I love that Joel Schumacher can make one of my favorite films Falling Down (Michael Douglas) and then a movie that’s super fun terrible and wacky like this. I think you’re quite the filmmaker if you can do both of those
So many quotables from my childhood! “Rubber lips are immune to your charm” “ as I told lady freeze before I pulled her plug, this is a one woman show” 💀 “Freezy, why the cold shoulder?” “Who is this nutball?!” “And we will rule the world as Adam..and Evil” 🤣🤣 The absolute BEST is when Batman and Robin are going back and forth at the charity auction for Ivy. Batman pulls out the damn credit card, talking about “never leave home without it!” 💀 this movie is a classic !
Great Review guys! There always seems to be something new to say about this film.... I'm working on some of my dumb videos about this, when I'm done I'll send it to you. When will I have it? I wish I knew...
I always come back to rewatch this video every time I can. It’s so hilarious hearing you guys ripping this movie apart while at the same time pointing really interesting facts and trivia. This is definitely one of my favorite videos on this channel. Keep up the great work!
I watched this for the first time in a long time yesterday. I actually thought to myself “maybe I’ll like it more this time” Then it got to the auction scene. To quote Andy Serkis’ Alfred “Dear God…” On a really sad note, this is the last Batman film that Batman creator Bob Kane saw before he passed away. Yeah I don’t have any jokes for that , it’s just really sad.
So for this rewatch series I rewatched all 4 but with the Kevin Smith and Marc Bernardin commentary. If you ever give these movies another go I suggest that. They have some good insights to the production and some hilarious jokes.
John Glover has been in several DC stuff.Dr. Jason Woodrow here in Batman & Robin.Lionel Luthor on Smallville,Dr. Sivana''s father in Shazam.He also voiced The Riddler in Batman The Animated Series which was a serious version of the character.Not goofy like the Batman '66 version or Batman Forever.
Winston is dead wrong. Batman: The Movie (1966) has way better puns and one liners than this. That one is actually really funny. And just because this movie attempts at being fun does not make it so, like how I'm seeing from a lot of the comment section. The thing i do like are the statues as tall as skyscrapers. That's pretty cool design. The score isn't that bad either. Quite catchy in a good way actually.
The Batman (1966) tv show and movie were really terrific. It was intended to be saterical and outrageous. Both the show and the movie are good family fun, kinda like how "The Lego Batman Movie" is for today's generation. Basically, the people behind the scenes were in on the joke, but took it sincerely.
This movie is undeniably terrible but it holds a special place in my heart for a few reasons. 1. I was a child... It was my first time seeing batman on the big screen. ( Yes, I've seen the Michael Keaton one's but not until after the fact.) 2. Arnold was just campy, cheesy, cartoony goodness. 3. Alicia Silverstone as Batgirl was my sexual awakening. (How I knew I was attracted to older women, even at that young of an age 🤣)
I was obsessed with this movie when I was 9, but then I rewatched when I was 13 and not only did I realize how bad it was, I realized how much it ruined Mr. Freeze for me subconsciously ( though I glad it's gotten to a point where people have become vocal about giving him a second chance on film). I tried to enjoy it ironically and it is still THE most mind numbing film I've ever watched. And I've seen all the Transformers films from Michael Bay.
Remember this is last Batman movie Bob Kane saw in his lifetime . Just Sad. I don't put all the blame on Schmacher for this mess . WB Execs and Akiva Goldsman have to take some responsibility fpr this mess . The sad thing about Arnie's Mr Freeze is they used the basic premise of Mr Freeze's story arc from 'Heart of Ice' one of the best episodes of Batman: The Animated Series and completely butchered it. The small scenes between Bruce and Alfred are probably the best in the moviw and along with the score are probably the only features of the movie that are not completely terrible. I pity Elliot Goldenthal having to score this and he did the best he could with pretty attrocious material . The score appropriately captures the 66 Batman vibe at least.
I watched this with Joel Schumacher's commentary and I get the impression that Joel really in his heart would have preferred to make something a bit darker with Batman but didn't feel he could say no to whatever the studio wanted after Batman Forever. A bit like Raimi plugging away with Spider-Man 3 and putting Venom just to please Avi Arad despite not liking the character . Batman and Robin suffered because the put merchandising and toys ahead movie quality. The props, vehicle designers and VFX guys must have been worn out such was the number of ' toys' thar needed to produce. Movie quality should never be sacrificed for merchandising . Nolan made it very clear when took over Batman the film must come first . For me the only redeeming qualities of this movie are the couple pf one to one Interactions between Bruce and Alfred and Elliot Goldenthal's score which does suit the campy but limited material rather well . This movie is probably playing in Comic Book movie hell along with rubbish Green Lantern , Superman IV, all the Fantastic Four movies , TASM 2 ( sorry Andrew) , Daredevil (2003) and it's spin off Elecktra , X Men Origins: Wolverine , Dark Phoenix and the theatrical cut of Justice League.
