Batman and Robin (film)/YMMV: Difference between revisions

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** Also, the dead, open eyed face Poison Ivy always makes when she kisses her victims is a notable turn-off when it should be the opposite (before the guy dies anyway).

** Ivy's [[Odango]] hairstyle and green jumpsuit just looks silly.

** Also, Poison Ivy's first evil entrance has her dancing erotically in a gorilla suit before revealing herself.

{{quote|'''Robin''': "[[Incredibly Lame Pun|Gorilla my dreams]]..."}}

*** This may be a [[Shout-Out]] to, of all things, Marlene Dietrich in the movie [[Blonde Venus]] in which she does the same thing.

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** In this film, [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] tries to kill Batman. In [[Terminator Salvation]], he gets a second chance to kill Batman again.

* [[Hollywood Homely]]: Pamela Isley is "ugly" before becoming Poison Ivy because [[Hollywood Nerd|she has glasses, a ponytail and frumpy clothes]]. All of which disappears when she is turned into Poison Ivy, who looks and sounds more like a reject from a drag show than a "hot chick." This is all the more remarkable considering she is played by ''[[Uma Thurman]]''.

* [[Hollywood Pudgy]]: While the ''film'' averts this by never pointing it out, Alicia Silverstone had noticeably put on weight since her fame peaked, and the press had a field day with it at the time of the film's release.

* [[Ho Yay]]: Undertones of it are pretty much undeniable between the title characters. Supposedly, George Clooney retroactively claims he played Batman as gay (although it seems more of a [[Take That]] against said undertones than anything with truth in it).

{{quote|'''Dick Grayson''': You're just saying that so I can't kiss her, is that it?

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{{quote|[[Robot Chicken|Joel Schumacher is history's]] [[Serious Business|Greatest Monster!]].}}

** The combination of this film and the equally disastrous ''[[The Avengers (1998 film)|The Avengers 1998]]'' knocked Uma Thurman back for a few years. She was eventually able to subvert this, but it took several years and the ''[[Kill Bill]]'' movies to do so.

*** Alicia Silverstone and Chris O' Donnell both seemed to drop off the A-list soon after this movie.

*** O'Donnell's work slowed down by personal choice; he said he had plenty of offers on notable projects, but turned down just about all of them so he could focus on raising his children.

* [[The Problem with Licensed Games]]: The [[PlayStation]] got a sandbox-style action game published by Acclaim that was panned for crappy controls; it also featured obviously synthesized renditions of pieces from Elliot Goldenthal's score in the movie. A beat-em-up was also released for the portable Game.Com, and it fared similarly to its 32-bit counterpart with critics.

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* [[Villain Decay]]: This movie takes Bane, one of Batman's most strategically successful enemies in the comics, and turns him into a [[Pokémon-Speak|Pokemon Speaking]] caveman.

* [[Wangst]]: Robin seems to spend a good chunk of the movie complaining about something or other.

* [[~~WTH?~~ Casting Agency]]: [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] as Mr. Freeze. Schumacher wanted a man who looked like he was "chiseled out of ice," so Arnold was high on his list, but those with familiarity with the source character tend to have this reaction.

* [[What the Hell, Casting Agency?]]: [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] as Mr. Freeze. Schumacher wanted a man who looked like he was "chiseled out of ice," so Arnold was high on his list, but those with familiarity with the source character tend to have this reaction.

** Most folks just assumed he was cast because he had a slightly similar accent to the character's portrayals in the Adam West TV series.

* [[WTH Costuming Department]]: The Batnipples are this trope's poster child.