I'd actually go as far to say Val was a better Batman than Bale. It's just the movie he was in, was goofy.
"makes voldemort look like a sesame street character"-gary oldman
Val Kilmer owns your arses for "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang" alone.
Interesting to hear Oldman would have loved to do the Joker, earlier on in his career. Wonder what that would've been like.