Poll of the Day > Why didn't people like Ben Affleck as Batman?

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Jen0125
03/22/21 1:01:50 PM
#1:


I thought he did pretty well.

Imagine people who hated Affleck as Batman are gonna hate Pattinson because people take him even less seriously simply because of Twilight.

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BADoglick
03/22/21 1:07:49 PM
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I think people don't like Ben Affleck in general

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Entity13
03/22/21 1:11:01 PM
#3:


IMO, it's less to do with his performance, and more to do with many of his lines and also how abhorrent the movies were that he happened to be in. He could have been a fantastic Bruce/Batman if the movies had any modicum of quality.

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Jen0125
03/22/21 1:11:36 PM
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Well he def pulled of a sexy salt and pepper fox Bruce Wayne imo. I used to think he was just kinda dopey looking but he is aging great.

I also didn't realize Maggie from TWD was Martha Wayne in BvS

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Yellow
03/22/21 1:18:36 PM
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I liked BvS because I skipped half the movie.

You all were just cranky because you had to watch 1.5 hours of nothing.

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JoanOfArcade
03/22/21 1:24:20 PM
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He looked good in it. I thought he was the best part of the movie. It's sad Robert will never she'd Twilight because of internet works but that dude can act. The Lighthouse was amazing

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JoanOfArcade
03/22/21 1:25:24 PM
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I'd love a modern Batman based off the Adam West series with Affleck and Damon

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Mead
03/22/21 1:35:40 PM
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He was ok in the role imo, they just only used him in terribly written films. It wasnt his acting that was the problem.

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ParanoidObsessive
03/22/21 1:38:37 PM
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Entity13 posted...
IMO, it's less to do with his performance, and more to do with many of his lines and also how abhorrent the movies were that he happened to be in.

Mead posted...
He was ok in the role imo, they just only used him in terribly written films. It wasnt his acting that was the problem.

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IronBornCorps
03/22/21 1:41:19 PM
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I agree his acting was the worst issue in those films. Though I will say he played an unimpressive Daredevil also imo.
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Jen0125
03/22/21 1:41:50 PM
#11:


JoanOfArcade posted...
He looked good in it. I thought he was the best part of the movie. It's sad Robert will never she'd Twilight because of internet works but that dude can act. The Lighthouse was amazing

He is a great actor and has been in a lot of good films! He and Daniel Radcliff both.


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Blighboy
03/22/21 1:55:52 PM
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People complain about every time a superhero or other nerd character is cast, usually for stupid reasons

"He's too tall"
"Her boobs are too small"
"His eyes are the wrong colour"
"Her boobs are too small"
"He doesn't have the right accent"
"Her boobs are too small"

Don't trust nerds on the internet regarding casting, they never know what they're talking about

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Mead
03/22/21 2:03:48 PM
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Her boobs actually are too small though

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DirtBasedSoap
03/22/21 2:05:34 PM
#14:


when I really think about it, the entire character of Batman is really fucking stupid and isnt very interesting. Maybe it was cool in the 1940s but its a super dated and corny character in my opinion.

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Jen0125
03/22/21 2:06:05 PM
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DirtBasedSoap posted...
when I really think about it, the entire character of Batman is really fucking stupid and isnt very interesting. Maybe it was cool in the 1940s but its a super dated and corny character in my opinion.

He's my favorite superhero so I can't agree

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DirtBasedSoap
03/22/21 2:06:51 PM
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im just not big on superheroes. Spiderman video games are pretty fun I guess but thats it.

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JoanOfArcade
03/22/21 2:10:34 PM
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Mead posted...
Her boobs actually are too small though
Nah Jen's got nice sizes boobs

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Jen0125
03/22/21 2:11:24 PM
#18:


Please stop.

