10 Things Robert Pattinson Does Better Than Any Batman Actor

10 Things Robert Pattinson Does Better Than Any Batman Actor

As the newest live-action Batman, Robert Pattinson had a lot to prove. Thankfully, the actor pulled it off far better than anyone could have hoped.

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Robert Pattinson had a lot to prove as Batman in The Batman. For many fans, he was still the actor who played Edward Cullen in Twilight, not an acclaimed actor who had been doing great indie movies in the ensuing years. He proved all the naysayers wrong, as fans and critics alike have been praising his portrayal of the iconic character every chance they get.

There have been some great Batmen over the years, but Pattinson’s Batman has a certain something that many of the others didn’t. His performance of the character, and this version’s actions in the film, does a lot better than any of the other Bat-actors.

SPOILERS for The Batman from here on out.

10 He Has The Best Live-Action Batman Voice

One of the most interesting aspects of Batman actors is how they change their voice as Batman. Early live-action Batman actors like Adam West, Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, and George Clooney basically just used their own voice. Christian Bale’s Batman voice was hilarious and Affleck’s was just his regular voice with some growling.

Animated Batman Kevin Conroy probably did the best job of changing his voice between Bruce Wayne and Batman but of the live-action Batmen, Pattinson is the top of the heap. His Batman sounds different from his Bruce but it’s never ridiculous, like Bale’s gargling with razor blades voice.

9 He’s Imposing When He Definitely Shouldn’t Be

One could argue the most physically imposing Batman was Ben Affleck. However, like many things about his Batman, and the Snyderverse DCEU in general, it also felt like some kind of weird paean to toxic masculinity that was kind of funny. He felt like he was trying too hard. Bale was all costume and the Burton/Schumacher Batmen weren’t imposing at all.

Pattinson is a smaller Batman than most of the others, but he actually feels scary in ways others didn’t. He’s a force to be reckoned with, a coiled spring ready to go off, and this makes him much more imposing than the physically bigger Batfleck.

8 He’s The Most Intense

Intensity is important with a Batman actor and it’s another place Pattinson has the competition beat. Bale and Affleck come closest but even then, each of them never really felt as intense as Pattinson. A big part of that is how Pattinson portrays Bruce Wayne. His Bruce Wayne is a vengeance-driven shell with no other life than Batman; when he puts on the cowl, he can let it all out.

Pattinson’s intensity as Batman and Bruce Wayne pays off in every scene. It separates his performance from the others and feels more genuine because of how he’s playing the character. It’s great acting combined with deft character writing.

7 His Batman Feels The Most Dedicated

There are few fictional characters out there more dedicated than Batman. He faces off against the worst of the worst, his life constantly in danger, all to fight a war he can’t win. This dedication to being Batman didn’t come across very well in other Batmen, possibly because of the way the movies always tried to shoehorn a love interest into the story.

Affleck was good but he seemed more resigned to it than dedicated; a man who kept going more because of a love of violence than thinking he made any kind of difference. Pattinson’s Batman is dedicated to helping others in a way that previous Batmen weren’t, his whole life being about his quest.

6 He Has The Most Batman Moment Ever

The Batmobile is an indelible part of the Batman mythos and The Batman takes an interesting approach to it. Instead of some unrealistic supercar, the Batmobile in the movie is a souped muscle car, one that fans never get a great look at until close to the end of the movie’s chase scene, jumping through a fiery explosion to slam into Penguin’s car.

After this comes the most Batman moment ever caught on film- Batman, the rain falling around him and illuminated by the fire behind him, slowly stalking toward the Penguin. Pattinson’s lanky Batman and his slow, deliberate walk make this scene work in a way no other Batman actor before him could have and it’s one of the movie’s marquee moments.

5 He Makes Audiences Feel Bad For Him

Batman has always flourished in sad stories. His origin is the saddest story of all and Pattinson’s performance captures that in a way that other Batman portrayals haven’t. They’ve certainly tried but these movies writing Bruce Wayne as the billionaire playboy make it hard to actually feel bad for them; even if they’re pretending, it seems like they enjoy their life.

Pattinson’s Bruce Wayne definitely does not enjoy his life. He only seems alive at all when he’s Batman and even then, it’s only a cursed half-life. His Batman is sympathetic in a way no other Batman before him has been, really playing into how Batman’s formative tragedy would mold him.

4 He Has The Best Character Growth

Gotham is a very dangerous city and it molds every inhabitant in different ways. The tragedies of Bruce Wayne’s life have seen him grow into a withdrawn man obsessed with vengeance, which is where viewers find him in The Batman. As the movie goes on, though, he starts to realize that maybe his current method isn’t the best.

This hits home in the Riddler interrogation scene and everything that comes after. These events force him to re-evaluate how he approaches his life as Batman. The movie ends with a very different Batman than how he began. While other Batmans grow in their movies, none of them can boast the kind of growth that Pattinson’s does.

3 He’s Actually A Detective

Batman’s detective skills in the movies have often been rather non-existent or dependent on tools. Batman in the comics isn’t always the best detective but he’s better at it than most of the movie versions. Pattinson’s Batman, on the other hand, is a real detective. A lot of this has to do with the Riddler being the movie’s villain, but Riddler was in Batman Forever and Kilmer’s Batman never actually seemed like one.

It was nice to have a Batman who actually flexed these muscles. Pattinson’s Batman may have missed some clues but even that felt accurate to him based on where he was in his Batman career.

2 His Relationship With Catwoman Felt The Most Authentic

Batman and Catwoman’s relationship is iconic but it never really feels right in the movies. In the comics, it took years of flirtations and missed opportunities before they found love. The movies usually skip over all of that, having them fall madly in love quickly after meeting. That’s what makes Battinson’s relationship with her work so well; it eschews the usual movie method to be more like the comic.

Pattinson’s Batman is awkward around her and doesn’t really know how to react to Catwoman. He’s definitely attracted to her but he doesn’t know how to show it right away. As the movie goes on, he gets better about it and his choosing Gotham over her is very in character. He plays their relationship more authentic to who Batman is and it works brilliantly.

1 His Relationship With Gordon Is The Best Of Them All

Jim Gordon is often as big a hero as Batman. Batman’s relationship with Gordon is very important to the Batman mythos and The Batman plays it better than any of the other movies. They actually feel like friends, kindred spirits in a city of corruption. Beyond Alfred, it’s the closest relationship that Batman has and it’s very entertaining.

Pattison and Gordon actor Jeffrey Wright play off each other wonderfully. It’s the best relationship between the two men that has been portrayed on film and one of the most humorous parts of the movie. It’s hard seeing another actor having the same kind of relationship with Gordon that Pattinson does.

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