@@TheKristianHarloff BTW Kristian did you know that Andrew Adamson who would direct the first two Shrek and Narnia movies worked the visual effects for Batman Forever and Batman and Robin working alongside John Dykstra who worked on and won an Oscar for his work on the original Star Wars and later won Oscar for his work on Spider-Man 2 . Some of the thing they tried with the computer effects were ambitious for the time but you can tell at the time this movie came out this computer technology was still not perfected yet.
I was 13 or 14 when this came out and it legit sucked the joy out of me as a Batman fan. It made me so angry. The only thing I liked was the shot of the three of them running in the shadows at the very end towards the screen. That looked cool to me
I actually enjoyed Batman Forever more than I remembered, but Batman and Robin was painful to get through. It takes the silliness from Forever, turns it up to 11 and removes any substance. There’s not much of a story to follow, and there aren’t any real characters in the movie, just hollow caricatures. I’m also pretty sure 80% or more of Arnold’s dialogue is ice puns. At least I have a new answer if a professor asks why I’m late to class. #iwishiknew
42:22 I’m sure someone else has pointed this out in the comments; but that woman is in this, Forever and Returns and her name is Elizabeth Sanders. She was Bob Kane’s then second wife and widow, Bob died a year offer Batman & Robin.
Impressive how Joel Schumacher was able to maintain his filmmaking career after this, with movies like 8mm, Phone Booth, and others, since another filmmaker would probably get stuck in director’s jail after making a movie like this
He did a lot f films on smaller budgets after wards and a couple of really good ones it would be years till he scored a big budget gig again (Phantom of the Opera)
@@sachaallari592 Yeah I think it was the small films indi that saved, doing that instead of directing episodes of L&O, which very well could have happened. By being given the chance of doing the small films, he really able to relaunch his career.
@@DrVVVinK By what I hear he was quite Rich and well off before he was a film director as he came from the Fashion world There is a Series or film called Halston where Ewan Macgregor plays the title role and Rory Culkin plays Joel his lover.
I wish I knew. Apologies, apologies and have some class need to be T-shirts. Winston is right tho. Clooney is the most Bruce Wayne looking actor to play Batman. (Followed by Bale, Affleck and Kilmer) Batman and Robin is so bad this is the least I’ve ever heard Coy speak. But now you’re getting into the good stuff. Looking forward to you guys discussing The Dark Knight Trilogy. I love that the studio allowed Nolan to really care about Batman. He saved the franchise cinematically and changed the course of the superhero movie.
I listened to the podcast and heard you talking about Vivica Fox and only watched it for her. Watched 30 minutes, got a call and thought, " that'll do pig. That'll do."
I will say this about Batman Forever and Batman & Robin. I saw B&R when I was like 3-4 years old in the theater. Oddly enough, I thought Mr. Freeze was scary. These movies aren't good, but Warner Brothers totally succeeded in making them marketable for kids and sell toys and other merchandise. My brother and I had the toys from both movies. So, from a business perspective, WB was successful. They just failed on other levels. Also, I preferred George Clooney to Val Kilmer as Bruce Wayne/Batman, but that's just my preference.
Patrick Wilems has a good take on B&R....its a 'lifestyle' film (Joel Schumacher, duh) - Uma Thurman is doing a drag queen impression, gratuitous codpiece, T&A shots, ice skaters, Ivy is introduced in a BEAR costume, and Bane is in a BSDM suit. It kind of makes sense. Also...Elle Macpherson in her prime tho....
I saw this when i was 12,the lost world was out at the same time but i saw it like 3 times already so i said screw it lets watch Batman and Robin,and about 20 minutes in i was embarrassed to be in the theater,we had girls with us to so i was really embarrassed lol i even remember standing by the concession stand that was right outside the theater when it was almost over and people were already walking out making fun of the movie, especially when they came out running towards the screen at the end of the film, everyone hated what they just witnessed it was so funny, Alicia Silverstone had the only none campy performance for some reason lol great review
This movie is the equivalent to the same feeling I experienced when watching the Undertakers Streak come to an end. Yeah not every match was a classic but most were so yeah Batman Forever wasn’t great but a Batman movie is always something to look forward to just like the streak match was always something to look forward to at every Wrestlemania. Well this franchise got F-5’d 3 times and it took 8 years to recover. The Undertaker said he had a concussion at the beginning of his match against Lesnar and doesn’t remember anything about the streak ending match. Well I wish back in 1997 I would tripped when walking into the theater and would of been concussed to where I would have no recollection of ever seeing that 💩 terpiece of a movie.
To be fair, I saw this in theaters when I was 5 years old. I thought it was awesome. Again, as a FIVE year old i thought this was great. It was still a big budget production. The issue is that they went all-in on the campy cartoony vibe. Which is fine for a small child, but as an adult its too silly. but it still has some production elements worthy of praise.
You need to watch the behind the scenes to this movie. The whole cast and crew admitted in interviews that the movie was a failure. Chris O'Donnell said he never shot a single scenes with Arnold, since he was barely in the suit (only in closeups), due to the suit being so heavy. George Clooney still continues to make fun of his involvement in this, and Joel Schumacher publicly apologized and took the blame on himself for how this turned out. Warner Bros made sure that all the toys were designed and ready before the film even went into production.
