Who unfortunately paid to see Batman and Robin in theaters?

[Rocketman]

I saw Batman & Robin in the theater with my parents when I was 10. About halfway through, I was so disappointed and horrified, I convinced my parents that we should leave. When we left the theater, my parents were shot to death by a two-bit crook in an alley. Since that day, I have vowed to avenge their deaths by killing Joel Schumacher. Had it not been for his movie, I never would've wanted to leave that theater.

 

[C. Lee]

I went to the theater to see it...it was hilarious, reminded me of the Adam West series.

I was 40 when I saw it. When I was a kid I watched Adam West as Batman on TV...I was 9 when it started. At that time, the Batman comics that were being produced were goofy weird stuff like the series. So the movie was not for me a travesty or the end of the earth as some on here act. It was what I had watched as a kid. I took it as a homage to the series. It was fun for me.

 

[titansupes]

I was 8, so my Mum paid. Also got me colouring books and toys af Batman and Robin wearing the silver suits.

Sucked in.

Even when I was eight, though I still enoyed "Batman" running around, I recall my friends and I saying it was the worst of them (BR was and is my favourite).

 

[I Am The Knight]

Hah.

I remember going absolutely crazy over the toys and stuff, as I had with any sort of Batman toys, but I didn't really enjoy the movie. I kinda liked it when I saw it, but it seemed off...Like something wasn't right. I was 9 I believe, or had just turned 10, when me and my family saw it in an almost empty theater back in 97.

 

[DCW]

I still have a vivid memory seeing it opening weekend. So much pink in the ice museum...

 

[CountOrlok]

I went to the theater to see it...it was hilarious, reminded me of the Adam West series.

I was 40 when I saw it. When I was a kid I watched Adam West as Batman on TV...I was 9 when it started. At that time, the Batman comics that were being produced were goofy weird stuff like the series. So the movie was not for me a travesty or the end of the earth as some on here act. It was what I had watched as a kid. I took it as a homage to the series. It was fun for me.

 

[Darkness Falls]

I saw Batman & Robin in the theater with my parents when I was 10. About halfway through, I was so disappointed and horrified, I convinced my parents that we should leave. When we left the theater, my parents were shot to death by a two-bit crook in an alley. Since that day, I have vowed to avenge their deaths by killing Joel Schumacher. Had it not been for his movie, I never would've wanted to leave that theater.

hands down one of the funniest posts i've ever seen on the hype t:

 

[Ceb-Man]

I went to the theater to see it...it was hilarious, reminded me of the Adam West series.

I was 40 when I saw it. When I was a kid I watched Adam West as Batman on TV...I was 9 when it started. At that time, the Batman comics that were being produced were goofy weird stuff like the series. So the movie was not for me a travesty or the end of the earth as some on here act. It was what I had watched as a kid. I took it as a homage to the series. It was fun for me.

I agree. I thought it was for me too.

 

[Mandon Knight]

I didn't thankfully. I had seen Batman Forever and that was enough for me from Schumacher's Batman films.

 

[Doctor Octopus]

I should have skipped it, too, after Batman Forever, but I thought there might be a chance it would be better than Forever. The days with no internet were hard lol.

 

[Darkness Falls]

forgot how long batman's ears were in batman and robin XD

 

[batfreakforever]

I find it a joke that fans on here watched batman and robin as under 10 year-olds and thought hey something is wrong here. Kids just don't think like that. It's just fans trying to say that they never enjoyed batman and robin but really at that age I guarantee you most fans at that age did enjoy it.

 

[Ponyboy]

^Yeah but... those same 10 year olds might've seen all the previous Bat-films on VHS prior to watching Batman & Robin. The perception of Batman onscreen (for them) may have been established by the earlier films already. And so, to get B&R after the three previous films was quite a slap in the face. At least that's how I felt, though I was 18 at the time. I don't reckon most 10 year olds would feel that way about movies, but still...

 

[CountOrlok]

Well I loved Batman Forever when I was 12/13 and I saw both Batman and Batman Returns in the theatres when I was a kid.

I think it has become so fashionable to hate this movie.. people try and outdo each other.. like those gonzo internet movie critics.

 

[I Am The Knight]

I wonder what it would be like for an adult who has only seen the Nolan films to suddenly decide he wants to catch up with the "old" Batman movies...And he picks up this movie...

What would it be like to have this thing unspool in front of your eyes for the first time?

Oh, and when I was a kid I thought this movie was just OK. I certainly had no real desire to watch it again, really. I was more fascinated by the merchandise, and some of the promo pics.

 

[CountOrlok]

From the man himself, Adam West:

West: To me, it's an interesting idea because Batman – the character, the legend, the extension of it over all these years – it lends itself to different machinations, layers, different time zones – anything. You could really pretty much mold Batman. He's malleable, welcome and always interesting. They [Christopher Nolan] do The Dark Knight, and I did The Bright Knight. Ours was fun for the whole family.

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[The Joker]

I think it has become so fashionable to hate this movie.. people try and outdo each other.. like those gonzo internet movie critics.

