Keep in my mind and like I said in my last rankings this is my opinion.
Batman & Robin is truly a terrible movie and I hate it as a Batman fan. It's a 2 hour long commercial for toys. It defies logic to such a degree and completely destroys the character. George Clooney is phoning it in the entire time and he doesn't try to put on the different persona's of Bruce Wayne. Arnold Schwarzenegger as Mr. Freeze is one of the dumbest casting choices ever and I can't deal with the god awful ice puns. Even his costume looked terrible as well. If you want a good representation of Mr. Freeze, watch Batman: The Animated Series because that show did him right. They completely ruined Bane because in the comics Bane is supposed to be an intelligent and muscle bound badass and they made him a mentally retarded sasquatch on cemo as well as Poison Ivy's henchmen. Thank god Christopher Nolan redeemed the character. Uma Thurman as Poison Ivy is over the top and cartoonish trying too hard to rip off Michelle Pfeiffer's Catwoman. Chris O'Donnell as Robin is such a whiney little prick that you want to punch in the face. Alicia Silverstone as Batgirl is terrible and they don't even try to stay true to her backstory because in the comics Batgirl is supposed to be Commissioner Gordon's daughter not Alfred's niece and she's supposed to be a redhead not a blonde. They tried to make us care about Alfred dying even though he doesn't even die and you know what they should've killed him because that way he wouldn't be stuck in this garbage for so long. The scenes between Bruce and Alfred are fine I guess but that's because the rest of the movie is completely garbage. Don't even get me started on the bat nipples, bat ass, bat ice skates, bat credit card, the rubber lips, and the motorcycle race with Coolio. I just hate this movie and the only positive is had this movie not failed we wouldn't have gotten Batman Begins.
13. Superman IV: The Quest For Peace
Superman IV: The Quest For Peace is such an abomination against humanity with terrible special effects and villain that is not even in the comics. It's even trying to copy off things that made the first two movies way better. The premise about Superman disarming the world after a terrible child actor writes a letter to Superman asking him to do just that is completey dumb. Poor Christopher Reeve still manages to be the only good thing about this movie and it's sad because this was his last movie as Superman. What makes things even worse is that he wrote parts of this movie. The special effects are terrible especially considering there are moments where you can tell they're on stage and using wires. Jon Cryer as Lex Luthor's nephew was atrocious and unbearable to say the least. Nuclear Man is one of the dumbest characters looking like a drag queen. They don't even try to use actually villains from the comics but rather have Lex Luthor create a non-comic book villain. Also, Superman is not supposed to have telekinesis. There is also a moment where Superman saves a woman in space and she somehow isn't dead from the lack of oxygen I mean don't you think her head would explode for being out in space for so long? I don't know nothing makes sense whatsoever. This is one of the worst superhero movies ever made and one of the worst movies of all time.
This is pretty much that Batman Forever/Spider-Man 3 of the Superman franchise. Superman III is an atrocious and unfunny comedy with Richard Pryor as a dopey and idiotic computer genius who creates a device that turns Superman evil. Richard Pryor gets even more screentime than the Man of Steel himself. This movie is just so stupid and unbearable. Also, this feature a she-male being turned into a cyborg and Lex Luthor knock off because Gene Hackman didn't want to work with the director ever again and Lois Lane is pushed to the side because she didn't want to work with the director even again now replaced with Lana Lang. The scenes between Lana and Clark are fine I guess, Christopher Reeve still shines in the role, and the junk yard fight with Evil Superman is fine I guess but that's because everything else is complete utter garbage. Also, the one major action set piece Superman fighting a computer/video game....WTF? It's directed by Richard Lester the guy who stole Superman II from Richard Donner and the only reason Superman II was good is because it still had parts of Richard Donner, Superman III has nothing Donner whatsoever.
Batman Forever or as I like to call it the introduction of bat nipples and bat ass. The tone in this movie has changed from the dark tone that Tim Burton created to a weird and campy tone. The music isn't that good in this movie and I can't deal with the neon Gotham and the bright lights. The batmobile is not even the batmobile because neon lights do not scream vengeance of the night. They just wanted to make Batman mainstream even though that's not what Batman is. Val Kilmer as Bruce Wayne/Batman doesn't do a bad job it's just that's he under the direction of Joel Schumacher and the script is so bad. Nicole Kidman is in this movie and she is just there for Batman to drull over and quit being Batman even thought that's not what Batman would do. This movie also features Tommy Lee Jones as Two-Face aka The Joker knock off and Jim Carrey as The Riddler aka The Joker knock off. They're both cartoons in this movie and there are better versions of The Riddler and Two-Face in Batman: The Animated Series. I also hate how they made Robin an adult in this movie and how he was shoehorned into the movie because they had to introduce Robin at some point but at least he's not whiney like he is in Batman & Robin. The costumes and make up designs are terrible not just the bat nipples and bat ass but The Riddler and Two-Face's costumes as well. This was the beginning of the end to the franchise.
