{"id":21286,"date":"2019-05-26T09:21:10","date_gmt":"2019-05-26T16:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=21286"},"modified":"2019-05-27T23:03:53","modified_gmt":"2019-05-28T06:03:53","slug":"review-batman-and-robin-4k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2019\/05\/review-batman-and-robin-4k\/","title":{"rendered":"Batman & Robin 4K Ultra HD Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Batman & Robin<\/em><\/strong> is just an all around terrible movie and truly a corporate movie made to sell toys, but thankfully it did tank at the box office ushering in Christopher Nolan\u2019s Batman Trilogy<\/em>, but man this movie did not improve, even on the so bad its good level.<\/p>\n

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Batman & Forever<\/span>
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Genre(s): <\/strong>Action, Adventure, Fantasy<\/span>
\nWarner Bros. | PG13 \u2013 124 min. \u2013 $41.99 | June 4, 2019<\/span><\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 05\/26\/2019 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Directed by: <\/strong>Tim Burton<\/span>
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Sam Hamm (story), Sam Hamm and Warren Skaaren (screenplay)<\/span>
\nCast: <\/strong>Jack Nicholson, Michael Keaton, Kim Basinger, Robert Wuhl, Pat Hingle, Billy Dee Williams, Michael Gough, Jack Palance<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DISC INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Features: <\/strong>Commentary, Featurettes, Theatrical Trailer<\/span>
\nSlip Cover: <\/strong>Yes<\/span>
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>Yes<\/span>
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>4K, Blu-ray<\/span>
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Audio: <\/strong>English (Dolby Atmos), French (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1)<\/span>
\nVideo (4K): <\/strong>2160p\/Widescreen 1.85<\/span>
\nDynamic Range: <\/strong>HDR10<\/span>
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH, French, Spanish<\/span>
\nCodecs: <\/strong>HEVC \/ H.265<\/span>
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A, B, C<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment provided me with a free copy of the Blu-ray I reviewed in this Blog Post.<\/strong><\/span>
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THE MOVIE \u2014 1.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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And then it all came crashing down.<\/p>\n

Batman Forever<\/em> may certainly have been a change-up to the two Tim Burton movies in both style and quality, but Batman & Robin<\/em><\/strong> is in its own class, its own class of crap. I\u2019ll forget that it\u2019s sacrilege upon the source material and instead focus on the basic levels of story and acting.<\/p>\n

From the opening sequence where Batman (George Clooney) and Robin (Chris O\u2019Donnell) gay-lishly suit-up for a night of fighting crime to a finale that is just laughable, Batman & Robin<\/em><\/strong> is such an awful movie, I would have loved to have seen Warner executives reactions after a screening… In any case, from the jump, we have stilted dialogue, terrible acting from a future Oscar winner in George Clooney and a neon\/loud production design that will give kids with ADD a headache.<\/p>\n

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Not helping matters, director Joel Schumacher and Oscar-winning writer Akiva Goldsman decided to go with two of Batman\u2019s more colorful villains in Mr. Freeze (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and Poison Ivy (Uma Thurman). Together, these super villains come together to rid the Earth of humans, first by freezing everything and everybody then letting nature run its course after which Freeze and Ivy will apparently rule with a cold and green fist.<\/p>\n

In terms of casting, I have nothing against George Clooney as Bruce\/Batman. In fact, over the years he\u2019s made fun of himself for the debacle, but he\u2019s actually not bad in the role, just sorely miscast, although I guess going back to 1997, Warner quickly nabbed the future superstar and he, being someone ready to move from television (\u201cER\u201d) to feature films.<\/p>\n

As much as I can forgive miscasting Clooney as the Caped Crusader, I cannot fathom what the hell they were thinking with Schwarzenegger as Mr. Freeze. I\u2019ll overlook that he\u2019s just too large for the role, but having the man who can\u2019t even say \u2018California\u2019 make those one-liners and punned-laden punch lines, was pure brilliance: \u201cWhat killed the dinosaurs? The Ice Age!\u201d, and then Mr. Freeze proceeds to destroy a giant dinosaur to help with his escape (into a spaceship where more he lays more puns upon Batman who he has trapped).<\/p>\n

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Last we have more brilliant, perhaps even thespian, casting of the likes of Uma Thurman and Alicia Silverstone, the latter coming aboard with the idea of making her a part of the Bat-team in a fourth film if this had been successful (more than likely being called Batman: Triumphant<\/em>). Despite this was the time when Alicia Silverstone was still relatively cute\/borderline hot, she reached the depths of her co-stars and the awful writing with an equally terrible performance that would be laughable if you weren\u2019t cringing every time she opened her mouth.<\/p>\n

Fact is, as terrible as Batman & Robin<\/em><\/strong> was and as much as it raped Bob Kane\u2019s creation, if it weren\u2019t for this crown jewel of a film, we would never had gotten Batman Begins<\/em> and The Dark Knight<\/em>, so for that I salute you Mr. Schumacher, Mr. Schwarzenegger and Mr. Clooney. Job well done gentlemen.<\/p>\n

2019 Update: <\/strong>It\u2019s still a shit movie. Moving along.<\/p>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 4.25\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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This release comes with a semi-glossy and reflective slip cover<\/strong>. Inside is a redemption code for the Digital HD<\/strong> copy along with a remastered Blu-ray disc.<\/p>\n

Feature Commentary<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 Joel Schumacher sits down for what had to have been one of the most anticipated commentaries for such a horrible movie and thankfully it was a pretty good track, though I kind of zoned out after he apologized for the film… Whether he was sincere or not, I don\u2019t know. Anyway, the commentary was part trivia, some honesty and the rest just who did what and all that.<\/p>\n

The Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight<\/strong> finishes things up with Part 6 Batman Unbound (27:01)<\/u><\/strong>. The last entry is an honest account on why Batman & Robin failed and it was most appropriately said by Chris O\u2019Donnell that making this one felt like he was making a toy commercial. What I enjoyed the most was the inside Hollywood elements including briefly talking about why Val Kilmer did not return for this one (he had already committed to doing The Saint and there was miscommunication between Kilmer and Warner Brothers).<\/p>\n

Beyond Batman (49:33):<\/strong><\/p>\n