Tuesday 26 July 2011

Batman & Robin (4 Stars)


They call this one of the worst movie sequels ever. Unjustly. This is a worthy follow-up to the previous three films. George Clooney is more suited to the role of Batman than Val Kilmer. And definitely a better Batman than Christian Bale.

Once more we have mad supervillains. This time Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy, adequately portrayed by Arnold Schwarzenegger and Uma Thurman. Arnie's wooden acting is just right for the character. But we shouldn't forget Alicia Silverstone who becomes Batgirl in this film. The picture below speaks for itself. Beautiful and sexy.


I've watched this film a few times, but today was the first time I noticed that the city of Gotham is based on Fritz Lang's Metropolis. There were some similarities in the previous three films, but in this film it's blatant.

2 comments:

  1. Well I'm glad you like this, but this is one of those love to hate efforts for me. The youtube collections of arnies awful puns have a charm of their own I guess.
    Surely you must admit bane was played to perfection by Tom hardy in dkr, and was horribly crowbarred in here as a mindless heavy?

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    1. In the comics themselves he wasn't super-bright either, but not super-dumb like in "Batman & Robin". Halfway between the two extremes.

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