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Other Discussions => Entertainment => Off Topic => Movies => Topic started by: RebusRankin on August 22, 2013, 11:05:56 PM
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http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/08/22/ben-affleck-batman/
Don't like the idea.
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terrible choice for batman, terrible
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Bad idea. Why don't they just sign up Ryan Reynolds? Ugh.
And why are they "rebooting" a franchise that was just done, and masterfully so?
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your new bruce wayne......
(http://www.redclaysoul.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Dazed-and-Confused-Ben-Affleck-Red-Clay-Soul.jpg)
what a joke
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He should stick to directing.
Doing a heckuva job there.
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RIP Batman, turrible choice indeed though i hope Zach can work his magic with him. I would be ok with Ryan Gosling instead.
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Ugh... Well, wait and see I guess.
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Does NOT matter----cause ALL the Batman Movies have SUCKED anyway...it's All about MARVEL---!!!
8)
The last Batman had SO MANY Holes in the plot---Terrible.
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Why are they even making a new batman?
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Why are they even making a new batman?
It's a Superman movie, with Batman in it. Kinda sorta like the Avengers, presumably to set up the Justice League (DC version of Marvel's Avengers.)
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Why are they even making a new batman?
It's a Superman movie, with Batman in it. Kinda sorta like the Avengers, presumably to set up the Justice League (DC version of Marvel's Avengers.)
ding ding ding
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Great Daredevil plays Batmen! Maybe he will play Batmen like the "Batman & Robin" on Saturday Night Live!!!! LOL!
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Honestly, I thought the whole Batman gig was over, as in that it was supposed to be a trilogy with this current series...so what happened???
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Honestly, I thought the whole Batman gig was over, as in that it was supposed to be a trilogy with this current series...so what happened???
Octology........ :p
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Affleck has already played Daredevil AND Superman (George Reeves)....and the Human Torch somehow became Captain America....Affleck is a better actor than that guy.
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The MAIN problem with the BATMAN movies is---Batman is hardly ever actually IN the [dang] movies----they make it ALL ABOUT the Villains....even the last one----freaking CATWOMAN had to knock off Bane----HORRIBLE--!!!!
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It'll be fine.
"Man of Steel" wasn't a great movie. 56% rotten and 55/100 on Metacritic tends to back that up. But what it did get VERY RIGHT were the action scenes. Superman moved and fought like you'd expect to see Superman fight. While the movie as a whole was kind of hacky (blame Zack Snyder), it was arguably the best depiction of a comicbook-come-to-life that I've ever seen (blame Zack Snyder). So...
#1 - Expect to see the most accurate depiction of Batman's fighting style to date. No more clunky, poorly choreographed close-up action shots. Batman will be agile. Batman will be athletic. Batman will kick serious ass. Whatever martial arts stuntman dons that costume is going to look amazing. You're going to love it.
#2 - As much as I loved 'The Dark Knight" series, Batman often took a back seat in those movies. He wasn't nearly as compelling as the villains. I'd go as far as to say that in TDK, Batman was downright boring. Heath Ledger entirely carried that film, imo. It's a fact. It's one of the reasons why I prefer "Batman Begins" to TDK. The Nolan Batman movies were great, but let's not overrate the Nolan-version Batman depiction. He was just aiight.
#3 - Christian Bale was a solid Bruce Wayne, but I have little doubt in Ben Affleck's ability to play Bruce Wayne. He absolutely looks the part. He absolutely has the range and intensity. He absolutely has the acting chops. He gets a bad rep for some misfires, but for the most part I've enjoyed his work. Some of his early work like Good Will Hunting, Boiler Room and Dogma were money.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqDtf1aw818 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSQYRq8kf4g
He was perfectly fine in recent films he directed like "The Town" and "Argo".
Are you really trying to tell me that this Oscar winning filmmaker isn't good enough for Zack Snyder's hacky cash-grab rushed visual-driven sequel to his "Man of Steel" live-action cartoon? Come on. This crap will be fine. It certainly will not be on the level of Nolan's work... none of Snyder's work is. In fact, this silly half-assed movie will probably get critically panned even harder than "Man of Steel". Snyder has yet to make a critically acclaimed film. This will not be any different... But at the end of the day, you're going to enjoy the heck out of seeing Ben Affleck's Batman do his thing with Superman. It will be comic panels come to life, man. The action scenes will be worth the price of admission. Relax.
