Cinematic Batman Lips, Ranked

Last night , we aim our veryimportant first glimpseat Robert Pattinson suited up as the late live - action mechanism incarnation of Batman . Glimpse is a diplomatic Word of God for it , candidly — quietly shot , lit in loss , and scantily lit at that , we did not get to see much of this new Batman . Not even a full hood ! But we saw enough to rank him by a very important part of the Batman look . His lips .

The Batcowlmasks Bruce Waynefrom the worldly concern around him , but it let out to us the window to the batsoul . Not the optic , because honestly , it was always a misunderstanding that lively - action Batman had normal eyes instead of an attack to do the white concealment . or else , it apply us Batman ’s lip . Batlips are vital to the bat - aesthetic , they ’re how Batman must emote to friend and foe alike — what is a Dark Knight without their face , or their smirk , or their growl?Heavy is the headthatdons the hood , but once it is donned , heavy is the lip that … lips it ? Anyway , we got a look at RBatz ’s lips , and frankly , reader , that is enough for us to agree him up to his cinematic forebears and see where he ranks in this vital view of the Batman visage .

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Some ground rules for disclosure : No television - only Batmen are admit . Adam West get by on the greatest Batman movieof all time , Batman : The Movie , butGotham ’s lil ’ BrucieDavid Mazouz andiconic animated BatmanKevin Conroy , who portrayed live - legal action Bruce Waynein Crisis on Infinite dry land , will not be found here . Also , crucially , these are not ranking of mere lips , but Bat - lips . Context is crucial ; the direction Bruce Waynecarries himselfas Bruce Wayne and as Batman differs , and therefore , for scientific intent , this is about the lip within the setting of Batman — the outfit , the cowling , the brooding .

So , without further ado : Batman ’s back talk .

8) Robert Pattinson (The Batman)

Maybe it ’s unfair — after all , we ’ve barely seen them in action . They ’re darkly lit . But these are some pretty meager lips for a Batman , and neither the circumstance nor the subdued hood is doing them any favor . Outside of the cowl , in the cold light of day perhaps , these lips could glint . But in Batman ’s orbit of alternative , in the dark , in his mask ? RBatz does n’t quite hang .

7) Ben Affleck (Batman v. Superman, Suicide Squad, Justice League)

Good social system here — the top backtalk is even a little bat - logo shaped!—is deplorably rent down by the fact that these are pretty tiny lips that get lost in a standard batcowl . Batfleck ’s cowling does n’t blandish him in general , but these angulate , sharp lips are perhaps intimately pair with this Batman ’s armored suit more than his received costume .

6) Robert Lowery (Batman and Robin)

The cowling and its woefully - floppy ear did n’t do the very first live - activity Batman many favors , but man , even then . These are some almost distressingly full lips . It ’s too much , combined with a tight , almost pucker breathe country . A Batman for the ducklip era , approximately half a century before his time .

5) Christian Bale (Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises)

The majority of Batmen so far have had fairly lean lip , but Bale ’s Batman strikes a o.k. line between effective , protracted backtalk structure and fullness to make some very solid Batlips . Middle of the road , a jack of all rim - trade , a lip - master of none .

4) George Clooney (Batman & Robin)

Like Affleck , there is good structure here , albeit a little out of balance thanks to that thin top lip . But not only does their declamatory size occupy out the unmasked arena more , their sharp lines are complimented , nay , accentuated by the cowl ’s own terrible edges . Lips , working with cowl , in satisfying Bat - unison .

3) Michael Keaton (Batman, Batman Returns)

Batman ’s return to a bluff , medieval artistic needed lips to match , and Michael Keaton fork over . Not sacrificing length for fullness , these are indeed bluff sassing : They replete the cowl out where less brim would give way to its severity .

2) Adam West (Batman: The Movie)

The Bright Knight does indeed have promising lips to fit — a classic brilliancy married with what is a dear - flawless proportion of fullness to width . These are n’t the severely - integrated lips of a darker Batman , but voiced , rounded . These are lips that would indeed Batusi , if sass could trip the light fantastic .

1) Val Kilmer (Batman Forever)

These are , honestly , the greatest hits of Bat - lip . Kilmer ’s Batman may not have lips with a particularly unparalleled trait of their own , but they take the best elements of all good Batlips — the sharp construction of a Clooney or an Affleck , the fullness of a Bale , the shininess of a West . It give ear this collection of Bat - rim ideals across a farseeing , dextrously angled pout to make a in truth stellar mouth shape , perfectly framed by a bonnet that balances soft curved shape and abrupt line as if to mirror the very lips they put , a duad as iconic as the Caped Crusader and the Boy Wonder .

Bat - mouth forever , indeed .

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