This movie has been hated since it was released. It's not a fad that just happened. The movie is 17 years old. The Batman movies have well and truly recovered from the damage it did. But the hate still continues for it even after all this time because to most people it's a terrible movie. It's not a case of people trying to outdo each other. That would imply there's some kind of divisive split over this movie. The haters are by far the majority. It's widely considered as one of the worst comic book movies, and worst movies of all time.

 

[GREEN =w= DAY]

i was 12 when this movie came out

my parents were unfortunately the ones that had to pay since they took my brother and me to go see it

even then, i thought it was horrible

Arnold was hilarious though

 

[BatLobster]

I was 10 at the time. I remember my mom took me and a friend to see it opening weekend. To be perfectly honest, I don't remember having a strongly negative reaction to it. It was kind of before the age where it even occurred to me that you could be hyper-critical of movies. To me, going to the movies was still a fun and special enough event in and of itself, and especially getting to see Batman on the big screen was always a big moment for me. That said, George Clooney NEVER was Batman to me. From the moment I saw the first trailer, I was never really on board with that. So I mainly remember the feeling of simply not buying into Clooney's Batman, and being aware that Arnie's Freeze felt like the real focus of the movie. And of course, it being a sillier movie. If you had asked me at the time, I think I would've easily said it was my least favorite Batman movie, but I also didn't have that strong "it sucked!!" reaction either. I also remember my mom taking my friend and I to see Face/Off immediately after it (first Rated-R film I saw in theaters), almost as if to wash the taste out of our mouths haha.

 

[The Endless]

In all honesty i'd rather watch this than something like Green Lantern.

In fact, depending what mood i'm in, i'd rather watch this than Rises. Which is clearly a better made movie, but is boring and just as bad a portrayal of Batman as this version.

Rises Bane and B&R's Mr Freeze are the true entertainers of their respective movies.

 

[BatLobster]

I think depending on what mood I'm in, I could say the same for any movie over any movie. Mood always dictates what I feel like watching. At the end of the day though, something like B&R is more akin to junk food, whereas I'm getting some actual nourishment for the soul out of any of the Nolan movies.

But sometimes, you're just in the mood for a Big Mac and that's okay too.

 

[CountOrlok]

This movie has been hated since it was released. It's not a fad that just happened. The movie is 17 years old. The Batman movies have well and truly recovered from the damage it did. But the hate still continues for it even after all this time because to most people it's a terrible movie. It's not a case of people trying to outdo each other. That would imply there's some kind of divisive split over this movie. The haters are by far the majority. It's widely considered as one of the worst comic book movies, and worst movies of all time.

I would more call it a stigma as in a "it's cool to hate this movie" kind of thing. It all started with Harry Knowles review http://www.aintitcool.com/node/1634 and just snowballed from there.


Even before the film’s official release things started to go wrong. Batman & Robin was one of the first victims of internet-mobilised global geekery. In 1997, during the build up to the film’s June premier, Harry Knowles’ Ain’t It Cool News website ran a series of damning reports from preview screenings that set the tone for the film’s press reception (‘Nothing can prepare you for the sheer glorious travesty of the 200-megaton bomb of a film this is,’ wrote Knowles with typical restraint.) It was a watershed moment, catapulting the nerd champion into the national consciousness and waking Hollywood up to the growing influence of the internet. Studio executives complained that their movie had been sabotaged, but the truth was simply that word of mouth was making a tech-boosted return.
http://nathanditum.com/archive-of-work/how-batman-robin-became-the-worst-blockbuster-of-all-time/

But worst movie? No, worst movies are generally forgotten. The fact that people are still discussing this movie 17 years after it was released means it still has a life.

 

[The Joker]

I would more call it a stigma as in a "it's cool to hate this movie" kind of thing. It all started with Harry Knowles review http://www.aintitcool.com/node/1634 and just snowballed from there.

What proof have you got that it started with a review from 2007? I've been on this forum since 2003, and the internet even longer than that. The hate for B&R was as strong as ever back then. Probably even a bit stronger because we had not got the Nolan movies yet and Batman was still in movie limbo.

One review from Harry Knowles of all people was not the instigator of it lol. I don't know where you got that idea from. The internet was littered with hateful reviews of the movie back then. Just like today.

But worst movie? No, worst movies are generally forgotten. The fact that people are still discussing this movie 17 years after it was released means it still has a life.

Worst movies are never forgotten because they're so bad people still discuss their awfulness, especially if they are a part of a franchise based on a popular character like Batman. And single handedly killed the franchise for several years, too.

 

[CountOrlok]

It was re-published in 2007 but the original date of that article is from 1997. Also, read the quote that I edited into my post..

 

[The Joker]

It was re-published in 2007 but the original date of that article is from 1997. Also, read the quote that I edited into my post..

Funny how you left out the follow up line from that article;

'The real problem, of course, was that Batman & Robin was a terrible movie; Harry Knowles and his advance guard just made it harder to cover it up with lavish advertising.'