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Give Adam West another crack at it
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Why is everyone so down on Affleck? The dude puts up monster hit after monster hit. Look at his IMDB... he is starred in 5 of your favorite movies ever and you don't even realize it. Dude's a beast.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000255/
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Why is everyone so down on Affleck? The dude puts up monster hit after monster hit. Look at his IMDB... he is starred in 5 of your favorite movies ever and you don't even realize it. Dude's a beast.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000255/
Yeah. People seem to remember him for Gigli and his J-Lo relationship, but he has been in a number of great movies and hopefully some of his brilliant directing skills will creep into the movie. I mean I like Man of Steel, but there were obviously some real issues with it. It was not the new Batman's or any of the Spiderman's, but it wasn't a bad movie. They certainly need to do Batman and Superman correctly though and frankly I think Batman is going to have a very small role. This is afterall a Superman movie, not a Batman/Superman movie.
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terrible choice for batman, terrible
Possibly better than George Clooney or Val Kilmer.....mixed feelings if Batman has a Boston accent
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I think it'll come down to the writing and directing moreso than Ben's acting. He looks the part and he's a better actor than he's getting credit for here.
as eja117 pointed out, he can't be worse than Clooney or Kilmer (2 of my favorite actors) were.
Man of Steel was ok. I think my biggest problem with the movie was that there was no humor. the best superhero movies have had at least a few moments of humor in them to break the tension. Although, TDK had no real humor in it but man did Heath Ledger give the performance of a lifetime (literally) in that movie.
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terrible choice for batman, terrible
Possibly better than George Clooney or Val Kilmer.....mixed feelings if Batman has a Boston accent
Should have brought back Keaton.
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terrible choice for batman, terrible
Possibly better than George Clooney or Val Kilmer.....mixed feelings if Batman has a Boston accent
Should have brought back Keaton.
He was great, but he was far too old to reprise the role of Bruce Wayne.
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Why is everyone so down on Affleck? The dude puts up monster hit after monster hit. Look at his IMDB... he is starred in 5 of your favorite movies ever and you don't even realize it. Dude's a beast.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000255/
Yeah, I am not sure I see the problem. I actually think Affleck is a great choice. He looks the part, is a solid actor, and I think can pull off the charming billionaire. There aren't many guys who I could think of who are better suited to this role.
I really hope he doesn't copy Bale's annoying whispering routine though. That always drove me nuts.
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terrible choice for batman, terrible
Possibly better than George Clooney or Val Kilmer.....mixed feelings if Batman has a Boston accent
Should have brought back Keaton.
He was great, but he was far too old to reprise the role of Bruce Wayne.
I disagree. It depends upon what story they tell, but at Comicon I think that they quoted from The Dark Knight Returns. In that story, Batman is 55; Keaton is 61.
Obviously, they're not going in that direction.
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I don't think Affleck will be that bad
He could probably pull of charming billionaire
He has experience playing superheroes
Although we'd all probably rather forget that abomination
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terrible choice for batman, terrible
Possibly better than George Clooney or Val Kilmer.....mixed feelings if Batman has a Boston accent
Should have brought back Keaton.
He was great, but he was far too old to reprise the role of Bruce Wayne.
I disagree. It depends upon what story they tell, but at Comicon I think that they quoted from The Dark Knight Returns. In that story, Batman is 55; Keaton is 61.
Obviously, they're not going in that direction.
Keaton was the man. Loved him as Batman.
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I love Affleck as the choice. My initial reaction is that even though its Superman and Batman we will see a lot of more of Superman and Batman will just be a supporting character most of the time?
Maybe I am completely off in that assumption?
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Superman and Batman teaming up? I'll save you all some trouble:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FywMOuMqNuI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeT1t0lQn5Q
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terrible choice for batman, terrible
Possibly better than George Clooney or Val Kilmer.....mixed feelings if Batman has a Boston accent
Should have brought back Keaton.
