Best Movie Batman

[Dancing with Myself]

Let's see here.

Kilmer was the first Batman I ever watched at the age of 3. I seen B&R at the movies when I was 4 and then got into Keaton. Bale came when I was in middle/high school. Affleck's gonna be interesting (going to see it Tuesday.)

Bale's arcs were my fav for the last few years but he has fallen out of favor lately. I got a few problems with his version. 1 was the voice. Begins's voice was okay but TDK was overboard and ruined it.   2. His obsession with relationships drug down the movies, and 3. I never found him to be a truely freighting Batman. He had his own bad-a quality but he never gave that freaky and crazy vibe that Keaton did but Bale did work in his own element. Bale's strengths were his element of surprise and his fighting.

Keaton was much more dark and crazier but he was kind of freaky in a way, you knew not to mess with him or else you'd get hurt or killed. He when it came down to it didn't care. He gave no overlong speeches stuff got done.

Kilmer still had the darkness but he talked more but was witty about it. The back and forth with Riddler at the end was perfect. He was also a solid fighter and he had his own freighting side to him (that gang ran from him once he showed up to save Dick.) Kilmer deserved a much better follow up film.  Clooney's problem was when it came down to it he had no clue about Batman and just wasn't a right fit. He didn't change himself at all; he talked like usual and acted like himself as Wayne. He didn't like Wayne being "woe is me," all the time but he didn't get that point of the role right. Wayne has to be that way in order to make Batman possible. If he wasn't pissed about his folks he'd have no reason to be Batman. Plus he didn't try that much either. Part of me thinks he regretted doing it when it came down to it but maybe he thought it would be easy. Either way a lot of the film's failures was due to him.

West in his defense tried and enjoyed what he was doing and he was at least fun to watch.



So for best Batman I go with Keaton with Kilmer 2nd and Bale 3rd. Keaton was genuine in the role and added a sense of epicness to it. Plus with the crazy side it would make sense he would do that. Kilmer felt perfect in the suit and got how it worked. He wasn't overtly scary but he had a hard side to him which worked. He could hold his own. Bale's was smart because of the fighting and his mind games made his version interesting.


Bruce Wayne wise Kilmer was probably my favorite. He had to deal with the mental aspects of the role and he did that well; but he also was a suave MF and played the rich playboy parts well plus he looked killer in a tux. 2nd was Keaton. Sure he was a shut-in but he played the secretive millionaire well and his Wayne was relateable especially in Returns. 3rd place would be Bale. He sold the tragedy parts of it well as well his out of costume scenes but the Rachel arc drained a lot of momentum out.