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[El'Kharn]

Ben Affleck as Batman. I'll miss Batman when he's gone

 

[Raziel]

I don't get the people bringing up Ledger. Unless Nolan cast Affleck, there's no common link between that actor/performance and Affleck.

 

[Mr_Moogle]

After Michael Keaton I'm willing to give anyone the benefit of the doubt.

I thought Keaton was pretty decent. He nailed the Bruce Wayne part and when he was in the suit he didn't pull some ridiculous voice like Bale did. The only problem with Keaton was he wasn't physically big enough to look intimidating in the costume.

Also neither of his movies we're even about Batman. The villains stole the show in both of Burton's films.

 

[Screaming Meat]

Everyone picking on Affleck. No one thought Clooney would make a good Batman and look how that tur-- oh.

 

[Linkyn]

EDIT: Never mind, I was thinking of Ben Stiller for some odd reason.

I had the same exact reaction. Ben Affleck would certainly not have been my choice, but he's definitely not the worst pick, either.

 

[Rad-]

That's pretty hilarious. I mean I don't even hate the guy but he just doesn't scream Batman at all when you watch him. He really needs to act his ass off to make it believable.

 

[Phoenician_Viking]

Great choice. Ben Affleck is an amazing actor.

 

[Dabanton]

If I remember correctly he didn't want to do JL because he didn't feel comfortable taking on such a huge project as a director yet. He might be doing this as a way to kind of learn from Snyder.

Now before the lol's, directing these huge movies takes a lot of skill. While the likes of Snyder and Bay might not be ideal for a story driven film, they are very gifted when it comes to the organizational skills needed to pull these huge productions together. If Ben can get a hands on experience he might reconsider doing a JL movie.

I'd agree with this.

 

[Phoenician_Viking]

wtf great director, shitty actor lmao

Ben is a shitty Affleck? Yeah, you don´t know anything about acting.

 

[D.Lo]

I thought Keaton was pretty decent. He nailed the Bruce Wayne part and when he was in the suit he didn't pull some ridiculous voice like Bale did. The only problem with Keaton was he wasn't physically big enough to look intimidating in the costume.

He should have been more ripped, but it was cool that he was sort of a ninja, rather than an MMA fighter. Fits the character more IMO, in the comics he gets to be both but in real life huge dudes are not doing crazy flexible gymnastics stuff.

Bale was about the right size but then Nolan put him in a tank suit to be 'realistic' in films about bombs that explode all the water in a city.

 

[Creamium]

While a somewhat odd casting choice, this at least could turn out ok. The Snyder/Goyer combo is this movie's bigger problem.

 

[Phoenician_Viking]

what have we done to deserve this

I paid to watch man of steel man.

What´s wrong with Ben getting the role? He´s a great actor.

 

[teruterubozu]

Old, angry and out-of-shape Batman. Finally. That's the story I know.

 

[Kreunt]

Cillian Murphy could have been a great Batman.

Spoiler

Ignoring that he was already Scarecrow

 

[Trojita]

Why

 

[Floex]

I know Bale was playing a younger Bruce Wayne in the Batman films but Affleck is only two years older than him in real-life. It's hardly a stretch for an 'older' Batman now, is it. I was getting used to the idea of it being someone like Viggo Mortensen or Jim Caviezel

 

[Screaming Meat]

What´s wrong with Ben getting the role? He´s a great actor.

He's a good writer/director and an alright actor. I wouldn't ever say he was a great actor, not by any stretch. at the end of the day, though, I need to remember it's a comic book movie, not Laurence of Arabia.

 

[Dabanton]

The casting makes sense from WB/DC view

You needed a bankable star to anchor this picture and by extension a Justice League movie. I can't name many Hollywood actors off the top off my head who have that kind of box office pull.

A lot of us were naming people who would never prove to be a real draw. This is them trying to find their RDJ the person that holds the films together.

 

[LowerLevel]

I'm in the small list of people not upset by this pick... oh well.

 

[Mario007]

I know Bale was playing a younger Bruce Wayne in the Batman films but Affleck is only two years older than him in real-life. It's hardly a stretch for an 'older' Batman now, is it. I was getting used to the idea of it being someone like Viggo Mortensen or Jim Caviezel

Well they mention in the press release that the new Batman will be a more skilled crime fighter and more experienced than Cavill's Superman. You really have to compare the those two actors, rather than Bale and Affleck.

 

[Screaming Meat]

The casting makes sense from WB/DC view

You needed a bankable star to anchor this picture and by extension a Justice League movie. I can't name many Hollywood actors off the top off my head who have that kind of box office pull.

A lot of us were naming people who would never prove to be a real draw. This is them trying to find their RDJ the person that holds the films together.

