This movie is pretty funny for all the wrong reasons. If you watch it the way you'd watch the room you can enjoy this movie. Take it serious and you will lose all faith

Okay- Batman and Robin IS corny, but that's why I love it! The puns don't bother me but the acting is silly. I don't see why people hate it so much. I mean, people love The Wolf of Wall Street, which has 500+ F words and multiple orgies, but ICE PUNS make a bad movie? I've seen this twice and it's my favorite Batman movie, and my favorite superhero movie after the first 2 Spider Mans(with Tobey Maguire.)

This one has come in for a bit of a hammering in recent years from second-rate film critics publishing retrospectives, and compiling lists of 'worst movies ever made'. This one topped one of those lists. Well, it isn't. But then, it's not a good film either. I saw it on release and came out thinking it was gaudy and meretricious nonsense. However, given the overuse of CGI in blockbuster films these days, and toe-curling dialogue, I will assume witness for the defence for Batman & Robin. Clooney is perfectly cast in the titular role but ended up somehwat underwhelming. Apart from some well-timed jokes he never seemed to get his teeth into it. Chris O'Donnell was also well cast with a vigilante partnership problem.But, it is the potent Uma Thurman who steals the show as the staggeringly voluptuous beauty, Poison Ivy, who enters the spirit of pantomime wonderfully. Arnold Schwarzenegger delivers another character seemingly written for his angular delivery, packed full of comic tropes on the words ice and cold. In recent years there has been a tendency to look for provenance and seriousness to what were two dimensional characters in comics. Director Joel Schumacher just treats the subject matter honestly - it is pure kitsch fantasy harking back to the mid-60s TV series for style. The budget is there up on the screen in a frenzy of garishness, vibrant colour, exposition, action, and bizarre stage sets. Most of the action is stunts and live sequences. If you enter the spirit of old fashioned British stage pantomime, of baddies being really bad baddies with a twinkle in their eyes, it is perhaps not the worst couple of hours you've wasted.

Many people would beat down those who would give Batman and Robin a 7 out of 10 stars. However, the latter proves to be worthy of an average score in this viewer's opinion. In this day and age, it is difficult to find critics who have room in their hearts for goofy movie fun, that is if the film has some form of redeeming factor. There is no denying that Batman and Robin is technically one of the worst movies ever made. From it's ice/plant puns, innuendos, bat suit nipples and buttocks, constant grappling hook saves and George Clooney playing George Clooney dressed as Batman, it is something that feels like an attempted advertisement to sell action figures. The bright and colorful aspect of the film gives it that appearance. Though if people look at it through a more positive perspective, they'll find the film accomplished setting out what it wanted to be from the start. Now that is not to be confused as giving Joel Schumacher credit for putting together this film, turning it from Batman to Power Rangers. The cast really can't be blamed entirely for the film's failing results. They were directed to acting the way they did after all and some of the performances were acceptable while others, one cannot say the same thing. Michael Keaton played the character of Bruce Wayne/Batman for the original 1989 film and Batman Returns decently until he was replaced by Val Kilmer for 1995's Batman Forever. Kilmer wasn't the most amazing Batman by any means, but he made an effort to as best he could since that film was about as campy as this one. As already mentioned, George Clooney was playing George Clooney through the whole film. Never once could an audience viewer who is a Batman fan could look at him and say "This is the Batman of my imagination!" Clooney goes around without showing even the slightest bit of emotion, the kind that the character of Bruce Wayne is supposed to be feeling constantly, especially when he is Batman. He spends most of the time looking after Robin making sure he doesn't get into trouble and while that's good, even then he does not demonstrate fear for his friend/brother. To add on to that, Arnold Schwarzenegger as Mr. Freeze is the king of camp and ice jokes in the film. Mr. Freeze was never the Joker. He's not very complicated as a character to figure out. He was always a dark, vengeful and hateful man who wants nothing more than to revive his wife from her terminal disease at any cost. Not only does Arnold succeed at being himself as usual, but it's as if he intended to play a Joker/Two-Face knock off of Jack Nicholson and Tommy Lee Jones' performances. Additionally, Batgirl's presence in the film wasn't great either. Her character felt out of place from the start being introduced as the niece of Alfred, Wayne's butler. Her transformation into Batgilrl didn't feel legitimate as it did random and unconvincing. On the other hand, Chris O'Donnell's performance was possibly the only performance in the film that felt legit. All throughout, Robin's motivations for doing the things that he does rebelling against Batman are believable. He clearly outshines Clooney's Batman whenever the duo are on screen together. In addition to Chris O'Donnell, Uma Thurman, as campy as she was, did surprisingly well with her role. She was a perfect choice to portray the villain Poison Ivy in this viewer's opinion, even looking great for the part. It is unfortunate that her performance was hindered as a result of being casted for the wrong film. Had she starred in a Batman film directed by Christopher Nolan, she could have excelled. The actor who played Alfred (may he rest in peace) provided the film some heart to heart moments with George Clooney's Bruce Wayne, which were some of the film's best. In conclusion, that is the cast. If we all can just take the film for what it is, as basically a cartoon in live-action, we can find it isn't as bad as the critics say it is. Check out the following youtube address for more insight on what makes the film great https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXHskZCqhiI. It is clear that the film was not meant to be Christopher Nolan's the Dark Knight trilogy. Had Tim Burton, who directed the first two Batman films with Michael Keaton, directed this film, it may have turned out differently. For what it is, it is entertaining. It's one of those cases where it is so bad it's good or so good it's bad. The point being that the film doesn't fail at being the action comedy it is. While it may be a matter of persona opinion, the film contains great humor. Mr. Freeze provides humor related to ice. The character of Bane, while butchered as a villain character, gives a few laughs as Poison Ivy's oafish muscle incapable of speech. The action in the film serves as continuation for the film's camp factor, at the same time quite well done. Beneath the film's campiness is a good message about family and trusting one another, something not many would appreciate but deserves to be recognized. Finally, just because the critics say it's atrocious doesn't make it true. For Batman and Robin, this viewer does not agree that it is the worst thing to ever happen in film. Maybe for Batman but people tend to take movies way out of hand forgetting it's all fiction and not reality. Batman Forever felt like more of a fail than this film for the way it handled it's two villains who turned out obnoxious. The villains felt amusing for this film but people can always agree to disagree on anything. Credit where credit's due for the film creating inspiration to take the superhero movie genre to a whole better level that has continued to progress today.