Why haven't people shown some class and hit the subscribe and notification buttons? "I wish I knew." Love you guys doing these reviews, it's always a good time.
Just started the video Kristian and it seems like this rewatch has taken some years off your life 😂 I love how absolutely terrible this movie is & find it mind boggling that it even exists!
I saw this in theatres when I was a kid. At that point in time I didn’t think there was such a thing as a bad movie. Even my innocent childhood mind knew this movie was shit
This film, Steel with Shaquille O Neil and Spawn killed the Superhero genre for a while until Blade, X-Men and Sam Raimi's SpiderMan revived it. 1997 was a terrible year for Comic Book movies.
... Coy really went all-out on the eye closing and laughing in this one. It was sweet... Best to do it on a movie like this, where one can distract one's mind. Clever, really.
i can proudly say that i have never watched this movie. Loved the first two, didn't like 'Forever" and i could see where they were going and said no way.
I'm with you guys. This movie is absolute garbage. Not just for all the things you guys talked about, but the action scenes aren't even good. Granted, I liked the casting and it somehow manages to not be boring, but that's not saying much. You also pointed out an inconsistency with Poison Ivy I hadn't noticed before in that she was on board with Mr. Freeze's plan to freeze the whole planet which would kill off all plant life too. She's supposed to be all about the plants, so that didn't make sense. I simply cannot understand what the hell was going through WB executives' heads with this film. I get wanting to sell toys, but like this? Jesus lol.
42:53 lol I love the voice Kristian does here! Reminds of the friend of Jerry Seinfeld's dad from the retirement home, the one who kept insisting Jerry to keep the NASA pen.
A person could not give a convincing argument that objective bad movies don’t exist if that person had to defend Batman and Robin. Also Spider Man 3, Battlefield Earth, Catwoman, etc.
I forgot about “Win a goldfish here”. Best thing Batman and Robin gave me. I have been watching along with you but I skipped this one. Why? I wish i knew.
The "silly lady in Batman Forever and Batman & Robin" who said,"my close personal friend,Bruce Wayne" is Batman co-creator Bob Kane's wife.She also had a walk on role as different character in Batman Returns.
Was so excited for this and it did not disappoint. Loved how you went from silly ridiculousness into actual interesting film commentary. Would love to see you lot rewatch the 90s Power Rangers movie. Its a very similar vibe. I know that doesn't sell it but it would be a lot of fun for the viewers.
@@TheKristianHarloff oh I will be. You know I've been there since the beginning. Massively support the changes. Its not been fun lately listening to great talent asking for money. Would much prefer quality over quantity. I hope the Patreon absolutely explodes for you.
1997 is the year comic book movies nearly died. Not only did you have Batman & Robin but you also had Shaquille O’Neil’s Steel & Michael Jai White’s Spawn. Thank goodness we had Blade the very next year as well as X-Men & Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man a few years later
Saw this in theater when I was a kid. Then saw it again a few years ago. So bad. Immediately called my dad to apologize for making him take me to see it.
I was about to turn 26 when this came out. This is definitely the worst movie I went to the theater to see as an adult. In defense of Uma Thurman, her Poison Ivy accent seemed like it was based off of the Animated Series portrayal. Still didn't save the movie
Regardless of the outcome of this live action cartoon part of me always wanted to see shelved Batman Unchained/Triumphant. They were going to take Batman back to his roots to the “darker” tone w/ Scarecrow, Bruce hallucinating seeing The Joker, and Harley (as Joker’s daughter).
So happy to watch people who hate this. Since 2017 when ever someone calls The Last Jedi the “worst movie ever” my response is always “Have you seen Batman & Robin?”
WOW you've broken new ground! I've never heard anyone say a bad thing about Batman & Robin. Its funny everyone "hates" it and yet its the most analyzed and reviewed movie on you tube. Definitely more than any of the bloated Nolan movies.
I just heard recently that Coolio was only in this movie for a cameo only because he was going to appear as Jonathan Crane in the next proposed Schumacher film. Wow imagine that
Another thing was how cheap this movie could look at times with how when freeze opens a door with icicles on it you can see the icicles wobbling back and forth.
I noticed the huge flaw that is vast persons aren’t recognizing Batman is Bruce Wayne because he never modified his voice so it’s implausible that vast persons that have heard Bruce Wayne fail to recognize Batman is Bruce Wayne when Batman talked at a party.
This movie in general is just, the farts. Please check out Friday Night Titans, would love to hear what you think! th-cam.com/video/ZbsYDttQgv0/w-d-xo.html
I feel like taking the night off work. Think I’ll give that a try. Tomorrow… Boss: why didn’t you show up to work? Me: I wish I knew We’ll see how it goes lmfao (yeah, not actually gonna try that lol)
They were even mailing it in with the toys at the end. Batman has a modified batmobile. Batgirl has a generic crotch rocket bike, and Robin has a combination of a snowmobile and one of those shallow bottom boats with the big fan on the back from the bayou? Where did he get that? I wish I knew
This movie is ABYSMAL. But I’ll always defend George Clooney as Batman. If people can love Adam West, then I believe Clooney deserves love too. He was a good Batman in a terrible kids movie. If you think about it, he checks all the boxes as Batman. He’s smart. He can fight. He does detective work. He solves problems. He doesn’t kill. And he’s over protective of Robin. Sure his head bobbles quite a bit here lol but his scenes with Alfred are really good stuff and almost an entirely different movie. The movie is mostly unwatchable but it’s worth skipping through it to see Bruce tell Alfred that he loves him. I wish Clooney were younger. He looks way more like a Bruce Wayne than Pattinson ever will. We’ve seen Clooney do great work. I can imagine him in the The Batman trailers. If we’re going to find someone to hate for how bad Batman and Robin is, let’s hate the studio, not Clooney, the bright knight 2.0.
