Why 1997's 'Batman & Robin' Might Be 'The Most Important Comic Book Movie Ever Made'

[ngkf7]

I think the success of Blade, a moderately unknown Marvel character at the time, helped them realize the potential if they did something right with a major and well-known character.

But man was Batman and Robin horrendous.

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Originally Posted by ngkf7

I think the success of Blade, a moderately unknown Marvel character at the time, helped them realize the potential if they did something right with a major and well-known character.

I agree with that, plus spier-man 1. I think they saw the unleashed potential in money making just by giving people what they want.

[Daredevil666]

Probably right. As far as I'm concerned, Batman Begins is the movie that should have come out in 1989, not Batman. Hopefully, the disaster that was B&R helped bring that era of bad comic-book movies to end.

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Originally Posted by dvdvision

Probably right. As far as I'm concerned, Batman Begins is the movie that should have come out in 1989, not Batman. Hopefully, the disaster that was B&R helped bring that era of bad comic-book movies to end.

I feel Fantastic Four is way worse than B&R. At least with B&R, they knew they were making a joke. Fantastic Four is the joke.

Batman and Batman Begins take on the source material is just as different as Frank Miller's and Grant Morrison's take on the source material. Both are just as good, but for different reasons.