The Writer of BATMAN & ROBIN Apologizes For The Film Saying "We Didn't Mean For It To Be Bad"
There was a huge shift in tone and quality in the Batman film franchise when director Joel Schumacher replaced Tim Burton as the director of those films. That shift in tone, style, and quality, was not a good one! A lot of fans did not like those movies and the writer of Batman & Robin, Akiva Goldsman, recently apologized for the 1997 film and explains that they didn’t set out to make a bad movie on purpose.
While talking to Collider about the movie, Goldsman said:
“As for Batman & Robin, that one just confused me. I mean, we didn’t mean for it to be bad. I swear, nobody was like, ‘This will be bad.’ I mean, here’s the irony: There was a reel that was put together halfway through [filming] where it actually looked dark in an interesting way. It just is what it is and I’m sorry. I think we’re all sorry.”
Batman & Robin remains the lowest-grossing live-action Batman movie at the worldwide box office. The film also received the most nominations at the "Golden Raspberry Awards" that year and was nominated for the worst film, with Alicia Silverstone winning the Worst Supporting Actress award.
I remember walking out of that movie with my friends and we were all like, what the hell was that shit!? I’ve only seen the movie one other time since I watched it in theaters and that was when my dad rented it to watch when it came out on VHS. I haven’t seen this movie in years, and that goes for Batman Forever as well. Maybe I’ll revisit the films just for the hell of it!
When was the last time you watch Batman Forever and Batman & Robin? Have any of you never even seen them?