10 Directors Who Knew Their Movies Were Ridiculous

A movie has to be pretty bad to be considered by most to be the worst comic book adaptation ever made. Of course, that film is Joel Schumacher's 1997 disaster that was Batman & Robin. The movie suffers from several issues ranging from casting and costume design to acting and the plot.

There aren't many redeeming qualities of the film, which was as cheesy and ridiculous as a movie could be. Not only did it feature "Bat Nipples," which are now a thing in pop culture, but it also relied on silly jokes and cheesy one-liners to the point of turning Arnold Schwarzenegger's performance into a cautionary tale.

George Clooney wasn't right for the role, and the script could have used another rewrite (or ten), but where one director might blame the studio for the issues, Schumacher laid the blame squarely on his shoulders. The director offered a sincere apology for his work:

"If there's anybody watching this that, let's say, loved Batman Forever and went into Batman and Robin with great anticipation - If I disappointed them in any way, then I really want to apologize, 'cause it wasn't my intention. My intention was just to entertain them."

It's rare for a director to take the blame like that, and even rarer still, to apologize to the fans. His movie may have been the very definition of celluloid-ridiculous, but at least he acknowledged it.