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  • An awesome movie. Batman, Robin, Batgirl, Mr. Freeze, and Poison Ivy. Great movie.

  • "Arnold's... FAKE." I love George Clooney

  • Michael Keaton didn't come back because he didn't like the direction the series was going... He was right. Batman Forever kind of showed the lighter side where they had Val Kilmer as Batman. He whined and treated the other cast members rudely, and he even didn't talk to Schumacher for days after he told him to stop being so rude. He didn't come back for Batman and Robin because he didn't want to, and Schumacher didn't want him. Then George Clooney came in expecting a cool movie, then he saw the

  • "This was my most demanding role"... really?

  • i love clooney but he was pretty fake in this interview, really trying to sell this movie and him as batman.

  • Come to think of it, he could be a great Batman Beyond Bruce Wayne.

  • He says he loves Marvel, Superman and Batman. But does not Superman and Batman belong to the Dc Universe?

  • imagine Clooney in a good batman movie with a good script

  • @TURBODORK2 i think it would still be shit because he isnt batman

  • i was so disappointed when i saw that movie, i didn't see many of clooney's movie, but since that date i didn't want to either, also joel as director was very bad, i think WB got control over him or something.

  • 3.03 joe: whar was thhe most difficult thing about getting into thr charect

    clooney: trying to get my nipples to fit into the bat nipples protector

    joe:.............

    lol

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  • @bbphnix WHY?

  • @canadianguy0987 i'm talking about the comic book version and keaton was most similar to this. haha i agree the adam wast batman is a classic. Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb!

  • @canadianguy0987 nope bruce wayne is not meant to look comfortable as a billionaire play boy, michael keaton got this perfectly.

  • I hate George Clooney so much. blah. I like his acting, but he's such an attention whore

  • I believe this movie was written by meerkats on LSD in a desert and took only 3 mins... even then they had to cut out 90% of the story line....

  • Tim Burton as Directing

    Michael Keaton as Batman

    Robert De Niro as Mr. Freeze serious version not I'm the Ice Man!

    Christopher Walken as The Black Mask

  • Of course alwasy have to know that there was very little creativity that was allowed to be played with, WB more or less hired Joel cause he was a yes man typ of director one who took every little detail that he was told, make it like Adam West, ok, make Bane stupid, ok turn Batman and Robin gay, u got it WB. Now make a toy line and sell sell sell, there is no way that as this film came together they thought it was a good idea. Just proving Hollywood eventually gets their way.

  • As pitiful and nerdy as that sentence sounds, I have to say it:

    Clooney doesn't get Batman at all.

  • I wonder if during this interview Clooney already knew the film was god awful. ;-)

  • @KryzMasta He knows the movie is shit, look how smug he looks, but he doesn't care because he got paid... that smug motherfucker.

  • "lets cut out the most important part of Batman's character" George Clooney, you're a genius!!!

  • I can understand their trying to combine a modern Batman with the cooky, comical 1966 Adam West Batman..but it just went sooooo bad. One thing that bothers me about this interveiw is how he says the Batman needs to get over his parents death.......the Batman NEVER got over his parents death...

  • @JoeyJeepers

    He did, but not this way! He had much worse depression-reasons later.

  • Don't worry George, you were a beginner on movies back than. Since 1997, you reclaimed your honor, and became a good actor.

  • Arnold's fake. I love you even more George. You can tell he hated this movie from the start of promoting it.

  • this was a publicity stunt...this movie never really happened.

  • Actually he was a good choice for Bruce Wayne/Batman just the script didnt ALLOW him to actually make the character be good.

  • @Maxush MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY. He coulda been a great Bruce Wayne/ Batman ! People need to shut it.

  • As bad as this is considered to be. I would take it over Dark Knight, Begins and Batman (gargly-voiced) wanna be Bale.

  • @retrofann1 No.

  • @Seanorman88 Yeah!

  • This was the most miscast movie ever.

  • I refuse to admit that this ever happened.

  • I'm not sure Clooney understood the question about DC vs. Marvel.

  • I thought George Clooney was fine.; "Take out the all the homoerotiscisms, bat-nipples, bat-asses, ice puns & all that crazy shit & I think 'Batman & Robin' would've been a lot better!" is my only gripe.

  • i thought that burton got the penguin right, its kinda stupid that in the comics hes just a fat guy in a tux with a big nose...burton gave him a very dark persona that the audience could take seriously instead of a campy villain like joel schumaker did

  • If Clooney was who he is in this interview in 1988/89...he would have nailed the part. No disrespect to Keaton, but he was a good choice for the older Wayne/Batman role.

  • People need to realize Batman & Robin was mainly for KIDS, which is why it was so campy. Quit taking it so f**king seriously, people!

    Oh and Christian Bale=worst Batman. Clooney's a very close second.

