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Daredevil

I skipped seeing Daredevil in the theatre, thinking it looked like something that should definitely be rented. I was right.

I had never heard of Daredevil before the movie came out, because I don’t really know much about superheroes other than the standard spiderman, batman, superman, etc. But even though I had never heard of him before, the story seemed strangely familiar.

Boy is exposed to toxic waste/radioactive materials, gains super powers, then a close family member is killed by a Bad Guy™ which fills the boy with anger and hatred toward the Bad Guy™. Then boy gets a costume, brings justice to rapists and muggers, and eventually has some showdowns with super villains.

I guess that’s just the way comic books are, however.

The movie was farely entertaining however, with some good fight scenes and a cool radar effect which shows how Daredevil can see like a bat by “seeing” the sound waves bounce off of objects. A lot was left unexplained however, such as why Daredevil sleeps in a tank of water, and why he has scars all over his back and is taking a ton of medication. I didn’t really understand what that was all about.

The love story part of the movie is also farely cheesy. Daredevil meets a lady and sleeps with her the second time they meet, immediately falling in love with her, only to have her die about 15 minutes later in the movie. I guess it was supposed to be love at first site or something, but it still felt really fake and rushed.

The supervillains, Bullseye and the Kingpin also felt much more “comic booky” than the main hero did. Their acting was over the top and exaggerated, whereas Ben Affleck seemed to take the part way too seriously. Bullseye stole the movie in my opinion… Colin Farrell seemed to have fun with the part and he also had some really great lines.

The ending of the movie was kind of depressing though. Daredevil loses the girl and doesn’t kill the bad guys so you don’t really get the feeling that he won at all. Maybe they were just hoping for a sequel so they decided to leave all the main characters alive or something.