Frank Miller has been credited with making the Batman mythos darker than any comic book writer had done before. His vision for the superhero has seen its influences, especially on the Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight prequels. The famous comic book writer, however, has not enjoyed any of the past Batman movies.
With DCEU ordering a solo Batman movie, fans have been hopeful that the new Batman movie would outdo the previous films. Ben Affleck has been handed the responsibility to star, direct and write the new film. Although Affleck has not said anything so far about the storyline, he has been quoted as saying he was deeply influenced by Batman: Year One.
The legendary comic book writer discussed with Variety about how he would make a Batman movie:
“My dream would be to make it much smaller. To lose the toys and to focus more on the mission, and to use the city a great deal more. Because he’s got a loving relationship with the city he’s protecting. And unlike Superman his connection to crime is intimate; it has been ever since his parents were murdered. And he defeats criminals with his hands. So it would be a different take. But it will never be in my hands, because it would not be a good place to make toys from. There wouldn’t be a line of toys.”
Miller’s reference to “the toys” own may be the reason why Batman movie with Darren Aronofsky was ultimately scrapped due to the movie being too dark. Aronofsky has made a name directing films about characters dealing with their own demons.
“That screenplay was based on my book “Batman: Year One,” and yeah it was much more down to earth. In it a fair amount of time is spent before he became Batman, and when he went out and fought crime he really screwed it up a bunch of times before he got it right. So it was 90-minute origins story.”
Frank Miller has been vocal when it comes to the Batman films. And it seems like he was still not very impressed by what he saw in the latest one BvS:
“I’ll just say: “Thanks.” What can I say? [Laughs] No, actually I’ll withdraw that; I’ll say: “You’re welcome!”
