Movie Review: Batman and Robin (1997)

It's interesting, I wasn't expecting that one of the worst movies ever made would be a Batman flick. Now get me straight, I don't completely agree with that statement. However, as a product of film criticism, B&R has been labeled as one of worst films ever made. The plot runs like this, Mr Freeze (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is trying to unfreeze his cryogenically frozen wife using diamonds. He then teams up with Poison Ivy (Uma Thurman) and Bane to help him get to the diamonds. Where is Batman and Robin in all this? They both are trying to stop Mr Freeze from freezing all of Gotham City. Is this movie terrible? No, in fact it's not even one of the worst movies I've seen. I think the reason why people dislike these are because they're comparing them to The Dark Knight trilogy. That's a problem, because they are two very different franchises with different tones. The 1990s live action Batman films were supposed to have action and be enjoyable, entertaining, and fun to watch. Dark Knight is a darker version of Batman's story. It's not supposed to be compared to these movies. Alright, so what did I honestly think of this movie? It's not a great movie at all. As JsremyJahns on YouTube says, you can pretty much decipher every scene in this film and find something wrong with it. I completely agree with his statement, this movie is filled with flaws. Not just in the scenes themselves, but with things like logic and screenplay. It's almost like the movie is meant to be a spoof of Batman and Robjn, not an actual adaption of the duo. Batgirl is a character in this movie. I have no problem with gender neutral superheroes and medial role models. However, you can almost literally hear the director trying to make the film gender neutral. Overall, Batman and Robjn is an entertaining film, but it has flaws that deduct from what could have been a more successful film. Two stars.