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Muscles
03/22/21 2:11:54 PM
#19:


Ben Affleck was the only good thing in Batman vs Superman, and I went in hating that choice

Idk about either version of Justice League though, skipped them because BvS was trash

I am excited for Pattinson after seeing the Lighthouse, twilight was just his big break that he took because he knew it was going to be that big break

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Mead
03/22/21 2:12:39 PM
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JoanOfArcade posted...
Nah Jen's got nice sizes boobs

I was referring to superhero womens

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Red_Frog
03/22/21 2:14:45 PM
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I thought people were apprehensive when the part was announced, and with the reason Daredevil was terrible. Seems like most of the time I see people praising Batfleck as the best part of the movies he was in, just unlucky being in some bad movies. I wouldn't mind seeing him in some standalone movies, but apparently he's done with the character.
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JoanOfArcade
03/22/21 2:16:44 PM
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Sorry

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ChimeraBlue
03/22/21 2:27:00 PM
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Pattinson has long since redeemed himself from Twilight, especially after his performance in The Lighthouse.

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MeteoricBurst
03/22/21 2:38:06 PM
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Ben Affleck isn't a good actor. He's a good director though. I didn't like his Batman not because of him but because his Batman is terribly written. Henry Cavill's Superman is even worse. It's too bad because they both fit the characters great looks wise. Affleck looks much better as Bruce/Bats than Christian Bale did. Not sure if Pattinson is gonna be better even though he is a better actor. Going off the trailers he looks more like Terry McGuinness than Bruce Wayne. I still like that they didn't try to rough up his looks too much, that would have been cringe.

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JOExHIGASHI
03/22/21 2:42:01 PM
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He did fine. Writers didn't do fine

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TheOkHornedRat
03/22/21 2:43:57 PM
#26:


ChimeraBlue posted...
Pattinson has long since redeemed himself from Twilight, especially after his performance in The Lighthouse.

seconded.

people seem to forget that he hated those movies as much as anyone. he was given an opportunity to get his foot in the door and i cant blame him for taking it. everything afterwards has been great.

and goddamn it i would love to see him and dafoe opposite each other again, with dafoe as the joker.

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DirtBasedSoap
03/22/21 2:44:54 PM
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yeah the lighthouse was fucking amazing

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BADoglick
03/22/21 3:14:22 PM
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https://youtu.be/-ahtp0sjA5U

This is Ben Affleck's best work

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Zikten
03/22/21 3:19:35 PM
#29:


I think most of the problems were not his fault but the script

Supposedly he is the first person to play live action batman who actually was a fan of batman ahead of time and even reads the comics. I think he understood who batman is as a person. But the script kinda was lame in BvS and Justice League. I haven't seen Snyder cut yet
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EvilMegas
03/22/21 3:24:56 PM
#30:


He was a great Batman in a bad movie.

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Jen0125
03/22/21 3:26:04 PM
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Maybe the criticism has died down. I remember it prominently when the movies came out. There's lot of people here that liked his portrayal just fine.

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ClarkDuke
03/22/21 3:45:39 PM
#32:


JoanOfArcade posted...
I'd love a modern Batman based off the Adam West series with Affleck and Damon
after thinking about it, i now want this too, ok? where do i sign?

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Blighboy
03/22/21 3:48:21 PM
#33:


Jen0125 posted...
Maybe the criticism has died down. I remember it prominently when the movies came out. There's lot of people here that liked his portrayal just fine.
It definitely died down. I never got it though.

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ReturnOfFa
03/22/21 3:52:51 PM
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Hilarious, this is being discussed here and in my CMNS class!

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Smarkil
03/22/21 3:55:41 PM
#35:


Blighboy posted...
People complain about every time a superhero or other nerd character is cast, usually for stupid reasons

"He's too tall"
"Her boobs are too small"
"His eyes are the wrong colour"
"Her boobs are too small"
"He doesn't have the right accent"
"Her boobs are too small"

Don't trust nerds on the internet regarding casting, they never know what they're talking about

I think his boobs might actually be too big.

in the snyder cut he's lookin like a real beefcake in his batsuit.

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Jen0125
03/22/21 4:08:33 PM
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ReturnOfFa posted...
Hilarious, this is being discussed here and in my CMNS class!

