It’s been a couple
decades, now, I think we can all just admit it: for a certain version of
Batman, Joel Schumacher’s Batman and Robin kind
of rules. A cheesy fever dream, it’s an incredible exercise in ‘90s Blockbuster
excess and the sort of Batman that fans of Adam West’s ‘60s series would
recognize and enjoy. The credit cards? The Bat Nipples? These things are
ridiculous, and they’re ridiculous on purpose. If you play along, it’s a blast.
And I’m not the only
one who thinks this. In the past few years, I’ve seen a lot of people be kinder
to the much-maligned film. Unfortunately, that doesn’t include the film’s star,
George Clooney, who really should give himself more credit.
As recently
explained by Clooney to Howard Stern (as transcribed by the
Hollywood Reporter), Clooney still has some big regrets.
“The truth of
the matter is, I was bad in it. Akiva Goldsman — who’s won the Oscar for
writing since then — he wrote the screenplay. And it’s a terrible screenplay,
he’ll tell you. I’m terrible in it, I’ll tell you. Joel Schumacher, who just passed
away, directed it, and he’d say, ‘Yeah, it didn’t work.’ We all whiffed on that
one,” he said.
https://gizmodo.com/joel-schumacher-the-man-who-gave-us-bat-nipples-has-d-1844121909
Clooney added that,
while he was in the movie, he had very little say in how it went down.
“I couldn’t
have done that one differently,” Clooney said when Stern asked about
production regrets. “It’s a big machine, that thing. You have to remember
at that point, I was just an actor getting an acting job. I wasn’t the guy who
could greenlight a movie.”
I’m sorry you have
regrets, George. But, come on. It’s pretty fun. Uma Thurman! Arnie! It’s a fun
time. Give yourself a break.
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