Hey, if you want to watch an Oscar winner, look for it elsewhere. But the concept may be a stupid joke, yet the movie itself . . . well, it's still sort of a stupid joke, but not one badly done.
My Best Buy number: 0573416246
My Best Buy number: 0573416246
What's great about it: You can't say the plot isn't original
What's not so great: You also can't say the plot is profound
Not that there's anything wrong with being a chick flick, unless you're not a chick. I'm not, and still the plot and acting kept my interest, once it caught it anyway. Besides, who doesn't like George Clooney, chick or dude?
I guess Hollywood has both produced worse remakes, and has also had enough wisdom to avoid remaking better movies than Red Dawn. So even though this is not a bad movie per se, it was an unnecessary one.
One of Marvel Comics' most popular characters comes to the screen for the first time in this sci-fi action-thriller. Matthew Murdock (Ben Affleck) is a lawyer whose father, a prizefighter, was killed by gangsters when Murdock was just a boy. Since then, Murdock has devoted his life to bringing wrongdoers to justice and is willing to help others by taking on cases no other attorney will touch. Murdock is also blind, after being struck down by a truck while trying to save a man from being hit. What no one knows is that Murdock was also doused with an unusual radioactive isotope which had a strange effect on him -- while Murdock's sight may be gone, his other senses have been raised to such a keen pitch that they act like radar, allowing him to tell where he's going and what happens around him, both near and far away. Murdock puts his gifts to use at night as the costumed crime-fighter Daredevil, whose pursuit of justice has earned him the wrath of underworld leader Kingpin (Michael Clarke Duncan). Kingpin wants Daredevil out of his way once and for all, and hires Bullseye (Colin Farrell), a super-assassin with an uncanny ability to throw blades, to do the job. Daredevil also makes the acquaintance of Elektra Natchios (Jennifer Garner), a woman with super-heroic talents who is also on Kingpin's bad side, though it remains to be seen if she has aligned herself with the forces of good as Daredevil has done. Jon Favreau, Joe Pantoliano, and David Keith highlight Daredevil's supporting cast.
This movie, with several other in the genre, have become the butt of jokes. Yet though this movie may disappoint frantic fanboys some ways, it does not earn all the disdain that has been heaped upon it. It's really quite fun.
My Best Buy number: 0573416246
My Best Buy number: 0573416246
What's great about it: Not sure anything is truly great, but . . .
What's not so great: . . . It deserves better than hate
OK, so maybe it's a bit strong to say the plot is stolen, but the whole idea of lifetimes having an expiration date and youthfulness as a commodity is not "daringly original", as one reviewer claims.
My Best Buy number: 0573416246
My Best Buy number: 0573416246
What's great about it: There are much worse SF flicks
As with all films of this genre made before advances in special effects and CGI, younger viewers will need to rely upon plot and acting to "get" this movie. If they do so, they shall be rewarded.