

They weren't Nolan's brand of serious adult entertainment, but more kid-friendly family fare ("Batman & Robin," in particular, was described as a "toy commercial" by those involved.) A lot of it is for a pretty good reason ("Batman & Robin" is as close to objectively awful as a movie can get), but some of the hate is rather unfair.įor one thing, it's easy to forget in our age of hyper-serious and record-breaking superhero cinematic universes, that Schumacher's Batman films were marketed to and perceived as being for kids - boys, in particular. Joel Schumacher's Batman movies - " Batman Forever" and " Batman & Robin" - get a pretty bad rap. And the most surprising thing about it is that the "Arkham" take on Gotham has a lot in common with some of the worst Batman movies.

For the final game in the "Arkham" trilogy (we're going to exclude "Batman: Arkham Origins," a prequel developed by a different studio), the developers at Rocksteady games have completed their slow zoom out on Batman's world, opening up the entirety of Gotham for players to explore.
