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Who do you think best played Batman? Adam West?
Or one of the newer guys – Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, Clooney? How about Christian Bale, do you buy him in the role?
How about your favorite Batman villain? Could anyone top Heath Ledger’s “Joker”?
Or are you strictly dedicated to the comics?
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Keaton, easily
You know, I feel the same way. And what’s so odd about it is that if I were casting Batman there would’ve been not a chance in hell I would’ve even called him in for the role… But he was great.
I would say Bale did it the best, if it wasn’t for his god awful Batman voice. He doesn’t sound intimidating, he sounds like he needs a damn Riccola. So I second Peter’s mention of Keaton.
As for favorite villain I’m a fan of Two Face. Unfortunately Two Face has been wasted not once but twice. I like Tommy Lee Jones as an actor but he was too playful in his portrayal (Two Face does not bounce around laughing like that) and the actor that played him recently was Two Face for like what 15min.?
I really liked what Jim Carrey did with Riddler, even though he was a little too playful as well. Riddler is supposed to calm, intelligent, arrogant, and a bit classy (but not quite Penguin classy though).
I have to give it up for either Joker. I think both Nicholson and Ledger did great jobs with the part.
And I agree on Bale’s voice. It feels very put on.
I’m Batman!
No, I’m Batman!
(Ok, that not true, though I wouldn’t mind some the Wayne family fortune.)
I have to put in a vote for Adam West. Why? Because until I was 17 he weas pretty much the only Batman. And while the show was campy, he steered through the show with the stoicism of a monk. And Batman is nothing if not stoic.
Bale and Ledger, without a doubt.
I remember an interview in Rolling Stone in 1990 around the time Michael Keaton’s “new” Batman of the 90s re-boot was happening. He talked in the interview about traveling the country in a trailer signing autographs as Batman. It struck me as very self-deprecating humor at the time, but I have often thought back to that, and how actors must fear being pigeon-holed. Fast forward to today, I’ve been re-watching the “Superfriends” cartoons from the early 80s with my young son. They brought back the legendary Adam West back to voice those, and he really is the voice of Batman for me. As an aside, Adam West is also the only Batman who is not too violent to show my kids although I do enjoy the “Dark Knight” version myself.
Then a few weeks ago I found this item from our local paper and pinned it to my local interest board on Pinterest (http://bit.ly/LmdiMp). Adam West is talking about what it’s like to travel the country signing autographs as “Batman.” He appreciates the income he can earn for the easy work, but he also speaks somewhat darkly about the trade-off he has had with being identified with that one character. So maybe Michael Keaton had some good insight when he made that quip 20 years ago. And maybe it was good sense to get out when he did. George Clooney and Val Kilmer will probably never be anyone’s idea of what Batman is and Christian Bale has had a diverse enough career to be free of the pigeonhole himself. But the multi-talented Adam West will always be the definitive Batman to me and millions of other (once) young boys. Whether he wanted to be or not.
Christian Bale is the only actor so far who really gets how to play Batman and Bruce Wayne. People complain about his voice, but it sounds like it is described in the comics.
Heath as The Joker was by far the best villain.
Now if you want to talk about the voice of Batman there is only one man that does it for me.
Kevin Connroy.
He did the voice of Batman in most of the animated appearances of the Caped Crusader (from the mid 90s to about 2010). I don’t even know what the man looks like but when I hear his voice I know Batman is talking and I need to shup up and listen.
Bale’s voice is so gravely and it comes off sounding like he is trying to hard to sound intimidating. But I will say that his acting as Bruce Wayne and as Batman are money though.