Ben Affleck is another one. Apparently Zack Synders first choice was Josh Brolin but, and get this, Josh turned the role down...he turned BATMAN down because he didn't agree with the way Zack was taking him, probably because of the fact Batman killed and the like. However I think because Josh Brolin in Warner Brothers eyes wasn't a huge "money maker" like Affleck
(after the Oscar winning Argo and the highly praised Gone Girl), especially when it was rumoured he was going to direct the Justice League years ago. So yeah in my opinion Josh should have gotten the role for Batman, I think he would have made a fantastic one.
Then there's Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, she's pretty...that's it. She's a model turned actress with a pretty face who can't act for the life of her and I've seen her in basically all the Western things she's been in, not just the Fast and Furious films, she was just bad as WW but funnily enough one of the lighter parts of the film yet her character still felt forced, something to get DC fans to nerdgasm over the trinity this early instead of the Justice League, could have replaced her role of bringing the two heroes together more with Lois Lane rather then have her as a Damsel in distress a few times in the film. No offence aswell but she doesn't really look like her, far too skinny for the role and despite her "efforts" of training she's only managed to train the small amount of muscle she had on her. In the end it was because she was eye candy and being a small time actress she was most likely very cheap for a multi-contract deal. Now who would I cast? I honestly don't know but if they were going for a crap actress then I would have went with Gina Carano, bad acting like I've said but hey she looks better for the role in my opinion.
Oh and despite only being a cameo, Ezra Miller as the Flash. I'm sorry but this is the worst of the lot, the guy looks nothing and I mean NOTHING like Barry Allen. He's said to be well built for his age, in his early 30s, bright blonde hair and piercing blue eyes. Now I'm not on the Grant Gustin train, not a fan of him either
(sorry I don't like the Flash, horrible to think I'm a huge DC fan and not like hardly anything they put out, I'm fussy) but Grant compared to Ezra looks like the holy grail of casting, that's how bad it is. Yeah, yeah before you all say it I know he's a good actor but the Indie stuff he's been in and other projects have nothing which makes you look at him and go
"Yeah he could play the Flash". He honestly looks a little Asian in my opinion, like half Japanese or something, this isn't me being racist or anything lets not jump to silly conclusions but he really does, it's subtle but it's there alright
(I obviously know he's not by the way before anyone says). Even if he dyed his hair it wouldn't fix it and like some people out there even if he worked out now it's still not going to make much of a difference. The guy is just poorly cast.
God I'm sorry I've ranted, hopefully no one will get p****** off with me but being a huge fan of DC
(despite not looking like it...I know) I just have high standards and after Marvels Cinematic Universe I could see how better DC could have done their own plan. I mean I'm a fan of Marvel aswell but I managed to get over their flaws because lets face it
1) They never knew it was going to be successful which meant poor planning
(Ant Man would have been first, would have presented the idea of the Avengers to Fury and created Ultron if they knew the whole Universe idea was going to be big) and
2) They don't own all the characters
(Spiderman would have been in Phase 1). It's something I managed to forgive but with DC they should have looked at Marvels mistakes and did the slow build up 10 times better. Man of Steel, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Green lantern, Aquaman then Justice League. I guess after all those years I just built up in my head too long and got dissapointed it didn't go my certain way, I guess I have problems...only myself to blame I guess.
<sigh>
Anyway back on topic ha
