It's such a weak, unconvincing pivot point of an overly long movie that it deflates the final act. Yes, the big turning point of this movie – that Bruce Wayne decides not to kill Superman because he learns they both have a mother called Martha – has been dunked on plenty by critics.
It's hard to argue Batman Vs Superman is a great film, however you look at it. That basically sums up the overall sentiment towards Snyder's superhero movies – a collective of fans who clearly click with his take on these characters, versus people who reject it outright. Snyder's second DC movie (not counting Watchmen) has its fans on the TechRadar team, but also plenty of people who don't like it at all. So maybe we should be thanking Schumacher. Still, without this terrible movie, you'd probably never have got Christopher Nolan's take on the character. How did Tim Burton's vision of Gotham get mangled into this in just eight years? Tired jokes about nipples on the Batman and Robin suits aside, this film is just joyless as a Batman story, and clocks in at a blatantly overlong 125 minutes running time. Unfortunately, the film has the tone of a bad episode of Power Rangers, and the finished product is a dumpster fire that's clearly designed to sell toys to children.
Batman and Robin seems okay on paper: George Clooney as Bruce Wayne before he became a red-hot credible actor, Alicia Silverstone as Batgirl after a wonderful turn in Clueless, mega star Arnie as Mr Freeze and a post-Pulp Fiction Uma Thurman. You can't even enjoy the late Joel Schumacher's second Batman movie ironically – which is an argument you can at least make in defense of the slightly better Batman Forever.
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