Regarding Affleck, the opinions are mixed at best:
“Many are praising Ben Affleck for his performance, but in all honesty he doesn’t impress. He is fine in the role, but not overly impressive or memorable.”
Examiner.com
"I still like Henry Cavill as the latter and Ben Affleck is good as Bruce Wayne, but he’s basically giving the same performance he gives in every movie cause Affleck doesn’t have much range."
weekendwarriorblog.tumblr.com
"…Bruce Wayne (Ben Affleck, more stone-faced and disinterested than usual) watches in horror from the ground...”
indiewire.com
“More problematically, even on a comic-book movie level there is no credible sense of danger like there is in the “Batman’’ movies directed by Christopher Nolan (who takes a producing credit this time). The demolition of an iconic landmark carries no more weight here than in “Independence Day.’’ Part of this is due to Affleck, who tries hard to project weary gravitas like his immediate successor Christian Bale as an older Batman, but too often comes off like a self-loathing Oscar-winning writer-director cashing a big paycheck.”
nypost.com
And you'll find other quotes son both sides of the spectrum.
From what I've read, Affleck is playing the Punisher instead of Batman.
I was one of those people who wrote this movie off when they cast him. It reeked of the WB suits telling Snyder who they wanted ('we need a big name! Ben is a big name!') and him going along with it because Affleck 'looks the part'. Because it's hard to find a caucasian guy with dark hair in Hollywood, I guess.
But at this point, isn't it fair to ask, what was the point? Why cast someone who lots of people will instantly doubt, or will write off, whether he does a good job or not? To be fair, how can we even tell if he's good or not when the movie is this bad? Lots of negative points seem like a result of bad writing (by the way, how many times did we hear that Chris 'Oscar Winner' Terrio's rewrite would save this movie?).
What a train wreck. As comic book fans, we all deserved better than this.
Cast an all new group, get a new director, blow it up, and start over.
(Pretty please?)
