In talking about this one, we decided that there if some very fine acting done by a majority of this cast. Sorry Jesse, but I have to disagree with you. Bale is a far superior Batman then any previous. Keaton was akward as bruce and his batman was alright. Kilmer was an ok Batman but his bruce was lacking. Clooney's Bruce was alright, but as batman, well...I like to write off anything past the first two anyway. Bale really developed the character of Bruce being Batman. He puts on the Smarmy Billionare, but has this passion (and RULES) as Batman to do the right thing. In "The Dark Night" however, I felt that Bale's performance was great, up until the last 10 mins or so, there was far more focus on the characters of Joker, Harvey, and Gordon.