Let's try and take the 'oh goody - more negative news to support my claims' emotions out of this, and attempt to look at the situation from a clock perspective. Meaning time in the day to do it all, and days in the year to pull this together.
He was producing, writing, directing, and acting/massively working out to make the entire picture come together. Anyone even attempting to guesstimate the hours that goes into all this for each responsibility? I think gym work alone is well over two hours. Which is what took him from 198 lbs. in 'The Town' to 231 lbs. in 'Batman v Superman'.
How Ben Affleck Got Big For Batman
Anyone have any examples other than this from a superhero movie of this size where one (1) person did all these roles? Heck, I get up 5 AM just to get a 45 minute workout in, and still feel like I ran out of time in the day. Imagine doing four (4) jobs - including all that continuous working out.
Hats off to Affleck if he maturely looked at the same situation and finally admitted to the studio something had to give, or the movie would fail. Why is that not that an option?
What you say is in fact true. But these facts are being revealed at the same time that we're hearing "what a mess the JLA" movie is. Which is also on the heels of two controversial DC movies that were supposed to help the franchise get kicked off to an AMAZING start. Even if you thought the movies released to date so far are "ok" or "good", we can pretty much rule out "mindblowing" and "spectacular" and "best ever", etc.
Then we've heard about folks jumping ship because they think the creative direction sucks....like the Flash director Rick Famuyiwa.
Even David Ayer had regrets concerning the direction he took his film in with the Joker.
The list of issues continues to grow.
There's alot riding on these movies for WB/DC and everyone involved in the projects.
So when you couple the mediocre movies that have been released, with the reports that have been surfacing it's not hard to imagine that there's some trouble brewing.
Don't forget for a split second that almost every bit of casting they've done has been shall we say....less than optimal for fans. Jessie Eisenberg who STILL SUCKS no matter how much you love the BvS movie.....he's destroyed the Luther brand for sure in this franchise and his presence is at best irritating.
They aren't really listening to what fans want, and that's the problem. They're cramming what they think the fans want...down their throat...and then are surprised by the aftermath of criticism.
I'm hopeful they'll pull the plane up before it crashes into the Andes, but I'm fully expecting casualties and confusion like last time.