3. George Clooney As Batman In 'Batman & Robin'
Holy latex nipples Batman! This may seem like a bit of a gimme, but I'll go through it anyway. Fact is, Batman Forever was able to scrape through as a 'just ok' movie because of a plot that was half interesting (though also half-finished) and a scenery chewing performance by Jim Carrey. However, Tommy Lee Jones was a bit too fond of eating up the set, and what was with them cosying up on that big red couch? Were they an item?). Batman and Robin had all of the faults that Schumacher had infected Forever with. For example- a Gotham that looked like the town planner built massive statues before forgetting that the citizens had to travel on roads (the nerve...), a Bruce Wayne that had so much starch that how he qualified as a 'playboy' was anyone's guess ( Batman and Robin goes further by having Batman spout all these sub-James Bondisms for 'laughs' apparently...) and an inability to make Batman look at all badass. It compounds this with a plot that has more holes than a sieve and some awful liberties taken with villains (wtf is with Bane?!). At least the colours are pretty, as Grant Morrison has pointed out... Clooney doesn't help matters really. He is wooden as Bruce Wayne and really seems like a smug arse as Batman, making off hand quips that are JUST NOT FUNNY. Sigh...