Nice

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Blighboy
03/22/21 4:09:16 PM
#37:


Smarkil posted...
I think his boobs might actually be too big.

in the snyder cut he's lookin like a real beefcake in his batsuit.
Those bats in the bat cave don't nurse themselves

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Muscles
03/22/21 4:27:11 PM
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Jen0125 posted...
Maybe the criticism has died down. I remember it prominently when the movies came out. There's lot of people here that liked his portrayal just fine.
I was under the impression that most people weren't happy about it until the movie came out and they realized he was the only good part

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MICHALECOLE
03/22/21 4:30:19 PM
#39:


Ive always loved Ben Affleck, thought he was a great Batman in a couple terrible movies
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FrozenBananas
03/22/21 4:40:54 PM
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Kotenks posted...
He was too murdery but that's not him. it's on the writer.

to be fair thats a dream sequence of another realities Batman

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KogaSteelfang
03/22/21 4:41:56 PM
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Jen0125 posted...


I also didn't realize Maggie from TWD was Martha Wayne in BvS
Negan was her husband too.

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Jen0125
03/22/21 5:08:01 PM
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KogaSteelfang posted...
Negan was her husband too.

Yeah, Jeffrey Dean Morgan is a well established actor.

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rjsilverthorn
03/22/21 5:10:51 PM
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Kotenks posted...
He was too murdery but that's not him. it's on the writer.

Honestly I would have been OK with him being murdery if he was at least logically and consistently murdery.
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Bugmeat
03/22/21 6:41:17 PM
#45:


I thought he was great as Batman. I didn't care for him as Bruce Wayne though. Whereas I loved Christian Bale and Bruce Wayne but didn't care for him as Batman.


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wolfy42
03/22/21 7:23:48 PM
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I just got done watching the snyder cut and then rewatch BVS with friends in t he last few days (we are currently watching Wonder Woman (the first one) for (me) the fourth time lol.

Anyway in BvS he straight up murders people, not just by branding them (and later on he mentions he has "friends inside" who i guess is the people killing anyone he brands, but first in the dream suquence in the future (but ok, that is a dream) but then he shoots and kills people when rescuing Martha.

Isn't batmans whole thing he doesn't kill anyone?

Anyway i actually liked Ben Affleck better then Christian bale, think he's my second favorite movie batman actually (first was best to me). First joker was best as well. I absolute hate eisenburg as Lex Luther tho.

WW is fucking fantastic tho as always, and I didn't like the new superman dude, but after watching the Witcher, I like him alot more (henry carvell or something like that).

Anyway really liked the snyder cut, and did enjoy BvS more the second time than the first.

Also I so feel for Ben who was a real big time Batman fan and then got panned, was so unfair, tho to be honest, Daredevil did suck.

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Jen0125
03/22/21 7:31:05 PM
#47:


Put some fucking respect on Henry Cavill's name

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wolfy42
03/22/21 7:33:07 PM
#48:


Jen0125 posted...
Put some fucking respect on Henry Cavill's name


The fact I can even come close to remembering it is a ton of respect. I don't remember any of my previous roomates names, including the ones I'm currently renting from because I rarely see them lol. If I can remember a name or close to it at this point, it means i really like the actor etc. Forget about spelling it right though. I barely spell my own name right anymore lol.

As an example the first movie batman was my favorite but I can't remember the name of the actor who played him. Luckily I can still remember jack nickleson (barely I had to pause there when typing it to grab it out of my cluttered mind), but can't remember Bats at all sadly.

I actually liked Sup's more in justice/BvS then Bats, even though I thought Ben did a good job, they made Batman all murder death kill instead of stupid dump pacificst that everyone wants to murder death kill but doesn't (sometimes it's not good to get what you wish for).

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Snake
03/22/21 8:13:07 PM
#49:


Ben Affleck has always been one of my least favorite actors. Especially in his younger years. I just wanted to punch his douchy face. However he completely redeemed himself as Batman. He was believable and looked badass in the role.

I think criticism came about because his performance in Justice League seemed phoned in. I'm sure the negative reception to the direction of BvS and Justice Leagues production changes played a part in that. It's not really surprising his Batman film fell apart after that.

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Smiffwilm
03/22/21 8:58:25 PM
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Tbf, you could've just stopped typing any words after "Ben Affleck" in the topic question and still conveyed the same question.

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