Daredevil sucked. Lets just get that out of the way. We all know it was a hot piece of garbage and there’s nothing we can do about it. And if that’s any indication of what Ben Affleck is going to do as Batman, DC comics should file for bankruptcy now. Right? I’m not so sure. Look, I’m the first person to hop on a Ben Affleck hating train. I would love nothing more than to be the host of his roast on Comedy Central. But before we all get up in arms and start burning our utility belts, lets look at the context of the situation.
Daredevil came out in 2003. In that same window of time Ben Affleck put out the following movies [Ben's thoughts when signing on for these are in brackets]; Gigli [Note to self, don't let Jennifer ask you to do things mid coitus], Paycheck [Matt Damon made a movie about not remembering shit and it was awesome, maybe I should do a movie about not remembering shit too.], Jersey Girl [I can't believe Steven Tyler is holding me to that bet I made with him on Armageddon and making me do this movie with his daughter, and what the fuck is wrong with Kevin Smith], and Surviving Christmas [Fuck it]. I know, this isn’t a compelling argument thus far. But my point being, Ben was in a dark place. At least one must assume that. It’s the only way to explain how he went from Good Will Hunting to all these terrible movies. Had he stayed that course I’d probably just think Matt Damon must’ve made him look better than he actually was. But then something happened. Ben Affleck directed a little movie known as The Town. Wait what’s this, Ben Affleck might actually have talent. And then he followed that up with Argo and won an Oscar for his craftsmanship. So either Ben Affleck just hit a rough patch at the time of Daredevil, or somehow Matt Damon is controlling him now. Either way I think he’s proved we can consider that time of 2003 to 2004 as an anomaly and a time he’d rather not speak about.
Look we all had our dark period, whether it was high school or college, we all had a period in our lives where we dressed like idiots and did and said some absurdly dumb things. In high school I wore nothing but Phat Farm sneakers (I had 4 pairs of them) and multi-colored New Era hats. I thought I was in a Fabolous video (I would drink nothing but Hypnotiq and Sparxx). So am I going to fault Ben for Daredevil, well yes, that movie sucked, but am I going to punish him forever for it, no definitely not. Heath Ledger made A Knight’s Tale, and look how that turned out. And I dare anyone to claim they were excited for him to play the Joker prior to seeing the movie and then I will call bullshit. No one was excited for him, and he killed it. Ben Affleck won’t be nearly as good Heath, and hell he’ll have a tough time coming close to Christian Bale, but I think he will come close. Bale might’ve been the best Batman, but Ben can certainly improve the Bruce Wayne side of the character. I mean Ben looks a little more like a billionaire to me anyways. Now if for some insane reason they decide to cast Matt Damon in these movies as Robin, then I’ll start to worry and you can then ignore everything I just said. Not because Damon isn’t a good actor, but because I’m not trying to see Good Will Rising over here. But until that happens, I got high hopes for this. So Ben, I got your back, so don’t fuck this up. No pressure.
About Matt Cargile
Matt Cargile is the Editor in Chief of rookerville.com. He also works in finance, but refuses to read any news printed on pink paper. He is a child at heart with adult means. His childhood dream was to either become a magician or the leader of the next great empire and somehow both these things make complete sense. He's contradictory in nature, but is always consistent.
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