Is Batman and Robin from 1997 actually SO bad that it is GOOD?

Batman and Robin  1997  6 out 10   SO BAD it is GOOD?

The movie starts out with a huge big budget museum set with Arnold saying some of the worst one liners ever.   It turns into  Batman on Ice or a really bad  Universal Studios Stunt show.   Batman and Robin is by far the worst of any of the Batman movies.   But is it actually SO BAD that it is GOOD.   It has way too many characters......Batman,  Robin,  Mr Freeze, Poison Ivy --Bat Girl  and Bane.  BANE the main star of the most recent Batman is reduced to a grunting  Mexican Wrestler taxi driver for Poison Ivy.   With huge stars and an enormous budget in the right hands it could have been a good movie---but it is so cheesy and so over the top and silly that it is utterly terrible.    Re-watching the beginning of this film for the first time in over a decade today I was amazed at how incredibly terrible the movie was.    Which begs the question  Is it actually SO BAD that it is GOOD.   Watching it now it is almost pure gold like   Showgirls.   This movie should have its own midnight screenings with villains skating around on ice skates and people dressed in bad Superhero outfits.   So again I ask is Batman and Robin actually SO BAD that is is GOOD????  It is so weird to see this version of Batman as played by George Clooney that makes Adam West look serious....(Okay Adam West could never look serious, but you get the point).   George Clooney, Chris O'Donnell,  Arnold,  Uma,  and that girl from Clueless mix them all together and you get an absolute big budget mess,  which is so laughable I'm almost enjoying it.....   Well Almost.... They should have gone all the way and made it into  a Musical.

Instead of a movie trailer......I give you all the bad lines from Mr Freeze.

The Search for Santa Paws (Family Movie Review # 5) 2010 6 out of 10

The Search for Santa Paws  2010  6 out of 10

The Search for Santa Paws is a decent family holiday movie. If the kids love all the Buddies movies the kids will enjoy this talking animal flick as well .   The plot is simple.  Santa has a magical dog that was given life by the mysterious Ice Crystal as seen in Santa Buddies.   Santa and Santa Paws travel to New York prior to Christmas and in an often used Santa plot....Santa loses his memory and gets separated from Santa Paws.    There are also a group of cute little orphans that break out into song like a scene straight out of Annie involved in the story.    Christmas of course is in jeopardy unless Santa Paws can find Santa and get him to remember who he is.    Not much for originality --but like I said a decent family talking animal movies that the kids will probably enjoy.

The movie is basically a prequel to Santa Buddies .

Beyond Sherwood Forest 2009 7 out of 10

Beyond Sherwood Forest 2009   7 out of 10

You all remember the tale of Robin Hood? Where he steals from the rich to give to the poor and then fights a flying dragon and crosses a portal to another world beyond Sherwood Forest  right?   Well being on Syfy channel with a plot like this I really wasn't expecting  much.   In fact I had recorded it quite a few months back and was just expecting it to be the typically bad Syfy channel flick.   Sherwood Forest with Dragons actually turned out to be a bit of a surprise.  It wasn't great by any means --but the story, the dialogue and the acting were all quite good.  If it had actually had a bigger budget the movie may have actually been something special.  And in today's movie market place where Hansel and Gretyl can come to the big screen it actually wouldn't be that far fetched.    So if you are in the mood for a little Robin Hood tale that is a little outside of the normal Robin Hood box.....Check it out. 

For the Love of Scooby Doo: (Part 3) Scooby Doo and the Legend of the Phantosaur 2011 7+ out of 10

Scooby Doo and the Legend of the Phantosaur   2011   7+  out of 10

This Scooby Doo movie was an action packed adventure that pits the Scooby Gang against a giant fire breathing  Ghost  Dinosaur.  The action sequences are top notch for a Scooby Doo adventure and the story had a couple of interesting twists including Shaggy becoming an action hero after some hypnosis and the monster being especially strong.  This adventure follows the What's New Scooby Doo version of the Scooby gang which has still been starring in Scooby Doo movies while the Mystery Inc version runs on TV.   I love both versions.   Scooby and the gang continue to entertain me after all these years.   I even named our Great Dane puppy after a member of the Scooby Gang.  Some of the direct to DVD Scooby movies are better than others.....this entry was pretty strong.  If you are a Scooby Doo fan check this one out.

I'll soon be compiling a list of the Scooby Doo movies

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The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold 1958 5 out of 10

The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold  1958   5 out of 10

Starring Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels who also played the characters on the TV series this movie plays out just like a standard episode of the TV series.   Sure the title sounds fantastic.....who wouldn't want to see a Lost City of Gold.....but the story itself is just standard Lone Ranger fare as The Lone Ranger and Tonto try to solve the mystery of the Hooded Rangers that have been seemingly killing random Indians.    It turns out that they have been killing them for a reason as the bad guys are looking for the fabled Lost City of Gold.  Well The Lone Ranger and Tonto have to stop them.   It was an okay movie---just  nothing fantastic enough to warrant a movie version of the TV Show.

Heatstroke 2008 3 out of 10

Heatstroke  2008   3 out of 10  starring D.B. Sweeney and the girl from the Wonder Years trying to save the earth from some really bad  half finished  CGI Reptilian aliens on an Island.  Heatstroke was pretty much just terrible.   The CGI was awful---they would have been better off with  people in Sleestack outfits.  The entire earth is at stake from these cheesy aliens that can spray some type of red acid mist into the face their victims.    The deaths were digitally gory and then I guess they ran out of bad half finished CGI money so the lame Reptilians use mind control on one of the soldiers  (I guess so they could have D.B. Sweeney have someone to battle at the end of the film).      Heatstroke was just a weak effort.   A SyFy channel movie only worth watching if your DVR is empty and you are stuck sick in bed.

Men in Black 3 2012 9 out of 10

The Men in Black are back in  Men in Black 3 2012   9 out of 10

This time around Agent J  (Will Smith)  has to travel back in time to 1969 after a big bad alien escapes from a maximum security prison on the moon and goes back in time to eliminate his partner K (Tommy Lee Jones).   This of course has big consequences for the Earth as it sets the stage for a full scale alien invasion.  J must go back in time and stop all this from happening.    

Men in Black is a great concept.  It gives you endless possibilities of stories to play around with.  The 2 previous films left me entertained-but wishing for something a little more.  The plots didn't meet the expectations of the amazing world the movies had created.  They left you feeling like there were better more interesting stories to be told in this world.   Men in Black 3 --had probably the most interesting story in the Men in Black world so far.  The time travel aspect worked well and brought Josh Brolin to the series as young K  (which he did a spot on job of).   The peril seemed pumped up a bit from the other movies and the ending was a top notch twist to the franchise. Will Smith once again shines as J.

All in all Men in Black 3 delivered as  a strong entry in the franchise.  It was fun, funny,  and enjoyable action.