He was great, but he was far too old to reprise the role of Bruce Wayne.
I disagree. It depends upon what story they tell, but at Comicon I think that they quoted from The Dark Knight Returns. In that story, Batman is 55; Keaton is 61.
Obviously, they're not going in that direction.
wait wait wait. A 55 year old was trying to beat up Bane?
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I would rather have Tom Hardy as Batman.
He already failed in a superhero flick already, and I have much respect for his talents but he's not Batman-material.
Sigh.
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terrible choice for batman, terrible
Possibly better than George Clooney or Val Kilmer.....mixed feelings if Batman has a Boston accent
Should have brought back Keaton.
He was great, but he was far too old to reprise the role of Bruce Wayne.
I disagree. It depends upon what story they tell, but at Comicon I think that they quoted from The Dark Knight Returns. In that story, Batman is 55; Keaton is 61.
Obviously, they're not going in that direction.
If they do a "Batman Beyond" movie, they should cast Keaton.
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terrible choice for batman, terrible
Possibly better than George Clooney or Val Kilmer.....mixed feelings if Batman has a Boston accent
Should have brought back Keaton.
He was great, but he was far too old to reprise the role of Bruce Wayne.
I disagree. It depends upon what story they tell, but at Comicon I think that they quoted from The Dark Knight Returns. In that story, Batman is 55; Keaton is 61.
Obviously, they're not going in that direction.
wait wait wait. A 55 year old was trying to beat up Bane?
"The Dark Knight Rises" isn't the same as "The Dark Knight Returns".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Knight_Returns
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http://popwatch.ew.com/2013/08/23/ben-affleck-batman-jeff-doc-jensen/ (http://popwatch.ew.com/2013/08/23/ben-affleck-batman-jeff-doc-jensen/)
Interesting take on what the movie might be.
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http://www.eonline.com/news/452345/bryan-cranston-reportedly-cast-as-lex-luthor-in-man-of-steel-sequel-joseph-gordon-levitt-talks-ben-affleck-as-batman?utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=imdb_topstories (http://www.eonline.com/news/452345/bryan-cranston-reportedly-cast-as-lex-luthor-in-man-of-steel-sequel-joseph-gordon-levitt-talks-ben-affleck-as-batman?utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=imdb_topstories)
Great choice if true.
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http://www.eonline.com/news/452345/bryan-cranston-reportedly-cast-as-lex-luthor-in-man-of-steel-sequel-joseph-gordon-levitt-talks-ben-affleck-as-batman?utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=imdb_topstories (http://www.eonline.com/news/452345/bryan-cranston-reportedly-cast-as-lex-luthor-in-man-of-steel-sequel-joseph-gordon-levitt-talks-ben-affleck-as-batman?utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=imdb_topstories)
Great choice if true.
Thats a great call in their part. Taking advantage of his hot streak with breaking bad and what seems like a great actor (havent seen it but heaerd nothing but good stuff from him).
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Im on board with Affleck as Batman. My first choice was Jensen Ackles, and was surprised by this, but its really settling in as a solid choice.
He was really good in Company Men and Argo. His acting has become really refined. Better than when he played Dare Devil which every one compares him too. He's in better shape now then he was back then too, so that argument is out of the window too.
But some of the people reactions are crazy. Saying its the worst casting ever and starting a petition. Its like they casted Pee Wee Herman or Jonny Knoxville.
If he sucks he sucks. But I really going to wait until I see a clip before jumping off the fanboy bridge on this. But as long as he creates a good Batman voice it should be fine.
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If I get the Affleck from Argo I'm fine with it. Maybe better than fine. But if i get ONE Boston accent out of Batman I might walk out.
Weee gotta go get tha jokah.
NO!
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Billionaire playboy he could definitely do
Bada** crime fighter I am not so sure about
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If I get the Affleck from Argo I'm fine with it. Maybe better than fine. But if i get ONE Boston accent out of Batman I might walk out.
Weee gotta go get tha jokah.
NO!
Bill Simmons was talking about this in a recent podcast. He says best accent goes to Matt Damon, but he didn't mention Ben Affleck. He hates the accent on Ray Donovan.