I was about 10 or 11 when this film came out, and when I was younger Batman Forever was my favourite of the series (now that I'm older, the Burton ones are my favourite. Not comparing to the Nolan films) So I was really excited for this film. I was always a huge Arnold Schwarzenegger fan too, so to hear he was playing Mr. Freeze (one of my favourite villains) Everything was looking as if it was going to be the best yet. Boy was I wrong, I still remember being in the theatre wincing at how bad it all was. I re-watched the movie just the other day and not only is it worse than I remember, but I had completely forgotten just how bad the sets and special effects were. It was 1997! The movie had a budget of $125,000,000. 25 of which was Arnold's salary, but still. Where did the other $100,000,000 go? The special effects looked like claymation, the set designs all looked like they were borrowed from power rangers. Did Schumacher simply spend $1,000,000 making the movie and pocket the other 99?
Review of Batman & Robin
