Batman and Robin

This movie...what is this movie? It certainly isn't the level of bad that Supergirl was, but...there was so much I just couldn't get right with it. There is a reason it's my least favorite Batman movie, and rewatching just confirmed it.

The story follows Batman, played this time by George Clooney, and Robin, played once again by Chris O'Donnell, as they go up against Mr. Freeze, played for some reason by Arnold Schwarzenegger and Poison Ivy, played by Uma Thurman. The story is just a mess and a lot of things just felt lazy as a result to where I was just hoping the movie would end sooner.

As for the characters themselves, Batman is a jerk, Robin is a whiner, Poison Ivy is a femme fatale except Catwoman from Batman Returns did it way better, and Mr. Freeze has an obsession with telling ice puns and watching The Year Without a Santa Claus for some reason. The best plot beat involves Alfred dying from an incurable disease and somehow Michael Gough's acting is the best part of the whole movie because of it. I did also like the ice sculpture scene in Arkham with Mr. Freeze as well, but those are two small plot points in a mess of a movie.

Where Batman Forever felt like a lighter toned version of what had come before with the Keaton movies, this one felt like a literal cartoon that was just painful to watch. By the time the final confrontation was happening, I was at my wit's end. If you like camp and ridiculous superhero antics, you'll probably have fun with this. If you want a movie that takes itself even a bit seriously, look somewhere else. This movie is a total joke.

Next time, we go to the other superhero movie that apparently killed the genre until it was revived by a certain movie in 2000. Get prepared for the Shaquille O'Neal starring film Steel.

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