Batman Returns Darker than Batman?

[SpaceDog]

Batman Returns is definitely more Burtonesque than the first one. It has a fairly drastic tonal shift from the first film. I love it. As a sequel, it plays off the original just enough, but succeeds as an entity of its own.

The dark humor, particularly between Catwoman and Batman is priceless.

I'd have paid good money to see a third Burton Batman film. It wasn't meant to be though.