Batman & Robin

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Bakercakes 05/26/2023 It pains me to write this, as I’ve been a Batman fan since I could first remember, but this movie is borderline unwatchable. Everything from the script, to the way it’s shot/edited, leaves one wondering what the Hell everybody involved with it was thinking, as it was being made. See more Maksim S @MaksimusMovies 2d Batman & Robin is less a superhero film than a loud caricature of one. Any sense of myth or menace is buried under endless puns, toyetic excess, and a script so flimsy it feels like a parody of the franchise rather than a continuation of it. There are fleeting moments of campy fun, but they’re nowhere near enough to sustain the runtime. Arnold Schwarzenegger is badly miscast, delivering one-liners where a villain should have presence, and the story collapses under its own silliness. Ironically, it’s the film’s darkly colorful production design — neon sets, exaggerated visuals — that does most of the heavy lifting. Visually loud but creatively hollow, Batman & Robin is a cautionary tale in excess. See more Davi 1 @Davitr3 Nov 21 There are bad films… and then there is Batman & Robin — a cinematic catastrophe so complete that it becomes a case study in how every creative decision can fail simultaneously. What should’ve been a triumphant continuation of Batman’s mythology becomes a plastic carnival stripped of weight, consequence, or artistic intention. Joel Schumacher’s direction abandons any notion of subtlety, drowning the film in neon excess until the Dark Knight becomes nothing more than a rubber mannequin. The performances collapse under the camp: George Clooney looks uncomfortable inside the cowl, Chris O’Donnell acts like he’s in a 90s toy commercial, and Arnold Schwarzenegger delivers one-liners that wouldn’t work even in Saturday morning cartoons. The script is a patchwork of bad jokes, shallow motivations, and an almost awe-inspiring inability to understand what makes Batman dramatic. Everything feels hollow, infantilized, artificial — especially painful when we remember the gothic majesty Burton had established earlier. Rating: 1/10 See more Oliver J Nov 12 Critics Consensus: Loud, gaudy, and disastrously overstuffed, Batman & Robin buries the Dark Knight beneath a mountain of camp, clichés, and ice puns—freezing the once-promising franchise in a block of neon excess. Joel Schumacher’s follow-up to Batman Forever takes everything that was playful about its predecessor and cranks it to cartoonish extremes. George Clooney, despite his natural charisma, delivers a wooden and oddly detached Batman, while Chris O’Donnell’s Robin veers into bratty sidekick territory. Alicia Silverstone’s Batgirl feels like an afterthought, and Uma Thurman’s delightfully hammy Poison Ivy can’t quite save the film from its own absurdity. But it’s Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Mr. Freeze—armed with a barrage of frosty one-liners—who cements the movie’s reputation as a camp classic for all the wrong reasons. Beneath the rubber nipples and ice-themed spectacle, there’s little emotional core or narrative coherence. The overreliance on toyetic design, glossy sets, and winking self-parody turns Gotham into a garish carnival, stripping Batman of his brooding mystique. Verdict: Batman & Robin is an infamous misfire—an eye-popping, unintentional comedy that reminds us how easily style can smother substance. A franchise low point that’s cool only in temperature, not execution. See more Edward L Nov 12 Critics and contemporary filmmakers fail to understand that comics are not literature but entertainment for teenage nerds (mainly boys). This film perfectly delivers that type of adaptation. Silverstone in her catholic schoolgirl outfit and Thurman in her green leotard fulfill their sexual fantasies while the remainder of the cast clearly understand that they are cardboard cut-out characters performing amusing stunts. The film follows the previous versions and is far superior to the more recent 'dark' reboots which waste the talents of serious actors, particularly, for example, Ledger and Leto, in attempting to present depth to the Joker in an attempt to outdo the definitive performance of Jack Nicholson. Don't believe the critics and enjoy the fun. See more Ami S. @imadeets Oct 28 By far the WORST Batman movie! See more Read all reviews

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