voted dark knight. hated movie but from tactical standpoint, with kevlar and ability to turn head, suit makes most sense.
The only time I think that the Begins suit looked bad was in TDK. I'm not sure what they did to adjust the suit, or if they got a new mold and it didn't fit right or something, but it looked BAD.
Like here:
https://screenmusings.org/TheDarkKnight/images/tdk_0185.jpg
link is not working.....arrgghh
precisely. cant watch movie without cringing. joker over-exposure turned me completely off.
I think it's the scene where Batman is in the vault with Gordon (even though I think the screenshot linked to only shows Gordon)
I don't know what's wrong with the suit in that scene, but it definitely looks off. People have tried to tell me it's because Bale wasn't as bulked up as he was in Begins, but that shouldn't make such drastic differences to his head and face shape that the cowl ends up poorly fitting. I also think that there's no way that such a messed up look wouldn't be noticed on set, so it has to be that they used a camera lens that created a fish-eye effect or something and decided that it wasn't worth the re-filming costs when they got to editing.
I'd almost suspect part of the reason the begins suit looked so bad in TDK was the fact nolan made it very clear that the suit didn't look as good at all times like the TDK suit did, and couldn't be filmed in certain ways.
I think they were conveying the old suit looking rough and bad, and makes the new suit look all that much better. Since nolan made it out that the TDK suit always looks good i'm assuming it doesn't require the touch up and finesse that the begins suit required to get it to look right i.e. fixing folds and wrinkles and adjusting his face in the cowl etc.
I think when it was presented properly (obviously for photography or specific shots) the begins suit LOOKS the best, as an overall design, it carries the image of batman, the silhouette. The long cape the cowl and ears all look great, plus it has a fairly simple design on the body.
TDK suit is much better as a practical suit though and never seemed to have an issue with looking good on screen or being very functional though.