Christian Bale feels he wasn't a good Batman

*CyberCubed* · 03-04-2016, 05:01 PM

Christian Bale, "I didn't quite nail playing Batman."

http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/03/...playing-batman

Discuss.

*Foombamaroom* · 03-04-2016, 05:32 PM

I don't think that's him, though. I'd emphasize that more on the writing than him. He would've made a great Batman if it were a bit more comic accurate. It's just so hyperrealistic. See, Joker works like that because that makes him into a much better villain. Batman, on the other hand... Well, little bit different.

*Spike Spiegel* · 03-05-2016, 02:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Foombamaroom

I don't think that's him, though. I'd emphasize that more on the writing than him. He would've made a great Batman if it were a bit more comic accurate. It's just so hyperrealistic. See, Joker works like that because that makes him into a much better villain. Batman, on the other hand... Well, little bit different.

Those films, as competently made as they were, created a world that was not truly conducive to portraying the characters in their raw, archetypal forms without tweaking them a bit for the sake of realism. That's part of the reason why I think "The Dark Knight Rises" was so polarizing for some viewers. In a lot of ways, that movie embraced the larger than life comic book trappings more than the other two, but it felt out of place in that setting.

After seeing "American Psycho", I always wondered what it would would have been like to have a really lean, skinny Bale play the Joker.

*Turo602* · 03-05-2016, 03:04 AM

I like him in the context of those movies but even then, he sounded out of breath too much and he kept doing weird things with his mouth in The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises. Though, that may have been a problem with the cowl. Also, the voice and the constant screaming is quite ridiculous when you remember he's supposed to be Batman.

*Shark_Blade* · 03-05-2016, 03:44 AM

He's supposed to be a freak in a bat suit, so I don't mind the silly growling voice at all.

Aaronardo · 03-05-2016, 03:30 PM

Rightfully so. I, for one, don't need a Batman that sounds like he got a lifetime supply of cigarette.

turtle1237 · 03-05-2016, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Aaronardo

Rightfully so. I, for one, don't need a Batman that sounds like he got a lifetime supply of cigarette.

And all this time I was thinking Christian Bale was fighting throat cancer when he was filming the last 2 films.

Even though the films were good, I do think the "Batman" voice was off. He was forceing it imo.

*shuriken* · 03-05-2016, 07:36 PM

Realitically though it would throw everyone off on the possibility of Bruce being Batman. I never liked the voice in the latter two films. Strangely his voice in Begins sounded way better.

turtle1237 · 03-05-2016, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by shuriken

Realitically though it would throw everyone off on the possibility of Bruce being Batman. I never liked the voice in the latter two films. Strangely his voice in Begins sounded way better.

Thats what I really dont get?

In Begins it was ok, not perfect, but it was passable. Than the next 2 films, it was pretty awful.

I think were in Begins, he didnt really force it, were he was in the 2 and 3rd films. I think he did ok in film 1. Film 2 was great, but his batman voice was way off, and it follow in film 3.

Wonder what happen between films 1 and 2 for the change in tone?

*shuriken* · 03-05-2016, 07:51 PM

Maybe somebody was like "You kinda sound like Bruce Wayne"

*plastroncafe* · 03-06-2016, 09:59 AM

He's not wrong.
The Bats movies were not his best work. Well...at least not when he was Batman. I still maintain that he's the best Bruce Wayne to have ever graced the silver screen.

*Bry* · 03-06-2016, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by plastroncafe

He's not wrong.
The Bats movies were not his best work. Well...at least not when he was Batman. I still maintain that he's the best Bruce Wayne to have ever graced the silver screen.

Yeah, pretty much my take. His Bruce Wayne is damned near perfection. His Batman felt like a kind of "work in progress" throughout, though. It suit the more "realistic" tone Nolan was going for, but it's not exactly my ideal.

*plastroncafe* · 03-06-2016, 10:03 AM

I liked the realistic tone, I thought it worked as well as it could. His voice, however...was just bad. Just so bad. They should have had him use a voice modulator of some sort.

*Candy Kappa* · 03-06-2016, 10:16 AM

Gotta agree on Bale, among the weakest parts in the movies are his performance in the Batsuit. His Bruce is good, though.

