Simply EPIC!

Rating: 10/10 (19 December 2019)

I've got no Idea how anyone can consider this anything other than extraordinary. They got the casting right, they got the story right, they got the Batsuit right, and most importantly they got Batman right. Affleck plays both Bruce and Batman perfectly. He truly captured the anger and brutality of Batman, which has never been so perfectly, or even close. Batman is one scary effin brute in this version. He is the Batman I'd least like to get my ass kicked by. Not taking away from Bale/Nolan films which are absolutely brilliant, yet they don't give us, the fans, the Batman we truly know and deserve. The damn warehouse scene IS BATMAN. One of my favorite scenes in any movie EVER. Of course he can take out a couple dozen armed guys...he's BATMAN. That's what he does. Bale was never shown to use any martial arts fighting techniques unless it was dropping a smoke bomb and escape like a ninja, and he didn't really incorporate his gadgets into his fighting style (which the Arkham video games did do well). Again it was a nod to let the fans know they want to give us what we want to see...Arkham style fight scenes. I loved the Dark Knight Trilogy, although now when I watch any of them, I just don't think that version of Bruce/Batman is all that great...he never really was. It seems I thought he was, until Affleck did it to perfection. The ridiculous fight scenes in Dark Knight, are just camera cutaways and blurred images that only tell us that Batman is probably winning. Other than the Bane fight they're all like this. Affleck is right out in full view, knocking dudes out, breaking bones, throwing dudes through walls...just being an angry brute, blocking bullets and knives, taking on multiple guys with a fair amount of ease. He looks so enraged and brutal, yet looks so much more polished, trained, experienced, and dangerous. And yes I know "he killed people"...but didn't Keaton kill... c'mon! Dropping bombs on the bad guys feet when they're at his Batmobile, a ticking time bomb he cuts off of a clown then attaches it to the clown and throws it into a manhole. He killed Joker as well. Nobody bitched about that.
Ask yourself this...if you had to bet on it, who would win in a fight, Affleck's Batman or Bale's Batman?