--- title: Val Kilmer Reveals What He Thinks of Christian Bale's Batman description: 'Batman Forever' star Val Kilmer revealed exactly what he thinks of all the Batmen both past and present in a candid Reddit AMA. canonical: https://time.com/4876907/val-kilmer-batman-reddit-ama/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-27T19:23:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:45:56.732Z og:title: Val Kilmer Has Feelings About All of the Batmen og:description: "I love Christian Bale but how does wearing the suit entirely change his voice?" og:url: https://time.com/4876907/val-kilmer-batman-reddit-ama/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta930e41054c0d654/6988d7727cdbac13fbd59619/val-kilmer-batman-reddit-ama.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: 23rd Annual Simply Shakespeare Benefit Reading Of "The Two Gentlemen Of Verona" og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Val Kilmer Has Feelings About All of the Batmen twitter:description: "I love Christian Bale but how does wearing the suit entirely change his voice?" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta930e41054c0d654/6988d7727cdbac13fbd59619/val-kilmer-batman-reddit-ama.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Val Kilmer Has Thoughts on the Batman Movies Including Ben Affleck's Batsuit > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jul 27, 2017 7:23 PM UTC  SANTA MONICA, CA - SEPTEMBER 25: Actor Val Kilmer attends the 23rd annual Simply Shakespeare benefit reading of "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" at The Eli and Edythe Broad Stage on September 25, 2013 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic) SANTA MONICA, CA - SEPTEMBER 25: Actor Val Kilmer attends the 23rd annual Simply Shakespeare benefit reading of "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" at The Eli and Edythe Broad Stage on September 25, 2013 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic) Jason LaVeris—FilmMagic  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jul 27, 2017 7:23 PM UTC [Val Kilmer](http://time.com/3001604/breaking-bad-sequel-val-kilmer/) has plenty of feelings about [the Batmen](http://time.com/4813864/adam-west-top-5-moments-as-batman/) who have assumed the cape following his turn as Gotham’s dark knight in 1995’s _Batman Forever_ and he’s taking to the Internet to share them. The actor revealed his many thoughts about the Batmen past and present in a candid [Reddit AMA](https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/6ppzev/hello%5Freddit%5Fi%5Fam%5Factorartist%5Fval%5Fkilmer%5Fim%5Fthe/), where he gave kudos to Christian Bale and lamented the costuming choices made for [Ben Affleck](http://time.com/4637494/ben-affleck-sad-affleck-response/). “I’ve enjoyed the same ones that have made the franchise a multibillion dollar affair,” he wrote. “I’ve always wanted all of them to be more like Bob Kane intended however. Although it’s hard to fault Tim Burton for his originality and talent. Even though his Batman wasn’t very Batlike. Poor Ben Affleck got saddled with a Batsuit made out of a Sherman tank. Didn’t quite understand that. And I love Christian Bale, but how does wearing the suit entirely change his voice? I’m just saying…” Valid points, Val! It’s not the first time that the actor has revisited his time as the Batman; in [a past Reddit AMA](http://comicbook.com/dc/2017/04/27/val-kilmer-would-play-batman-dc-comics/), he said he would “love to” play the iconic hero again. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4876907/val-kilmer-batman-reddit-ama/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4876907/val-kilmer-batman-reddit-ama/"},"headline":"Val Kilmer Has Thoughts on the Batman Movies Including Ben Affleck's Batsuit","datePublished":"2017-07-27T19:23:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:45:56.732Z","description":"\"I love Christian Bale but how does wearing the suit entirely change his voice?\"","url":"https://time.com/4876907/val-kilmer-batman-reddit-ama/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","viral","reddit","Batman"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta930e41054c0d654/6988d7727cdbac13fbd59619/val-kilmer-batman-reddit-ama.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta930e41054c0d654/6988d7727cdbac13fbd59619/val-kilmer-batman-reddit-ama.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"23rd Annual Simply Shakespeare Benefit Reading Of \"The Two Gentlemen Of Verona\"","caption":"23rd Annual Simply Shakespeare Benefit Reading Of \"The Two Gentlemen Of Verona\"","creditText":"Jason LaVeris—FilmMagic","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4876907/val-kilmer-batman-reddit-ama/","name":"Val Kilmer Has Thoughts on the Batman Movies Including Ben Affleck's Batsuit"}}]}] ```