the new batman
Jared Sperli stashed this in batman
Oh my. not sure this is a good move.
http://www.imdb.com/news/ni56087514/
"Ben provides an interesting counter-balance to Henry's Superman," director Zack Snyder said in a statement. "He has the acting chops to create a layered portrayal of a man who is older and wiser than Clark Kent and bears the scars of a seasoned crime fighter, but retains the charm that the world sees in billionaire Bruce Wayne. I can't wait to work with him."
Stashed in: Batman!, @pattonoswalt, @benaffleck, Christian Bale
Did you see Superman? I couldn't find the time.
Anyway, Affleck is more like Clooney, Kilmer, or Keaton than Christian Bale.
no, i did not see superman. only movie this summer in theaters i saw was This Is The End. It was quite fun.
I hope this was not their first choice. I would like to hear more about the decision making. My best guess is that they needed a dark haired movie star (since Superman is not played by a movie star).
Do two wrongs make a right?
Jared, to your point, I'm not sure how they made this decision.
Forbes likes the choice of Affleck:
@mbaratz that's ridiculous. I'd much rather see Ballmer as Batman.
No matter how many times you post your stupid "Fire Ben Affleck from Playing Batman" petition, I'm going to delete it and block you. Take a deep breath, and think for a second:Yeah, the dude's made some bad films. Every actor has. Every actor does. Every actor will. It's a huge, arcing career and NO ONE has control over where it goes. Movie to movie, year to year, you're collaborating and trying and risking and, sometimes, yes -- failing.Plus, everyone seems to forget that he had the world dropped in his lap when he was YOUNG. And, judging by how other suddenly-famous youngsters do in the same situation, he fared pretty well. Even when it went wrong, he seemed to keep a self-deprecating, long-view philosophy about the burning freak carousel he'd found himself on.And then what happened? I mean, he'd fallen from a HEIGHT. You know what happens to 95% of people who weather a descent that steep? They come apart, fray at all of their sanity nodes, and give up.But then there's the 5% who embrace crushing defeat and see it for the gift it is. And here's the gift: when you fail, and fail UTTERLY, you wake up the next morning and see that the world didn't end. And then the fear of failure is gone. And you're free. You're free to proceed on your own terms and pace -- if you have the ego that permits you to. Ben brushed himself off, realized he'd kept his eyes open on the movies he'd done, and started directing. And he's become a damn good one.A Batman portrayed by someone who's tasted humiliation and a reversal of all personal valences -- kind of like Grant Morrison's "Zen warrior" version of Batman, post-ARKHAM ASYLUM, who was, in the words of Superman, "...the most dangerous man on the planet"? Think for a second and admit that Ben Affleck is closer to THAT top-shelf iteration of The Dark Knight than pretty much anyone in Hollywood right now.I'd write more, but I have to go work on my post about how an overweight 44 year-old comedian with bad feet and insomnia would be a bold choice for The Joker.
Patton Oswalt as The Joker? Yes, please!
http://pandawhale.com/post/25738/better-batman-than-ben-affleck-betterbatmanthanbenaffleck
8:24 PM Aug 22 2013