Batman & Robin - 25 years later

[OCD Geek]

One funny observation: at this point, John Glover has played Lex Luthor's father, Dr. Sivana's father, and the mad scientist who turned Uma Thurman into Poison Ivy.

Where would onscreen DC villainy be without him?

He was also The Riddler in Batman: The Animated Series.

 

[Samurai8472]

George Clooney was interviewed recently about his time on "Batman and Robin"

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/h...ey-warned-ben-affleck-not-play-batman-1210338

“[Arnold] Schwarzenegger was paid, I think, $25 million for that, which was like 20 times more than I was paid for it, and, you know, we never even worked together! We worked together one day. But I took all the heat,” Clooney said when remembering the critical drubbing the movie received. “Now, fair deal; I was playing Batman and I wasn’t good in it, and it wasn’t a good film, but what I learned from that failure was, I had to rethink how I was working. Because now I wasn’t just an actor getting a role, I was being held responsible for the film itself.”

 

[BlueStuff]

I think Cutie mistook the "25 Thoughts..." headline for 25 Years.

When I read the thread title, I was trying to remember if this movie came out in ‘94 or not.

 

[Shamrock Holmes]

Saw the movie once, on opening day. That was enough.

And I really, really wanted to like the movie. I remember I stubborn held up hope that it would improve until I hit the Bat-credit card scene, at which point I realized there was no saving the movie.

Haven't seen it since.

I think it's a decidedly very bad movie (though with a lot of potential and a few moments) but also very, very far from the worst ever made.

Based on the novelisation, I'd say there's half of a good story in there, that could actually have been a genuinely good movie - at least on a par with Batman 89 - in the hands of a better director with a decent action star in the lead role, maybe Mel Gibson or Jeff Goldblum, but Schmacher, combined with some iffy at best casting lead to the trainwreck that we got.

 

[fireproof78]

Based on the novelisation, I'd say there's half of a good story in there, that could actually have been a genuinely good movie - at least on a par with Batman 89 - in the hands of a better director with a decent action star in the lead role, maybe Mel Gibson or Jeff Goldblum, but Schmacher, combined with some iffy at best casting lead to the trainwreck that we got.

I would agree with this part on the novelization. I recall reading that several times and finding that highly interesting.