Movie Roost
Batman & Robin |
Movie Roost
The only good thing about this movie is that it made the studio come to their senses – and thus, was born, Batman Begins.
I was struggling quite a bit to find a movie that I could roast to a crisp. How could I insult a film that a director so lovingly made? But after I was watching an interview with George Clooney, I realised that I had the perfect movie in my hands. Batman and Robin. This pile of shit that everyone included in the making of this film apologized for. Even the director, Joel Schumacher himself apologized for disappointing the fans. But disappointing is far from the correct word as this movie nearly killed the Batman franchise. The movie starts with Batman and Robin gearing up, which are essentially a series of butt shots, crotch shots and who can forget the FUCKING BAT NIPPLES!!! This is when I lost my shit. Why the fuck would you put rubber nipples on a batsuit? What was the Costume Designer thinking? Did no one tell the director that it was a bad idea? Batman is supposed to be intimidating, but instead he’ s the punchline of a joke. The first line in the movie uttered by Robin is made to look like witty banter but is just your garden variety stupid –“ I want a car, chicks dig the car!” followed by Batman’ s“ This is why Superman works alone.” Ignoring that shitty joke, what are the writers trying to tell us? Does Superman exist? If yes, why doesn’ t he come to help save Gotham? It leaves us with more questions than answers. Then we go into an exposition scene where Commissioner Gordon – whose only role in this movie is to provide exposition – tells them( and us) that Mr. Freeze is attacking a museum. Mr. Freeze, played by a horribly miscast Arnold Schwarzenegger is easily the worst of this cast. Let me tell you his plot. To steal huge diamonds to make a giant freeze ray so he can freeze Gotham and hold it hostage for billions which he will use for research to cure his wife who has