Without the notorious Batman & Robin we might not have gotten the better superhero movies that followed.
A superhero movierelic frozen in 1990s Hollywood excess.
Itsvery name is still a hushed whisper of doom on internet comment sections.
…But is it reallythat bad?
To answer this gnawing question I dared to revisit this Day-Glo gem.
Yes, it is that awful.
Freeze whose weapon was designed by toy companies.
Without the iconic aberration that isBatman & Robin, there would be noThe Dark Knight.
Or in other words: you cant have your resurrection without a Judas.
After all, the only way for Jesus to come back is if he is killed.
To get that applause, we all had to hear the deafening silence that greeted this cinematic tribulation.
But with all that said,Batman & Robinhas also earned its abiding spot in genre history.
By contrast,Batman & Robinendures in the mind like all of humanitys worst mistakes.
/ Youre not sending me to the cooler!
To be sure,Batman & Robinis a worse movie.
It might even be theworstmovie, but its still amovie!
Even the Gnostics eventually learned to let bygones be bygones… Then you’re able to chill out with me on Twitter@DCrowsNest.
