I don't hate Bale's Batman at all, and always thought he was great in the role. My problem with those movies (and the first one in particular) is just with how they overexplain everything and provide a backstory for every single gadget, every part of his batsuit (even down to the ears), and every fighting technique, to the point where there was no sense of mystery left whatsoever with the character. And he became just a rich guy running around with a bunch of tactical gear borrowed from his company's research division, that he simply had to spray paint black.I’m always shocked when I come to these forums and see the Bale haters. IMO and my perception of the general population his Batman is just as iconic as Ledgers Joker. I mean the whole trilogy continues to be held in high regard by fans and general audiences ten years later. Joker was only in one folks.
Most people I talk to about Batman IRL still haven’t even checked out the Affleck stuff and I’ve been pretty shocked by how many non-superfans I know that have zero interest in The Batman either. I think it’s kind of funny RLM doesn’t even care to watch it either lol.
At the end of the day Bale’s Batman still has the most iconic and widely known scenes and lines of any Batman on screen and I don’t think anything in The Batman will catch on like that.
The reason I respond more to the Keaton, Affleck and Pattinson versions is because they have much more of that mysterious, mythic, larger than life feel to them. And you never quite know where they come from or how they do what they do.
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