Ben Affleck is Batman

Of course this could be bad and not just a little bad but really bad, but I have a few points I am bringing up to myself so I can sleep at night knowing Ben Affleck is Batman. I'll start with the potential problems first and because there are so many potential cons I will hold back some.


Problem 1 Daredevil, like above posters have put. Did they see daredevil?

Problem 2 Past Character acting issues, you have people that are in everything but you never notice them (Is that Gary Oldman?), and than you have actors who play characters that are just slight changes of who they are. Harrison Ford's cop role in Hollywood Homicide sure looks like a slightly less active Hon Solo in modern day L.A.. Which is fine in certain roles. I enjoyed an old Hon Solo framed for murder being chased by Tommy Lee Jones. Just not a Harrison Ford as the Green Lantern (sad I can't decide if I would like the green lantern a little better now if Indiana Jones was cast instead of Ryan Reynolds) Affleck has shown on many occasions he does not blend into the characters well. If his only reference is one the script than he tends to try and make the character a reflection of him. He tries to relate the character to himself and not himself to the character. If you don't read daredevil all the time, it is hard to pinpoint his true personality. And if you leave Affleck to find one for himself, he defaults to himself.

Problem 3 Huge shoes to fill. Bale's batman has been one of the most popular batman choices in years. To live up to filling that hole would be near impossible. It would be like if Ben Affleck got the role as the 11th doctor after David Tenant. Even if he maybe could do a decent job anything bad will be amplified and torn apart in comparison to the previous.

Now what I tell myself to not get pissed off about Ben Affleck about it because I don't like to be mad over stuff like this. George Clooney as batman had zero effect on my ten years in retrospect and neither will this.

Possible silver linings are
even though he has had issues with daredevil. Batmans personality is fleshed out already. Ben Affleck doesnt have to figure that out yet. When he has a base point he does alright. In Argo he based it on a real person. He did fine, in good will hunting he based it on people he knew growing up. He did fine. Everytime he is told or knows the character before being cast in the role he does great. Also he has plenty of bad batman performances to base on what not to do. He knows how hard it was for George Clooney to live down batman, he also knows personally how hard it is to live down to a bad performance of a super hero with dare devil. If Christain Bale hadn't done a good job he might not of seen how a good performance of batman could have the opposite effect. He is trying to be taken serious by Hollywood. With Argo he is rebuilding his clout in hollywood. Maybe that fact will make him dive deeper in a role than he every has. Maybe he will hire acting coaches and spend hours fleshing out character reactions with the director. Maybe just maybe he will have the role of his life.
And he looks the part. He looks he could be Bruce Wayne. He just needs to prove he can act like him too

It could be alright after all. Of course it could be a disaster. finger crossed

http://www.avitable.com/2013/08/23/in-defense-of-ben-affleck-as-batman/

Pretty valid points I think... But still not feeling the whole Batfleck

There you go more reasons I guess not to freak out

I'm disappointed that Christian Bale won't be coming back but I have to admit that I have a pretty big crush on Ben Affleck :P

Darn! Didn't work!

My vote is for Dwayne Johnson. May as well, because he's always on at the cinema anyway, and he's kinda old and definitely big enough.

My vote is for Dwayne Johnson. May as well, because he's always on at the cinema anyway, and he's kinda old and definitely big enough.

I actually think that would be worse than Ben... LOL

DJ for Robin, then.

just put jon hamm on the same roids cavill was on. or get josh brolin.

but please don't make me relive that daredevil-nightmare warner bros.

I don't know how to feel ;--;

Why so many "haters" out there! It is not about Batman... is is all about Bruce Wayne and Ben Affleck will make a great Bruce Wayne. Come on guys Jack Nicholson, as the Joker, said it all when he said "its all about the toys... where does he get those toys"! I personally think Ben will make a great Bruce Wayne...