.” Adds Daniels, who refused to take her 5-year-old son to see the movie, ”It’s fine to make Batman Returns an adult film, but don’t market it to kids. It’s rated PG-13, but who’s buying the action toys? Not 13-year-olds.” The Los Angeles Times published letters last week that protested ”one violent image after another.” ”Has McDonald’s no conscience?” another letter asked. Meanwhile, the Michigan-based Dove Foundation, a nonsectarian Christian organization, has protested the McDonald’s Happy Meal promotion, designed for children 1 to 10. ”Parents…trust McDonald’s,” says a Dove spokesman. ”So why is McDonald’s promoting a movie to little kids that’s filled with gratuitous graphic violence?”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1992/06/19/as-batman-returns-parents-cringe-again/e151bb5d-0beb-41e8-aab7-515370fa81e8/

Later, he confessed: "I just wish they'd make a Batman movie for kids. Because we really like Batman, and these movies aren't for us." They aren't. They're for grown-ups, who have every right to see them. The millions who, like me, take their kids to the PG-13-rated sequel have that right too. But should we take them? Truly, I'm not a prude. I'm glad my 10-year-old saw "Boyz N the Hood" and "Glory" -- enlightening films whose violence made a necessary point.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spiVBQisujo
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL3PgFBXioU
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At least they didn't bring their kids to see Robo-Cop lmao.
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Still, could be worse! My nose could be gushing blood.
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Makes me feel old. I went to see it on my 11th birthday I think

Chicken posted...

At least they didn't bring their kids to see Robo-Cop lmao.

I didn't see Robocop as a kid, but Batman Returns...I won't say it scarred me, but its intense creepiness definitely left an impression that I don't think Robocop could match. Christopher Walken's bug-eyed charred corpse was definitely the stuff of nightmares. I did watch Terminator 2 around that time, and apart from the guard getting eye-skewered, that movie was much less creepy IMO.
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