The Joker, The Riddler, The Penguin & Catwoman have joined forces to wreak havoc on Gotham City......and then the World! Can Batman & Robin save the day?

Remember when Batman was fun? Not a serious scene in sight, no tales of revenge or personal demons to burst from the screen in a day glow burst of thunder. For many of us who grew up in the 60s and 70s this was the only Batman that mattered, pure unadulterated fun, all campy veneer and skin tight Technicolor suits. This full length outing for the dynamic duo is of course just an extended episode from the joyous TV series, just add a bit more money and you got a Bat Boat, a Bat Helicopter and erm, erm, Bat Shark Repellent! It's just wonderful I tell you.

How any of the actors kept straight faces is anyones guess, but they did, and they collectively delighted millions of children and like minded adults in a way that can't be described to the none believers, thank holy god for the caped crusaders that always kept us safe. 8/10

Footnote: Watching now in my middle years I ask any red blooded male this; is there anything more sexy than Lee Meriwether in the Catwoman suit? No wonder my Dad was a fan of the show back then...........

Batman, the best superhero of all time is finally in techni-color. And is coming to a DVD near us. Sorry, just had to get that out, I mean this movie leaves you will a cheesy goodness that is Batman.

I know a lot of people always criticize and make fun of the series, but I don't understand how anyone could hate this? Yeah, it's a complete turn around from the original comic books, but it's just non stop laughter and even the actors were aware of that. You just have to love the sprays that Batman has, "Shark repellent"? LOL! Not to mention the fun villains who are just so "filthy and diabolical".

I am in love with this script, I mean, it's so cheesy, but it did it on purpose. Like when Batman finds out the true identity of Catwoman and Robin says "Holy Heartbreak!". Or my favorite scene that is possibly my favorite scene of all time, where Batman has a bomb in his hands and is trying to get it out of people's way so they won't get killed, but no matter what he keeps bumping into the same marching band in the streets or finding people in the way, and finally he just sighs and says "Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb". CLASSIC! Please, watch this movie, it's beyond hilarious, just pay the $5.99 for the movie!

9/10

Just to say, I am a fan of the 1966 series. It is camp, but it is also colourful and fun, and actually the campiness actually works in its favour. This film is equally camp, but like the series it is also colourful and very enjoyable with great characters to drive it.

The pace does slacken a tad towards the end though it is quite fast and brisk up to then and the plot is quite thin and rather silly. However what does compensate a lot are some nice photography, colourful costumes, good scenery and a well-realised Gotham City. Also the music is great fun to listen to, the score is very driven especially. The dialogue is very cheesy, but that's part of the fun for me, and the gags are the sort of gleefully enjoyable throwaway ones that Schumacher's Batman and Robin could have dreamed of(I can't think of shark repellent without laughing uncontrollably now, and the "some days you can't just get rid of a bomb" line is one of the truest yet funniest lines I have heard in a film in recent memory). The direction is good and the effects and action are decent enough too.

The performances are very enjoyable and the characters are still fun. Adam West is a lot of fun, and does deserve some credit for making some of the cheesiest dialogue at least credible with a sly and deadpan delivery. Burt Ward is good enough, he is better in the series though, with some annoying/funny catchphrases and an easy-going chemistry with West. Alan Napier is a perfect Alfred, and Neil Hamilton is a hoot. The villains are what make the movie. Lee Merriweather is a very slinky Catwoman and that suit really suits her, and she is further advantaged by some fun lines and good delivery of them, also a fun and affecting chemistry with West. Frank Gorshin, Cesar Romero and especially Burgess Meredith show their successors how to play Riddler, Joker and Penguin, and all of them are great fun and this is one of a couple of times when the use of more than one villain works.

Romero is the least exceptional of the four for me, he is still great but Joker is written and used better in the series meaning he was rather underused compared to the likes of Penguin and I also think he suffers from constant comparisons with Nicholson, Ledger and Hamill(if he counts). Perhaps unfair yet understandable, whereas Gorshin and Meredith are definitive in my opinion when it comes to Romero while I love him he is my least favourite Joker of the four(counting Hamill).

In conclusion, a lot of fun and perfect to go with the classic TV series, not as good but worthy. 8/10 Bethany Cox