I guess you are right DV... they certainly became campier with Kilmer & Clooney - but but I do think that Tim Burton's vision, while certainly darker that the Adam West TV image, was really not in sync with what was happening in the comic book at the time. The second Burton film in particular had the ridiculous Penguin character as even the Joker character in the first film was more clownish than criminal.   

I loved the Burton films though, as Wesley points out there have been many ways to interpret Batman. I think each director and actor as well as comic book author and artist add something different to the character.   A great folk hero!