Who was the best Batman?

[epilogue]

He does look doofy as fuck in the trailers, yeah.

[Monkey_Driven]

The suit itself is kind of goofy looking. Too many muscles. Needs nipples.

[BootsToAsses]

He just stands funny in the costume. That scene where the Batmobile hits Superman and crashes, and Superman rips the top bit off and Batman stands up to face him. He looks really wooden and uncomfortable wearing it.

[epilogue]

Yeah, I loved that a comfortable, relatively logical suit was important in the Nolan movies.

[epilogue]

The suit itself is kind of goofy looking. Too many muscles. Needs nipples.

Hey, Freeze. I'm Batman.

[BootsToAsses]

Yeah, I loved that a comfortable, relatively logical suit was important in the Nolan movies.

I just want whoever is playing Batman to look like the character is used to wearing the suit, like he owns it. Watching Affleck made me feel like I was watching an actor put on a suit for the first time and feel uncomfortable.

Bale owned it. Keaton owned it. I'd rather not talk about Kilmer and Clooney.

[epilogue]

Yeah, I loved that a comfortable, relatively logical suit was important in the Nolan movies.

I just want whoever is playing Batman to look like the character is used to wearing the suit, like he owns it. Watching Affleck made me feel like I was watching an actor put on a suit for the first time and feel uncomfortable.

Bale owned it. Keaton owned it. I'd rather not talk about Kilmer and Clooney.

I actually didn't hate Val Kilmer, especially as Wayne. The script was wonky and it was an overly stylized film. But I thought Kilmer was actually a competent Batman. And, to your point, looked comfortable in the suit.

I cant' imagine Affleck looking less comfortable than Clooney.

[Kaius]

I pretty much disagree with all of that. Every Batman has looked uncomfortable in the suit besides West (hardly counts) and Affleck. The 90s guys pretty much couldn't move their necks at all.

[epilogue]

I pretty much disagree with all of that. Every Batman has looked uncomfortable in the suit besides West (hardly counts) and Affleck. The 90s guys pretty much couldn't move their necks at all.

Right but they still looked like they belonged, like they'd worn the suit for a while and where as comfortable being in it as they could be. Especially Keaton. Again, that's why Bale's is still the best, I think. Because it was the most practical/real world bat-suit we've seen so far.

I'll reserve total judgement on Affleck until I see the movie proper. But he looks awful clumsy, uncomfortable, and dopey in that suit in the trailers I've seen.

[BootsToAsses]

He doesn't own the suit at all. I'm just looking at it as Ben Affleck wearing a big weird costume and feeling silly about it all.

Keaton's interview about making the stiffness of the suit work for him rather than against him was a good point. I liked how he moved in it.

[bada]

BvS is the first time I've actually seen a live action Batman on screen. The others were just reasonable approximations. Affleck is the best.

[Jorge]

Performance-wise, Affleck is my favorite Batman. He has a simmering intensity that goes beyond Bale's brooding (and I LIKE Bale), and he can turn on the smarm effortlessly. I saw him described in a review as "a man of appetites" and I love that approach, as opposed to the sexless goody-two-shoes Bale portrayed (when he wasn't "playing it up" for appearances). But it's important to keep in mind that these two are playing different stages of the character's life. Affleck's Batman has been doing things for 20 years and is at the end of his rope. Two decades of doing this and the criminals keep growing back like weeds. He feels like nothing he's done has mattered, which informs his more ruthless approach. He doesn't have the patience for this shit anymore, and Affleck conveys that very well in his performance.

Design-wise, I love his suit. I think it looks way better than Bale's. BUT, he does look uncomfortable in it at times, partly due to all the unnecessary padding added in the torso area. He looks downright fat at times.

I feel my virginity growing back while writing this post.

[bada]

I feel myself getting horny after reading it.

[epilogue]

sexless goody-two-shoes

I love that phrase.

Bale didn't really come across that way to me but I love that description.

[BootsToAsses]

Performance-wise, Affleck is my favorite Batman. He has a simmering intensity that goes beyond Bale's brooding (and I LIKE Bale), and he can turn on the smarm effortlessly. I saw him described in a review as "a man of appetites" and I love that approach, as opposed to the sexless goody-two-shoes Bale portrayed (when he wasn't "playing it up" for appearances). But it's important to keep in mind that these two are playing different stages of the character's life. Affleck's Batman has been doing things for 20 years and is at the end of his rope. Two decades of doing this and the criminals keep growing back like weeds. He feels like nothing he's done has mattered, which informs his more ruthless approach. He doesn't have the patience for this shit anymore, and Affleck conveys that very well in his performance.

Design-wise, I love his suit. I think it looks way better than Bale's. BUT, he does look uncomfortable in it at times, partly due to all the unnecessary padding added in the torso area. He looks downright fat at times.

I feel my virginity growing back while writing this post.

I appreciate what you're saying, but perhaps I'm just completely oblivious because I didn't pick up on any of that in his performance. I thought it was bland and uninteresting, and I didn't think he was particularly ruthless either. I definitely agree that its hard to compare because they're playing characters at different stages of life. However, I really enjoyed how they approached Wayne feeling like he had to put a mask on and 'play' the billionaire playboy role when it clearly wasn't really him. Just a sort of 'keeping up appearances' type of thing.

Bale's updated suit in Dark Knight and Rises is the shit. Love that suit.

Aaaaaaand.....virginity also back

[melonhead4]

Keaton hands down, but Bale was the better Bruce Wayne. Idk I just think Keatons face fit the costume better plus he lacks the annoying horse voice Bale uses

[Jorge]

I always thought Bale sounded like a horse

[E.H. Ruddock]

Will Arnett's version seems pretty cool.

[melonhead4]

Bale has been the only Batman that has been physically imposing. His voice doesn't bother me.

Keaton was imposing as well plus he had the ninja aspect which bale lacked in my opinion

[Jorge]

"Imposing" is an interesting way to describe Michael Keaton