Best Batman love interest

[mclay18]

We've all argued about the various aspects of the Batman films, but we've never had a poll about which love interest in all 5 theatrical Batman movies is the best. So, here goes: Which girl was the best love interest to Batman, both in looks, characterization, etc.? (There can only be one pick, so choose wisely.)

Vicki Vale (Kim Basinger)
Selena Kyle (Michelle Pfieffer)
Chase Meridian (Nicole Kidman)
Julie Madison (Elle MacPherson)
Rachel Dawes (Katie Holmes)

[Proximo]

Not a hard choice... Selena Kyle (Michelle Pfieffer)

[DocLathropBrown]

Bruce loved Vicki, but she didn't love Batman, so that counts her out.

Selina was a soul mate. A perfect girl for him, except that she was too self-destructive and couldn't be saved.

Chase actually saved Bruce's psyche. Technically, she was the perfect girl for him, but once again, she's someone who wouldn't approve of the continuing danger.

Julie was just a fling for the press, really.

Rachel has the fire to match his own, but doesn't like Batman either.

Selina, overall, is the best, but still, there can never truly be a perfect fit for Bruce. For even if Selina wasn't so self-destructive, and accepted the danger, there's no promise that she'd go to the "good" side.

[Kevin Roegele]

I must be the only person who thinks Kim Basinger was great. She gave Vicki Vale a real honesty and a grounded sense that helped the entire film. Vicki is the stepping stone for the audience to the fantasy of Batman and the Joker. She works really well as a Dorothy character.

Michelle Pfeiffer was obviously magnificent.

Nicole Kidman was also great, feisty yet vulnerable, smart and slinky.

Elle MacPherson did about as well as anyone could with such a nothing role.

Katie Holmes was too restrained, too emotionless. You sense she wants to lecture Bruce all day rather than just be with him. Even her reason for rejecting him at the end is philosophical.

[DocLathropBrown]

I must be the only person who thinks Kim Basinger was great. She gave Vicki Vale a real honesty and a grounded sense that helped the entire film. Vicki is the stepping stone for the audience to the fantasy of Batman and the Joker. She works really well as a Dorothy character.

Says who? I'm a big Vale fan. Just 'cause she wasn't his soul mate doesn't mean she wasn't great. I really enjoy the intelligence and the "light" she brings to the film. Her introductory scene with Knox is wonderfully played.

[The Chairman]

My gosh, this must be the easiest poll ever.

http://catwoman.iquebec.com/catwoman/pfeiffer/pfeiffer_catwoman-017.jpg

With ease.

[The Joker]

Easily Michelle Pfeiffer's Selina Kyle. Her and Keaton had great chemistry together IMO. And she was such a tortured soul too.

I love that about her.

[CConn]

While Kevin is wrong about being the only person who loves Vicki, I think I may very well be the only person in the world who isn't crazy about Michelle Pfeiffer's Catwoman.

Personally, I'm not a giant fan of any of the love interest, but, of them, Basinger's Vicki has always been my favorite. I think, she did the best with what she was given, and the whole romance played out well enough.

[Bat Attack]

Selena Kyle (Michelle Pfieffer). And Kim Basinger as Vicki Vale comes in second.

[ashtonu]

Yeah, I have to say Selina. :yay:

[blind_fury]

Selena. The rest were lame. :down

[mister Lennon]

Easy, easy, easy. Michelle Pfeiffer as catwoman/Selina Kyle.

[mclay18]

I myself picked Vicki Vale. Like the earlier post said, she played off Wayne easily in the first scene they were together. Selena and Bruce had more fire but she was too self-destructive and that would've ended the relationship. Rachel Dawes is also a strong character, but seems out of her element to handle Bruce and the possible dangers.

And let's face it, Basinger is way hotter than the previous four women put together. The only thing about her that annoyed me was her screaming every time she got scared or startled.

[El Payaso]

Selina Kyle was the best. She was a love interest amnd one of the most amazing villiains, not just a damsel in distress.

I must be the only person who thinks Kim Basinger was great. She gave Vicki Vale a real honesty and a grounded sense that helped the entire film. Vicki is the stepping stone for the audience to the fantasy of Batman and the Joker. She works really well as a Dorothy character.

I am a Vicky fan too.

Chase Meridian was just an airhead, she never got over her 16. Dunno where she found her psychiatrist diplomma.

McPherson's Julie Madison never actually existed.

Rachel Dawes was so poorly acted that the character is hardly appreciable.

[The Chairman]

Selina Kyle was the best. She was a love interest amnd one of the most amazing villiains, not just a damsel in distress.

Exactly. :up::up:

[Bruce_Wayne29]

I loved Vicky but Selina is Bruce's soul mate.

