Ben Affleck to play Batman?

RoboYeti · **Reply #30 on:** August 25, 2013, 03:23:44 AM

I was initially skeptical, but I'm warming up to the possibility he could do a good job. I mean, when Tim Burton cast Michael Keaton as Batman, it made no sense. The guy who played Beetlejuice, and Mr. Mom, as Batman? His first Batman movie is quite good though.

Freudian Frog · **Reply #31 on:** August 25, 2013, 03:27:55 AM

At first:

Then:

Conclusion:

... but it can't be worse than Christian Bale.

Yes, I'm overusing

because it's new for me.

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #32 on:** August 25, 2013, 05:12:58 AM

Quote from: RoboYeti on August 25, 2013, 03:23:44 AM

I was initially skeptical, but I'm warming up to the possibility he could do a good job. I mean, when Tim Burton cast Michael Keaton as Batman, it made no sense. The guy who played Beetlejuice, and Mr. Mom, as Batman? His first Batman movie is quite good though.

Yes well Michael Keaton is an excellent actor- the muscles were simulated with a foam rubber suit. I'm not sure we could find a foam rubber prosthetic to cover Affleck's lack of talent.

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AimlessWanderer · **Reply #33 on:** August 25, 2013, 05:35:57 AM

Could have been worse ..... could have been Rick Moranis

comis · **Reply #34 on:** August 25, 2013, 09:04:32 AM

I just remembered a distant nightmare--George Clooney. He is not a bad actor, especially considering recent work. But the Clooney Batman was a low-low. I don't like Affleck as a chooce, but I am doubtful he could make it even worse.

Gareth · **Reply #35 on:** August 25, 2013, 10:43:58 AM

For my Money Michael Keaton has still turned in the best Batman/Wayne performance. I know some of you will be creaming "what about Bale!" and even some of you thinking "what about West!?", but for me Keaton still does it best.

Whoey · **Reply #36 on:** August 25, 2013, 11:13:07 AM

Keaton Batman was on TV yesterday and we watched it. Comparing to the modern Bale/Dark Knight series it seems a tad cheesy now, especially the sheer amount of 80s wardrobe

mixed with the typical Gotham city art deco. Was still enjoyable in any case. The same cannot be said for some of the later flicks...

comis · **Reply #37 on:** August 25, 2013, 08:48:21 PM

Keaton was an ok batman in my opinion, but as much as I think Wayne is a social disconnect, the old plot might have overdone it at times

--there was one scene I vividly remembered(old part I or part II

), that he just sat at the end of a long table, zoning out in an unlit room and wait until the bat signal lit up in mid sky.

Being social misfit is one thing, but posing in a dark room for hours is another level. Can't he at least play with his SAKs collection?

Grant Lamontagne · **Reply #38 on:** August 25, 2013, 09:35:23 PM

Keaton, West and Bale all brought something interesting to the role. Clooney didn't and Kilmer could have, had the movie not been so badly written and shot by a bunch of drunk cameramen. Val kilmer wasn't a great Batman, but I think he could have been. The cream may float to the top, but when everything it's floating on is so vile and low, rising above it is still not worth talking about.

Affleck reminds me a lot of the choice of Clooney as Batman. Pick the flavor of the month actor that women swoon over and put him in as much stuff as you can until people think he's good or he starts to get ugly. Affleck plays the same character in pretty well every movie he's in, and none of them have much in the way of depth. Micheal Keaton and Christian Bale are both excellent actors that make you believe they are Batman, and the tortured Bruce Wayne putting on a facade to keep people from suspecting him. I just can't see Ben Affleck pulling that off.

Def