  • @civilian8 says the person who thinks christian bale is the worst batman.

  • @SamCarricoPictures How is Bale not the worst? He's overly dramatic. And his Batman voice sounds like an Richard Nixon with a sore throat. Clooney is second cuz he just didn't fit the role. Dude's a good actor though(Clooney, that is). Oh, and your comment didn't make sense.

  • @civilian8 Bales's Batman is more true to the comics than Clooney's. Oh and Batman has to disguise his voice so criminals can't match his voice with Bruce Wayne's. That's why Bale did that with his voice.

  • I think that Ivy & Alica Silverstone weren't bad in the film. Everything else........*Barfs*.

  • @heroicphoenix000 evryone sux ecept for chris odonnel

  • Didn't Clooney later say he was embarrassed to be in this film and hated the experience? I know Alicia Silverstone and Arnold Schwarzenegger did.

  • @moviereviews4life arnold schwarzenegger ruined the movie for me.

  • @moviereviews4life Chris O' Donnell did too: in fact he said he wouldn't let his kids buy Batman & Robin merchandise. Joel himself was also dissapointed by it.

  • quit hating on this batman...it was good and had a great cast..first 3 batmans were boring as fuck

  • worst fucking batman ever

  • @duraine22 i absolutely fuckin agree man, the lines were shitty and the acting through off a lot of fans

  • I kinda liked this movie.

  • That's one of the mistakes Schumacher made... Bruce Wayne NEVER gets over the death of his parents.  And typically, you don't get over that in real life. It's what makes Bruce Wayne Batman. It's what drives him to do what he does. You take that away from him... that morbid, sort of brooding in the dark thing... and you destroy the character.

  • It's not completely Joel's fault for this. It's his fault for the directing, and lines. But what about the people who wrote this? Come on gotta follow an approved script. I just can't believe Hollywood approved of the script.

  • I hate this smug hollywood asshole. He is a good actor and very effective director, but he just comes off as so fuckin fake to me for some reason. His crappy portrayal as one of my childhood heroes made me sick.

  • you can tell clooney did not research the role of batman/bruce wayne when he talks of his character so lightly, like there is a lot more to batman other than the dead parents thing, its the only thing clooney mentions

  • Worst...Movie.....Ever...

  • @CustardGanet no it isn't.

  • Exactly why would you think he was the best Bruce? Have you read TDKR? When exactly was Batman ever tongue-n-cheek? Oh the crappy series that only worked for kids. hmmm, yea he was 'good' in BnR. He was the worst Bruce, Val next, Bale. Keaton was the only one to capture the pathos of being Bruce Wayne. Know the history. Batman doesn't mug for anyone.

  • I'm not even going to say "Get the fuck off of YouTube now" after a comment like that. I'm just going to point off into the distance and shake my head in disapproval.

  • I was just kidding. I wanted to see what kind of responses I would get for that comment lol

  • @jarrett2005x haha nice burn. i hope you were really kidding.

  • Isn't it funny how "Batman & Robin" is considered like the worst film ever and "The Dark Knight" which is based on the same character is considered one of the best.

  • @stirigiy "Batman & Robin" is considered the worst "Batman" film ever and "The Dark Knight" is considered the best "Batman" film ever. Plus, it doesn't matter if they're based on the same characters, it's the portrayal that matters. Take Daniel Craig's James Bond, for example.

  • @stirigiy Not really. Makes perfect sense why one is better than the other

  • This movie was so bad that clooney said he would refund peoples money if they came up to him on the street and said he wasted there time and money

  • I personally think out of all the live action batmans he looks the part the most. If he was in his early 30's i would cast him as batman.

  • I think George was a well-balanced Batman. I think he under-acted it a tad much, but... I blame the script and directing, BIG time. If the script was MUCH better and less... Bloody campy, I think people would respect George a bit more for his role in batman + Robin.

  • hell yea tdk suit was TOOOOOOOOO futuristic...ive said it before n ill say it again...nolan would be better for a batman BEYOND movie. n what city were they in?? 4sure not gotham city

  • @GemStealth It wasn't too futureistic, it was practical for batman to have a suit that could move and not restrict him. Nolan's batman movies are far superior than anything Burton or Schumacher made.

  • yea right...look at ppls comments...do u really think thats true????

  • @GemStealth that what's true? that the batman suit wasnt to futureistic or that Nolan's films are better?

  • Nothin, lets just say i got my faves n u got urs

  • "...but you can't be campy." lol

  • his past is everything

  • he sucked he was the worst

  • he was bad, but not the worst, the worst is hands down val killmer, he was a whinny bitch!!

  • too bad he had one of the worst scripts ever written

  • WHAT THE HELL...?!?!?!?!!?!?

  • the best Bruce Wayne, at least.

