Honestly both movies are pretty meh in my opinion, not bad but not great either. Anyway I am not the only one with this opinion, allot of comic book fans decry Burtons Batman films in general because Batman has a no kill rule in the comic books but said rule is not present in Burtons Batman, on the other hand I know people who find Batman Forever so uneven in tone that they even take Batman and Robin over said film.
Either way I only prefer Returns ever so slightly as while not the best written film it is at least a complete movie, were as the most pivital scene from Batman Forever was actually cut out. For those of you not knowning what I am talking about Bruce Wayne constantly feeling guilty over his own parents death and feeling like he has to be Batman to make up for it was all building up to a scene were he enters a section of the batcave where he reads a part in his fathers journal were his father has written that him and Martha were originally going to have movie night with young Bruce later but since younger Bruce Wayne would have none of it they went the same night a mugger was walking the streets who eventually killed both Thomas and Martha. This scene being missing is also the reason why I am one of those ''realise the Schumacher cut'' weirdos as the Batman Forever that I saw as a kid seems like a butchered version of Schumachers original vision. Regardless of all that Returns has it's problems as well like why does Batmans rubber suit have patterns on it that would inticate that it is made out of armor plates for instance. Anyway what do you people think Returns or Forever?