well the growly batman voice sounds absurd no matter whose using it so...
Keaton's, Kilmer's and Bale's were all fine by me. Schumacher had Kilmer continue that type of performance, but didn't have Clooney use that kind of voice or persona, so I don't think it was so much to do with the choice of director, more along the lines of the director playing to Clooney's strengths, having him play more of a suave, 'normal' Batman.
Even when he played Seth Gecko, he was the career criminal, a more 'normal' type of crook, he didn't have that psychotic side(which is what the growly Batman persona is all about), he was just viscous as a means to get things done or for payback('Im gonna drink this bottle and then crack it over his melon head.')
I haven't seen CoADM, but isn't that more of an eccentric performance? I'm just guessing going by what it's about, I certainly can't think of any performnce by Clooney that suggests he could have done that growly, psychotic, creature of the night type of Batman performance.
TheMorningstar said:
I disagree. He can be a bad ass. Seth Gecko for example. Or the shady CIA guy he played in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. Or Three Kings.
Clooney has got the chops for anything. He could be the suave playboy Bruce. The brooding, introverted and serious Bruce. And the growly, bad ass Batman.
It's not a slight on his acting skills, no matter how good an actor is, it doesn't mean they are suitable for any role, it's just a case of mis-casting for that type of Batman.
He might be able to play 'badass', but the creature of the night type of Batman I'm talking about has that element of him scaring crooks by playing with a psychotic edge to his voice and manner, something I don't think Clooney could pull off very convincingly.