Aaronardo · 03-06-2016, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by plastroncafe

They should have had him use a voice modulator of some sort.

What if the voice modulator pumped out Kevin Conroy's Batman voice?

Hey, a guy can dream.

*plastroncafe* · 03-06-2016, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Aaronardo

What if the voice modulator pumped out Kevin Conroy's Batman voice?

Hey, a guy can dream.

RIGHT?! If nothing else, that would have been a great throw away gag to have had it spit out that voice first time out. But as we all know: DC movies aren't allowed to be funny.

~~ABrown~~ · 03-06-2016, 09:30 PM

I thought that Christian Bale was a good Batman. However, as they were discussing on the 200th episode of The Big Bang Theory, Michael Keaton is my number one Batman (whose name isn't Kevin Conroy).

*shuriken* · 03-06-2016, 09:55 PM

^ Bale was great as the physically imposing and terrifying aspect of Batman. His voice, not so much.
But yeah Keaton's Batman voice was the best after Conroy.

~~Amaranthus~~ · 03-07-2016, 04:56 AM

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Originally Posted by ABrown

I thought that Christian Bale was a good Batman. However, as they were discussing on the 200th episode of The Big Bang Theory, Michael Keaton is my number one Batman (whose name isn't Kevin Conroy).

The Big Bang Theory, really?
lol ok.

*Krutch* · 03-07-2016, 07:13 AM

Here's my unpopular opinion: I don't think any of the actors who played Batman in the movies have really done anything special. Keaton is my top choice but even then... I don't feel like they've really done anything extraordinary with the role yet.

I do think Affleck is going to make it his own, though. Really looking forward to seeing his take.

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Turo602 The King of Kings Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Chicago Illinois Posts: 2,931	I like him in the context of those movies but even then, he sounded out of breath too much and he kept doing weird things with his mouth in The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises. Though, that may have been a problem with the cowl. Also, the voice and the constant screaming is quite ridiculous when you remember he's supposed to be Batman. __________________

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shuriken Second City Shinobi Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Chi-town Posts: 4,182	Realitically though it would throw everyone off on the possibility of Bruce being Batman. I never liked the voice in the latter two films. Strangely his voice in Begins sounded way better. __________________ Some things are better left unsaid. This isn't one of them

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shuriken Second City Shinobi Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Chi-town Posts: 4,182	Maybe somebody was like "You kinda sound like Bruce Wayne" __________________ Some things are better left unsaid. This isn't one of them

03-04-2016, 05:32 PM	#2
Foombamaroom Lord of Cinder Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 1,646	I don't think that's him, though. I'd emphasize that more on the writing than him. He would've made a great Batman if it were a bit more comic accurate. It's just so hyperrealistic. See, Joker works like that because that makes him into a much better villain. Batman, on the other hand... Well, little bit different.

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Shark_Blade Emperor Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 7,909	He's supposed to be a freak in a bat suit, so I don't mind the silly growling voice at all.

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Candy Kappa The Agenda of Existing Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Vikingland Posts: 14,596	Gotta agree on Bale, among the weakest parts in the movies are his performance in the Batsuit. His Bruce is good, though. __________________ devianArt Instagram Youtube Tumblr Art Blog Patreon

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~~ABrown~~ Banned Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,831	I thought that Christian Bale was a good Batman. However, as they were discussing on the 200th episode of The Big Bang Theory, Michael Keaton is my number one Batman (whose name isn't Kevin Conroy).

03-06-2016, 09:55 PM	#18
shuriken Second City Shinobi Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Chi-town Posts: 4,182	^ Bale was great as the physically imposing and terrifying aspect of Batman. His voice, not so much. But yeah Keaton's Batman voice was the best after Conroy. __________________ Some things are better left unsaid. This isn't one of them

03-07-2016, 07:13 AM	#20
Krutch Like, stupid rich. Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: The Rawkzone Posts: 2,808	Here's my unpopular opinion: I don't think any of the actors who played Batman in the movies have really done anything special. Keaton is my top choice but even then... I don't feel like they've really done anything extraordinary with the role yet. I do think Affleck is going to make it his own, though. Really looking forward to seeing his take.