10 Best Live Action Movie Batsuits

10. Val Kilmer's "Panther Suit" - Batman Forever 

Perhaps it is time that we take another look at the "panther" suit of Batman Forever. Kilmer's first batsuit from the his only appearance as The Dark Knight gets much derision for the baffling addition of... (sigh) nipples. We get it; director Joel Schumacher wanted the caped crusader to have a statuesque Greek God abs-for-days aesthetic to him. But nipples on a man are pretty much useless anyway, so why include them on a Bat-man...

However, when you look at them in the movie, they are actually pretty unnoticeable. In fact, you really do have to be looking for them to be honest--and if you do that, then you overlook the fact that this suit is actually pretty cool. All the Keaton-Kilmer-Clooney-era's suits were essentially heavy rubber sculpts on a neoprene under-suit. Yet the "Forever" suit might be the first that actually looked mobile on-screen, and thus more nimble during the fight scenes. That isn't to say it's anywhere near brilliant, but Batman's lack of mobility in costume wasn't quite as apparent thanks to the lighter material used in its construction.

On closer inspection, the panther suit sort-of looks similar to Michael Keaton's new suit in the upcoming "Flash" movie, something that the actor said donning again was "shockingly normal." Let's just be grateful that one doesn't have nipples...