>His acting chops tho? Nothing has shown him even remotely
>able to tackle the gritty that's become synonymous with
>Nolan's Batman. And what we expect out of our superhero
>movies in general*

>They should have went with a lesser name, and given him the
>movie to produce/direct.

I'd be on board with him to direct and, say, Gosling, Damon, or Clooney as Batman. I don't think he's just a hired hand in this though, not with his recent directing/writing credentials. I seriously doubt WB brought him into this mix to do nothing more than take orders from an inferior director.

>He's probably one of the best
>working directors in Hollywood today,

Agreed.

>and one of the most
>mediocre actors still getting work at the same time LOL (helps
>he casts himself in his own movies tho)

Nah, can't clap to that. He does terrific work in his own movies IMO.

>*Elephant in the room being the Avengers series, if they take
>a more lighthearted tone then Affleck could pull it off but I
>don't think thats how people want their Bats.

How gritty is Spiderman? How gritty was F4? How gritty was... uh... well.... erm... what other big same SH films are there? What, Punisher? Does that even count? Nope, it's just been Batman for the most part. I think the reverse is true, Ben will help to add those layers to this.