Thursday, May 27, 2010

Batman & Robin (1997)

Directed by Joel Schumacher
My rating: 1.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Warner Bros)

Entertaining, if awful, "so bad it's good" fourth entry in the Batman series. Schwarzenegger is Mr. Freeze, who speaks mostly in supposedly clever but stupid one-liners. Uma Thurman is Poison Ivy, constantly spraying the men with her pheromone powder to lure them to her deadly kiss. Alicia Silverstone puts on the leather as newcomer Batgirl, who is also an ace motorcycle rider. Clooney is smug and charming and downright annoying as Batman. The film has more leather than an s&m flick, with several close-ups of leather clad butts and breasts. The story makes no sense at all and frequently deviates to meaningless fights, motorcycle races, flashbacks, internal bickering, and on and on and on.

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