Batman & Robin (1997)
This was so much FUN!
I saw this at the cinema when I was 9 years old, and it took it very seriously. But, watching it again, I realised this just doesn't take itself so seriously, and it's all the better for it. Right from those opening shots of the suits, with the nipples and the gratuitous bum shots
The dialogue was incredibly predictable, but enjoyably so; my wife and I were predicting lines and laughing when they were delivered.
The plot was pretty thin, but it didn't need to be deep.
Visually this movie is so clean. So many jaunty cantered angles, so many lush set designs. It feels like they had a lot of fun making it.
And a Smashing Pumpkins song to close the credits? Camp 90s perfection.
I was shocked to see just how panned it was, I know it was a jarring tonal shift at the time, but it achieves perfectly what it set out to do. It's such an homage to the classic 50s (?) Batman. But I guess everyone wanted dark, action movie Batman.
How do you all feel about this film now?