I just want a Bane that is not a minion, in the comics is way smarter than most of batman's villains and in the movies is always manipulated by someone else. There is a world where Bane could be controlling Ivy and Freeze to work for him having complete opposite goals by sheer intelligence
First of all, Kristian's Ahnold is FLAWLESS. Even the manic look in his eyes is a perfect part of the impersonation. Yes, agreed that this movie is truly terrible and i think the real sin of it is because, unlike the Adam West series, this movie doesn't even feel like the actors are enjoying themselves. The camp of '66 is still fun to watch today and i daresay Mr Freeze in the original series was a good villain even though that was long before the more relatable wife-is-frozen backstory that began in TAS. And as painful as this movie is to watch--and i never will again--i honestly don't think this Bane is any less comic accurate than Nolan's version. I hope we finally get a real Bane in the Matt Reeves verse. This movie is so bad, it almost makes me want to watch a Snyder comic movie...almost. BvS and ZSJL are almost Batman and Robin awful.
I love that Joel Schumacher can make one of my favorite films Falling Down (Michael Douglas) and then a movie that’s super fun terrible and wacky like this. I think you’re quite the filmmaker if you can do both of those
Man Jamie, this movie STOINKS
@@TheKristianHarloff I agree with you Kristian 100%
Falling Down is a truly awesome film. I also highly enjoyed Schumaker's Phantom of the Opera.
For me it’s The Lost Boys.
For years I blamed Joel Schumacher for this nonsense, I wish I knew!
Yeah def not his fault
I saw this opening night. I couldn’t believe my eyes. I was done when Clooney whipped out the bat credit card.
Yup
Best part of this movie was the opportunity to have Kristian do the Arnold voice for the one liners 😂😂 I Wish I Knew!
Ha
“You’re not sending me to the cooler” 😂 love it.For someone who’s known for his one liners he’s got a ton of underrated ones in this movie !
Oof
So many quotables from my childhood! “Rubber lips are immune to your charm”
“ as I told lady freeze before I pulled her plug, this is a one woman show” 💀
“Freezy, why the cold shoulder?”
“Who is this nutball?!”
“And we will rule the world as Adam..and Evil” 🤣🤣
The absolute BEST is when Batman and Robin are going back and forth at the charity auction for Ivy. Batman pulls out the damn credit card, talking about “never leave home without it!” 💀 this movie is a classic !
We have a different definition to classic, haha
@@TheKristianHarloff fair fair! Guilty pleasure is more appropriate haha
Appreciate you guys working through this one. Thank God it's time for Nolan films
YUP
Great Review guys! There always seems to be something new to say about this film.... I'm working on some of my dumb videos about this, when I'm done I'll send it to you.
When will I have it? I wish I knew...
hahah
@@TheKristianHarloff Done.
I always come back to rewatch this video every time I can. It’s so hilarious hearing you guys ripping this movie apart while at the same time pointing really interesting facts and trivia. This is definitely one of my favorite videos on this channel. Keep up the great work!
Glad you enjoyed it!
This is my favorite out of all the 90s I think Arnold’s Iceman is hilarious 😂 as a kid I loved this movie & I still do .
Fair
I watched this for the first time in a long time yesterday. I actually thought to myself “maybe I’ll like it more this time” Then it got to the auction scene. To quote Andy Serkis’ Alfred “Dear God…”
On a really sad note, this is the last Batman film that Batman creator Bob Kane saw before he passed away. Yeah I don’t have any jokes for that , it’s just really sad.
Atrocious
@Robert Rains Yeah Ik Bill Finger was the co creator but Bill Finger didn’t see Batman and Robin as his last Batman movie
Bill Finger did
@Aidan Keohane Bill Finger is the creator of Batman.
Another great rewatch episode kristian. Wonder why your channel isn't big enough as it should. I wish i knew.
Hey for only 5 and a half months of content, to be 37,000 subscribers in, I will take it! It took Ellis and i 2 years to get to 5,000 subs.
So for this rewatch series I rewatched all 4 but with the Kevin Smith and Marc Bernardin commentary. If you ever give these movies another go I suggest that. They have some good insights to the production and some hilarious jokes.
Those were awesome. I waited years for them to put out their Batman and Robin commentary.
Haha thanks
Those are funny,i like his review of Dark knight rises
John Glover has been in several DC stuff.Dr. Jason Woodrow here in Batman & Robin.Lionel Luthor on Smallville,Dr. Sivana''s father in Shazam.He also voiced The Riddler in Batman The Animated Series which was a serious version of the character.Not goofy like the Batman '66 version or Batman Forever.
