Would Clooney worked as Batman with a different director?

[Glitch]

If he didn't have mister Shoe Maker at the helm? I kind of wonder what the outcome would have been.

I think he would be a decent Bruce Wayne but not so much the Bat.

[The Unconquered Sun]

Absolutely, 100% without any shadow of a doubt maybe.
Clooney is one of those actors where the Stars have to be in the right alignment for him to get good work out of (the right director, good script, his frame of mind). Honestly he would have been fine in the1989 Batman movie.

[Deleted]

On paper dude is a perfect older Batman so yeah

[Mozenrath]

He'd be a good Bruce Wayne, but admittedly, he seems harder to picture as a good Batman, even though we've seen him play dangerous characters.

Joel Shumacher was not a good fit for the task, but the biggest issue would probably be studio mandates to churn out a glorified toy commercial.

[Limity (BLM)]

Nov 12, 2016 20:10:35 GMT -5 Mozenrath said:

He'd be a good Bruce Wayne, but admittedly, he seems harder to picture as a good Batman, even though we've seen him play dangerous characters.

Joel Shumacher was not a good fit for the task, but the biggest issue would probably be studio mandates to churn out a glorified toy commercial.

I've always maintained that Clooney made a perfect Bruce Wayne. But no way could he pull off Batman.

[TWERKIN' MAGGLE]

If he were motivated, but he pretty much slept through Batman and Robin. I could see him thinking he was above it.

[Deleted]

Hard to say.

Clooney, Uma Thurman and Alicia Silverstone were in this weird daze where they just seemed to read their lines soullessly. Especially Silverstone. She actually looked doped up in some scenes.

Thurman was kind of entertaining as the histrionic geeky tree hugger before she transformed, so that might have been a director thing. The other two, I can't tell if it was bad casting, sloppy work or really awful direction.

[agent817]

Nov 12, 2016 20:25:08 GMT -5 @jackiechan said:

Hard to say.

Clooney, Uma Thurman and Alicia Silverstone were in this weird daze where they just seemed to read their lines soullessly. Especially Silverstone. She actually looked doped up in some scenes.

Thurman was kind of entertaining as the histrionic geeky tree hugger before she transformed, so that might have been a director thing. The other two, I can't tell if it was bad casting, sloppy work or really awful direction.

What about Chris O'Donnell or Arnold Schwarzenegger? I know Arnold is not that great of an actor but it was funny to see him ham it up with what he was given. As for O'Donnell, it's hard to say. He seemed like he wanted to do something better.

[BlackoutCreature]

While Schwarzenegger wouldn't have been my first choice for Mr. Freeze, I really feel with a better director and script he could've pulled it off. What he needed to do was play the character more emotionless and distant, almost exactly like he played the Terminator. But Schumacher wanted a cackling and pun-spouting moron instead.

[Jedi-El of Tomorrow]

Nov 12, 2016 20:19:19 GMT -5 TWERKIN' MAGGLE said:

If he were motivated, but he pretty much slept through Batman and Robin. I could see him thinking he was above it.

Well, he did read the script.

He couldn't ham it up like Arnold did, and with that shit script the only way to make it entertaining is to ham it up beyond belief. But it was all about the toys.

[Glitch]

Nov 12, 2016 21:49:55 GMT -5 BlackoutCreature said:

While Schwarzenegger wouldn't have been my first choice for Mr. Freeze, I really feel with a better director and script he could've pulled it off. What he needed to do was play the character more emotionless and distant, almost exactly like he played the Terminator. But Schumacher wanted a cackling and pun-spouting moron instead.

I've thought about this too. His monotone speaking would work perfectly, but I wonder if we could buy that he's a scientist.

[Toilet Paper Roll]

Probably, he works really well as Bruce Wayne... pretty much what you'd expect him to resemble. Should have worked

[sfvega]

Of course! He worked great with the one he had. Outstanding movies, true classics.

[SmashTV]

Nov 12, 2016 21:35:35 GMT -5 agent817 said:

What about Chris O'Donnell or Arnold Schwarzenegger? I know Arnold is not that great of an actor but it was funny to see him ham it up with what he was given.

'You're not zending ME to ze cooler, BIRD BOY!'

(*facepalm*)

[Futureraven: Beelzebruv]

Nov 12, 2016 23:50:11 GMT -5 Glitch said:

Nov 12, 2016 21:49:55 GMT -5 BlackoutCreature said:

While Schwarzenegger wouldn't have been my first choice for Mr. Freeze, I really feel with a better director and script he could've pulled it off. What he needed to do was play the character more emotionless and distant, almost exactly like he played the Terminator. But Schumacher wanted a cackling and pun-spouting moron instead.

I've thought about this too. His monotone speaking would work perfectly, but I wonder if we could buy that he's a scientist.

He has an Austrian accent, he can be a scientist

[hossfan]

He's a talented actor, so yes.

[Kevin Hamilton]

Sure

Though hell, I think he worked for the kind of movie they made.

[Hit Girl]

The director wasn't the problem. Schumacher was only doing what Warner Brothers were telling him to do. Had he been able to make the Batman movie he wanted, it would have been fine.

[Bub (BLM)]

Nov 12, 2016 20:19:19 GMT -5 TWERKIN' MAGGLE said:

If he were motivated, but he pretty much slept through Batman and Robin. I could see him thinking he was above it.

He never thought he was above Batman. He just thought he was above being in a shitty movie. He was a fan of the character and enjoyed Batman Forever, so he signed up figuring he'd be in a similar film. Then B&R went way off the rails from where Batman Forever had put the franchise.

[TWERKIN' MAGGLE]

Nov 13, 2016 9:38:19 GMT -5 Hit Girl said:

The director wasn't the problem. Schumacher was only doing what Warner Brothers were telling him to do. Had he been able to make the Batman movie he wanted, it would have been fine.

Bat nipples was his decision.