Batman & Robin is a 1997 comic book movie based on the DC Comics' characters Batman and Robin. The movie is the fourth and final movie in the initial Batman film series, and is the only one made without any involvement from Tim Burton. The movie was produced by Warner Bros. and PolyGram Pictures and distributed by Warner Bros. Batman & Robin was written by Akiva Goldsman and directed by Joel Schumacher.
The story is Batman and his partner Robin are called to help put a stop to Mr. Freeze. However, what the dynamic duo don't know is two more villains have entered the playing field, and their names are Poison Ivy and Bane. Now Batman & Robin must find a way to stop these three villains but, at the same time work out some issues their having with each other.
- Negatives
First off, let's just get this out of the way. Bat Nipples.....what the f*ck? Who's idea was that? And even the nipples weren't bad enough, we also have nice detailing on the asses as well. Even Batgirl gets the nipples and ass treatment....which I imagine nobody (myself included) was really complaining about. But for Batman and Robin, why?
Another thing that has been said about this movie that's been repeated a million times over but, still should be talked about, and that's this is just one giant toy commercial. Poison Ivy has a line about how every action figure of her comes with Bane. Sure, maybe that was meant for a joke, but I seriously believe that was a quick plug for the toys. And even if that line wasn't bad enough, we also have Poison Ivy changing costumes, and of course, we have the final act which literally has Batman, Robin, and Batgirl have new costumes and vehicles just pop up out of nowhere and no reason was given for them. Gotta give Batman Forever credit, at least when there was a costume change it had a story reason for it.
Now let's talk about the dialogue, this is probably the most Saturday morning cartoon dialogue I have ever heard. You got quips, one-liners, and of course puns and then Mr. Freeze's ice puns. Puns such as "Always winterize your pipes", "Tonight! Hell freezes over!", "Alright everyone! Chill", and my favorite "What killed the dinosaurs? The ice age!". Just so many lines that are so cheesy!
Let's move on to the action. What was going here? Usually when someone says action scenes are insane they usually mean good, here however it's insane for an entirely different reason. For anybody who said F9 or any other Fast and Furious movie was giving the finger to physics, make 'em watch this movie. A villain could grab someone, toss them very lightly, and that person could go flying by like 15 feet. And it's like that for a majority of the movie.
Then we have our villains....wow. To say the writer missed the mark on these characters would be an understatement. They are the most over the top bad guys for a Batman movie ever. Let's break them down,
Mr. Freeze - Yes he's got the ice puns, but what really always weird me out about this verison of Mr. Freeze is the filmmakers try to make him seem like a sympathetic villain, cause essentially that's what Mr. Freeze is, the problem is it doesn't work when we know after he's done feeling all sad about his wife, we know he's just gonna go around Gotham make ice puns and laughing about it.
Poison Ivy - This is by far the most over the top female villain yet. She is literally a Saturday morning cartoon villain brought to life. She even yells "curses!" after she's defeated.....I mean it. She does that. Look. it. up! And of course here's some of her dialogue. "Come join me. My garden needs tending" or how about "Some lucky boy's about to hit the honey pot". I gotta say, I have never heard a more hornier verison of Poison Ivy until I watched this movie.
Bane - This character is Bane in name and costume only. I've heard people complain about how Zack Snyder wasn't being accurate to the comics but this takes it to a whole other level. All this character does is flex, grunt, growl, or follows order from Poison Ivy. That's not Bane. Sure Bane has the muscles but he's one of Batman's smartest villains. Not your run of the mill really strong henchmen.
- Mix
The only true mix bag for the movie is the special effects. There times when they were nicely done, other times it was noticeable. Like there was this one scene where after a party of some sorts, Batman and Robin are chasing down Mr. Freeze on there own vehicles on this statue and it's obviously CGI.
- Positives
Now, despite all of the things I said I gotta this is one entertaining movie. I mean it, I refuse to believe that people watched this and we're only angry. I've watched this movie probably four times now, and I was still entertain by how awful it was.
Batman & Robin is one of those perfect examples of a movie that's so bad it's good. We have questionable costume designs, obvious plugs for toys, hilariously bad dialogue, action scenes that are over the top bonkers, and even more over the top villains. The special effects are okay. But overall an amazingly entertaining movie.
My final rating is So Bad, It's Good.
Okay, that's going to do it for me. Come back on Saturday, Aug 21st for my review of Reminiscence. Until then, enjoy the rest of your day.
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