Revisiting Joel Schumacher's Batman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeRk1remiOI
0:00 - Introductionshare
9:39 - A Light Batman?
26:33 - Blockbusters
30:01 - Craft
35:23 - Writing & Performances
40:53 - Queerness
56:12 - Conclusion
In the 2000s and 2010s, there was no more widely accepted opinion than that Batman and Robin was one of the worst movies ever made. And while Joel Schumacher's preceding Batman film Batman Forever was spared a lot of this hatred by the culture, my teenage ass thought it was just as bad. But the tide seems to be shifting for Schumacher's Batman films. In the 2020s, it's not uncommon to hear defenses for Batman Forever and Batman and Robin, from the modest to the fiercely passionate. With that in mind, it's time for me to return to the much maligned superhero films, examining the nature of the hatred they received, their place in the context of the modern superhero movies and Batman movies, and evaluate where I personally stand on the films.