quote of the day (July 15)

Finally, today is the last day of the Batman rankings as we get ready for the release of The Dark Knight this Friday at midnight.

Since we've already hit the high (Adam West) and the low (George Clooney), we're left with the current Batman, Christian Bale. Christian Bale as Batman, running away from fun.

Christian Bale, Batman Begins 2005, The Dark Knight 2008

Typical quote: "Bats frighten me. It's time my enemies shared my dread."

Strengths: does an excellent job demonstrating the mental demons that cause a billionaire to dress up in a silly costume to fight deadly criminals, has the physical presence to be believable as an effective crime-fighter, and also starred in American Psycho, making him just creepy enough to add a little more edge to the dark knight

Weaknesses: Tonally, he's always the same - driven, badass and yet largely unpleasant. Makes for a great character, but he's not all that fun to watch when he's not actively kicking ass. Definitely not as strong a dancer as Adam West's Batman.

Overall Rating (0-100): 89. Here's hoping this ranking rises a bit with the new movie. Perhaps he could get himself a snappy superhero theme song like this one:
(NOT SAFE FOR WORK. You've been warned.)