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Batman & Robin (1997): Why George Clooney is the Worst Batman

Erik Lundegaard | Posted 07.22.2008 | Entertainment

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Erik Lundegaard

Joel Schumacher's Batman & Robin pulls off a neat trick: it turns Batman into a joke without being funny at all.

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Batman (1989): Why Michael Keaton is the Best Bruce Wayne

Erik Lundegaard | Posted 07.18.2008 | Entertainment

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Erik Lundegaard

I love the way Michael Keaton plays Bruce Wayne. We usually see him as a socialite, a playboy, and I suppose you could say he is here, too, but it's a loose, complex take on Wayne. Still, the plot keeps fraying.

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Batman: The Movie (1966): Skewering our Cultural Pomposity

Erik Lundegaard | Posted 07.14.2008 | Entertainment

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Erik Lundegaard

If Batman started out as a vigilante (in 1943), then became an establishment figure (in 1949), he has become, by 1966, the establishment figure.

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