So Ben Affleck is going to play Batman

[marc123]

i wonder if after Bale. if Affleck was WBros 1st choice? or other actors turned it down. and WB had to "settle" on Affleck...

 

[infamous114]

i wonder if after Bale. if Affleck was WBros 1st choice? or other actors turned it down. and WB had to "settle" on Affleck...

Bruh...just stop believing in those Bale rumors. Bale was not going to be Batman in this movie.

 

[Broddie]

Might be the contrary. Back in the late 90's Darren Aronofsky was working on a movie called Batman: Year One. Loosely based on the Frank Miller story with a script by Aronofsky and Miller. Ben Affleck was someone WB wanted for the role back then. Now over a decade later he's in the role in another Batman movie Miller would be loosely involved with. Of course today he is also their golden boy who brought them 2 critically acclaimed and oscar nominated as well as oscar winning movies in a row. It's like it was meant to happen for him. He's a big Batman fan and another thing I give him credit for is he's already working out 2 hours a day. This movie doesn't shoot till February so that's commitment.

 

[earth two superman]

That Keaton line reminds me that there's a reason why it's easier to go from comedy to drama than vice versa in show business. Comedy is hard as fuck. Comedy teaches you shit like improv and wit that will serve you in any role.

 

[earth two superman]

I can't think of one. I'm sure there are some, but none come to mind.

 

[earth two superman]

And no one please say deniro in meet the parents cuz all 3 are crap.

 

[earth two superman]

Leslie neilsen did drama?

 

[A$AP_A$TON]

Keaton set the standard as far as I'm concerned.

 

[ckfree]

If you rewatch the dark knight rises and pay attention to how bruce wayne doesnt close his mouth when hes in the suit it's hilarious

he wont even be talking he'll just be standing there with his mouth wide

 

[lazypakman]

That Keaton line reminds me that there's a reason why it's easier to go from comedy to drama than vice versa in show business. Comedy is hard as fuck. Comedy teaches you shit like improv and wit that will serve you in any role.

this is true. we've seen plenty of really funny actors transition easily into drama, like jim carrey's role in eternal sunshine of the spotless mind is one of the best films i've seen in the past decade

when's the last time you say a well-respected drama actor make a hilarious comedian, other than leslie neilsen, i really haven't

only one I can think of is John c Reilly,started off in mostly ensemble dramas and then made the move into comedy.

 

[CitySojourner]

Remember his career turnaround happened only after he started directing movies, even up until now it's never been because of his acting. When's the last time he gave an above average performance in anything? A good director doesn't equal a good actor...ask Tarantino.

Watch Hollywoodland. To call his performance as George Reeves less than average is just straight up hating if you really know anything about good acting.

I'm not even the biggest fan of the guy (never really had a problem with him either) but some of the overreactions to this news are just hilarious. He may not be Daniel Day Lewis but the guy is a serviceable actor and a much better actor today than he was 10 years ago. Then again some of you niggas as well as many other people on the net wanted to see CW TV actors as Batman so this doesn't really surprise me.

You ever watch Survivor, where they eat boiled fish guts for two weeks straight, then all of a sudden someone wins a bag of ruffles and thinks it's the best thing they've ever eaten? That's what Hollywoodland was for Ben Affleck. His career was practically ruined after a slew of shitty movies and Hollywoodland was an unexpectedly decent performance from him, but it wasn't anything incredible, it just seemed that way in relative comparison.

Even if I thought his performance was great you gotta remember that a director has a lot of influence on how good an actor can be, Marky Mark is not a great actor, but you put him under Scorsese in "The Departed" he pulls a great performance. Unfortunately Snyder is not an actors director, which is what Ben Affleck would need to pull off playing Batman.

 

[earth two superman]

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That Keaton line reminds me that there's a reason why it's easier to go from comedy to drama than vice versa in show business. Comedy is hard as fuck. Comedy teaches you shit like improv and wit that will serve you in any role.

this is true. we've seen plenty of really funny actors transition easily into drama, like jim carrey's role in eternal sunshine of the spotless mind is one of the best films i've seen in the past decade

when's the last time you say a well-respected drama actor make a hilarious comedian, other than leslie neilsen, i really haven't

only one I can think of is John c Reilly,started off in mostly ensemble dramas and then made the move into comedy.

there we go. we found one lol

 

[Carthaginian]

Sometimes the most surprising cast choices turn out to be the best ones. The guy does seem to be a genuine comic fan, so you know no one would be as concerned as he is with the portrayal and how true to form it becomes.

And you know what...unlike Bale...Affleck actually looks like the classic Bruce Wayne from the comics and video games.

 

[DarthRozay]

I think this is Affleck photoshopped into the batman suit

 

[rip.dilla]

Let that boy cook!

These comic book nerds can be annoying atimes, SMH

I think its great casting and didn't they say they wanted the new Batman to be in his 40's?

but is he gonna get his own movies or is he just gonna be featured in the Superman film?

 

[DarthRozay]

Ben Affleck is 41.

 

[CitySojourner]

He

That Keaton line reminds me that there's a reason why it's easier to go from comedy to drama than vice versa in show business. Comedy is hard as fuck. Comedy teaches you shit like improv and wit that will serve you in any role.

this is true. we've seen plenty of really funny actors transition easily into drama, like jim carrey's role in eternal sunshine of the spotless mind is one of the best films i've seen in the past decade

when's the last time you say a well-respected drama actor make a hilarious comedian, other than leslie neilsen, i really haven't

only one I can think of is John c Reilly,started off in mostly ensemble dramas and then made the move into comedy.

there we go. we found one lol

Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Along Came Polly" and "Boogie Nights"

 

[TheIraq]

LMAO nigga said unburied Pauly Shore...................

I'm ignorant but was Geogre Clooney really that bad as Batman, were those movies just bad, or a combo of both? I know it's off subject but I just wanna know why those movies seemed so damn wack?......................... Arnold as Mr. Freeze was lame ass fuck, I know.....................

 

[themadlionsfan]

This not what Thomas and Martha died for......

 

[earth two superman]

LMAO nigga said unburied Pauly Shore...................

I'm ignorant but was Geogre Clooney really that bad as Batman, were those movies just bad, or a combo of both? I know it's off subject but I just wanna know why those movies seemed so damn wack?......................... Arnold as Mr. Freeze was lame ass fuck, I know.....................

i guess if you were really young and you went to see it, one might have liked it. it was pretty much a live action cartoon. the only thing they got right was clooney and alfred bonding as a family. roles like that is where clooney is great in. (the Descendants)

joel schumacher was all wrong for batman. not to say hes completely untalented (hes done some ok things since then, including 8 mm and even being involved in House of Cards). but he was a batman fan who simply had an oddball vision of the character that didnt work. i think he could have written some good batman comics. and im sure there's some superhero out there who could fit his vision. but not batman.

Still, it wasnt the worst dc movie ever made.