Batman & Robin (1997)

Posted : 1 year, 4 months ago at Jul 16 1:35

"Tonight's forecast...a freeze is coming!" Remember when Tim Burton reinvented Batman for the big screen? Remember how incredibly faithful, dark and extravagantly awesome that film was? Burton then made Batman Returns and that film was a stellar effort. Unfortunately, the reigns were then handed to director Joel Schumacher to carry the franchise. Batman Forever at least had some of the Batman charm, which is understandable because Burton stayed on as a producer. But when the time came for a fourth instalment in the Batman series, Burton had moved on to bigger and better projects. So when Batman & Robin entered production, already several more things were amiss. For starters, the studio were demanding something more cartoonish...a film that would justify tonnes of toys, meaning more mone...Read more

Posted : 1 year, 9 months ago at Feb 6 21:31

I like Batgirl.

Rating : 10/10

Posted : 2 years, 2 months ago at Aug 25 12:00

Undoubtedly the worst portrayal of Batman on the big screen. I had always assumed that Joel Schumacher was a competent director, capable of decent film-making. This proved that he is prone to making howlers though. I can't believe George Clooney agreed to this film, he's even a shockingly bad Bruce Wayne.

They try to fit in far too many characters into this, the most embarassing of which is the emergence of Batgirl, played by the untenable Alicia Silverstone. Uma Thurman comes a close second in the failure stakes with an abysmal portrayal of Poison Ivy (One of my favourite characters from the franchise!). Don't even watch it for a joke, the only reason it gets a 2/10 is because I'm an Arnie fan!

Rating : 2/10