![]() Apart from that, however, is the contribution brought to the movie by one Arnold Schwarzenegger. It’s also such an obvious trainwreck that there’s no pain left by wasted potential, unlike the far more excruciating watch that is Batman Forever (not helped by the copious amount of neon green in that film, which leaves me nauseous). No doubt nostalgia plays a role in this I was seven when it came out and took it as one of many Batman offerings at the time I was happy to watch. It’s always been a good source of cheesy fun. But I’ve never been able to dislike Batman & Robin. The movie was rushed by executives, helmed by a filmmaker happy to use “it’s a cartoon!” as a direction, is rarely funny when it’s supposed to be, and never convincingly sincere when it tries to be. It’s about as an objective a mess as you can find at that budget with that kind of high-profile material. ![]() ![]() This isn’t a hot take about how Batman & Robin is actually genius. ![]()
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