Ben Affleck Talks About Missing Out On Directing Superman: The Man Of Steel!

No loss there lol.

Still he is a huge comic book fan, maybe there is?

i dont think he was ready to do a big movie like superman, give him a couple of more movies and he'll be ready to direct a big one, but he's definitely a better director then actor

Personally, I think it was a huge loss LEE! I'm not sure whether you've seen Gone Baby Gone and The Town, but they're both excellent. (the latter especially) The heist and action scenes in that were phenomenal and it's for that reason I'm not too upset he wont be directing this movie. I'd be much happier if he stuck with making stuff like The Town, and as much as I loved Inception, I hope Affleck picks up the "Best Picture" and "Best Director" Oscars next year! :)

Josh @ Nahhh not seen Gone Baby Gone or The Town lol... I take it their good then?

Snyder FTW

I don't mind Affleck, but I thought The Town was really disappointing.

Daredevil Directors cut was awsome

Affleck just made a few poor choices in his career where Damon did not really miss. For an ultra middle class white dude to try and play a pimp gangster in Gigli, and that weird on screen [frick] fest he and J-lo had is probably the main tarnish on him. Otherwise he'd probably have the Superman job.

But he's quite good in the end, and he, like Nick Cage seems to respond well to criticism.

Hollywoodland is somewhat of a brilliant film imo. Agree with Lee on that - check it out if you haven't.

ben is a good director,but his brother is a better actor.

i'd rather zack snyder direct superman.

@Wesley

we dont want realistic sensibilities attached to supes(Singer had realistic sensibilities)

we want superman to be freaking superman

is that so much to ask

I totally respect Ben Aflect ability as a director, but I think he's not for the man of steel as this a very huge epic project.

DEALING WITH SUPERMAN..



HOW DO YOU DO IT? HOW WOULD YOU DO IT? ITS BEEN DONE MANY TIMES FROM TV TO FILM AND TO DATE THE ONLY ONE THAT STICKS IN OUR MINDS IS CHRISTOPHER REEVE'S TAKE, THE EFFECTS WEREN'T AS CUTTING EDGE AS TODAY'S, NO CGI, HELL THEY USED WIRES AND PRACTICAL CAMERA TRICKS AND IT ALL GELLED TOGETHER..

MAYBE NOT EVERYONE OF THE CHRIS FILMS WAS AWSOME, SUPERMAN 2 WAS BY FAR THE BEST BUT ICONICALLY, YOU THINK OF SUPERMAN YOU THINK OF CHRIS REEVES THE THEME MUSIC, THE CRYSTAL FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THE WHOLE DEAL..

SO I GUESS HOLLYWOOD WAS OK WITH SINGER SUGGESTING HEY IT WORKED WITH HIM LETS GET A CLONE OF HIM AND BRING HIM BACK LIKE LAST TIME, AND THEY FOUND ROUTH...


THE GUY LOOKED AND SOUNDED LIKE REEVES, SOME PEOPLE LIKED IT SOME DIDN'T WHY DIDN'T SOME LIKE IT?


YOU MADE HIM EMO, YOU GAVE HIM BAGGAGE, YOU THREW IN REAL WORLD CRAP THAT TOOK THE "SUPER" OUT OF SUPERMAN AND YOU GAVE US LEX LUTHOR AGAIN WICH WAS REMINICENT OF GENE HACKMANS PORTRAYAL, I MEAN DON'T GET ME WRONG SPACY IS PHENOMENAL, BUT IT ALL SEEMED REPEATED...



SO HOW DO YOU DO IT RIGHT? THE WAY PEOPLE WANT? ITS HARD TO PLEASE THE PUBLIC, ITS GOING TO BE A RADICAL CHANGE..TRUE TO THE LORE AND NOTHING WE'VE SEEN REPEATED..ITS POSSIBLE, WE JUST NEED TO BE WOWED AGAIN, ITS ALL ABOUT THE TACKLE, HOW WILL NOLAN AND SNYDER TACKLE IT? I HOPE THE WAY WE WANT IT, OR AT LEAST THE GENERAL AUDIENCE.

He could have been good? I dont doubt that!
And i totally agree with him! Great story makes great movie!

So The Town is good?... Whats it about?

GUNSMITH@ I think so too?:)

The Town was very good but they tried to butter it up against "The Departed" too much.

It was very good, and I;ve watched it a few times, but The Departed was a cut above.

BTW- Leo DeCapprio for Hawkeye FTW!!!

ckal@ And i will definitely watch it when it comes in my way.

Erickz@ Agree on that!:)... He was pretty good in Changing Lanes, Hollywoodland, State of Play, Smokin´ Aces, Boiler Room and Dogma.
He has a part in a new un-named Terrence Malick (The Thin Red Line, The New World) movie and in new drama The Company Men (In other roles. Chris Cooper, Kevin Costner and Tommy Lee Jones)

Ror@ Exactly what i think it would be.

I think snyder is a just barely ok choice for directing superman. His movies are over directed. We'll get alotta cool slomos at best. Nolan's going to have to smack him around to get a good film out of him.

I thought The Town was somewhat of a let down. I was expecting something epic, on the level of Godfather, Heat, or Scarface, but to me it turned out to just be a movie about bank robbers. For such a simple story to have been considered an epic (as it could have been) it should have spent more time on characterization. Don't get me wrong, it was a good and entertaining movie, but it could have been a great movie.

I haven't seen "Gone Baby Gone", I'll look into it.

After a lot of thinking, I think Neil Blomkamp would have made a great Superman film. But he's not a flavour of the month Director is he.
Matt Reeves would have done great aswell.