Ben Affleck"s Batman Broke DC"s Worst Batsuit Trend For Only 1 Movie

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Ben Affleck’s version of the Dark Knight avoided the most consistent flaw in live-action Batman costumes in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Batman has a long history of film adaptations, with the character’s malleability making him a natural fit for different film franchises to reinterpret him and his mythos. Batman’s iconic costume is no exception to this, as the various Batman movie franchises have all had their own unique takes on the suit. While some Batman suits are more comic-accurate than others, nearly every costume has shared one flaw that has proven difficult to evade.
Most Batman costumes feature a thick one-piece cowl that restricts the actors playing Batman from turning their heads. While Adam West’s cloth Batman suit allowed him to turn his head, Michael Keaton’s armored suit did not. Keaton used this flaw to his advantage, however, giving Batman a unique style of body language in his films. Then 2008’s The Dark Knight gave Christian Bale’s Batman a two-piece cowl that allowed him to turn his head, and Robert Pattinson’s suit in 2022’s The Batman uses a similar design.
Batman v Superman Had The Perfect Batman Cowl Close Ben Affleck’s standard Batman suit in Dawn of Justice, however, managed to do what no other Batman costume could and gave Affleck a one-piece cowl that still allowed him to turn his head. The suit was designed by Jose Fernandez and others at Ironhead Studio, with Fernandez having worked on previous Batman movies before Dawn of Justice. Fernandez helped design the Batman and Catwoman costumes in Batman Returns, as well as the Batman suits in Joel Schumacher’s Batman Forever and Batman & Robin.
Batman’s Dawn of Justice costume is based on Batman’s suit in Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns.

Not only is Affleck’s standard Batman suit one of the most comic-accurate Batman costumes in live-action (matched only by Adam West’s suit), but it finally allowed Batman to turn his head thanks to carefully placed air pockets and articulation points in the cowl. This gave Affleck a far larger range of motion in action scenes, making Dawn of Justice’s Batmobile chase and warehouse brawl even better. Sadly, Batman’s perfected one-piece cowl would only show up in Batman v Superman.
Why Batman Couldn't Turn His Head In Justice League

Jose Fernandez and Ironhead Studio were not credited for their work in Batman v Superman, which allegedly (and understandably) offended Fernandez enough to decline the offer to work on Justice League. A different costume-making team handled Affleck’s Justice League suit, and while it retained the comic-accurate appearance of his original suit, it did not allow him to turn his head, unfortunately. Ben Affleck’s Batman is perhaps able to turn his head in all of his suits in-universe, but the only film costume that made this possible was his gray suit in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.

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