<![CDATA[Batman & Robin (1997): Why George Clooney is the Worst Batman]]>

1.0 link 114249 <![CDATA[Batman & Robin (1997): Why George Clooney is the Worst Batman]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/erik-lundegaard/ibatman-robini-1997-why-g_b_114249.html Note: This is the final review of the seven Batman serials and movies that prefigure the current Christopher Nolan/Christian Bale cycle. For many, it'll be too much information. For others, it won't be enough. Apologies all around.

All Batman series tend to descend into camp. Batman starts out as a vigilante (Batman (1943) and Batman (1989)), becomes a crime-fighting institution (Batman and Robin (1949) and Batman Returns (1992)), then, weighed down with co-stars and gadgets, gives way to absurdity...

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