Should Batman narrate in the movies?

[The Joker]

I got into a debate about this in another thread, and several people are of the opinion that Batman should narrate in the movies.

Personally, I'd rather not hear Batman narrating his thoughts, as it would be very different actually hearing Batman saying all this stuff, as opposed to just reading it in the little narration boxes in the comics. Two different mediums there. And I don't see Batman as a talker, as opposed to someone like Spider-Man, who's always narrating his thoughts in his movies and cartoons.

So I was just wondering what other people thought about this? Would you like to see Batman narrating in future movies, or do you think it's better that the only time we hear Batman speak, is when he has something to say?

Would you like to have heard Keaton, or Bale narrating from day one? Would you like to see it in any future Batman movies?

 

[TheFuture]

I suppose it depends on the context. For example if they were going to do a live action version of TDKR, narration would be awesome. Think Mickey Rourke in Sin City awesome.

However, if we take Nolan and Burton world's for example, it wouldn't work because it just doesn't fit.

 

[Brother Jack]

It depends. I don't think it would have added anything to any previous Batman film, but I could definitely see it being put to good use in a future movie.

 

[david icke]

No, a skilled director should be able to create a movie wherein we *know* what Batman is thinking in that moment, without having to be spoon-fed his thoughts.
So, a big no from me to Batman narration, a big part of the mysterious onscreen persona would be broken if we were allowed to hear his 'normal' thoughts, it would break the illusion of his becoming a different person, 'The Batman', 'the creature of the night', in the flicks.
This is more easily achieved in comics, so the illusion is not broken when we read his inner thoughts, but we need all the illusion we can get with a movie to have that mysterious persona fully realised, and that would be broken, to hear the 'creature' think like a normal man.

 

[IBRAH08]

I think it's interesting to know a mysterious character well. Like we, as the audience, get to be in bats' head and we watch all the others be alienated, be we know Batman. It's like that mysterious person that you want to know and be the only one who really knows. awesome

 

[Robin91939]

It could definitely work. Batman is a character that says more in his head than through his voice. We could actually see all the thinking going on in his head. Think a cross between Marv in Sin City meets Holmes in Sherlock Holmes.

It's the nature of the medium, the self narration. It would work very well in a Spider-man film as well, because we could hear all of Peter's juvenile thoughts while he risks his life, or hear him try to work out a joke in his head to verbalize to the villain. Or he can be thinking about something harping on his civilian life while he's out being super.

These characters exist in worlds where internal monologues are huge. In a film, it could definitely work....it just depends on what kind of film it is.

-R

 

[IBRAH08]

^hella

 

[Jack O Lantern]

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Did I mention no?

Narrations in movie usually only exist due to structure problem's and they need something to explain the gaps.

 

[The Joker]

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Did I mention no?

Narrations in movie usually only exist due to structure problem's and they need something to explain the gaps.

Thank you

 

[Doc Ock]

Either way I wouldn't mind it. It would make sense for a detective like character to narrate but at the same time it may not entirely necessary so it would work either way for me.