I understand the choice, I don't like it though.

 

[RoninChaos]

I really like Affleck. But I can't imagine him as Batman.

Then again... He can act. Maybe he will work as a grizzled older Batman who has to fuck superman up.Affleck is a big dude... Wonder what the suit is gonna look like.

 

[Jedeye Sniv]

I'm OK with this. He's gotten better and better in the last decade, I have a lot of respect for the guy.

 

[JB1981]

I am actually depressed about this.

 

[Skinny Pete]

I don't really have a problem with this. He's improved greatly. I would rather he directed it though as well.

 

[vio]

I think he can be a good Batman. Not sure he can come anything close to Bale as Bruce Wayne.

 

[Winnie the Pimp]

I really like Affleck. But I can't imagine him as Batman.

Then again... He can act. Maybe he will work as a grizzled older Batman who has to fuck superman up.Affleck is a big dude... Wonder what the suit is gonna look like.

How's that when he looks like a teenager still?

 

[Row]

awful choice, bought his way in I imagine

 

[deafmedal]

I went to sleep, hoping I would wake up and it was all a horrible nightmare. It wasn't. I ruined my wife's morning, well WB did anyway. She is raging hard, lol! She doesn't like Ben Aflac too much..."Stupid duck looking motherfucker!"

 

[Witchfinder General]

Is Batman going to assault bad guys in uncomfortable places?

 

[Screaming Meat]

He's the Batman we deserve, not the one we need right now. So, we'll hate him, because he can take it. Because he's not our Batman. He's a Jay and Silent Bob extra.

Is Batman going to assault bad guys in uncomfortable places?

What, like the back of a Volkswagon?

 

[Fallout-NL]

Matt Damon as Lex Luthor

Kevin Smith as the Penguin

Jason Lee as the Joker

Im literally laughing out loud at home.

I aint even mad

I'd pay to see that.

Jason Lee is awesome. Or at least, he was.

 

[Log4Girlz]

Bat Affleck

 

[JaggedSac]

All hype I had is now gone.

 

[Jables Swan]

I'm in the small list of people not upset by this pick... oh well.

The list isn't actually that small imo. I know heaps of people who are either liking it or at least intrigued by it. Which is funny, 8 or so years ago everyone would have been against it.

 

[Vintage_Creep]

Bad actor for a bad movie.

It's a shame, now that he started making right career moves.

 

[televator]

Dare Devil was a shit movie... I'd say I don't like where this is going, but it's actually a Superman movie so... meh.

 

[Winnie the Pimp]

Bad actor for a bad movie.

It's a shame, now that he started making right career moves.

this... He had a good thing going with his directing abilites, thought he had finally accepted that he simply is NOT a good actor but has talent elsewhere...

I would gladly be proven wrong of course but as of now? i don't see it happening.

 

[lastplayed]

Headline on BBC: Affleck is Batman in Superman film

If I saw that just a few months ago my mind would be full of fuck.

 

[Uncle]

He's the Batman we deserve, not the one we need right now. So, we'll hate him, because he can take it. Because he's not our Batman. He's a Jay and Silent Bob extra.

Applesauce, bitch.

 

[Sn4ke_911]

Goddamnit no.

 

[Screaming Meat]

Applesauce, bitch.

I don't like the sound of them apples, Will. What are we gonna do?!

 

[Boerseun]

Good to me. Now get him to direct it.

Yeah, definitely, this is what I came to post.

Dump Snyder, hire Affleck to direct, let him bring in additional writers if Goyer's script isn't up to scratch. Then give him a decent budget to realise his vision.

And for an extra wish: fire the whole cast of Man of Steel, have Affleck recast Superman and the supporting cast (he knows actors), then watch the megabucks (and awards!) roll in.

 

[Replicant]

This can't be happening. Maybe some kind of August's Fools Day? Guys? Say something please!

 

[Danielsan]

Better than Bale.

 

[Flavius]

It's a comic book movie...

Ben's a fine choice. As others have said, script and director are a far greater concern.

 

[pants]

I for one aint even mad, bring it on.

 

[Matrix]

Yeah, definitely, this is what I came to post.

Dump Snyder, hire Affleck to direct, let him bring in additional writers if Goyer's script isn't up to scratch. Then give him a decent budget to realise his vision.

And for an extra wish: fire the whole cast of Man of Steel, have Affleck recast Superman and the supporting cast (he knows actors), then watch the megabucks (and awards!) roll in.

Yep, this is the dumbest shit posted in here so far.

 

[Kinyou]

What in the fuck?

WHY??

 

[Coreda]

What the actual.... Is this real life?