Yea
I have no class. I wish I knew. Great video as always. Don’t know how you sat through that dumpster fire of shit but you did. Well done.
Thank you!
“Hi Freeze… I’m Batman 😁”
Pure cringe.
Yes!!
Atrocious
Is this the best trio on TH-cam? I wish I knew.
Ha thanks
The smashing pumpkins had a banger of a song on the soundtrack............. That's about the only positive thing I could muster about this movie.
Music was always on point for these.
Kristian, your Arnold voice is perfect.
Winston is dead wrong. Batman: The Movie (1966) has way better puns and one liners than this. That one is actually really funny.
And just because this movie attempts at being fun does not make it so, like how I'm seeing from a lot of the comment section. The thing i do like are the statues as tall as skyscrapers. That's pretty cool design. The score isn't that bad either. Quite catchy in a good way actually.
Thank you!!
The Batman (1966) tv show and movie were really terrific. It was intended to be saterical and outrageous. Both the show and the movie are good family fun, kinda like how "The Lego Batman Movie" is for today's generation. Basically, the people behind the scenes were in on the joke, but took it sincerely.
This movie is undeniably terrible but it holds a special place in my heart for a few reasons.
1. I was a child... It was my first time seeing batman on the big screen. ( Yes, I've seen the Michael Keaton one's but not until after the fact.)
2. Arnold was just campy, cheesy, cartoony goodness.
3. Alicia Silverstone as Batgirl was my sexual awakening.
(How I knew I was attracted to older women, even at that young of an age 🤣)
Copy that!!
I was obsessed with this movie when I was 9, but then I rewatched when I was 13 and not only did I realize how bad it was, I realized how much it ruined Mr. Freeze for me subconsciously ( though I glad it's gotten to a point where people have become vocal about giving him a second chance on film). I tried to enjoy it ironically and it is still THE most mind numbing film I've ever watched. And I've seen all the Transformers films from Michael Bay.
The Riddler and Two face costumes are both in Arkham, and how they got two face’s costume , I WISH I KNEW!!!
Haha
Remember this is last Batman movie Bob Kane saw in his lifetime . Just Sad. I don't put all the blame on Schmacher for this mess . WB Execs and Akiva Goldsman have to take some responsibility fpr this mess . The sad thing about Arnie's Mr Freeze is they used the basic premise of Mr Freeze's story arc from 'Heart of Ice' one of the best episodes of Batman: The Animated Series and completely butchered it. The small scenes between Bruce and Alfred are probably the best in the moviw and along with the score are probably the only features of the movie that are not completely terrible. I pity Elliot Goldenthal having to score this and he did the best he could with pretty attrocious material . The score appropriately captures the 66 Batman vibe at least.
This is true
I watched this with Joel Schumacher's commentary and I get the impression that Joel really in his heart would have preferred to make something a bit darker with Batman but didn't feel he could say no to whatever the studio wanted after Batman Forever. A bit like Raimi plugging away with Spider-Man 3 and putting Venom just to please Avi Arad despite not liking the character . Batman and Robin suffered because the put merchandising and toys ahead movie quality. The props, vehicle designers and VFX guys must have been worn out such was the number of ' toys' thar needed to produce. Movie quality should never be sacrificed for merchandising . Nolan made it very clear when took over Batman the film must come first . For me the only redeeming qualities of this movie are the couple pf one to one Interactions between Bruce and Alfred and Elliot Goldenthal's score which does suit the campy but limited material rather well . This movie is probably playing in Comic Book movie hell along with rubbish Green Lantern , Superman IV, all the Fantastic Four movies , TASM 2 ( sorry Andrew) , Daredevil (2003) and it's spin off Elecktra , X Men Origins: Wolverine , Dark Phoenix and the theatrical cut of Justice League.
We talk about this!
@@TheKristianHarloff BTW Kristian did you know that Andrew Adamson who would direct the first two Shrek and Narnia movies worked the visual effects for Batman Forever and Batman and Robin working alongside John Dykstra who worked on and won an Oscar for his work on the original Star Wars and later won Oscar for his work on Spider-Man 2 . Some of the thing they tried with the computer effects were ambitious for the time but you can tell at the time this movie came out this computer technology was still not perfected yet.
"Why do you keep saying you wish you knew?"
"I wish I knew"
Haha
I was 13 or 14 when this came out and it legit sucked the joy out of me as a Batman fan. It made me so angry. The only thing I liked was the shot of the three of them running in the shadows at the very end towards the screen. That looked cool to me
Just a big pile of farts
shirt idea
"Why did you buy this shirt?
I wish i knew"
Hahaha
Back in 97 my brother got free tickets to watch this movie and we almost walked out after the icecapades fight, why didn't we, wish I knew
Haha
I actually enjoyed Batman Forever more than I remembered, but Batman and Robin was painful to get through. It takes the silliness from Forever, turns it up to 11 and removes any substance. There’s not much of a story to follow, and there aren’t any real characters in the movie, just hollow caricatures. I’m also pretty sure 80% or more of Arnold’s dialogue is ice puns. At least I have a new answer if a professor asks why I’m late to class. #iwishiknew
It is very brutal
Why does Mr. Freeze have a cigar? I wish I knew.
