Robert Downey Jr's Tony/Iron Man or Christian Bale's Bruce/Batman?

Which actor gave the better performance regarding both of their respective roles in Iron Man and The Dark Knight?

who cares?

They both did a great job with the material they had to work with.

Thank you for that totally useless response.

Christian Bale, imo.

I was leaning more towards Downey myself.

As much as I liked Bale's performance, It felt like Downey fit more into Tony Stark's persona than Bale did with Bruce Wayne. Mostly though, I'd say it's Bale's rather poor Batman voice that really keeps me from giving him the nod here.

I go with Robert Downey Jr too.

The two movies were good (TDK was ****in' hella good, in fact, and ownz anything this far for this year) but if we compare the playing of both actors, I think that Robert were a better Tony Stark that Bale were a Batman.

Originally posted by ragesRemorse
who cares?

They both did a great job with the material they had to work with.

Robert Downey Jr imo. Not that Bale was bad I just think Stark was better.

Downey played a better Tony Stark then Bale played Batman. Bruce Wayne specifically.

Bale's Batman voice seemed like he had to spit all of the time. It was sooo irksome.

Originally posted by Accel
Which actor gave the better performance regarding both of their respective roles in Iron Man and The Dark Knight?

I loved both performances, although Bale did get a little bit outshined by Ledger's Joker...talk about creepy...

Originally posted by Accel
Thank you for that totally useless response.

Well its kind of a useless question

Downey Jnr did a better job as Tony Stark than Bale done as Bruce.

Downey did a brilliant portrayal Stark and IM where as Bale didn't really sell me on Batman, though I liked the way he plays Wayne.

Bale was so great as both Wayne and as Batman. Same with Downey, jr, he was great as Stark and as Iron Man

Originally posted by fangirl101
Bale's Batman voice seemed like he had to spit all of the time. It was sooo irksome.

I started laughing in the cinema when Batman was doing the "scary" voice to try to intimidate Joker.

Downey wins easily.

Downey Jr.

Bale was good at everything...Except the Goddamn voice.

Both were great but the characters were so drastically different so I don't see the comparison. Maybe a Routh & Bale comparison but not Downey and Bale. In any case, both were spectacular and but I'm leaning towards Bale.

Downey Jr portrayed Stark better than Bale portrayed Wayne.