i like to call Bale Taffy-Teeth cause in the final showdown with the Joker and hes got him hanging upside down, the light on his teeth reminds me of taffy
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Because in order for Batman's actions and desires in TDK, in relation to his love for Rachel Dawes which is ultimately the backbone of his desire for a normal, peaceful life, to make sense, he has to share a deeper and more multi-faceted relationship with a character. Rachel Dawes' position as a childhood friend who taught Bruce a highly important aspect of morality, which helped cement his idea of 'Batman', makes her suitable for his role. It would be more difficult to do so with an existing character like Vicki Vale.
Even though there is no chemistry between Bales Bruce and Holmes/Gyllenhal's Rachel?
Okay I can't speak for what I haven't seen in The Dark Knight, but introducing a stupid love triangle with Harvey Dent de-values any proper romance between Dawes and Bruce. It's just a cheap jealousy device thats used in many movies. In Begins they are more like brother and sister-they even look like brother and sister!
The best chemistry was generated in Batman Returns because of the opposite, yet similiar natures of Bruce/Batman and Selina/Catwoman.
But frankly, after re-watching the Batman films, and really evaluatig on them (easier to do for some than others needless to say), I've come to feel that Bale's portrayal of Batman/Wayne is the only one I could really take seriously. I felt that Kilmer made just as big a joke of Batman as Clooney did, and even Michael Keaton had points in at least the first movie that practically foreshadowed what was to become of the Batman film franchise in the mid-to-late 1990's. None of the previous movies really managed to get both the Batman persona and Bruce Wayne's playboy facade right in the same flick, and even the first Batman movie had elements that made me cringe--such parts almost made me wonder what the point of making the '89 Joker vs. '08 Joker was (and the music was quite terrible).
It may just be because of the intended premise of Nolan's films that make me feel this way. That, and I don't get the problems people have with Bale's bat-voice. To me it just helps me take him more seriously, and feel as if he's actually trying to disguise himself 100%. I don't think it was ever supposed to sound like something that any ordinary person would speak with in their everyday life, seeing as how the Batman persona's anything but.
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