Top 10 Movies I Hate the Most

Note: After reading a comment on my Spider-Man 3 review, I feel I need to say this. I'm not so hateful and unmoving towards these movies that I can't discuss them rationally. The reason I'm doing a countdown is because I like talking about movies. So, I you disagree with one of the entries, say so. In fact, if you think me a total idiot for not liking the movie, go right ahead and comment. I won't go on a tirade.
     Now let's continue.

8: Batman

     I think the reason I didn't like this movie was because I saw Batman Begins and The Dark Knight first. Actually the first Batman media I ever saw was the 60s TV show, of which I was a diehard fan. At the time, I knew next to nothing about Batman so the TV series was a blast for me. Eventually, it stopped playing (or rerunning) on TV so I lost interest in Batman for a while aside from picking up a few comics. Then I saw Chris Nolan's versions and they blew me away. After seeing both Nolan's films, my curiosity was peaked about the 90s versions. Needless to say, none of them were good in my opinion. While the hero's were okay in terms of portrayal, the villains were awful. Maybe it's just me, but when the hero is a serious character that we're supposed to take as a real person and then the bad guy acts like a nutball, the clash just doesn't seem to work. That was the problem with all the 90s versions of Batman.
     Getting more to this film, I actually found it more silly than the 60s show because this was trying to be serious while the TV show was simply younger kids entertainment. A lot of the elements in this film just didn't go well together. As for the characters, I found Michael Keaton to be pretty bland as Batman. He wasn't awful or anything, he just wasn't that interesting. And I personally didn't think he fit the bat-suit very well. I mean, he looks like he's puckering up.

Give us a big, wet Bat-kiss!

       Jack Nicholson was another matter entirely. He was so over-the-top, I actually liked Cesar Romero better than him. At least Romero had some restraint. And like I said, the TV show was supposed to be silly. Not to mention the Joker's back story in this film being totally ridiculous. I can buy a person getting their skin bleached white by falling into chemicals (it can happen in real life), but somehow getting green hair, red lips, and the most ridiculous mouth job I've ever seen is really pushing it. I could never take him seriously enough to buy him as a real threat. Heath Ledger was not only the most threatening, he was actually a very interesting character and not simply a cartoon.  (Sorry Jack Nicholson. You were great elsewhere, but not here.)
     The leading lady in this film, Vicki Vale kind of got on my nerves. Again, she wasn't bad and actually had a bit of a character going for her. I just wish her secondary language wasn't screaming.  And she just seemed to be more the stereotypical damsel in distress instead of a three-dimensional character.
     My last complaint for this movie was the landscape. It was terrible. All the buildings were all weird and bent out of shape. It look nothing like a city and a lot like some kind of hallucination. Joel Schumacher's version of the city was even worse.
      In general, the film was just too silly to take seriously even though it tried to be serious. Only half of the movie (when the good guys were on screen) really succeeded as being okay entertainment.

Final Thoughts:

Kiss my bat you silly movie!