One of the most underrated movies of our time

Kashmir384

People need to understand what Joel Schumacher did with this movie, intentionally or not... made an extremely funny film. I'm not comparing this to Shawshank or A Clockwork Orange, but none the less this is an incredible piece of film.

This may be one of Schwarzenegger's most dynamic roles(excluding Kindergarten Cop). You can see some emotion in his character, instead of the normal robotic monster killing tank he always is, and the puns were incredible...INCREDIBLE. Schwarzenegger single handedly made this one of the best bad movies I have seen in ages.

Uma was great as Ivy, I often found myself wondering how Robin could resist her for so long. Her accent may have been a little over the top, but it matched the movie and made it even better. However I feel that they could have put a little more work into her sidekick Bane, who I feel was put in the movie just to use a beauty and the beast reference.

The writing was decent, I burst out laughing every time a character blurted out another ridiculous pun. Quotes such as "Ice to meet you," "Adam and Evil," and "Let's kick some ice!" made me laugh well after the credits rolled.

When batman uses his grappling hook to climb the building I almost thought they gave him the ability to fly, and at that point in the movie I wouldn't have put it past Schumacher to do so. I think the only thing that could have made this movie any more absurd and entertaining would be to cast Robin Williams as Alfred and give him a ten minute monologue.

There were a few problems though. This was by no means Clooney's finest hour, and although she fit the movie perfectly, Uma Thurman has definitely acted better. As I said, this movie is NOT, I repeat NOT a thinker. If you are looking for a movie in which you can delve into the deepest recesses of your mind go watch Requiem for a Dream, but if you want a solid movie where you can sit back and relax, Batman and Robin is for you.

score 7/10

Kashmir384 1 April 2008

Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw1850053/

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