MOVIE |
So now it comes to pass that I finally
review Batman & Robin, the worst movie of the series. George
Clooney made the comment that he killed the series. But in hindsight
one can plainly see that it was Joel Schumacher that killed the
series. Tim Burton had established the first two movies as brooding
gothic set pieces true to the original comic. Joel Schumacher on the
other hand turned the second two movies, well.. "GAY" not
unlike the 60's series starring Adam West. No wonder this was a
BOMB!
Adding to the bad movie is some
pretty bad acting from all except George Clooney. The bonkers story
goes something like this Mr. Freeze (Arnold Schwarzenegger) in a
really bad role made up of one liners, wants to turn Gotham City
into a big freezing Popsicle and the only ones who can stop them
are, you guessed it, Batman & Robin. Along the way they meet up
with Batgirl (Alicia Silverstone) and also have to contend with
Poison Ivy (Uma Thurman) as well... This movie is lame and
forgettable and should never have been inflicted upon the world.
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VIDEO |
At least this Batman
movie gets a passable transfer.
Batman & Robin
has a wonderfully sharp transfer throughout that is free from any
MPEG artifacts.
Film artifacts are
few and far between and do not really detract from the movie.
Shadow detail is
really the only downside to this transfer as it is lacking and again
like Heat as most of this movie is set in dark areas, you do loose
some detail.
Batman & Robin is framed at
1:85:1 and is 16:9 enhanced.
This is a single-sided, single
layer disc.
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AUDIO |
The good thing about
this disc was the sound. Right from the beginning were are treated
to an aural feast.
The surrounds are
used constantly and rear channel separation is quite good in
places also which creates an engaging sound field. The .1 channel
is used quite constantly also and is well integrated into the mix.
The dialog was easy
to hear.
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EXTRAS |
There are some basic cast
and production notes on this disc. Nothing more more nothing less.
Subtitles: English, Arabic,
Polish, Greek, Czech, Turkish, Hungarian, Icelandic, Croatian, Closed
Captioned.
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FINAL THOUGHTS |
I would suggest you do
not buy this disc at all, the movie is one of the worst made in the
last few years and the disc isn't much better. |
16:9
ENHANCEMENT |
DISC
RATING |
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REVIEW
EQUIPMENT
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Display:
48" Sony RPTV.
DVD Player: Panasonic A350 Player using S-Video Cables.
Receiver: Pioneer VSX-D508
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround.
Speakers: Accusound speaker
system. |
Copyright © 2000 by [Roger
Ward].
Revised: 19 Oct 2000 17:34:20 +1100
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Region
Coding: |
Region
4 |
No of
Discs: |
1 |
OFLC Rating |
PG |
Running
Time: |
120
Mins |
Case
Type: |
Snapper
Case |
Release
Date: |
29/1/1999 |
Catalog
Number: |
16500 |
List
Price: |
$29.95 |
Distributor: |
Warner
Bros. |
Disc
Format: |
PAL |
Disc
Type: |
Label
Only |
Disc
Format: |
SS-SL |
Chapters: |
42 |
Macrovision: |
Yes |
Manufacturer: |
WAMO |
Aspect
Ratio:
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1:85:1 |
Anamorphic: |
Yes |
Film
Format: |
35mm |
Dolby
Digital: |
5.1
Surround |
DTS: |
None |
PCM
Stereo: |
None |
Other: |
None |
Languages:
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English |
Subtitles: |
Yes |
Audio
Commentary: |
None |
Theatrical
Trailer: |
None |
Teaser
Trailer: |
None |
TV
Spots: |
None |
Dolby
Trailer: |
None |
Documentary: |
None |
Cast
& Crew Bios: |
None |
Deleted
Scenes: |
None |
Music
Videos: |
None |
DVD Rom
Content: |
None |
Collectable
Booklet: |
None |
Scene
Access: |
Yes |
Animated
Menus: |
None |
Production
Notes: |
None |
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