Batman Casting & What The CBM Users' Opinions Are On Them

Affleck can do badass a lot better than Bale. His John Connor made Sam Worthington look good.

Great article, you may want to edit for grammatical mistakes, because you´re going to get roasted for it. I agree, I´m part of the 41%, I don´t hate Affleck or wish to petition against him or have him killed (at least until I see a trailer):) But on a serious note, I just can´t think of anyone worse than him. I don´t even think he´s too famous, I would give Brad Pitt, Matt Damon or even Mickey Rooney the chance to play Batman. I would actually defend them asa choice because I know they´re good actors. Yes, I´d think there were still better choices and yes I´d still prefer a newbe but I know and have confidence that when Matt Damon or Brad are in a role, within 15 mins of their performance I forget its them. Ben Affleck is just always Ben Affleck. Even in Argo which everyone admits is a great film and the academy nominated him for his directing efforts, noone nominated him for his acting. There´s a reason, he isn´t a character actor.
I also agree with Heath Ledger. I will admit I was a bit of a naysayer with Heath Ledger, but I was willing to give him a chance. He was new, I hadn´t seen him for the past 20 years play the same Bostonian blue collar douche bag or romantic lead. Heath Ledger was uncharted territory. I was more upset about who didn´t get it. Ben on the other hand, I would rather anyone accept Ben. He´s a nice guy but he ain´t no Batman. I will only see Ben Affleck on screen, I know it. I mean picture him as Bruce Wayne in a love triangle with Lois. I´ll literally want Superman to hurt him, slow and painful style. I don´t want this rich douche coming in and complicating one of the most beloved romances in literary history, with Ben´s personal style of sleazy, gucci wearing, latharionism. I´ll feel like taking a bath the first time I see him as Bruce wayne trying to be slick. Even worse, try and imagine him as Batman with his greatest weapon the Batchin.
Anyway my pick is Michael fassbender and they should have gone with a younger Batman, what is all this old, wiser Batman. Just because Goyer and Snyder [frick]ed up the first film and made Superman look like a genocidal maniac, it doesn´t mean Cavill should suffer for it. I liked Cavill as Superman. It was the script not him. I think Fassbender and him would have worked wonders together. Anyway thats my 2 cents.

oh I´ll finish with this:
10 actors who would have made better Batmans than Ben Affleck
10. Andrew Lincoln from the walking dead
9. Josh Brolin
8. Clint Eastwood (yeah if they´re going older, go properly older, Clint is a better director and actor maybe he would have been better for the franchise) :)
7. Vladimir Putin (yeah the russian president, he would make a superior Batman. He does Judo and was a former KGB)
6. McLovin as Batman Chica chica yow I¨M BATMAN
5. Ryan Gosling (I hated him for Batman, but damn after this choice, bring me Ryan Gosling)
4. Arne Hammer (again like the choice above, I didn´t like him for Bats but he´s a far superior actor to Ben, I would have given him a go
3. kim kardashian - Thats how much I hate Ben for this role
2. Adam West - inject some much needed levity into that dark somber brooding humorless ocean of endless life lesson speeches that was MOS

1 This guy

Yeah even this guy reminds me more of Batman.
Great article again

By the way all the people who are talking about Heath Ledger and how we didn´t give him a chance and using that to Defend Affleck, I bet they were the most outspoken proponents of the view Ledger shouldn´t play The Joker. Because I wasn´t that upset. I knew he could act, I just didn´t know how well. Ben Affleck is a mediocre actor, his best performances are pretty, standard. Passable at best. He´s on the Keanu Reeves spectrum of acting.

@highflyer - what is stupid?

@aresww3 , the guy with the hair. By the way, if you don't want people to use Heath Ledger as an argument then fine. There is RDJ as Iron Man, Michael Keaton as Batman, Anne Hathaway as catwoman, Daniel Craig as James Bond, Brandon Lee as The Crow, Mark Ruffalo as the Hulk, Edward Norton as the hulk and the list goes on.

@aresww3, have you considered the possibility that WB saw something in Ben?

@highflyer
@aresww3 , the guy with the hair. By the way, if you don't want people to use Heath Ledger as an argument then fine. There is RDJ as Iron Man, Michael Keaton as Batman, Anne Hathaway as catwoman, Daniel Craig as James Bond, Brandon Lee as The Crow, Mark Ruffalo as the Hulk, Edward Norton as the hulk and the list goes on.

I was never against any of these people in these roles.
Anyone complaining about RDJ is plain crazy. The man is one of the best actors in the world period. I´d seen him in Chaplin where he played Charlie Chaplin. I´d seen him in little movies like Threesome which he´s excellent in and the list goes on.
Anne Hathaway also had proved herself in Rachel Getting Married, as well as, The Devil wears Prada, showing she had range.
Edward Norton. You have to be crazy to complain about Ed doing anything. Have you seen um Fight Club? American History X? The dude was once called the best actor of his generation.

I don´t remember that much complaint about Daniel Craig. I certainly didn´t care. As for Mark Ruffalo, the only reason I didn´t want him playing Hulk is because I wanted Edward norton to stay. I knew he was a great actor.

Ben Affleck is different. You may well have a different opinion but to me but I think he is an actor of the Keanu Reeves; George Clooney variety. i.e. they play themselves in every role. Plus he´s too cherpy to be Batman. He has this big great college boy, I´ve never had a problem in my life, I date Jennifer Garner, have two beautiful daughters and J´lO was my ex kind of smile and face. Anyone who plays Batman should have a weird smile. :) Just look at Keaton and Bale the best Batmans to date. I don´t know I might be wrong, but I think its a mistake and won´t pay to see it unless I hear he´s astounding in the role.

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@aresww3 I didn't have a problem with any of those casting choices either but that didn't stop people hating on it. I mean people once tried to boycott casino royal and petitioned against keaton.

We can all agree that Clooney was a s**t Batman. To further the point on Norton and Ruffalo I must say I was nearly cringing watching Ruffalo because I could picture Norton delivering the lines so much better. I also don't think Batman should be completely loved by the audience. There should be moments when they are scared by him. He has never been the perfect hero that Superman is and that should show. Instead they have a Superman who causes wanton destruction and kills his enemies next to a Batman who is going to talk the criminals out of doing bad things

@guido - agreed. that is exactly as I felt about Norton. I think he could have taken those lines and still kept Bruce Banner fundamentally who he is. i.e. not like some second tier wise guy to RDJ. Although Ruffolo was excellent.

But anyway I would have paid the price of admission just to see RDJ and Norton verbally sparring with each other for real.

@WYLEEJAY you are clearly in the category that thinks Affleck is great choice due to the fact that you think that Affleck is a great choice

Affleck was great in Hollywoodland, The Town, and Argo and supposedly his best acting job is in Runner Runner which comes out in October.

It's not his fault that most CBM fans are too young or ignorant to understand grown up movies.

@jaysin40 - "It's not his fault that most CBM fans are too young or ignorant to understand grown up movies."
Are comments like this really necessary. Can´t you make your point without insulting people you don´t even know.

who the frak cares