I still don't get him as Batman. I mean he looks ok in the suit, but so did George Clooney. I just don't feel he fits Wayne the same as I didn't feel Clooney or Kilmer did.
This is a personal opinion thing so don't get all huffy if I don't think he fits the role. My reasoning is that any time he gets to looking like he's brooding he looks like a little sad puppy. To me Batman or Bruce is always a person on edge. He is the guy that sits on the very edge of violent rage, but what makes him unique is his force of will to keep from going over the edge. He deals with a daily sorrow and sadness, but he has to keep his rage in check. He isn't someone who lost a parent without seeing it. He was powerless to stop it and punishes himself all the time for it and this builds rage.
Affleck just doesn't have that edgey look. I feel a person who has played psychotics or extreme violent characters and is known for it has the look for both Batman and Bruce Wayne. Keaton and Bale both had this look and both had played psychotic characters in other roles.
Aside from the quality or style of the movie I felt Ben Affleck looked the part of Daredevil perfectly. Daredevil always came off to me as a person of compassion a softer hand. Batman has a coldness to him a kind of hard attitude that you only see broken when he's truly enraged. Anyway that's my two cents. Affleck is a good actor I just never felt his style fits Batman, but as I said it's opinion take it as you will.
Oh and I think it's funny how people seem to think you can't judge something before you've seen it. I can imagine Affleck will do a decent enough job as Batman. Still doesn't mean I will like his portrayal of Batman or Bruce. A person who has a negative opinion about something when proven right is considered to be right. When a person who decides they changed their mind about it then they accept that they were wrong. Imagining that you have to wait till the results are in to cast a decision as to how the dice will land is dumb.
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