Stryker2011 wrote:Adam West was a really cool guy, wasn't he. I met him and Burt Ward when I was a little kid. They were in costume, and just the nicest guys.
Aw, that's awesome!
My husband had similar experience as a kid meeting David Prowse in Darth Vader suit.... made a huge impression on him...and I'm not jealous at all or anything! ;D
But yeah, Adam West was lovely. He was there for a comic-con and was staying in the same hotel as my friend and I. I think he was pleasantly surprised/bemused that youngin's such as ourselves knew who he was. :')
Stryker2011 wrote:I liked the first Bale Batman the best. Great overall movie. Ledger was about the only good thing about the second one -- too long. And the third one was just boring and mostly forgettable.
Admittedly, I only ever saw the first two, and I agree. My fondness for those films is mainly for the overall noirish mood/style, and for the actors in it. Liam Neeson, Christian Bale, Heath Ledger.... all faves. And since Ledger's death I actually found it hard to watch any of the subsequent Batman films at all.
Stryker2011 wrote:
I wasn't a big fan of the Affleck Batman -- maybe because I hated the outfit -- "Fatman" is what he should have been called; I get they were going for the Miller-esque look, but it still sucked imho. But so far, apart from Adam West's wonderfully campy Batman -- the only good one to me has been Keaton. Much like Sean Connery as James Bond -- everyone else is just second best, etc.
That's understandable. I can't comment on the Affleck version because I didn't see those movies, but, with the exception of the Bale/Nolan films --- which, as I noted above, I appreciated moreso for the visual style and actors, etc --- I am also partial to a more campy Batman.
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GF, I agree... I do like Nicholas Hoult as an actor, but even he would have been kinda 'wtf' as Batman to me.