I, personally, don't care for Christian Bale as Batman, or whatever role he plays, especially since I saw a video clip of him railing on some stage hand walking across the set during a scene, where he said "Get the F*** off the set, do you know who I am?" And he continued, even as the guy scrambled away. He wanted the guy fired.
"Actor arrogance," as opposed to "academic arrogance."
I thought Val Kilmer played a decent Batman, but he was no Kurt Russell in "Tombstone." However, Val Kilmer also put on a magnificent performance as "Doc Holiday" in the same movie.
No one, not even the illustrious, quintessential Jack, could match the brilliant performance as the deceased Heath Ledger did as the Joker, in my opinion.
"Watch me while I make this pencil disappear."
The upcoming movie, judging by the trailer, looks to be top-notch. Ayaq