Greatest portrayal of Batman?

[Quasimod0]

Kilmer.
Looks like Affleck will take the top spot soon though.

 

[AnneFan]

I came into this thread to vote for Kevin Conroy and couldn't find him on the list.

If overall interpretations could be listed (not just live-action), Bale, Keaton, West and Conroy are most definitely my top four.

 

[Steamteck]

If overall interpretations could be listed (not just live-action), Bale, Keaton, West and Conroy are most definitely my top four.

Conroy would actually be my top.

 

[DarthDorranceBane]

I love BTAS and Conroy, but I hate it whenever his name was kept being brought up in comparison with the actors. He is just a voice actor.

 

[Ceb-Man]

Michael Keaton.

 

[Steamteck]

I love BTAS and Conroy, but I hate it whenever his name was kept being brought up in comparison with the actors. He is just a voice actor.

Fair enough. despite the batvoice bale is my favorite so far but I expect Affleck's to exceed him in my personal preference.

 

[Kane52630]

Just because he's a voice actor doesn't mean he can't be included.

 

[schereZada]

Hi everyone.

Keaton and Bale have been the best, no doubt to me.

But Keaton takes the cookie as he was more mysterious than loud-mouthed. Bale's bat-voice killed the act for me at one point since I couldn't even understand what he was saying, nor was I able to take Batman seriously when he had to breathe like he was dying from an emphysema just to say a couple of lines.

Cheers.

 

[Destructus86]

I'm going to say this new Batman...just by the look and the direction they are taking him it feels like the Batman i've been waiting for. I didn't like Nolan's Batman.

 

[Travesty]

I love BTAS and Conroy, but I hate it whenever his name was kept being brought up in comparison with the actors. He is just a voice actor.

Good point.

I vote fro Kevin Conroy.

 

[Cain]

Just because he's a voice actor doesn't mean he can't be included.

Thank you. It's a big pet peeve of mine when people ignorantly say stuff like "they're just a voice actor". As if it's something that doesn't require as much emoting, range and psychology as conventional acting does just because they use their vocals and not their bodies for expression.

Fact of the matter is if someone isn't good at voice acting they could really make something that's otherwise very well written and competent fall completely flat. Just like somebody that's great at it could really elevate something that's very mediocre outside of the performance quite greatly. No different than conventional acting.

 

[Rowsdower!]

That's a good point. I watched All-Star Superman a few months ago and the guy who voiced Supes (James Denton) was awful. He was so soft-spoken it was almost creepy. It didn't completely ruin the movie, but it certainly didn't help it.

 

[DCW]

One of my favorite Keaton moments.

 

[Rowsdower!]

Yeah, that was great.

 

[Travesty]

He didn't turn his neck, though. 0/10. Horrible scene.

 

[Rodrigo90]

 

[Slushy]

 

[stormtrooper]

Keaton- took the mysterious side of batman
Bale- more emotional background

Two different styles.

 

[schereZada]

One of my favorite Keaton moments.

Hi there, DCW and Slushy.

Those are two of the most Batman-esque Batman moments ever put on screen.

Another one would be Batman (1989) finale, with the bat on top of a building.

Cheers.

 

[Cobblepot]

Keaton, if Nolan contuined down the path of Begins and with less sore throat it would have been Bale.

 

[Brawl]

I always thought that Jim Caviezel would have made a great Bruce Wayne but I don't know if he would have been a good Bats tho :/

 

[the_ultimate_evil]

keaton everytime, hes a badass without trying and has that mysterious aura. bale is just trying to hard and while the movies are great(with the exception of 3) the whole thing just seems scared to actually admit what it is

the perfect batman film would have been keaton vs ledger

 

[Young Superman]

the perfect batman film would have been keaton vs ledger

This would have been amazing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVNgCOXKSuQ

 

[Jesse]

Kevin Conroy!

 

[HighVoltage]