Batman Forever

[clauditorium]

Batman Forever (1995)



In an unintentionally hilarious scene designed to showcase the future Robin's awesomeness, here is Chris O'Donnell taking care of some laundry.

Batman must confront foes Two-Face and The Riddler in this sequel, which was meant to revive the franchise after the dreary, unpopular Batman Returns. So the visuals are candy-coloured, and the tone mostly upbeat. Batman Forever actually does a better job of managing its many characters than its predecessor did, but the stupid, stupid dialogue and undistinguished action scenes are too steep a price to pay for a more coherent structure. Tommy Lee Jones is given nothing to do as Two-Face and ends up as merely a dull rerun of Jack Nicholson's Joker. Jim Carrey, who was born to play a comic book villain, is more fun as The Riddler. Val Kilmer barely registers in the title role.

Comments

[torakiyoshi.livejournal.com]

What did you think of the Dark Knight? Hop on over to my place, and throw in your two cents. I've got a pretty intense discussion in my last two entries.

-=Kiyoshi

[clauditorium.livejournal.com]

I was shocked at how popular TDK was, considering the dark picture it paints.

[blt4success66.livejournal.com]

I didn't care for this one as much but it was not as cheesy as Batman & Robin

[clauditorium.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen that one, but intend to. I want to see how bad it is with my own eyes.

[blt4success66.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't call it "bad" because I don't mind cheesey but "purests" hate it.

[bikerbear.livejournal.com]

strange..last week i was thinking of this same scene.
many times, some obscure scene or detail pops in my head and a few days later it shows up by some media.
anyway, i was thinking how stupid that scene was, him flipping wet shirts around on a broom stick and that the director must have had a hard time filling 90-120 minutes.

[clauditorium.livejournal.com]

I think whoever came up with that scene probably really thought it was cool. Which only makes it funnier.