riczell
As the title stays, I find the movie extremely childish. I was a kid when I saw this movie in the late 90s. I loved it back then, but watching it now, it's just... bad. Horrible story line, terrible roles, bad sets, and just... idiotic. The acting is no good. No offense to the actors/actresses who played their roles, but the directors and producers who wanted these roles played the way they were should be ashamed.It seems like the movie is going for a more comical approach, and fails at this attempt with too many one-liners and over-the-top costume/set designs. I mean, Mr. Freeze smoking a cigar in a frozen lair, and Bane being a Hulk-like ignorant behemoth, but able to drive a car? And then there's Batman and Robin being in strange public settings throughout the movie. I'm not sure how they went from the first two movies to this. If you like the comics and newer releases such as the Dark Knight trilogy, stay away from this one.
Ian
(Flash Review)Everyone, absolutely everyone involved with this should hang their head in shame. Slight exception for Uma Thurman. Although under normal circumstances she may have overacted a bit, at least she appeared to be trying. Arnold was miscast as Dr. Freeze and his approach was to just be John Matrix from Commando. His dialog was pretty much all one-liners. Yes, this is Arnold but it was a bit much for a movie where he isn't just a one-man-show; his bread and butter. It wasn't just Arnold, the whole script could have been written better by a drunk college kid 'minoring' in English. I cracked grimaces rather than a smiles from the comedy. For how massive a budget this had, I was stunned by how unconvincing the special effects were and how terrible, brash and immature the lighting was. The story had as much tension as a soggy noodle which was about Mr. Freeze attempting to freeze Gotham until he stole enough money to fund a cure for his disease-stricken wife. And Poison Ivy, a plant-loving villain who throws wrenches into Batman and Robin's plans and partnership while teaming up with Mr. Freeze (of course) for reasons that escape me. Throw in a whinny Robin, Batgirl as an afterthought, costumes with unnecessary nipples, bad directing, high school quality sets, muddled story, effects on par with 1980's Superman (15+ years later) and that is how you lose truckloads of cash in Hollywood.
stormhawk2018
I'm not a Batman hardcore fan, but it seems to be a mass assault on IMDb of reviewers who downvoting the reviews that speak the truth about this movie, and upvoting anyone praising it. I honestly wonder if Joel Schumacher is personally paying those IMDb trolls to do this in exchange of bucks.Before his debut, Schumacher (not the F1 racer) was so sure, but so sure that he was going to have tremendous success, that he was already preparing a continuation, that he had signed the main ones a contract for his continuation that already had title: Batman Triumphant (which should have premiered in 1999, celebrating Batman's 60th anniversary).It transformed a Gothic city from dark to turn it into a gay nightclub, full of neon lights, imposing male statues, etc. I saw a promo of this film, in which its director boasted that he had read all the Batman comics and knew very well how to take this character to the movies, I do not really know what kind of comic this man has seen, there are Batman comics , According to the time of publication and this bullshit of film, will be anything but a Batman film.
Starting with George Clooney, he puts on his beating face at all times, either as Bruce Wayne or Batman, for him it gives him the same, Robin, extremely hateful, this character all he does is tantrums, is very plaintive. The villain that Mr. Freeze has nothing, he just says jokes, smiling at every moment, always with a phrase more stupid than the other, and also erroneous, for his suit, no comments. Uma Thurman, was over the top; Alicia Silverstone, the worst choice for a Batgirl, a character who also should never have been on the screen, just to know a couple of judo moves, and is already Batgirl enters the cave and already has its own Batsuit, knows how to use all the Bat-tools and vehicles and knows where is the lair of the villains. And for Bane, it's not worth mentioning, he is just a masked goon, grunting like Frankenstein's monster; and he is easy to defeat pulling the tubes connected on his head. It's said that it is a film made to the spirit of the series from 1965, please, this series has its charm and is better than this swill.Where is the Batman of Burton comics and films? The one who, in order to catch the villains, had to do detective work, as Mr. Nolan. Where is that Batman, who never lets himself be photographed, that Batman that hides in the night? From Batman Forever, who poses for newspapers, comes out on magazine covers, and here he goes to brothel parties, he just had to do the Batusi.Joel Schumacher with this film, happened to be a visionary man, ahead of his time, Why? For the simple fact that filmmakers such as Scary Movie, Hero Movie, etc., do not have to perform their "Batman Movie", Schumacher is ahead of them.1. Close-ups to the butts? Nipples in the suits? What sissy! Why did not they also put on nipples to Batgirl? 2. Acrobatic jumps and choreographies in the style Disney on Ice? And special effects taken out from Power Rangers?3. Sounds of caricatures for blows, falls, etc. I just need to put the Boom! Crash! Pow! 4. Bat-credit card? That was a total insult to fans and common sense. 5. Buddy cars tuned with lights of a thousand colors? The speakers were missing.This film is just abysmal. Please, avoid this film to all cost.