  • He's not a bad actor...he just destroyed the part as Batman/Bruce Wayne.

  • Poor George!!!! Such a good actor in such a lame movie!

  • the movie sucked so bad.......

  • George Clooney was the worst Batman in the franchises history

  • true dat. i also dont like that they didnt make him train his ass off for agreeing to that huge ass sum of money in order to get batmans physique

  • Clooney was the worst Bruce Wayne and the worst Batman ever.

  • yeah nothing against him as an actor but this wasnt the role for him

  • @PandaSucrer18 That would be Bale.

  • I thought cloony did a good bruce wayne but his batman was to much like the old tv show.

    He's still a good actor though.

  • I agree. Clooney was good as Bruce but not as good as Batman

  • Clooney is incedible. And he never even wanted to do this movie, the only reason why he did is he got a shed load of money and a contract with his agent that he never had to a do a film he didn't like ever again after this. So in my opinion playing batman in a movie thats rejected but all but a few (me being one of the few), in return for complete creative freedom sounds like a good deal to me

  • I think it spretty obvious that this interview took place before Batman & Robin was released, because I doubt that George Clooney would like to talk about a film of his that got trashed by both critics and fans. I feel sorry for him, because he really is a great actor, and he was an okay Batman in my opinion, though still noway as great as Micheal Keaton, Christian Bale, and Kevin Conroy.

  • not only does this loser know NOTHING of Batman and played the worst batman in history, but hes also the most cocky, talentless, smug, and phony actor in history. He just plays himself in everything and thinks hes the coolest thing ever.

  • clooney is cool

    but he do batman just for money

    dont know anything about comics or even batman

    look him, in every question, look to the air

    he lie, because dont have a little idea about batman, marvel or DC

    shit dude

    bat and rob sucks

  • YOU'RE A FAGGOT BITCH.

  • The man never picked up a comic book in his life. Worst Batman ever.

  • I blame the director 100%. the director is the visionary of movies. He disregarded the true ROOTS of the Bat. This is why Joel SHOEMAKER got it wrong, and chris nolan and Tim burton got it Right.

  • thats not 100 percent on joel throw to warner brothers for wanting a kid movie and wanting robin. joel had to make a vision out of warners vision

  • Yes, we cant forget upper management for screw ups as well. I use to have batman-marathons at home.. and i always skip this movie..lol

  • its wasn't 100% his fault, right after the release of Batman Forever, WB pressured him to make another batman.

    ...But the bat nipples and bat-butt was his idea.

  • @tyrant22222 He's gay. What do you expect?

  • @SamCarricoPictures Is that really a decent reason why he came up the batnipples? Because he's gay? Why did Michelangelo build David anatomically correct? I've read that he wasn't gay.

  • @batmanlooksgood Although, Tm Burton didn't exactly get the Penguin right.

  • @SamCarricoPictures Well true. he was more sinister then the comics... but to mess up Batz/Bruce with a bad acting choice--shame shame.

  • Clooney awsome, but could have done way better in his part as Bruce. But i dont blame him. I really wish he would have had the chance to do a great batman movie.

  • yeah, you got to give that one to clooney

  • "You gotta have sense of humour but you can't be campy" ROFL

  • nice

  • This movie sucked soooo bad I don't know where to begin, it ruin all the actors careers who were involved in it with the notable exceptions of George Clooney and Uma Thurman.

  • clooney is decent honest,and true to himself very down to earth ,great man all the best george

  • i hated batman and robin. clooney is a great actor. he actually said he was disappointed in this movie later, but he said it helped his career a lot.

  • i really like george he is a great great bruce wayne but not a batman. this movie was ok..but it really was gay and bad camera work.

  • Man this movie sucked.

  • George clooney was the worst batman that ever was! not because hes a bad actor! no, but because he was the same character in and out of the costume! he was bruce wayne all the time! then in the costume he was bruce wayne with karate! Worst atman EVER!

  • Time to grow up??? Batman and robin?

  • does he say "arnold's fake" at the beginning?

  • i think he does. it sounds like he does...

  • George Clooney, in my opinion, COULD have been a good Batman, but they fucked it up with the script and direction.

  • you can tell George Clooney is NOT a batman fan, and is lying his ass off...making things up to the interviewer.

  • I like George but I don't like his Batman.

    Can't blame him though...Like he said, the movie bought him a house so who's complaining?

  • well it isnt exactly his fault, it was the batman they sort of made him portray

  • George Clooney is a good actor, but not suitable for Batman, that's all. Try to picture Brad Pitt as Spider-Man, it will NOT FIT as well, but doesn't mean that Brad Pitt sucks, right ?

  • Well people have said before that Tobey Maguire didn't fit as Spider-Man, but yeah... George Clooney and Batman DO NOT MIX!

