Gamers & Anime August 2016 | Page 17

MacGregor’s Syndrome Stage 3. time I say Bane in reference to this Easily the stupidest villain ever. Why “movie”. He just goes BAM! BAM! And doesn’t he just sell off those huge repeats every last word Ivy says. In the diamonds he steals, which considering comics, Bane is nothing like that. He the size and the description of the challenged Batman on a physical as well diamonds, can be easily worth billions? as spiritual level. So much complications. And for some Robin is a dick throughout the movie. weird reason, every time he flips a switch His incessant whining really got under he makes sexual noises. You could even my skin. In the museum robbery scene, say, he is “turned on by switches.”(Get I swear, I’m not making it up, he bursts it? Turned on by… ah fuck it.) If you think through a door on a bike and you can see that pun was bad then prepare to be that the hole through which he busted in, destroyed. is in the shape of the Robin logo. I have a fun game for you. Then there is this really cheesy subplot Every time Mr. Freeze makes an ice of Batman and Robin fighting over Poison related pun, take a shot of vodka. You Ivy because she’s…. pretty, I guess? Yay, will be drunk by the end of the movie. I Mother Nature! had kept a counter for those puns, which Oh yes, even Batgirl is in this movie. amounted to a whopping number of 37. Barbara Wilson is Alfred’s Niece who has Those are seriously cringe worthy and returned Alfred to “free” him. She’s a biker sitting through 37 of those is by no means at night and a really horrible actress by funny. day. Alicia Silverstone’s accent Oh, and did I mention Alfred is dying? Of constantly appears and disappears. This course he is. And guess what Alfred is was the movie that pretty much killed her dying of? You guessed it (No points for career. After this laughably bad scene you). McGregor’s Fucking Syndrome. where the identity of Batman and Only difference being, it is in Stage 1, Robin are revealed to her, she takes which Mr Freeze already has a cure for. on the Mantle of Batgirl. Cut to another They could have easily dropped this scene of butt shots and crotch shots. The subplot. only thing missing here are the Bat Coming to the museum, we have a nipples, which is kinda odd considering Batman who clearly enjoys Figure it’s the only character with whom bat Skating in his free time. His introduction is nipples make sense. also “Hi Freeze, I’m Batman.” I’m sorry, I The CGI is also laughably bad. The whole just cannot take this Batman seriously. A movie feels like a toy commercial. And it shame, considering George Clooney, one really was. After looking it up on the of my favourite actors, would have made internet, I found out that this whole a great Batman. movie was made in order to sell toys. It’s a shame since George Clooney is not That is why there were different costumes the only actor wasted. Uma Thurman, during different fights. who plays Dr. PamelaIsley/Poison Ivy is atrocious, considering she just got an I laughed, Hard. Throughout this Academy Award Nomination just a year movie. After a while, the line was before this film. blurred. I wasn’t sure if I was But my biggest issue, and by biggest laughing at the movie or myself. As issue, I mean UN-FUCKING-FORGIVABLE MISTAKE the Joker said, “All you need, is a they made is with BANE. I cringe every little push!” I guess this movie did it.