Cast: A
Plot: B
Special Effects/Stunts: C
Similarity to Comic: B
Director: Mark Steven Johnson
Comic Company: Marvel
Stars: Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Colin Farrell
Rating:PG-13
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After reading the first Daredevil comic and seeing this movie I have to say Daredevil is among my favorite superheroes now. This movie is very much like the comic book and the cast was great.
The Good: This is one of the best casts I've ever seen in a superhero movie. It had Ben Affleck who did great as Matt Murdock, Jennifer Garner was terrific as Elektra, and Colin Farrell (as annoying as his character was) did well too. Even the unknown actors at the time were good. It had Jon Favreau who has gone on to be in several good movies and direct the 'Iron Man' movies, Joe Pantoliano has been in several good movies, and Ellen Pompeo went on to be the star of 'Grey's Anatomy'. Oh and let's not forget about Michael Clarke Duncan who was the perfect Kingpin. I also really liked David Keith as Matt's dad.
I think one of the best things about this movie is just the character of Daredevil. He isn't an easily recognizable superhero like Superman or Spider-Man, instead nobody really knows what he stands for or if they can trust him. One kid even started crying and Matt had to tell him that he wasn't the bad guy. I also liked how they put two villains in this movie, I think the best superhero movies always have more than one, as long as they don't butcher it like 'Green Lantern' did.
The Bad: Special effects are the backbone of any superhero movie, and this movie was very similar to 'Spider-Man' in the fact that there wasn't much CGI, but what there was wasn't very good. Everything would be cool up until they'd show a shot of him flying through the air or falling from a building, the CGI looked like good Nintendo 64 graphics.
Bullseye bugged the crap out of me. He walked around with that dumb scar on his face (how do you get one like anyway?) and held his hands out like he thought he was Jesus reincarnated the entire movie. Although that's very true to the character, it was really annoying, and took away some of the realism this movie was going for. The first fight between Daredevil and Elektra also seemed very unrealistic.
The Interesting: First off, I would like to thank the writers/directors/designers of this movie for making Daredevil's costume look almost nothing like his original yellow one from the comic books, I think that really helped out this movie. What I do not understand though is why they decided to introduce Elektra in this movie. Don't get me wrong Jennifer Garner is perfect for the part but I think it would have made more sense to make a sequel and introduce her in that one. They did a good job using her story and intertwining it with the rest of the plot, except for the fact that they got her story almost all wrong.
It seems to me that even if you have heightened senses, wouldn't having sight still be more of an advantage than echolocation? Especially the one scene when he's in the bar when it shows his point of view and everything just seems like chaos. And even with heightened senses you could still get hurt right? But he seems to heal almost s fast as Wolverine, he just gets scars and bad knees.
Conclusion: Even though I don't fully understand Daredevil's abilities this was still very entertaining movie (with a great soundtrack I might add). They stayed pretty true to the comic book and the characters and the acting was great.
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