Ben Affleck is the new Batman

[Brock]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Part of being a great actor is making people forget that they're not watching the real life person but a character. Heath Ledger wasn't Heath Ledger in his role: He was The Joker. Heath Ledger disappeared. Very few actors have that ability.

I thought Bale was "fine" as Bruce Wayne but the star of the trilogy was Christopher Nolan. I think there are more than a handful of people that were capable of doing what Bale did as Batman.

All that said, Affleck is Warner's superstar these days and rightfully so. He should have won the Oscar for best director for "Argo" and was a fine actor. The Warner Brothers brass *think* they have another Clint Eastwood in Affleck, so this move is unsurprising.

Doesn't have the presence of Eastwood, or the chops of Bale. He's fine when he isn't having to carry the whole thing.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Brock

Doesn't have the presence of Eastwood, or the chops of Bale. He's fine when he isn't having to carry the whole thing.

He may not have the leading man appeal of Eastwood but he's just as a good, if not better, in the director's chair and a great screenwriter and story teller.

I don't understand Bale's appeal. He was great in The Mechanic and Rescue Dawn and everything else is just "okay".

I think JGL was far more mesmerizing and interesting in TDKR.

[durtyrute]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

He may not have the leading man appeal of Eastwood but he's just as a good, if not better, in the director's chair and a great screenwriter and story teller.

I don't understand Bale's appeal. He was great in The Mechanic and Rescue Dawn and everything else is just "okay".

I think JGL was far more mesmerizing and interesting in TDKR.

The overall movie made those films good, not Bale. He didn't really hurt it, but they were good simply because of him.

[Psyko Tek]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

He may not have the leading man appeal of Eastwood but he's just as a good, if not better, in the director's chair and a great screenwriter and story teller.

I don't understand Bale's appeal. He was great in The Mechanic and Rescue Dawn and everything else is just "okay".

I think JGL was far more mesmerizing and interesting in TDKR.

see equilibrium,
he's not that great , but GUNKATA kicks ass