What is Superman II / Batman Returns about?

Name: Superman II / Batman Returns
Genre: Action/Adventure,Sci-Fi/Fantasy

Double Feature: SUPERMAN II, 1980, Warner Bros., 127 min. With Richard Lester (A HARD DAYS NIGHT), the director behind the lens, the Superman saga becomes even more thrilling and more amusing, supplying tall-tale dynamics much truer to the essence of the original comic. Three super-villains from Krypton (Terence Stamp, et. al.) arrive on Earth to bedevil Christopher Reeve’s Man of Steel and heartthrob Lois Lane (Margot Kidder). With Susannah York. (Please note: The only existing print is slightly faded.) BATMAN RETURNS, 1992, Warner Bros., 126 min. Michael Keaton reprises the role of the Caped Crusader, and director Tim Burton achieves the best film of the series. Michelle Pfeiffer is Catwoman and Danny De Vito is The Penguin. The near-operatic, increasingly dark tone was probably too much for some audience members at the time, and the series sailed onto safer, brighter territory afterwards. With Christopher Walken

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What is Superman II / Batman Returns about?: Double Feature: SUPERMAN II, 1980, Warner Bros., 127 min. With Richard Lester (A HARD DAYS NIGHT), the director behind the lens, the Superman saga becomes even more thrilling and more amusing, supplying tall-tale dynamics much truer to the essence of the original comic. Three super-villains from Krypton (Terence Stamp, et. al.) arrive on Earth to bedevil Christopher Reeve’s Man of Steel and heartthrob Lois Lane (Margot Kidder). With Susannah York. (Please note: The only existing print is slightly faded.)

BATMAN RETURNS, 1992, Warner Bros., 126 min. Michael Keaton reprises the role of the Caped Crusader, and director Tim Burton achieves the best film of the series. Michelle Pfeiffer is Catwoman and Danny De Vito is The Penguin. The near-operatic, increasingly dark tone was probably too much for some audience members at the time, and the series sailed onto safer, brighter territory afterwards. With Christopher Walken