No matter how many times you post your stupid Fire Ben Affleck from Playing Batman petition, Im going to delete it and block you. Take a deep breath, and think for a second: Yeah, the dudes made some bad films. Every actor has. Every actor does. Every actor will. Its a huge, arcing career and NO ONE has control over where it goes. Movie to movie, year to year, youre collaborating and trying and risking and, sometimes, yes -- failing. Plus, everyone seems to forget that he had the world dropped in his lap when he was YOUNG. And, judging by how other suddenly-famous youngsters do in the same situation, he fared pretty well. Even when it went wrong, he seemed to keep a self-deprecating, long-view philosophy about the burning freak carousel hed found himself on. And then what happened? I mean, hed fallen from a HEIGHT. You know what happens to 95% of people who weather a descent that steep? They come apart, fray at all of their sanity nodes, and give up. But then theres the 5% who embrace crushing defeat and see it for the gift it is. And heres the gift: when you fail, and fail UTTERLY, you wake up the next morning and see that the world didnt end. And then the fear of failure is gone. And youre free. Youre free to proceed on your own terms and pace -- if you have the ego that permits you to. Ben brushed himself off, realized hed kept his eyes open on the movies hed done, and started directing. And hes become a damn good one. A Batman portrayed by someone whos tasted humiliation and a reversal of all personal valences -- kind of like Grant Morrisons Zen warrior version of Batman, post-ARKHAM ASYLUM, who was, in the words of Superman, ...the most dangerous man on the planet? Think for a second and admit that Ben Affleck is closer to THAT top-shelf iteration of The Dark Knight than pretty much anyone in Hollywood right now. Id write more, but I have to go work on my post about how an overweight 44 year-old comedian with bad feet and insomnia would be a bold choice for The Joker.
Posted on: Sat, 24 Aug 2013 17:53:54 +0000
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