The Internet has exploded. Again.News broke earlier tonight that Ben Affleck has been cast as Batman in the forthcoming Man of Steel sequel, set for release on July 17, 2015. And collectively social media have got together to absolutely freak out. “Daredevil!” People are screaming. “Gigli!”They shouldn’t. It’s been ages since Affleck made movies like that, for starters, and they were always the outliers. Affleck is unlikely to ever win an Academy Award for his acting, but that moment in time when he seemed to be EVERYWHERE tainted his reputation and turned a lot of people against him in a way that’s totally disconected from the films he actually makes.Why do we think the casting of Ben Affleck isn’t such a bad thing? Read on…Zack Snyder is good at drawing out a performanceYou think he’s an odd choice for Batman? Understandable. What did you think of the Watchmen cast?With the possible exception of Malin Akerman’s cardboard performance, whatever problems that film had (and I think they’re overstated) certainly didn’t come from the performances, and Snyder got some work out of a couple of those guys that they’ve never approached anywhere else.
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