Is massively
overused so I’m starting a coin jar. Every time I’m tempted to use the clip, I
put a coin in the jar, this will last until the end of the year and any money
in it will be donated to charity. (I’m all heart, I know)
That’s for
the time I used it just now. So with that out of the way, Batman and Robin
I think I
might need more change
Oh good
grief, this is when Schumacher went too far. I have my issues with Batman
Forever but ultimately, I enjoyed it more than I did the Burton movies. Sure,
it was over the top but it did have quieter moments and focus was where it
should be, on Batman!
In terms of
success, being more kid-friendly than the Burton movies helped as it made it
more marketable. I doubt they lost any fast food tie ins with this movie. But,
this movie’s success was questioned from the start. The movie was fast-tracked
into production by the studio after the success of Batman Forever, meaning
there was a rushed feel to it, even from the beginning. Making it worse is toy
companies coming in during pre-production, adding a commercial feel to
proceedings. Chris O’Donnell has said that filming Batman and Robin felt like a
toy commercial
Because of
scheduling conflicts, largely relating to the fast tracking of the movie, Val
Kilmer couldn’t return for a second shot as Batman and so George Clooney was
hired instead. Also, with some insistence from Schumacher himself, Arnold
Schwarzenegger was cast as Mr Freeze, one of the main villains of the movie,
and they were planning to base his origin on the vastly popular episode of
Batman: The Animated Series, Heart of Ice. So, yes, I’m doing yet another
terrible attempt to replicate it (you might remember the awful attempt to
retell Mr Freeze’s origins in Batman Annual #1)
A lot of people in production don’t have nice things to save about this movie, I’ve mentioned Chris O’Donnell’s thoughts. George Clooney said he’d offer refunds to anyone who saw it in theatres (I did not, being the ripe old age of 5 when this came out) and Joel Schumacher himself apologised for it.
A lot of people in production don’t have nice things to save about this movie, I’ve mentioned Chris O’Donnell’s thoughts. George Clooney said he’d offer refunds to anyone who saw it in theatres (I did not, being the ripe old age of 5 when this came out) and Joel Schumacher himself apologised for it.
Produced on
a $140m budget, the movie made back its money with a strong overseas
performance but it was lambasted critically, holding a mere 11% on rotten
tomatoes, 28% on metacritic and a 3.7 on IMDb.
So, now
we’re past the longest intro ever, let’s dive into the sea of sh*t that is,
Batman and Robin.
