The year was 1997, the movie was "Batman & Robin," and it nearly destroyed a franchise and George Clooney's career. The reviled Joel Schumacher entry was easily the worst of the post-Tim Burton Batman films, with the nipple suit only being the first of the many problems with the flick.
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Clooney gives himself a hard time. If looked at the film with a saturday morning cartoon show vibe, it isnt too bad. Schumacher also isnt entirely to blame as Warner forced him to make the film more kid friendly in order to sell make the film more marketable to children, and sell accompanying merchandise.
I mean, if you were told to bring coal, while the people wanted diamonds, you cant really blame yourself for doing what was asked of you.
George Clooney destroyed Batman.
Christian Bale resurrected Batman.
Ben Affleck will bury Batman once more, and make sure he stays dead.
I reckon that Affleck will be a decent batman. He wont be as good as Bale or Kilmer but at least he'll be better than how Clooney portrayed Batman... atleast I hope he will