Well Wind I think he was the best Batman.If he had been given a serious script to work with without corny lines,I think there would be no question he was the best batman because the few times he got to say serious lines as batman,he was impressive and I honestly expected to hate batman forever because of kilmer since other than the doors I had never seen a movie before that I thought his acting was any good in but he was a pleasant surprise to me in forever and I was impressed with him especially as bruce wayne because thats when he had the most serious lines.
how can people argue about michael keaton as batman. he was great. Val Kilmer was... good. but george clooney. no. The last two batman films were actually appaling. Batman forever was watchable but batman and robin was really crap! I had actually lost faith in uma thurman as an actress until a certain film amazed me (kill bill 1&2). If they ever make another film thats up to date about batman (BBegins looks great by the way) i want it to go back to the Keaton/Burton style. Batman was not for kids as batman and robin was undoubtedly made for.
Gaz
ALL actors cast in ALL 'Batman' films were horribly miscast.
KEATON???uh...since when is Bruce Wayne BALD, SHORT, PLUCKS HIS EYEBROWS, SKINNEY AS A STICK?Since when does Batman's cowl wobbled with every step he took and his face disapeared inside it?
KILMER??!!The only thing worse than his butt-ugly face was his 'portrayal' of teh character.
CLOONEY- Okay...I admit the guy is a looker but geez...Batman does not walk around shaking his head or wear idiotic metal suits and decorate his batcave and batmobile with flasy neon lights!
All the concepts of the batman movies sucked, well, almost all the concepts. Burton and Schumacher were wrong in their interpretations of the character, for that reason, all the movies were wrong for one or another reason. I really hope that chris nolan give a true portrayal of the character in batman begins.