Which actor protrayed Batman the best in the movies?

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Kotor3 Senior Member

Which actor protrayed Batman the best in the movies?

Adam West
Michael Keaton
Val Kilmer
George Clooney
Christian Bale

ThunderGodEneru Senior Member

Definately Adam West.

MildPossession Restricted

I haven't got the comics or whatever to compare how close they got to Batman, so can only say who I liked best as Batman, and it will always be Michael Keaton.

Darth Martin Senior Member

There's been countless threads of this question in the Batman forum.

Bale played the best Bruce Wayne and Batman IMO.

Toku King Senior Member

So Adam West.

Bardock42 Junior Member

Bale's my favourite. West was good, too, but less the Batman I enjoy.

SnakeEyes Connoisseur

Bale. Fix the batvoice and you've got yourself a near-perfect Batman/Bruce Wayne.

BruceSkywalker The BatLord of the Jedi

Love the bat voice, Bale all the way

Sado22 Restricted

Bale's batman was pwned by Ledger's joker. Batman felt inferior throughout the movie and his stupid "batvoice" ruined what little that was left. his portrayal of Bruce Wayne in begins was good but in dark knight he was boring and dull. you never got to feel his trauma or his obsssion in the movie.

Bale is the best batman but only in Begins. he ruined it in DK.

~Sado

Kovacs86 Senior Member

Ahem...

http://www.killermovies.com/forums/f50/t490022.html

And... Bale.

Toku King Senior Member
Originally posted by Toku King
[b]So Adam West. [/B]

I love Adam West's Batman just because I love the idiocy of it. The best Batman is Kevin Conroy.

Bicnarok From Ganymede

Adam West

Adam west was the best, he really put emotion into the character.

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Darth Exodus The Gr8est!!!!!!!!

Bale.

Ultimate Wil Faster than a bullet

Michael Keaton

If Bale had the same voice in DK as he did in Batman Begins, then Bale

jinXed by JaNx Senior Member

Originally posted by Sado22
. you never got to feel his trauma or his obsssion in the movie.

~Sado

That isn't the actors fault at all.

Sado22 Restricted

true.

Dr Will Hatch Senior Member

Originally posted by Sado22
Bale's batman was pwned by Ledger's joker. Batman felt inferior throughout the movie and his stupid "batvoice" ruined what little that was left. his portrayal of Bruce Wayne in begins was good but in dark knight he was boring and dull. you never got to feel his trauma or his obsssion in the movie.

Bale is the best batman but only in Begins. he ruined it in DK.

~Sado

I completly disagree. I think Bales performance was very good in TDK, and considering that the movie at heart is about him, his role is the most relevant.

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Batman: Michael Keaton
Bruce Wayne: Christian Bale

Sado22 Restricted

I completly disagree. I think Bales performance was very good in TDK, and considering that the movie at heart is about him, his role is the most relevant.

everyone's entitled to an opinion. i'm no "movie critic" so i dont go around being pretending to be objective. to me he felt pale in comparison to Joker throughout the movie. Bruce Wayne was boring in this one (but like Jinxed pointed out it was probably more the director's fault than Bale's) and we never got to see his struggle in the way we got to see it in Batman Begins. the element of internalized fear, intimidation and tragedy are big parts of Batman/Bruce (at least DC likes to have us think so anyway) and those Batman and Bruce lacked for the entire movie. even Rachel's death didn't traumatize him as one would hope.

~Sado

Kotor3 Senior Member

I agree with what you said. I go with Michael Keaton. Even though he did not have the height and physical stature of Batman his portrayal of Bruce Wayne and Batman was the best. Bale version never proved to be a dark knight. Keaton version would kill while Bale wouldn’t. Side note I believe the Joker was so good in dark night because the script made Batman so much of a goof.