“Win a Gold Fish Here” got me blocked by Campea on Twitter 😂
:(
I know I said Batman forever is worse than this movie last week but I rewatched this movie and man it’s annoying as shit lol.
HORRENDOUS
This movie & Jingle All The Way, which came out the year before, were the movies that killed Arnold Schwarzenegger’s peak acting career
Yup
"i wish i knew" why i'm literraly cracking at laugh 😂. 🙌🏼Kristian.
Hahaha
42:22 I’m sure someone else has pointed this out in the comments; but that woman is in this, Forever and Returns and her name is Elizabeth Sanders. She was Bob Kane’s then second wife and widow, Bob died a year offer Batman & Robin.
Yup, know now for sure!
Impressive how Joel Schumacher was able to maintain his filmmaking career after this, with movies like 8mm, Phone Booth, and others, since another filmmaker would probably get stuck in director’s jail after making a movie like this
Yeah wasn't his fault.
He did a lot f films on smaller budgets after wards and a couple of really good ones it would be years till he scored a big budget gig again (Phantom of the Opera)
@@sachaallari592 Yeah I think it was the small films indi that saved, doing that instead of directing episodes of L&O, which very well could have happened. By being given the chance of doing the small films, he really able to relaunch his career.
@@DrVVVinK By what I hear he was quite Rich and well off before he was a film director as he came from the Fashion world There is a Series or film called Halston where Ewan Macgregor plays the title role and Rory Culkin plays Joel his lover.
I wish I knew. Apologies, apologies and have some class need to be T-shirts. Winston is right tho. Clooney is the most Bruce Wayne looking actor to play Batman. (Followed by Bale, Affleck and Kilmer) Batman and Robin is so bad this is the least I’ve ever heard Coy speak. But now you’re getting into the good stuff. Looking forward to you guys discussing The Dark Knight Trilogy. I love that the studio allowed Nolan to really care about Batman. He saved the franchise cinematically and changed the course of the superhero movie.
Maybe Just Maybe!!
I listened to the podcast and heard you talking about Vivica Fox and only watched it for her. Watched 30 minutes, got a call and thought, " that'll do pig. That'll do."
Hahaha
I will say this about Batman Forever and Batman & Robin. I saw B&R when I was like 3-4 years old in the theater. Oddly enough, I thought Mr. Freeze was scary. These movies aren't good, but Warner Brothers totally succeeded in making them marketable for kids and sell toys and other merchandise. My brother and I had the toys from both movies. So, from a business perspective, WB was successful. They just failed on other levels. Also, I preferred George Clooney to Val Kilmer as Bruce Wayne/Batman, but that's just my preference.
Fair
The quality jump from this movie to Batman Begins is insane. I bet y'all will appreciate it even more watching it so closely together.
Probably!
Patrick Wilems has a good take on B&R....its a 'lifestyle' film (Joel Schumacher, duh) - Uma Thurman is doing a drag queen impression, gratuitous codpiece, T&A shots, ice skaters, Ivy is introduced in a BEAR costume, and Bane is in a BSDM suit. It kind of makes sense.
Also...Elle Macpherson in her prime tho....
They mixed Barbera Gordon with Julia Pennyworth, Alfred's niece from the comics, but Julia usually is an MI6 agent.
Ya
I wish I knew! 😁 You guys are awesome!
Haha
Me: Kristian why do you, Winston and Coy make my day
Kristian: I wish we knew 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hahaha
I saw this when i was 12,the lost world was out at the same time but i saw it like 3 times already so i said screw it lets watch Batman and Robin,and about 20 minutes in i was embarrassed to be in the theater,we had girls with us to so i was really embarrassed lol i even remember standing by the concession stand that was right outside the theater when it was almost over and people were already walking out making fun of the movie, especially when they came out running towards the screen at the end of the film, everyone hated what they just witnessed it was so funny, Alicia Silverstone had the only none campy performance for some reason lol great review
Thank you!
You know if they used this movie as a punishment instead of a jail sentence. It really would cut crime in half.
Agreed
This movie is the equivalent to the same feeling I experienced when watching the Undertakers Streak come to an end. Yeah not every match was a classic but most were so yeah Batman Forever wasn’t great but a Batman movie is always something to look forward to just like the streak match was always something to look forward to at every Wrestlemania. Well this franchise got F-5’d 3 times and it took 8 years to recover. The Undertaker said he had a concussion at the beginning of his match against Lesnar and doesn’t remember anything about the streak ending match. Well I wish back in 1997 I would tripped when walking into the theater and would of been concussed to where I would have no recollection of ever seeing that 💩 terpiece of a movie.
So bad!!
To be fair, I saw this in theaters when I was 5 years old. I thought it was awesome. Again, as a FIVE year old i thought this was great. It was still a big budget production. The issue is that they went all-in on the campy cartoony vibe. Which is fine for a small child, but as an adult its too silly. but it still has some production elements worthy of praise.