[captain_jimbo]

I voted for Elle MacPherson, in the best Batman film ever. Joel Schumacher won an oscar for that right? :D

...Just kidding that was f**king s**t. I voted for Michelle Pfeiffer.

[Ceb-Man]

I liked Vicki Vale the best.
Catwoman/ Selina Kyle was good, but on the edge of being psychotic.
Chase Meridian and Julie Madison were good eye candy, but meh.
Now Rachel Dawes was a good character and good love interest for Bruce, but the problem I had was the performance of Katie Holmes.

[hulkamania85]

Vicki Vale. She was cute and made me laugh with the whole "I'm only 108 pounds Batman" thing. She seems like someone Bats could settle down with, while Selina is that crazy chick you just have a fling with.

[SurfDUI]

And let's face it, Basinger is way hotter than the previous four women put together.

This is me, since Blind Date, facing that Basinger is way hotter than the previous four dozen actresses.


The only thing about her that annoyed me was her screaming every time she got scared or startled.

Mmmmm cake icing.

[DrMylesOBoogie]

Selina.

[Obsequens]

Robin.

[batmaluco]

lol

[The Shredder]

Definately Selina Kyle.

Vicki was great too. But Selina wins this one hands down. I also felt that Keaton had better chemistry with Pfeiffer as well.

[Max J Power]

I picked Vicki Vale, but I also haven't seen Batman Returns.

[mrhayzie]

I picked Vicki Vale, but I also haven't seen Batman Returns.
Good lord, go see it.

[Prognosticator]

I was hoping this would have been unanimous... :sigh:

[El Payaso]

I was hoping this would have been unanimous... :sigh:

Well, it is not Julie Madison.

[The Shredder]

How much screentime did Julie Madison have anyways in B&R?

5-10 minutes?

If that.

[Thot]

Kidman and Kilmer had great chemistry. They smoldered and you believed they had a "thing" for each other. By the end I truly wanted them to be together. Very well done.

[newwaveboy87]

I must be the only person who thinks Kim Basinger was great. She gave Vicki Vale a real honesty and a grounded sense that helped the entire film. Vicki is the stepping stone for the audience to the fantasy of Batman and the Joker. She works really well as a Dorothy character.

Michelle Pfeiffer was obviously magnificent.

Nicole Kidman was also great, feisty yet vulnerable, smart and slinky.

Elle MacPherson did about as well as anyone could with such a nothing role.

Katie Holmes was too restrained, too emotionless. You sense she wants to lecture Bruce all day rather than just be with him. Even her reason for rejecting him at the end is philosophical.
i agree with everything.

Rachel had the potential to be a great character, and as written she was wonderful. as played by Holmes she was terrible. such a waste really.

[Bat Attack]

In order from Favorite to Least Favorite:
1. Selina Kyle
2. Chase Meridian
3. Vicki Vale
4. Julie Madeson (Why was she even there?)

Could someone explain to me why Julie Madison was even in Batman & Robin? Why was she there, what purpose was she serving? :confused:

[the_joker]

My list in order from favourite
1. Selina Kyle
2. Vicki Vale
3. Chase Meridian
4. Rachel Dawes
Even Rachel was better than Julie Madison, and that's saying something.

[Morgoth]

I still like Vicki the most.

[Bat Attack]

Is it true that Julie Madison gets murdered in a knife fight with Ivy in B&R, and thats why we don't see her after the ball at the observatory?

[newwaveboy87]

supposedly there was a knife fight between the two of them and Julie does die. whether or not it was actually filmed, or is even a true story is highly debatable.

i'd believe it. it would explain why Ivy has the knife in the first place and why Batgirl looks nervous when she first whips it out.

[cryptic name]

vicki was great because she let bruce get it on the first date. but i think the sex he would have with selina would be incredible.
seriously though, selina kyle was the best love interest because she was just as screwed up as he was, and she acted like a mirror he was able to look into and say, "damn, i'm really screwed up."

[batman7289]

catwoman

[TwilightPro101]

Selena Kyle.

[Damiean Dark]

Doh i voted Vale but it probably is kyle they where both great but the chemistry with kyle is ever so slightly better and BR is my favourite of the films. Vale was a smoking hottie AND she had a major relevance to the story all female leads after these two seemed tacked on.

As a piece of trivia keaton/phieffers chemistry can partly be explained by the fact they had a relationship a few years before the film was made therest is just great acting.

[Mike059jig]

Vicki Vale.....

[FNSpidey]

From best to worse:

1. Selina Kyle - Great character, great actress, sexy as hell, plus her psyche matched Bruce's better than anyone else's.
2. Vicki Vale - Basinger was teriffic, smart, beautiful and realistic. She was just too sane for Bruce (which is also why she is so good in the film).
3. Rachel Dawes - She has the energy and determination, but she's a bit underplayed (by both Katie Holms and the script).
4. Chase Meridian - Could have been good, but wasn't. At all. As was mentioned before, she seemed like a teenager with raging hormones.
5. Julie Madison - Who?

