Most disappointing movie of 2012? (so far)

[Roose Bolton]

He was the only one in on it.

 

[Gianakin_]

Yup.

 

[Naked Shia]

what!

What? Batman and Robin is a great movie for what it is. Great entertaining and replay value.

Plus it features a masterful performance by Michael Gough.

Arnold, it's all about Arnold.

Absolutely. I'm tired of people saying "Batman and Rubin is teh lamest movie in da wooooorld". It's a very fun movie, it's never boring, and it's a great modern adaptation of the Adam West show. I can understand why those who think Batman has been created by frank miller in 1986 don't like it, but Like I said, I like both the dark and the light Batman.

 

[Gianakin_]

Absolutely. I'm tired of people saying "Batman and Rubin is teh lamest movie in da wooooorld".

Especially after Avatar and the TF trilogy hit the theatres.

 

[Naked Shia]

Especially after Avatar and the TF trilogy hit the theatres.

I think some of these so called fans would like a movie where Batman is raped by the Joker, because "it's duuurk, so it's guuud". They probably think the awful fan film "the death of batman is a masterpiece", since it's grim and gritty and trashy.

 

[Gianakin_]

Nah, thankfully most hate it. They seem to love Batman: Dead End, though. For reasons I still don't get.

 

[Naked Shia]

Because it's deep and meaningful, since the joker says everybody wear masks.

 

[Donnie Darko]

I think some of these so called fans would like a movie where Batman is raped by the Joker, because "it's duuurk, so it's guuud". They probably think the awful fan film "the death of batman is a masterpiece", since it's grim and gritty and trashy.

haha, I was halfway through reading that and had a response forming in my head about Death of Batman being awful and he gets raped by the drug addict. I mean really, that was terrible. Like, I watched it right after it was made (like pre-You Tube, had to get the dvd mailed to me), and I was excited to watch it. Damn.

 

[Naked Shia]

haha, I was halfway through reading that and had a response forming in my head about Death of Batman being awful and he gets raped by the drug addict. I mean really, that was terrible. Like, I watched it right after it was made (like pre-You Tube, had to get the dvd mailed to me), and I was excited to watch it. Damn.

that's not even a fan fiction, that's a hater fiction

 

[chaseter]

Batman and Robin is an awful movie with zero replay value.

 

[Doctor Jones]

It's a great comedy if not taken seriously. I can have massive lolz with B&R but I think it did indeed try to be more of the Adam West show. But the problem with that was that it tried to mix in seriousness with it all, and that's where the combination failed in its balance. At one time it tried to be silly, the other it tried to be serious. If it went all out Adam West then it would have been a lot better.

 

[Naked Shia]

Batman and Robin Replay value is amazing.

 

[the dmg]

Batman and Robin Replay value is amazing.

I know it's one of my favorite comedies.

 

[brainchild81]

1.Prometheus & 2.TDKR +TAS

 

[Naked Shia]

I know it's one of my favorite comedies.

And that's hhow it's supposed to be seen: as a comedy.

 

[Homer J. Fong]

And that's hhow it's supposed to be seen: as a comedy.

It's great for anyone who can get that or any enjoyment from Batman & Robin, but I think that's letting it off too easy. It wants to be more than a comedy. It wants you to care about whether Bruce and Dick can make their partnership work. It wants you to care about whether Fries/Freeze can save his wife. It wants you to care that Alfred is dying and hope that the family unit of Bruce/Batman, Dick/Robin, Barbara/Batgirl, and Alfred can be maintained. The movie fails because it can't reconcile its two disparate sides: the attempted sincere motion and the attempted light comedy (either camp or a more straightforward kind) clash badly. That's my $.02, anyway.


But I digress. Batman & Robin has nothing to do with disappointing 2012 movies.

 

[Anno_Domini]

Still The Amazing Spider-Man for me. I just saw the film a third time with my friend last night in the very last showings in theatres where I live and I just felt even more disappointed when watching it. My friend felt the same way and that was just his first time seeing it. I kept thinking about what could've made the film better as well as thinking about places where I bet had more, but were taken out during the editing room.

 

[Gianakin_]

But the problem with that was that it tried to mix in seriousness with it all, and that's where the combination failed in its balance. At one time it tried to be silly, the other it tried to be serious.

It wants to be more than a comedy. It wants you to care about whether Bruce and Dick can make their partnership work. It wants you to care about whether Fries/Freeze can save his wife. It wants you to care that Alfred is dying and hope that the family unit of Bruce/Batman, Dick/Robin, Barbara/Batgirl, and Alfred can be maintained. The movie fails because it can't reconcile its two disparate sides: the attempted sincere motion and the attempted light comedy (either camp or a more straightforward kind) clash badly.

That's totally Batman Forever. B&R knew what it was. The fact that it had 5 serious scenes doesn't make it schizo. BF on the other hand was a clear 50-50 in its tone.

 

[Naked Shia]

I agree with Giana. I can understand why people think the switch of tone in BF isn't working, even though I do like it. But Batman and Robin clearly wants to be a funny movie, and in that regards, it succeeds. And I do think the character ars are working.

 

[Slushy]

The Dark Knight Rises. It should've been a better movie than what we got by all rights especially with all the hype.



Box office-wise: Total Recall. One of the best action movies / remakes out there, but it flopped hard. Damn shame.

 

[chaseter]

The hype is your fault...no one else's.

 

[Anno_Domini]

The hype is your fault...no one else's.

 

[Mace Dolex]

Nah, thankfully most hate it. They seem to love Batman: Dead End, though. For reasons I still don't get.

Well Batman DE runs only about 8 minutes and while I wouldn't say it's the greatest fan film ever made it does come pretty close in capturing the grim grittiness of Batman.

Batman & Robin is just 2 hours of excrutiatingly bad ideas.

Because it's deep and meaningful, since the joker says everybody wear masks.

Academy award winning stuff I'm sure. t:

 

[THUNDERSTRIKE]

hands down without a doubt, Amazing Spider-Man was an all around fail for me...

VERY disappointing... and I'm a HUGE Spidey fan from all the way back to 1964...

Raimi's Spider-Man 2 was WAY better than this, but ASM DOES beat out Spidey 3 as a better film... now 3 was an utter embarrassment and a joke...

 

[Homer J. Fong]

That's totally Batman Forever. B&R knew what it was. The fact that it had 5 serious scenes doesn't make it schizo. BF on the other hand was a clear 50-50 in its tone.

No, it's Batman & Robin too. Batman Forever suffers from tone problems too, but B&R is not this completely committed camp comedy.