Schwarzenegger's Not The Worst Thing In It! (Batman & Robin (DVD))

Member Name: Thomasd

Product:	Batman & Robin (DVD)
Date:	08/02/02 (81 review reads)
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Advantages: Drink Placemat, Frisbee, Funny

Disadvantages: Bad Acting, Bad Direction, Bad Film

I first watched Batman and Robin when it first came out on -shudder- video, and I remember thinking how bad Arnie was in it. Well after 2 or 3 years I sat down to watch it again and discovered there was a lot worse than the Austrian Oak.
In this third sequel to the Tim Burton directed Batman, we see Batman (From Dusk Till Dawns George Clooney), team up with his sidekick Robin (Vertical Limits Chris o Donnel) to take on Mr Freeze (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and Poison Ivy (Uma Thurman). But this time they will have help in the form of Batgirl(played my Alicia Silverstone).
What Director Joel Schumacher, who directed the previous Batman film Batman Forever, was thinking is beyond me.
Schwarzenegger does indeed stink up the screen with his diabolical 'Winter related' one liners such as "You're not sending me to the cooler!"
Uma Thurman is also pretty bad and seems intent on playing Poison Ivy like a pantomime villian.
But the worst performance in my opinion has to be Alicia Silverstone, easy on the eyes yes, but oh dear...
She plays Barbara Wilson- butler Alfreds niece form England- who comes to visit. I knew it was going to be bad when she turned up in Gotham- in America- in full school uniform!
Her British accent is laughable, lapsing in and out of American every so often, and seems to have a hard time expressing more than one emotion in some scenes.

On to the DVD, which comes with no extras, unless you count the cast and crew information and a few text pages on the special effects.
The sound and picture are both of a good standard- too good for the film itself.

It has come a long way from Tim Burtons original dark Batman film- but thats not a good thing- its a bad thing.

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