[Comic Book Boy]

Andrea Beaumont from MASK OF THE PHANTASM. Or Selina.

[Bullseye]

I must be the only person who thinks Kim Basinger was great. She gave Vicki Vale a real honesty and a grounded sense that helped the entire film. Vicki is the stepping stone for the audience to the fantasy of Batman and the Joker. She works really well as a Dorothy character.

Michelle Pfeiffer was obviously magnificent.

Nicole Kidman was also great, feisty yet vulnerable, smart and slinky.

Elle MacPherson did about as well as anyone could with such a nothing role.

Katie Holmes was too restrained, too emotionless. You sense she wants to lecture Bruce all day rather than just be with him. Even her reason for rejecting him at the end is philosophical.

I completely forgot about Elle. How could I forget Elle?

Pfeiffer and Basinger both get my vote.

[ab38416]

Katie Holmes was absolutely horrible in my opinion.

[Dr. Fate]

I voted for Selina, just because she's Selina.

Seriously though, Batman's love interests are like Bond girls - disposable and interchangeable as batteries.

[Darkfly]

Selena Kyle (Michelle Pfieffer) & Vicki were the only proper love interests with Selina being Batman/Bruce's soulmate and always will be in both films and comics, Julie Madison was barely used in the film, Chase Meridian was just a fling even go as far as saying a Tart, Rachel Dawes was never a real comic character but was based loosely on a different Rachael which annoyed me & the fact she was played by a really bad actress didn't help though I'm interested as to what Maggie will bring to the character.

[Milu]

1. Selina (Pfeiffer)
2. Vicki (Basinger)
3. Chase (Kidman)
4. Rachel (Holmes)
5. Julie (MacPherson)

If we're taking about looks, though, Kidman pwns them all :) .

[elgato]

obviously selina

[Darkfly]

Selina's HOT

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

Selena Kyle

[Cousin Itt]

Selena was the only good one IMO.

[Nighthawk_Fan]

^I agree.

[Punishment]

Selina was the best

[Brick]

Vicki Vale :heart:

[Damiean Dark]

if you mean vale and selina In terms of hotness its a close call.....ill say vale because she didnt need to transform to become truely hot If you mean catwoman its no contest really is it she has the attitude the confident walk and the huge eyes.

[Knightsaber Priss]

I had to go with Selina Kyle because Kim Basinger screaming all the time just wears your ears out.

[Roughnet13888]

I had to go with Selina Kyle because Kim Basinger screaming all the time just wears your ears out.Simple interest calculator calculation rates mortgage compound high interest savings account (http://simpleinterestcalculator.org)

Haha, Nice one, but i voted Kim Basinger.

[Rodrigo90]

If you read Batman Year One and see Sarah Essen...She looks almost identical to Kim Basinger.

Vicki Vale was ANNOYING...Whoever comes up with the correct answer on how many times she screams gets a dollar.

I couldnt get into the relationship of Bruce and Selina. It was very forced and unbelievable.

Chase Meridian was OK. Bruce told Alfred that hes never been in love before...wow! Nicole being sexier than Michelle paid off. Catwoman will be spitting in her comic.

Elle Macpherson. Her character in the comic only set fleece Bruce for his money. I liked Elle though...If you read the Playboy she was in and watched Sirens youll understand.:woot:

[Two-Face]

If you read Batman Year One and see Sarah Essen...She looks almost identical to Kim Basinger.

Vicki Vale was ANNOYING...Whoever comes up with the correct answer on how many times she screams gets a dollar.

I couldnt get into the relationship of Bruce and Selina. It was very forced and unbelievable.

Chase Meridian was OK. Bruce told Alfred that hes never been in love before...wow! Nicole being sexier than Michelle paid off. Catwoman will be spitting in her comic.

Elle Macpherson. Her character in the comic only set fleece Bruce for his money. I liked Elle though...If you read the Playboy she was in and watched Sirens youll understand.:woot:


Agreed man but i still love Nicole Kidman as Chase, BF was my first cinema experience at 12 years old, this movie made me a Bat-fan I am today and I was in love with Nicole Kidman after seeing on the big screen.

[kmrbeckman]

Best love interest I would have to go with Selina Kyle. On the other hand, for best-looking woman I would have to go with Nicole Kidman as Chase Meridian because Michelle Pfieffer looked too coked-out like Tina Turner.

Oh, and not that it was asked but Maggie Gyllenhaal looks like a turtle...just putting that out there.

