Unless you are living under a rock, you've probably heard that Ben Affleck has been cast to play Bruce Wayne a.k.a. Batman in Zack Snyder's upcoming Man Of Steel sequel, tentatively titled Superman vs Batman. Or Batman vs Superman. He'll be going up against Henry Cavill's Superman in the movie. It seems like a lot of people are unhappy about this casting decision, probably due to some of Mr. Affleck's past movies, such as Daredevil, another comic book adaptation. I understand. I didn't think Daredevil was good when it came out, and I watched it again a year or two ago, and still thought it was awful. As with most, if not all, of the bad movies Affleck has been in, I don't think his acting skills had anything to do with why they weren't good. In the case of Daredevil, it was probably mostly the fault of Mark Steven Johnson. He wrote AND directed that embarrassment of a movie.
I'm a pretty big fan of Affleck. When he's working with good material, the guy is fantastic. I think he is a natural fit for the role of Bruce Wayne / Batman, and have no problem seeing him as the character. He wouldn't have been my first choice, but I couldn't really think of anyone who was an obvious choice. I do like some of the names that have been thrown around recently, and also would have been into some of them being Batman, but I think Affleck is at least as good a fit as any of them would have been.
Speaking of being able to see Affleck as the character, I can't wait until they release the first photo of him in the new batsuit so that I can put it together with a photo of him wearing the Superman suit in the movie Hollywoodland, in which he played George Reeves, the actor who portrayed the titular superhero in the television show Adventures of Superman. Of course, now I can't help but to imagine a Ben Affleck Batman fighting a Ben Affleck Superman. You know you'd pay to watch that.
This news also got me thinking about something else. I know it was reported that Affleck already turned down directing the Justice League movie, but what if he now reconsiders, or directs the solo Batman movies? I think he'd be a natural fit considering his work on Gone Baby Gone, The Town, and Argo, all of which were fantastic movies. And I think he's especially great as an actor when he's directing himself, and doing what he wants in the performance, rather than being directed by someone else. He's got good instincts when it comes to performing. Anyway, Affleck directing these movies might be a long shot, but at least I'm looking forward to seeing him portray Batman. Bring on 2015.
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