I've gotta say I have a lot of problems with Superman Returns and one of them is Bryan Singer initially leaving the X-Men franchise to direct this movie and to be honest it didn't seem like a bad thing at first, it wasn't until Superman Returns came out and after what happened to X-Men: The Last Stand when Brett Ratner was brought on to replace Bryan Singer. The film tried being a sequel to the first two and ignore the third and fourth movie. Now Superman Returns is not terrible like III and IV and despite good visual effects and an awesome plane sequence my biggest issue with Superman Returns is that it's so boring and there is almost zero to none action in the movie. The ending climax of the movie is Superman lifting an island into space. There is also Superman being a mopey ass deadbeat dad and a creepy stalker looking outside moping wanting to be with Lois Lane. I did not like the reveal of the kid being Superman's and another thing about it is even though it's supposed to be a sequel to the Donner movies is at the ending of Superman II, in the Donner cut Superman turns back time and makes sure Lois forgets that he was ever Superman and in the theatrical cut Clark kisses Lois and she magically forgets Clark was ever Superman from a power Superman does not have in the comics. At one point why was Lois never like how did you rape me because I do not remember us ever having sex? I don't know it was just dumb and Superman Returns was ridden with plotholes. This movie was not the Superman movie we needed at the time and should've rebooted the franchise rather than playing safe and ripping off Donner.
Superman II is enjoyable but dated as hell and it baffels me that people complain about the ending of Man of Steel and they don't have a problem with Superman giving up his powers to be with Lois Lane. I did like them letting Lois Lane know Clark is Superman but they cut it short at the end. The fight scene in the city is dated and I'm telling you I'm sure if Donner had better special effects he would've made the fight scenes look better and make it look like what would actually happen if godlike aliens actually fought. I prefer the Richard Donner cut because it is a much better version but the ending to both versions makes no sense. The endings to both versions are such cop out endings like in the first one by having Lois Lane forget all about Clark Kent ever being Superman especially in the theatrical cut where Superman kisses Lois Lane and she forgets everything from a power that Superman doesn't even have in the comics and in the Donner cut where Superman turns the Earth backwards again. Lex Luthor being shoehorned into the movie god knows why. Zod having telekinesis even though he doesn't have that power. Superman's cloth changing abilities even though that's not one of his powers. Terrence Stamp is good but over the top at times as General Zod. Also, I don't understand why most people complain about Man of Steel where Superman kills Zod when he kills Zod in Superman II as well. I don't care if there was a deleted scene because it never made the final cut.
This is the movie that started it all with the superhero movies and even though I do enjoy the movie it doesn't hold up. Now I love the first 48 minutes of the movie because I loved seeing the origin story in the beginning and the serious tone. But my thing is the tone completely shifts once Clark begins working at the Daily Planet into a campy tone. The costume designs are dated and it's bit cheesy after the first 48 minutes. The theme by John Williams obviously great and iconic. Marlon Brando does a good job and he pretty much gets top billing more than the actor that played Superman. Christopher Reeve is great as Clark Kent/Superman and some say he is still the best. I do really like Henry Cavill in the role and I'm excited to see where else he takes the character. I'm personally not the biggest fan of Lex Luthor in this movie because of his campiness and his plans for a Real Estate scheme that has been used in the other movies. The movie was more talking about Superman than showing what Superman can do especially in a poem recited by Lois Lane. Some of the special effects and action scenes are dated it may have been ground breaking back then but it definitely shows how dated it is especially when you compare it to the other comic book movies that having been coming out recently. There is also a cop out ending where Lois Lane dies and Superman turns the Earth back in time to save Lois because they wanted to be too safe. I applaud the effort that was given but it is not a timeless classic like people make it out to be I'm sorry but that's just me.
7. Batman Returns
Now the thing about Batman Returns is even though it's an enjoyable and entertaining movie. It's not true to the comics once single bit. Catwoman does not have nine lives in the comics and The Penguin as I know him in the comics is not this crazy sick little weirdo. Catwoman in the comics is supposed to be a cat burglar not a crazy slut with nine lives. Danny DeVito and Michelle Pfeiffer played their parts well even though they're not the characters they are in the comics. This movie is over the top with not just the villains and The Penguin's circus freaks as well. This was the movie where Tim Burton decided he was going to do Batman his way and it shows that he never read a Batman comic book in his entire life. This movie is just a Tim Burton movie with Batman characters in it and it shows he never read a Batman comic in his entire life. The soundtrack is really great, it has a Christmas/Halloween feeling to it, and it's still enjoyable to listen to this day. Don't get me wrong I enjoyed Batman Returns but I can understand why some people don't like it because it's not true to the comics and if you love the Batman lore it completely butchers the lore. This movie is pretty much the reason why parents around the world were pissed off because of the weird shit in this movie.