S erious comic book fans and discerning cinephiles consider director Joel Schumacher's Batman & Robin from 1997 one of the worst films ever made - but they are wrong. It's easily more One of the campiest superhero films to ever grace the screen is 1997's Batman & Robin. Notoriously revered as one of the worst films of all time, the film maintains a surprising level of Movie Review: Batman and Robin - 1997. After the great financial success of Batman Forever, it was very predictable that there would be another Batman film. The audiences responded favorably to the brighter mood and the reliance on action as opposed to the psychological elements of its predecessors. Review Date March 4th, 2009 by Peter Bracke. Overview - Batman (1989) - Jack Nicholson is The Joker, who emerged from a horrible accident as a maniacal criminal. Michael Keaton is the Caped Crusader, who emerged from a childhood trauma to become a masked crimefighter. Kim Basinger is Vicki Vale, the talented photojournalist desired by both men. Batman Forever - 1995 Batman must battle former district attorney Harvey Dent, who is now Two-Face and Edward Nygma, The Riddler with help from an amorous psychologist and a young circus acrobat who becomes his sidekick, Robin. Batman & Robin - 1997 Batman and Robin try to keep their relationship together even as they must stop Mr. Freeze Batman has been adapted to film numerous times over since his 1939 debut, yet his movies have consistently struggled to get a live-action Robin right. With the announcement of the new DCU projects, the upcoming Batman movie, The Brave and the Bold, looks to try once more to deliver a proper movie version of Robin.This will be the first time since the notorious flop of Batman & Robin that the Od5YS.

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