Went and watched it today. It’s probably a 6-7 out of 10. The story had nothing to it. The villain was meh and I still can’t get into Affleck as Batman.

Flash and Aquaman were the best parts.
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Why don't you like Affleck? He absolutely looks the part. He's not as stern or cold (or powerful) as I'd like him to be but you can't name a single other live-action actor who does BATMAN better than he does. I'm talking the god damn BATMAN not these shitty whiney idiots like Christian Bale who immediately became a parody the second he used his "batman voice". Affleck's brand of comedy is also spot on.



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You whine about Bale's version of Batman but you're ok with the robot voice that Affleck does?

And the whole "secret identity" of Batman when played by Affleck is a joke. It's like they don't even care that he's supposed to be hiding who he is.
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Yes, the vocoder is very much Batman. Laughably grunting like an idiot in a way that no one can even understand is not.

I actually prefer the Neil Adams/Grant Morrison Batman where he's basically James Bond who doesn't kill or use guns and is completely overpowered in terms of narrative (always having some sort of card hidden up his sleeve the whole time). That to me, is the ultimate incarnation of Batman (even the cartoon was a reflection of this). Alas, WB/Synder wants to do the realism thing so if we're going to do the realism thing, let's ACTUALLY take it more seriously.

Nolan wanted to do pseudo-bullshit realism where everything is super gritty and "realistic" yet no one knows who Batman is and Batman doesn't "kill". In this version, they throw all that pretentious garbage out the window and come out and admit that Batman & Alfred are, in fact, criminals from Day 1 and anyone with half a brain could work out who Batman is so he might as well tell his allies up front. No issues there. Batman QUITTING for 10 years or whatever because his ****ing girlfriend died (except she wasn't actually his girlfriend) is just about the opposite of what The God Damn Batman would do. I can admit that TDK and TDKR are enjoyable, decent flicks on their own. But in terms of Batman, he's not in them.
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Also agree with this but that isn't Affleck's fault.
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I actually love the voice thingy this Batman uses
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Yes, I agree.
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I like Affleck as Batman...as said above he looks the part. I also hope he stays on for future movies.
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The only person who has really nailed the Bruce Wayne voice vs Batman voice is Conroy, but Affleck's vocoder is acceptable.
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BTW, Mathew Vaughn is in talks to direct the Man of Steel solo movie.
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Vaughn is awesome. I will go see this.
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And man, I would like to go see this movie while it's on the big screen, but I just can't muster the enthusiasm to go drop 15-20 bucks on a ticket for it. I'll probably kick myself for not doing it when I finally do see it on one of the movie channels....
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they have $5-$6 shows at most movie theatres down here. Not the prime time 7-9pm shows but, for the price, it's a bargain.
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We saw it last Saturday at 11:30 am at the AMC 16 in Burbank.

$8.49 a ticket.
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Finally got to see it. I actually do think the reviews are a bit harsh... this is way better than Batman vs. Superman. It was fun to see the characters on screen together too.

Although I have to concede the work on Cavill's mustache is just awful. I was able to get past it but I could see why people had a hard time taking the movie seriously with that kind of look. I saw where one of the FX guys said on reddit that they rushed everything, it sure looked like it.
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