Batman Forever: Red Book Edition - The 15th Anniversary Enhanced Edition

I never enjoyed the original Batman Forever despite revisiting it many times always hoping this time I would find something to enjoy.
Now I have a version that is truly a good watch.

I love the noir feel of this edit. The near black & white + red look really works well to give this a lot of style and atmosphere. The added scenes add a lot more depth to the story especially the new opening and ending, Batman/Bruce is now fleshed out and someone I care about. I still find two-face irritating but not to the same degree.

Picture quality, editing, sound are all very good.

The song at the end really makes the whole cut for me. It's the perfect psychological exploration of the character's in the film. Also adds to the whole grunge feel of the redbook edition, which I feel like the original movie was trying to capture with u2. Love the grain, love the deleted scenes, I just kinda wish we still kept all the flirting between Chase and Bat-Man lol.. but that is my only complaint. And well, maybe we could have tweaked Riddler a little bit more. But those are such minor complaints, I very much love this edit. I think it's my favorite edit on this website. When for the longest time it was the paulisdead fanedit of this film because of it's danny elfman score, this version makes me appreciate the new scores.. thank you you two

For starters as a kid I loved the original. I grew up with it. Looking back I understand the reasoning behind the decision to go for a more video gamey action figure type movie. The Tim Burton movies were created for my dad, and these were created for me… this movie wasn’t even created to put my ass in seat in theaters(although it did) . It was created to sell toys to me on Christmas.

Anyway that aside this version of the movie cuts out everything that as a grown ass man I have grown to hate about the movie and adds the stuff that gives you more of a dark and adult tone.

If you are over the age of 40 and this isn’t your favorite version of Batman Forever then you seriously need to re-evaluate your life.

To put it frank, this edit is amazing and without it I would never watch this movie again. This is the go to version for adults and I will watch this version and only this version every year for Halloween until I die.

God Bless Val Kilmer!! Keep him in your prayers everyone!! Let his sacrifice be a reminder to get the HPV vaccine before practicing what my generation was told was a safe and effective alternative to sex!

I heard about Kevin Smith screening the Schemer Cut, and so I finally decided to check out this legendary "Red Book Edition" I’ve heard about forever but never actually watched, usually due to the lower quality of the original.

I’ll usually watch fanedits on plane rides, but many suck and I don’t get through the first half hour. But goddamn this was awesome. Loved the slightly more serious tone of the film, and still hit the nostalgia moments from my childhood, when I last watched this movie.
Great work, great quality. Highly recommended.

Amazing edit, feels very seamless in terms of deleted-scene integration! I give it a very high approval rating, would like to say though that it's a bit too black and white, I missed the Burton Blues...

But still a solid edit