Finally saw Daredevil tonight- I rented it as opposed to buying it after reading reviews on the imdb.
The Good: It's true to the comics and the costume is awesome. (all costumes are awesome in this movie).
Colin Farrell's introduction is beautiful: he's throwing darts sideways while drinking beer (hitting bullseyes of course) while the Irish rap group House of Pain blares over the bar. Great stuff.
The Bad: the actors. Michael Clarke Duncan and Joe Pantoliano are the only decent performers in this flick. Yeah, Farrell is OK, I guess, but Jennifer Garner annoyed me and Ben was just lifeless. Absolutely lifeless.
The Ugly: scenes that were just useless, like the "mustard in my coffee, can I have some honey" scene, the Elektra training in the loft scene, the love/sex scene, and just the plodding pace of most scenes had me almost yawning.
The first big action sequence is straight out of Desperado!
The only difference was the pool tables that were on fire.
The cameos are nice, but Frank Miller and Stan Lee deserved a better movie. Yes, it was dark, it had the Batman vibe happening, it had the Crow vibe happening, but the acting seemed to be very.....I don't know, EMPTY, VACANT.
The cinematography was good (same guy who shot The Fast and The Furious) but if you look really close, you'll see that this film is 95% CGI. (Gotta be, cuz Affleck ain't no acrobat!)
I recommend it to comic book fans, but that's it. Daredevil should be a much more poetic film. I'm hoping Johnson's next comic book film will be a better showing: Ghost Rider
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