You need to watch the behind the scenes to this movie. The whole cast and crew admitted in interviews that the movie was a failure. Chris O'Donnell said he never shot a single scenes with Arnold, since he was barely in the suit (only in closeups), due to the suit being so heavy. George Clooney still continues to make fun of his involvement in this, and Joel Schumacher publicly apologized and took the blame on himself for how this turned out. Warner Bros made sure that all the toys were designed and ready before the film even went into production.
What a fartfest
@@TheKristianHarloff You've responded to everyone's comment on this video saying the exact same thing.
Dam, you guys had me dying laughing in this episode. This movie was bad in just about every single way but loved it as a kid.
Thanks Travis!!
Mr. Freeze "What killed the dinosaurssss?"
Me "I wish I knew."
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Why haven't people shown some class and hit the subscribe and notification buttons? "I wish I knew." Love you guys doing these reviews, it's always a good time.
Wise words!
Will The Big Thing ever cover the DC animated movies? I wish I knew.
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Just started the video Kristian and it seems like this rewatch has taken some years off your life 😂 I love how absolutely terrible this movie is & find it mind boggling that it even exists!
Hahah correct
I saw this in theatres when I was a kid. At that point in time I didn’t think there was such a thing as a bad movie. Even my innocent childhood mind knew this movie was shit
Smart kid
This film, Steel with Shaquille O Neil and Spawn killed the Superhero genre for a while until Blade, X-Men and Sam Raimi's SpiderMan revived it. 1997 was a terrible year for Comic Book movies.
Really bad
... Coy really went all-out on the eye closing and laughing in this one. It was sweet...
Best to do it on a movie like this, where one can distract one's mind. Clever, really.
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i can proudly say that i have never watched this movie. Loved the first two, didn't like 'Forever" and i could see where they were going and said no way.
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I'm with you guys. This movie is absolute garbage. Not just for all the things you guys talked about, but the action scenes aren't even good. Granted, I liked the casting and it somehow manages to not be boring, but that's not saying much. You also pointed out an inconsistency with Poison Ivy I hadn't noticed before in that she was on board with Mr. Freeze's plan to freeze the whole planet which would kill off all plant life too. She's supposed to be all about the plants, so that didn't make sense. I simply cannot understand what the hell was going through WB executives' heads with this film. I get wanting to sell toys, but like this? Jesus lol.
Everything about it STOINKS
Why does Alicia Silverstone not have a British accent being Alfred's niece? ... I wish I knew
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42:53 lol I love the voice Kristian does here! Reminds of the friend of Jerry Seinfeld's dad from the retirement home, the one who kept insisting Jerry to keep the NASA pen.
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A person could not give a convincing argument that objective bad movies don’t exist if that person had to defend Batman and Robin.
Also Spider Man 3, Battlefield Earth, Catwoman, etc.
It is not an easy task! Please check out Friday Night Titans, would love to hear what you think! th-cam.com/video/ZbsYDttQgv0/w-d-xo.html
I forgot about “Win a goldfish here”. Best thing Batman and Robin gave me. I have been watching along with you but I skipped this one. Why? I wish i knew.
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The "silly lady in Batman Forever and Batman & Robin" who said,"my close personal friend,Bruce Wayne" is Batman co-creator Bob Kane's wife.She also had a walk on role as different character in Batman Returns.
Ah ha!
Was so excited for this and it did not disappoint. Loved how you went from silly ridiculousness into actual interesting film commentary. Would love to see you lot rewatch the 90s Power Rangers movie. Its a very similar vibe. I know that doesn't sell it but it would be a lot of fun for the viewers.
Suggest it on the Patreon! We are doing one exclusive Rewatch there a month!
@@TheKristianHarloff oh I will be. You know I've been there since the beginning. Massively support the changes. Its not been fun lately listening to great talent asking for money. Would much prefer quality over quantity. I hope the Patreon absolutely explodes for you.
1997 is the year comic book movies nearly died. Not only did you have Batman & Robin but you also had Shaquille O’Neil’s Steel & Michael Jai White’s Spawn. Thank goodness we had Blade the very next year as well as X-Men & Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man a few years later
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Random Imperial: "Who are your people?"
Han: I WISH I KNEW
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Saw this in theater when I was a kid. Then saw it again a few years ago. So bad. Immediately called my dad to apologize for making him take me to see it.
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"I wish I knew." lol
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I was about to turn 26 when this came out. This is definitely the worst movie I went to the theater to see as an adult. In defense of Uma Thurman, her Poison Ivy accent seemed like it was based off of the Animated Series portrayal. Still didn't save the movie
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Regardless of the outcome of this live action cartoon part of me always wanted to see shelved Batman Unchained/Triumphant. They were going to take Batman back to his roots to the “darker” tone w/ Scarecrow, Bruce hallucinating seeing The Joker, and Harley (as Joker’s daughter).
I get that
Hey, your Arnold impressions are spot on 😆❕
Hey, thanks!
@@TheKristianHarloff You're welcome❕I'm looking forward to the Nolan videos.
I have never been able to sit through this entire movie in one sitting.
