Batman & Robin 1997 ½

Rewatched Jul 19, 2012

I had a few hours to kill before leaving for The Dark Knight Rises. Don't judge me.

You know, if this was marketed exclusively as an adaptation of the Adam West series, it would be a lot more forgivable. It's campy, it's ridiculous, it's lit with neon strobe lights, and includes such lines as, "What killed the dinosaurs? THE ICE AGE!!!!!" Uma Thurman seems to understand what sort of movie she's in and commits to the silliness; she's kind of great, in a way. Schwarzenegger also has some great/awful material, though I don't know if he actually realized how bad it was. The three leads, though, are all soulless dead zones. Clooney wears a look of utter self-loathing throughout the entire thing, Silverstone is completely lost, and O'Donnell is just awful in everything for eternity. It's funny, though!

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