Once again we connect with Gotham City, the fictional city where the citizens are protected by the man of leather disguise - Batman. Now, it looks like he's found himself comfortable in running the show with a sidekick. The former circus artist, young Dick Grayson, is now - under the simple alias "Robin" - his faithful right wing whenever the heat is on. Chris O'Donnell still plays the role of this character, which we got to know in the last motion picture.
However, this must - truly said - be the worst Batman attempt ever. Now, the main character is suddenly played by George Clooney, and it feels really lame all the way through. I remember watching this movie in the cinema back in 1997. It did certainly impress me back then, but now it just doesn't cut it.
The story is about a deformed science researcher, Dr. Victor Fries, who spent all his time trying to find a cure to the rare disease which his wife carries. She's under cryo-sleep since years back, while he works on finding a cure. However, a terrible accident has Dr. Fries fall into a minus 50 degrees cold liquid. However, it doesn't kill him, but turns him into Mr. Freeze.
"In an other side of Gotham", an evil scientist is working with a toxic substance that will turn human beings into giants with enormous capacity and a rat's brain. In the greenhouse where his research assistant X (Uma Thurman) is eagerly working on finding a [chemical] way of make plants stand up against the evil vegetarians eating them. You see, Dr. X is obsessed by green. However, she's so curious about what her boss is up to behind that always locked door. So, one day she busts in on him. Of course, he will have no stupid witness to his hazardous way of dealing with nature, so he kills him. Of course, Dr. X doesn't die. She gets toxicated - yet alive - by the plants and venom snakes she's tossed into; and is from here on called... Poison Ivy!
The movie is filled with special effects and blows. Oh, regarding the characters, here's also where Master Alfred's niece (Alicia Silverstone) is being introduced. Of course, she gets a kick from speed and is eager to transform into Batgirl. Also, it'd be damned, but they have actually repeated the scene in which Batman pulls the zipper on his rubber suit, with full lens focus on Clooney's tight little ass. This doesn't feel like Batman anymore. Fortunately, the former director/producer's name wasn't to be seen anywhere in the credit roll. I guess Tim Burton had dropped out by the time they figured they would try to bring this forth chapter into motion print. God damn it, please stop it.
However, now I'm through with the "old" Batman films. Next thing is to repeat the first film with Christian Bale - 'Batman Begins' (2005). This will be the main project for this coming week. After that, it will hopefully just be a matter of time (hopefully not too many months) till 'The Dark Knight' is finally on Swedish DVD. I can hardly wait.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118688/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_&_Robin_(film)
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