And I can't believe I forgot about "Win a Goldfish here!" How did that happen?
Hahaha well you are welcome!
So happy to watch people who hate this. Since 2017 when ever someone calls The Last Jedi the “worst movie ever” my response is always “Have you seen Batman & Robin?”
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WOW you've broken new ground! I've never heard anyone say a bad thing about Batman & Robin. Its funny everyone "hates" it and yet its the most analyzed and reviewed movie on you tube. Definitely more than any of the bloated Nolan movies.
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The guy that played the evil scientist was the voice of the riddler in the animated series
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Fun fact. The Gossip Gerty actress is the late Bob Kane’s wife.
So I hear!
I just heard recently that Coolio was only in this movie for a cameo only because he was going to appear as Jonathan Crane in the next proposed Schumacher film. Wow imagine that
Interesting
Another thing was how cheap this movie could look at times with how when freeze opens a door with icicles on it you can see the icicles wobbling back and forth.
We shall see!
Why do I watch every video Kristian uploads?...
;) I wish I knew
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I noticed the huge flaw that is vast persons aren’t recognizing Batman is Bruce Wayne because he never modified his voice so it’s implausible that vast persons that have heard Bruce Wayne fail to recognize Batman is Bruce Wayne when Batman talked at a party.
This movie in general is just, the farts. Please check out Friday Night Titans, would love to hear what you think! th-cam.com/video/ZbsYDttQgv0/w-d-xo.html
I waited until today to binge the last three Batman rewatches. Why? I wish I knew.
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John Glover plays Dr. Woodrue. The first time I saw Glover was his role in Gremlins 2: The New Batch!
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Kristian out the gate making this a must-see
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You know what. I’ve come to like this movie as a so bad it’s good movie. The one liners, the sheer ridiculousness of it 😅
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I feel like taking the night off work. Think I’ll give that a try. Tomorrow…
Boss: why didn’t you show up to work?
Me: I wish I knew
We’ll see how it goes lmfao (yeah, not actually gonna try that lol)
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Would you like fries with that?
I wish I knew?
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You should get that buzzing sound from Demolition Man and play it everytime Rasheed Wallace says the F word like he did a few times on this vid!
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“I wish I knew” is now up there with “do it… and let the anglish see you do it”
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They were even mailing it in with the toys at the end. Batman has a modified batmobile. Batgirl has a generic crotch rocket bike, and Robin has a combination of a snowmobile and one of those shallow bottom boats with the big fan on the back from the bayou? Where did he get that?
I wish I knew
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This movie is ABYSMAL. But I’ll always defend George Clooney as Batman. If people can love Adam West, then I believe Clooney deserves love too. He was a good Batman in a terrible kids movie. If you think about it, he checks all the boxes as Batman. He’s smart. He can fight. He does detective work. He solves problems. He doesn’t kill. And he’s over protective of Robin. Sure his head bobbles quite a bit here lol but his scenes with Alfred are really good stuff and almost an entirely different movie. The movie is mostly unwatchable but it’s worth skipping through it to see Bruce tell Alfred that he loves him. I wish Clooney were younger. He looks way more like a Bruce Wayne than Pattinson ever will. We’ve seen Clooney do great work. I can imagine him in the The Batman trailers. If we’re going to find someone to hate for how bad Batman and Robin is, let’s hate the studio, not Clooney, the bright knight 2.0.
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Easter egg in the scene when robin talks to batgirl at the race in the background u can see Corey Haim as a extra
Really?!
I wish I knew.
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Even as a kid I never really loved Batman forever or this this movie I was way more into the animated series at that point .
Totally fair
I just want a Bane that is not a minion, in the comics is way smarter than most of batman's villains and in the movies is always manipulated by someone else. There is a world where Bane could be controlling Ivy and Freeze to work for him having complete opposite goals by sheer intelligence
Hopefully eventually
Started laughing hysterically the moment I pressed play. 🤦♂️🤣
Hahah good!
I think I still have an action figure of Robin and his Batbike thing somewhere.
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First of all, Kristian's Ahnold is FLAWLESS. Even the manic look in his eyes is a perfect part of the impersonation. Yes, agreed that this movie is truly terrible and i think the real sin of it is because, unlike the Adam West series, this movie doesn't even feel like the actors are enjoying themselves. The camp of '66 is still fun to watch today and i daresay Mr Freeze in the original series was a good villain even though that was long before the more relatable wife-is-frozen backstory that began in TAS. And as painful as this movie is to watch--and i never will again--i honestly don't think this Bane is any less comic accurate than Nolan's version. I hope we finally get a real Bane in the Matt Reeves verse. This movie is so bad, it almost makes me want to watch a Snyder comic movie...almost. BvS and ZSJL are almost Batman and Robin awful.
Oh man, I loved ZS Justice League!
@@TheKristianHarloff Hey, it's all good, i know there are lots of people who love it! I wish i could see it through your eyes😀
Actually, sorry, what i should have said was, "Why does Kristian love Justice League?"
I wish i knew.
Me and my buddies in college played a drinking game to this movie where we drank at every pun/one-liner. We were drunk halfway through.
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