*Both movies also introduced the heroes' first significant love interests (Julie Madison for Batman and Gwen Stacy for Spider-Man), yet they ultimately come across as one-dimensional and play little real importance to the overall plot at the end of the day.
*Both movies use mind-control as a plot device (i.e. Poison Ivy's love potion and the symbiote respectively).
*Both movies seem to portray the police as utterly incompetent boobs. In Spider-Man 3, how come Captain Stacy doesn't seem so concerned over his daughter dangling for her life on a crane? Also, there's the important subject of Captain Stacy all of a sudden telling Peter and Aunt May the truth surrounding Uncle Ben's death. In Batman & Robin, we get by far, the most degrading portrayal of Gordon from Pat Hingle (i.e. having him say lines like "There's a new villain on the loose!" and the scene in which Poison Ivy is seducing him before telling him that "He's too old for her!").
*Both movies feature butlers who eventually and somehow play pivotal roles in the plot towards the end.
*Both movies feature popular modern age villains (i.e. Bane and Venom), whose portrayals wound up to be heavily criticized by fans.
*The whole conflict (often boiling down to jealousy and miscommunication) between Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson arguably mirrors that of Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson in Spider-Man 3.
*Both franchises got rebooted for darker, more "realistic" adaptations after these movies.
*Both films are heavily criticized for seemingly spoofing the source material. More to the point, both films were criticized for not portraying the main characters properly.
*In both films the marketing and studio interference more than likely negatively effected the finished and overall product.
*Both suffered from an excess of villains and side characters.
*Both Sandman and Mr. Freeze's motives for committing crime is to aid a sick loved one.
*Both movies use mind-control as a plot device (i.e. Poison Ivy's love potion and the symbiote respectively).
*Both movies seem to portray the police as utterly incompetent boobs. In Spider-Man 3, how come Captain Stacy doesn't seem so concerned over his daughter dangling for her life on a crane? Also, there's the important subject of Captain Stacy all of a sudden telling Peter and Aunt May the truth surrounding Uncle Ben's death. In Batman & Robin, we get by far, the most degrading portrayal of Gordon from Pat Hingle (i.e. having him say lines like "There's a new villain on the loose!" and the scene in which Poison Ivy is seducing him before telling him that "He's too old for her!").
*Both movies feature butlers who eventually and somehow play pivotal roles in the plot towards the end.
*Both movies feature popular modern age villains (i.e. Bane and Venom), whose portrayals wound up to be heavily criticized by fans.
*The whole conflict (often boiling down to jealousy and miscommunication) between Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson arguably mirrors that of Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson in Spider-Man 3.
*Both franchises got rebooted for darker, more "realistic" adaptations after these movies.
*Both films are heavily criticized for seemingly spoofing the source material. More to the point, both films were criticized for not portraying the main characters properly.
*In both films the marketing and studio interference more than likely negatively effected the finished and overall product.
*Both suffered from an excess of villains and side characters.
*Both Sandman and Mr. Freeze's motives for committing crime is to aid a sick loved one.
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