Freeze says 'chill out.' Of all the ways it sounds, menacing is not among them. And then, all that aside, they're handed ridiculous catch phrases and cliches they're expected to say with any level of sincerity? At one point Mr. He possesses none of the emotionless, calculated, and cold (no pun intended) sociopathy which makes Mr. I mean, of all the Batman villains I could see him playing - Bane, for christ's sake - Mr. Arnold seems like the worst possible choice for Mr. And then she inexplicably turns into an extremely sexualized villainess whose plan, by the way, would kill all the plants she advocated protecting. Pamela, she exaggerates that to a level I thought impossible. Uma Thurman, who we know CAN act, is hamming it up to ridiculous proportions. But all that aside, she actually does very little. Her tough-girl performance is sprinkled with reminders of her Clueless days. I know! Alicia Silverstone!' No offense to Alicia, but she's out in right field on this one. I seriously wonder what makes someone say, 'Hmm, who should we get to play Batgirl. The only thing he ever really does is act like a child. There's Chris O'Donnell, the angst-ridden Robin trying to break out of Batman's shadow. Which is the road he usually takes, but this suave, dashing, and charming Batman seems more like Mystery Men's Captain Amazing than the crimefighter of legend. George Clooney just plays George Clooney. And I'm taking into account Plan 9 From Outer Space, Gigli, and You Got Served. But here, seeing as it's NOT funny, it only succeeds in becoming the worst of the Batman movies, and, arguably, the worst films ever created.

Even if it was funny, this would be betraying the name of Batman. He treats the entire Batman franchise like a joke. In Batman & Robin, Schumacher seems to be getting back to those roots. But the show still betrayed all the emotion and grimness of Batman's themes. Don't get me wrong, the old Adam West Batman TV show was certainly funny, and given the times, a more accurate representation of what Batman was trying to be wouldn't have succeeded nearly as well.

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