Hugh Jackman isn't any better than Affleck. Josh Brolin would be great, especially if Snyder wants an old gritty Batman.
Ben Affleck...... Batman?
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Hugh Jackman isn't any better than Affleck. Josh Brolin would be great, especially if Snyder wants an old gritty Batman.
I know I'm a Youngblood, but I watched the movie with Nicholson as the Joker and his joker couldn't carry ledger's joker's lunch. Ledger was absolutely incredible.
Let go the Daredevil thing. He wasn't great, but you can't put the full blame on him. That movie was just a big bucket of ****.
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He was great in Argo, Daredevil (Colin Farrell was the problem here, as was MCD as Kingpin - bad choice), Chasing Amy, and Hollywoodland - all comic related. I have no problem with this casting at all and the knee-jerk hate for a great actor/director is all mouthbreathing fanboyism AFAIC.
Snyder hits (mostly) homeruns with other people's toys and Cavill was so great in Man of Steel.
It's easy to whine about this but I think it will be great.
Snyder hits (mostly) homeruns with other people's toys and Cavill was so great in Man of Steel.
It's easy to whine about this but I think it will be great.
I won't say it'll be great yet, but I certainly don't think it'll suck just based on Affleck being Batman like everyone else seems to think. It'll come down to the story and the ****** as much as anything. Like I said before, everyone was freaking out because the guy that played the gay cowboy was going to be Joker and I think he did a pretty good job with that.
My problem with it is I can't buy him as a tough guy... I can buy Jackman, Crowe, Bale, Brolin, Hemholdt, and even Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law as tough... not so much Affleck, Ryan Reynolds, Tom Cruise, and Ryan Gosling. I waffle back and forth with Matt Damon. In the end, Batman has to be a tough guy and Clooney, Keaton, Kilmer, and now Affleck just don't pass the tough test for me.
I like the thoughts that Oswalt presents here: Patton Oswalt Wants You To Stop Complaining About Ben Affleck Being Batman: Gothamist
For those of you who really hate the idea of Affleck as Batman there is an online petition on change.org you can sign your name to. I doubt it would do much good but it might make you feel like you tried.
People also freaked the **** out about Anne Hathaway being in the last one.
I had reservations myself but she was absolutely great.
