Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26080127-20150411163838/@comment-18172179-20150411223056

I watched her first Fast & Furious film to gauge them, but those aren't made to showcase scriptwriting or acting.

Well then, if the WW role is too big for her, we can always have her other talents.

SeoulKorea wrote: Remember back in 1989. Everyone thought Michael Keaton would be a horrible Batman but it turns out that his performance wasn't half bad. What if Affleck surprises us the same way

Keaton was being hated because he was relatively new and had mostly been featured in comedy films. Batman was serious business and people couldn't see Keaton in a role like that. Another point was his height and physique that was nothing like Batman should be. (1.70m/5'8'') But the movie was well done, in terms of production value. The acting might not be excellent for nowadays standards, but then it was pretty good.

Affleck on the other hand is now a much more seasoned actor, with good and bad movies from diverse genres and people complains because they can't see Affleck as the Dark Knight; and there's also the thing that he seems "too old", when at 42, Affleck is around the same age as Keaton was on Batman Returns. And nobody mentions that his physique is pretty much Batman's.

Point is, there is no telling until it's out. I'd like to think his performance will be decent. Also, have in mind, this is not a Batman movie, so he shouldn't be the center of attention. This is the part where production plays an important role. No matter how Affleck does the thing, if the movie is scripted so that he gets more screen time, just for the sake of "being Batman", then it shall fail. We'll have to wait and see if Z. Snyder is able to deliver.