Batman & Robin
by Joel Schumacher
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Actor: Alicia Silverstone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Chris O'Donnell, George Clooney, Uma ThurmanDirector: Joel Schumacher
Brand: DC Comics
Producer: Benjamin Melniker
Producer: Michael E. Uslan
Producer: Mitchell E. Dauterive
Producer: Peter Macgregor-Scott
Producer: William M. Elvin
Writer: Akiva Goldsman
Writer: Bob Kane
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 125 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-02-10
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Movie Reviews of Batman & Robin
Movie Review: Yes...This Movie Does Blow The Big One, But....
Summary: 5 Stars
The first time I saw Batman and Robin, I thought it was one of the greatest things my eyes had ever seen. Granted I was about five at the time and was watching Pokemon and Animorphs at the time, so my judgment skills had not evolved past "Oooh, its bright and colorful. Citizen Kane?...that looks boring." I watched this movie on Cartoon Network recently, for the first time in about five years. The last time I saw it, I found it utterly detestable, watching my childhood hero's tales and characters turn in one huge pile of dog excrement. I threw out my VHS copy of this "film" and never looked back.
Until i caught the movie on Cartoon Network. It had been a while and I was feeling nostalgic. I decided I'd make a game out of it. How long could I stomach this movie? I set the bar at a half hour, not feeling too optimistic. So I watched the movie, right where "Freeze" was in the museum going after the big diamond. At that point I did something I did not think I would do.
I laughed.
I did not stop laughing at the riduclousness and stupidity the cast and crew gave to the public. From Ahnuld giving his worst performance to date (and that is saying something), to O'Donnell giving Hayden Christensen the inspiration he needed to get into the Anakin Skywalker character, to the famous batnipples. I will tell you one thing, the movie is not boring. It has the Michael Bay "EVERYTHING MUST EXPLODE!!!" mindset going into it, but there are scenes that just screech the movie to a halt, trying to feign any sense of pathos it can (giving Alfred, the man who has had, what, maybe 8 lines in the last 3 movies combined, a terminal illness), and taking one of the comic's deadliest and cerebral villains, and turning him into the troll from Goonies. Clooney is not a terrible Wayne, but he is the most unconvincing figure to put on the cowl, and it doesn't help that he has teenagers doing the heavy lifting. And Uma Thurman, just WOW. Someone handed in her acting card once Joel yelled "Action", because she is making Arnold look good in their scenes. The movie is full of some of the worst dialogue written (Thank Avika Goldsmith, who wrote, and I am using the term as loosely as possible, B&R) but its ice puns and Clueless speak that give this movie a charm I don't usually see in other films on the absolute bottom of the barrel. It is like watching a strobe light that speaks in an Austrian accent. It is the Plan 9 of my generation, and it cannot be viewed with the intent of being taken seriously in any respect. It is godawful, but in a way that affirms my beliefs that it absolutely cannot be any worse than this, so take it with a grain of salt, and have a good laugh at some of the worst film has to offer. At least the actors made it out with their careers intact (Clooney has an Oscar, O'Donnell's on a top rated drama, Thurman's finished some of her best work in Kill Bill, Arnold is the Freaking Governor of California, and Alicia Silverstone is, oh wait. Most of the cast made it out with their careers intact.
Summary of Batman & Robin
Cryogenic scientist gone wrong, Mr. Freeze wants to turn Gotham City into a frozen wasteland. Poison Ivy has revenge on her mind after a toxic run-in with a Wayne Enterprises scientist. While she has designs on Mr. Freeze, his cold heart is consumed only by his demented plans. With the addition of Batgirl, the dynamic duo become a trio. Will Gotham survive?Batman
Thanks to the ambitious vision of director Tim Burton, the blockbuster hit of 1989 delivers the goods despite an occasionally spotty script, giving the caped crusader a thorough overhaul in keeping with the crime fighter's evolution in DC Comics. Michael Keaton strikes just the right mood as the brooding "Dark Knight" of Gotham City; Kim Basinger plays Gotham's intrepid reporter Vicki Vale; and Jack Nicholson goes wild as the maniacal and scene-stealing Joker, who plots a takeover of the city with his lethal Smilex gas. Triumphant Oscar-winning production design by the late Anton Furst turns Batman into a visual feast, and Burton brilliantly establishes a darkly mythic approach to Batman's legacy. Danny Elfman's now-classic score propels the action with bold, muscular verve. --Jeff Shannon
Batman Returns
Tim Burton's sequel to his phenomenally successful 1989 "Batman" doesn't try to top the first picture, either with splashier special effects or with loftier pretensions to significance; nor does it simply go through the motions, repeating the surefire stuff with a self-satisfied air of professionalism. It's a blend of playful novelty and reassuring familiarity-a difficult mixture to get right. This time, the hero (again Michael Keaton) does battle with a greedy businessman named Max Shreck (Christopher Walken) and the roly-poly arch-criminal known as the Penguin (Danny DeVito). And whenever Batman ventures out on one of his nocturnal crime-fighting missions, he runs into a mysterious woman who dresses like a cat and carries a whip. The hilariously twisted relationship between the hero and the Catwoman (Michelle Pfeiffer) plays like an apache dance in animal costumes, and it's the glory of the movie. The cat clothes seem to release something strange and wild in Pfeiffer: her performance is ferociously sexy and uninhibitedly, over-the-top funny. As in the first movie, Burton gives the material a luxurious masked-ball quality and a sly contemporary wit without violating the myth's low, cheesy comic-book origins. He's an artist who's comfortable with both the higher aspirations and the lower instincts of his nature as an entertainer: he and Batman are an ideal match.
Batman Forever
When Tim Burton and Michael Keaton announced that they'd had enough of the Batman franchise, director Joel Schumacher stepped in (with Burton as coproducer) to make this action-packed extravaganza starring Val Kilmer as the caped crusader. Batman is up against two of Gotham City's most colorful criminals, the Riddler (a role tailor-made for funnyman Jim Carrey) and the diabolical Two-Face (Tommy Lee Jones), who join forces to conquer Gotham's population with a brain-draining device. Nicole Kidman plays the seductive psychologist who wants to know what makes Batman tick. Boasting a redesigned Batmobile and plenty of new Bat hardware, Batman Forever also introduces Robin the Boy Wonder (Chris O'Donnell) whose close alliance with Batman led more than a few critics to ponder the series' homoerotic subtext. No matter how you interpret it, Schumacher's take on the Batman legacy is simultaneously amusing, lavishly epic, and prone to chronic sensory overload. --Jeff Shannon
Batman & Robin
Following Val Kilmer's portrayal of the caped crusader in Batman Forever, the fourth Batman feature stars George Clooney under the pointy-eared cowl, with Chris O'Donnell returning as Robin the Boy Wonder. This time the dynamic duo is up against the nefarious Mr. Freeze (Arnold Schwarzenegger), who is bent on turning the world into an iceberg, and the slyly seductive but highly toxic Poison Ivy (Uma Thurman), who wants to eliminate all animal life and turn the Earth into a gigantic greenhouse. Alicia Silverstone lends a hand as Batgirl, and Elle McPherson plays the thankless role of Batman/Bruce Wayne's fiancée. A sensory assault of dazzling colors, senseless action, and lavish sets run amok, this Batman & Robin offers an overdose of eye candy, but it is strictly for devoted Bat-o-philes. --Jeff Shannon
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