[Rodrigo90]

Agreed man but i still love Nicole Kidman as Chase, BF was my first cinema experience at 12 years old, this movie made me a Bat-fan I am today and I was in love with Nicole Kidman after seeing on the big screen.

Out of all relationships, I loved Bruce and Chase's. I liked how they were drawn together. Nicole was stunning and Forever was great...dont care what anyone says.

First movie I ever went to see,at 3 years old,lol. My older brother,sister and even my mother are superhero fans. Makes me proud.

[The Joker]

Best love interest is Selina Kyle, hands down. I love how they are drawn together by their duality conflicts. Selina has the best view on relationships:

Selina: "Was Vicki right about your difficulty with duality?"
Bruce: "If I say yes, then you're going to think of me as a Norman Bates/Ted Bundy and....well you might not let me kiss you"
Selina: "It's the so called normal guys who always let you down. Sickos never scare me. At least they're committed"

:hehe:

[Timstuff]

The hottest was Chase (becuse as kmrbeckman pointed out, Selina looked kind of coked-out) but my favorite was Selina.

[Jokey]

IMO, all of the women in the Batman films are stunning, except the two Rachel Dawes actresses. But Pfieffer beats them all. In Returns, she IS sex. Skin tight leather and a whip. Enough said.

[Rockbottom]

The only Batman love interest ive ever really believed in fully was Andrea from MOTP. Thats the only time ive ever really felt like Bruce could of been happy and it could of all been different for him.

[Jokey]

Agreed man but i still love Nicole Kidman as Chase, BF was my first cinema experience at 12 years old, this movie made me a Bat-fan I am today and I was in love with Nicole Kidman after seeing on the big screen.
Agreed. I'm not a fan of Nicole Kidman, but in Batman Forever...she is stunning.

[mothy]

michelle pfieffer all the way. one of the great performances.

[X-Woman]

Nicole Kidman / Chase Meridian.

Actually, I'm a big fan of the Batman-Catwoman link-up, but I didn't like Michelle Pfiefer in the role. She wasn't a strong enough presence for me. But Nicole Kidman was. And the character she played had brains. She was a shrink, which was something Bruce Wayne could have really used in his life. She was great as Dr. Meridian, and I think she should play Catwoman in the next bat-movie.

:xmen:

[manhattanl]

Selina, paws down.

[Bat Attack]

Last time I posted in this thread was 2006, and my thoughts haven't changed. Selina Kyle was definitely the best. Michelle Pfeiffer made that role. Sexy, seductive, dangerous, strong, she was just absolutely perfect! :up:

[Majik1387]

This thread has run its course.

:unsubscribes:

[RustyCage]

Selina just felt more like a love story, the emotions felt more resonating and real to me than with any other character. (LOVE the ending of that movie, speaking of which.) As far as that point goes, I dunno why Julie Madison was even listed. Laughable.

[Chris Wallace]

Of those listed, I go with Vicki. Ultimately, his best onscreen love interest was Andrea Beaumont.

[The Joker]

Vicki is one of my least favourites. Basinger screamed her way through the movie.

[James222]

Well Kim was amazingly fine, but so was nicole, i mean D***! Kim seemed a bit whiny though, and nicole was freaking horny,(if i can say that) And quite smart confident and together so nicole for sure, if i was batman then i would have to take chase to the batmobile for a few minutes lol. But i think selena had the most complex and interesting relationship with bruce. But over all i'm going with chase.

[Chris Wallace]

Vicki is one of my least favourites. Basinger screamed her way through the movie.

I still preferred her over dingbat Chase.

[The Joker]

I still preferred her over dingbat Chase.

Why was Chase a dingbat?

[Doc Ock]

Selena Kyle without thinking. Although Maggie Gyllenhaal's Rachel Dawes was just fantastic!

[El Payaso]

Why was Chase a dingbat?

I don't know why but oh, she was and how.

She felt attracted to Batman because of the rubber suit and sculpted muscles? I mean, her being a psychiatrist she could have felt attracted to Batman's condition - which, I know, was suggested to - but it was clear that her main attraction was due to the external looks and that's the code she handled herself. All she could think of in order to "attract" him was to turn the bat-signal on - which was quite irresposible - and wear a babydoll.

Ding, ding, ding... bat!

[Hobgoblin]

Story wise, Selina is the perfect match for Bruce. They really are "the same, split down the center" but that one difference will ensure that they can never be together. The law will always be between them. The fact that they are soul mates who cant be together makes for great drama.

[redfirebird2008]

Story wise, Selina is the perfect match for Bruce. They really are "the same, split down the center" but that one difference will ensure that they can never be together. The law will always be between them. The fact that they are soul mates who cant be together makes for great drama.

Agreed, plus Keaton and Pfeiffer had great chemistry.

[panda_eater]

Chase Meridian HANDS DOWN. Nicole is hotter than Michelle.