Robert Pattinson as Batman

So I recently saw the new Batman trailer with Robert Pattinson as Batman. I have to be honest, when I heard that he was going to be the new Batman, I thought it was a joke. When I realized that it was for real, then I simply wrote the film off. No way I’m going to watch a Batman movie where Edward plays Batman.

That’s the problem that many of us have, that right there. We forget that it is not Edward who will play Batman, it is Robert Pattinson. Despite having seen him do a great job on Harry Potter, I’ve always judge Pattinson off of Twilight.

Look at what a friend of mine wrote in response when I posted how surprised I was that the trailer looked good.

“Why were you upset? It seems like people were mad just because he was in Twilight, but never recognized his other work. Twilight isn’t my cup of tea, mind you… but neither was the treatment of the actor who was just performing his role. If this isn’t your reason, Im curious to know why?”

Oh hell yeah that’s my reason! 100% Mind you, I watched all the Twilight Saga films and I enjoyed them as much as I hated the ridiculous back and forth dialogue between Bella and Edward.

In fact, I also have all the books and I’ll restate that I did dig him on Harry Potter. My son has been telling me the same, “Stop judging him based on Twilight and watch his other work like ‘The lighthouse’ or ‘Good time’ and stop going off of twilight like the rest of em.”

So yes, the thought of him as Batman, that did not initially sit well with me. However, I think he’s about to teach us all how good he really is and if he does succeeds in this role, this will take him to another level and expose him to many of us who never really followed his other works yet judged him harshly for Twilight.

Good luck, Edward…