Affleck As Batman
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It's hard for me to understand too. I just have a hard time seeing him as Batman. But I guess we'll see. I won't knock it too much until I see it. I've been a Batman fan all my life. He better not screw this up.
Exactly, Deuce. If it's hard to imagine anyone as Batman, it's Keaton. But he pulled it off quite well.
Dark Knight series was great. Although, the joker one was a little too dark for me. I mean it was like watching Saw III.
There are a lot of wet seats over this one at Warners. The original script was, apparently, crap. It went through a rewrite and didn't improve. Affleck then rewrote the revised script.
The movie has cost a reported $500,000,000 to make. It will need to make a cool billion to break even.
The movie has cost a reported $500,000,000 to make. It will need to make a cool billion to break even.
Adam West was the best Batman. George Reeves (not to be confused with Christopher Reeve, no "s") was the best Superman. Julie Newmar was the best Catwoman. Basil Rathbone was the best Sherlock Holmes. Warner Oland was the best Charlie Chan. And Curly was the best third stooge. Full stop, end of story.
Affleck might not be quite gravelly enough to be a natural Batman, but he's 6'2" and probably has the best chin for the job in Hollywood. I think he's got a better chance of doing the role justice than anyone who has come before.
Someone needs to search through all the college football try-outs every year and find someone who sounds like Kevin Conroy.
Someone needs to search through all the college football try-outs every year and find someone who sounds like Kevin Conroy.
Dark Knight Trilogy is as good as it gets. I won't spend a dime to see a hack like Affleck play such an
iconic role.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0h3Y4QFAAE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbRC9GRc5ww
iconic role.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0h3Y4QFAAE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbRC9GRc5ww
The inclusion of Aflac as batman made it go from a movie I would likely see on opening weekend to a movie that i might rent if I get around to it.
I liked the Dark Knight series, but my all time favorite was Batman Returns by Tim Burton. But then I like most of what Tim Burton does. Danny DeVito as the Penguin was great, and no offense to Julie Newmar, who was hot, but Michelle Pfeiffer was the funniest, sexiest Catwoman ever! I never saw Michael Keaton as being a good Batman, but he seemed to pull it off just fine. Not sure what to think about Affleck playing the part. Time will tell...
I dismissed him when he appeared in Finding Your Roots on PBS and found out some long,long,long relative was a slave owner. He tried to get the shows founder to scrub that out of his Genealogy. What a creep. Batman he is not , Creep he is.
Jeremy Brett was the best Holmes. Rathbone was nothing like the character Doyle created. I would put Cumberbatch and Downey ahead of Rathbone.
As for Afleck as Batman, I'll just say I'm very scared for the Batman franchise.
As for Afleck as Batman, I'll just say I'm very scared for the Batman franchise.
I don't like Afflak as an actor. I wish him luck, but Marvel has done wonderfully so far and frankly we don't need DC in the movie business because of Marvel's success. DC has had so many chances to do Wonder Woman and other characters justice but they haven't. I saw a pilot for a WW television series with Adrianne Palicki as the lead. They tweaked the franchise so horribly it was unrecognizable. She currently plays Bobbi in Agents of Shield and is a complete bad ass and fantastic. DC execs just don't get it. Its really simple. Do a decent origin story faithful to the original comic with good talent both behind and in front of the camera. Then build on it from there. I saw the original Superman series with George Reeves when I was a kid, and he seemed good when he wasn't drunk. Now it's just campy. Christopher Reeve did OK with bad scripts and mediocre co-stars. I didn't like the Directing. Julie Newmar was a great Catwoman and Eartha Kitt did an excellent job as well. My expectations of Affleck are so low, it's highly unlikely he will be as bad as I think. He can really only do better than I expect. Never watched Clooney or Kilmer past the first twenty minutes or so. Arnold as Mr Freeze and DeVito as the penguin were fun as hell. 
Mayfair, I don't think anyone could pull of Penguin like Danny DeVito did. Devito's Penguin was epic.
How does such a mediocre actor end up in so many good movies? At least Keanu Reeves isn't the new Batman.
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