There was a huge negative reaction to the announcement that Ben Affleck will dawn the cape and cowl. So I pose the question will Batman be the reason for another billion dollar blockbuster? The answer is yes and no so let one of the worlds biggest Superman fans explain why. Man of Steel success was due to a great storyline, action, and great presentation of characters. Lets see most people grew up on the Richard Donner version of Superman like myself and after that Superman Returns which was a movie I loved but the lack of action and making Superman look like a PU**Y whipped peeping tom didn't help. So lets think about this and that's as the times changed the way they presented Superman changed a bit with how his character was challenged in the Justice League animated series. Also with the animated film Superman verses the Elite, they showed a side of Superman that the world thought they wanted but feared. So with the launch of the New 52 brought a new look for Supe's and a new attitude but with the same morals installed by ma and pa Kent.
So with that being said made it common sense with the direction Man of Steel went. Now lets see people hated the dark tone of Superman and the collateral damage in the movie but lets face what better way to show the power and danger of two gods locked in battle. When you watched the final battle in Avengers did you really say to yourself the world was in danger or New York. It was great movie but it truly diminished Thanos and the Chitarie that one God, a Hulk, Capt. Steriod's, and three humans(Ironman, Black Widow, and Hawkeye) was more powerful than a intergalactic army that led us to believe to have better tech than ours plus they had a God in Loki on their side. Sorry I pointed out the obvious. Next they hated Superman killed Zod who was the worst villain you can face because he believed he was right. Superman felt remorse he had to kill Zod because they set it up perfectly and put Supes in a situation where he had no choice. So now that I gave a few reasons why the Superman element will more than do his part. Ben Affleck wasn't my first choice for Batman because of Christian Bale and the outstanding job he did as Batman not to mention to be able to hold his own with that legendary performance by the late Heath Ledger as the Joker. So if you can move on from the failure that Batman and Robin was not to mention the bat nipples then you can move on from Daredevil. Since that abomination Ben has rebounded with great performances in the Town and Argo not to mention him as a director. Now he has more than enough motivation to prove the nay sayer's wrong. He is a decent actor and has the ability to pull off Bruce Wayne just the Batman part will be his biggest challenge but its a fact that if you have good material to work with then it can truly help your performance but it does take a great actor as well and Ben is no scrub.
So will Batman be the reason for a billion dollar block buster yet again and the yes part of the answer is the fact of how popular Batman has become over the past decade and the no part to the answer is because the response when it was announced Ben would be Batman. In my opinion it will be a billion dollar success and if it doesn't have to compete with major releases like Man of Steel did then it might do as big if not bigger as Avengers 2 will which is smart of Marvel Studios and that's to release their money makers when there is no competition. So what do you think, Will Batman be the reason for another billion dollar success?