This movie is complete and utter garbage! My wife and I paid matinee prices to see this when it came out and still felt the movie was overpriced (maybe if we were paid to watch this rubbish I wouldn't think so). The story framework was a bad rehash of Batman Forever, the sets and special effects looked cheap (like the car chase scene that looked like it was done with Matchbox cars), the plot was weak and contrived, and the premise of Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy teaming up was ludicrous. Turning Bane into a mindless grunt was a travesty to comic book fans. And did Clooney phone this one in?
Just like the odd-numbered Star Trek films seem to have a curse, so do the even-numbered Batman movies (Batman Returns was gross, but at least it was somewhat watchable).