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Burton benched his main protagonist, Batman (Michael Keaton), to focus on the lives of three villains: Penguin (Dann DeVito), Max Shreck (Christopher Walken), and Catwoman (Michelle Pfeiffer).

That means Burton is one of only two stars to appear in Tim Burton's two sequels, the other being Danny DeVito. Danny DeVito played Oswald Cobblepott, aka The Penguin, in Batman Returns.

But the beginning of a new era of superhero movies—dark, violent, and self-serious—began in 1989, when Tim Burton’s Batman hit theaters.

In later years, I came to not only love but respect "Batman Returns" and Burton for the way in which he tricked my young mind into imbibing an unfiltered artistic vision by way of a Batman movie ...

Burton's 1989 Batman has become a significant milestone in the superhero genre. It changed the perception of what a superhero movie could be, offering a darker, more serious take on the Dark Knight.

Everything changed on June 23, 1989, with the release of “Batman,” directed by rising animator turned auteur Tim Burton.

One of Tim Burton's most widely acclaimed films is the Oscar-winning 1994 biopic Ed Wood, starring Johnny Depp as the director of such trashy B-movies as Plan 9 from Outer Space.

There may be better Batman movies than Tim Burton’s take on the Dark Knight. But in the historical context of comic book movies, Batman was a huge game-changer.