  • I have to agree George Clooney is a great actor, he just made a mistake with "Batman & Robin"

  • @roadkillbtbt i think Tobey Maguire was a GREAT choice for Spider Man..just great

  • HAHAHAHAHA he said Marvel is better, what a putz!!

  • Marvel, yes... marvel was good.

    "Name one"

    Uh....

  • DUDE! Clooney knows nothing about comics! he says that Batman should be over his parents death and that he should grow up?! no Batman never "grows up" if he grows up then he wouldnt be batman anymore. its that inner child torment that drives his to perform well in everyday task as well as being Batman! i hate it when the actors and directors take on super hero movies and spaz up a good series!

  • I respect Clooney as he's made some very good films but this interview just sums up all that was wrong about this particular Batman movie. It seems as though he and the rest of the cast, and probably the director too, didn't have much of an idea of what the Batman story was about from the beginning.

  • even west made a better job, amazingly!

  • Why would he lie? He said he read a few comics but was more into Baseball cards!

  • lol it seems like hes completely making up the answers as he goes along

  • Michael Keaton = Batman

  • clooney is so dumb "most people i know go on to have normal day to day lives" ok who cares were talking about batman batman dosent get over it ok hes permanently scarred by these events thats what makes him batman!

  • anybody who seen their parent's being shot right in front of them as a kid will be scarred for life, If Batman ever got over it then I really don't see him being the caped crusader anymore.

  • he cant even tell the diffrence between

    marvel and DC.

    He said Marvel was the best but he kept commenting on Superman and Batman.

    lol just proves how he knows nothing about comics

  • haha yeah I noticed that, too

  • I don't think so- he mentioned that he likes Marvel when he's asked about it, then goes on to say that Batman and Superman are his favourites. I'd probably say something similar because while I have nothing against Marvel and I think they do a lot of good stories, Batman and Superman are what it's all about for me.

  • i loved marvel they were great.... batman and superman were my favorites..

  • DC u mean Marvel is the compant that made Spider Man,Iron Man,X Men etc

  • I think Clooney would have been good as Batman with a different suit and a much darker tone; as well as disguising his voice like Bale.

  • yeah i agree with you there. he is a good actor. you cant blame his batman portrayal all on him, because there is a reason why we have directors. with the exeption of arnie and elle macferson, the acting wasnt that bad, it was the directing.

  • I love how they talk about this movie so seriously even though it was a stupid campy movie.

  • haha look how empty his eyes are, you can just tell he didn't want to have anything to do with "Batman and Robin" after it turned out as one of the worst movies ever xD

  • He's such a bad liar, uhhh... i had comics

  • bat nipples

  • Batman moving on?? WTF??? then there is no batman at all!

  • That 4 year old kid was me. What are you talking about? I only wore those batman clothes cause my father got me into it. My father's name is Adam West. And you're telling me I don't know about Batman? I don't think so, Clooney! I don't think so! Now I've grown up and I'm now 27 years old and a grown man (I grow fast). I will have my revenge. I will have it. I swear on my 31 year old son's life (he grows fast, too).

  • Wow Clooney actually just BSed his entire way through this interview. What a huge load of crap

  • george has no intrest in batman or marvel or dc or comics he just knew it would have a big paycheck isnt it obvious look at his response about the guy asking him was he a comic fan he was the high school jock growing up

  • ...then Gorge Clooney's sexiest man alive facade came to a tragic end.

  • Worst Batman ever, this is why they had to restart the franchise.

  • Batman seams a little more well adjusted = this movie was dog shit

  • ahahahahhahahahaha DC gets owned. Clooney likes Marvel more.

  • the fukn movie suked dissapointing! It wasnt Cloony's fault it was the director.lol even props were kinda like Plastic lol the icilcles even jiggle wen thy hit smthin.Basically the movie suked ass and dik!

  • Playing Batman made Clooney more famous!

  • why does batman have a fucken smurk on his face. stupid stupid stupid.. HE IS DARK!!!!

  • he is good actor but he is not suit for the batman thats all.

  • his is a great actor but bat man sucked and it wasn't his fault it was joels fault.

  • Well, at least Georgie looked good in that bat suit. (Speaking as another guy admiring that he gets to wear that anatomicly correct girl-magnet get up). ;]

  • I thought batman forever was great as a Kid, But now after seeing it again, Its obvious now why my older siblings hated it.

  • same with me

  • Same with me, too.

  • Like that bearded guy said one thing i loved about Batman and Robin was the stuff with Alfred.

    It felt really emotional when he was dying and Bruce remembers when Alred raised him when he was a kid.

    It felt really sad when Bruce said he loved him and he was gonna lose the man who was like a father to him and hade always been there for him.

  • clooney know he was bad in batman and robin

  • who are they kidding in this interview??? they know this movie sucked from the get go. I think clooney knows how bad it is in this interview.