The Batman: 7 Reasons George Miller Must Replace Ben Affleck

6. His Justice League Proved He GOT Comic Book Movies

The Batman George Miller
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Justice League: Mortal never actually got off the ground (thanks to a tax issue in Australia) but more recently some artwork from the planned film has hit the web, offering a look at Miller's vision and some of the world's we would have visited. In short, it looked a lot like he was ready to make a film that retained DC comics' aesthetic and pulpiness, paying homage to the golden age of comics.

His grand scale landscapes and vibrant colour palate is pretty far removed from what we've seen in the infamously glum DCEU (a hangover from Chris Nolan's more muted Dark Knight trilogy), and more akin to the Marvel approach to film-making. If you think that's a bad thing, simply because of the link to Marvel, you're a blinkered idiot: their films work for fans and at the box office because of their feel and their spirit.

Even with the darkest of all of the DCEU's characters, a more colourful Batman under Miller's charge would be entirely welcome, and it's not like his striking use of colour in Mad Max: Fury Road contradicted the darker tone.

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