Bale got my vote - but I considered Adam West who was glorious in his own special way.
I didn't much care for Keaton and I haven's seen Kilmer or Clooney
Bale got my vote - but I considered Adam West who was glorious in his own special way.
I didn't much care for Keaton and I haven's seen Kilmer or Clooney
So happy for all the Kevin Conroy love.
This. Aside from the moping over Rachel, Bale's Bruce/Batman felt entirely too well-adjusted and could easily slip into any of the worlds he needed to inhabit - Batman, Bruce Wayne as the idiot playboy, or the 'real' Bruce - I never really felt any sense of struggle in his character save for the issues related to Rachel, whereas again, Bruce trying to open up to Vicki in Batman '89 is much more interesting because he can't put it into words. That's way more interesting than him spouting off the film's arc words at the love interest so she recognises who he is.
Unfortunately, the link doesn't seem to go to the poll from back in 2014 any longer.
However, there was a 2017 article that may be of interest:15 On-Screen Batman Ranked From Worst To Best
15. GEORGE CLOONEY
14. LEWIS WILSON
13. ROBERT LOWERY
12. RINO ROMANO
11. ANTHONY RUIVIVAR
10. WILL ARNETT
9. DAVID MAZOUZ
8. DIEDRICH BADER
7. VAL KILMER
6. OLAN SOULE
5. CHRISTIAN BALE
4. BEN AFFLECK
3. ADAM WEST
2. MICHAEL KEATON
1. KEVIN CONROY
Michael Keaton
"So you've come to the end now alive but dead inside."
It's Kevin Conroy.
Live action, I'll go with Christian Bale. Bale was a better Bruce Wayne, Michael Keaton the better Batman.
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My requirement for best Batman actor: the ability to do the Batusi
Definitely, Christian Bale.
People can rag on his Batman voice (not his fault) all they want but he gets down the most important aspect of the character, Bruce Wayne and honestly he had the best balance between the roles of all the actors. Keaton was a decent Batman but an awful Bruce Wayne, Kilmer was a good Bruce Wayne but not a spectacular Batman, Clooney was terrible as both, Affleck wasn't particularly great as either.
I'm sorry but that's just not who Bruce Wayne is at all. He's not supposed to be quirky or socially awkward, He's not supposed to feel uncomfortable in social situations. Never once in the actual source material has that ever been his character portrayal. Bruce Wayne is a man about town, He's one of Gotham's most prominent citizens, He may find hobnobbing with other rich people boring but he always knows how to behave and how to conduct himself