Daredevil

Pros: Story-line, Darkness, believable enemies
Cons: On the short side

Daredevil is a movie that takes the comic book genre back to where most comic books need it to be; dark, character driven, and intense in the story-telling. Not since Batman, or if you count it, Spawn, have we seen a movie based on a comic book that ...

Pros: Colin Farrell; great costume
Cons: Bennifer II; Elektra completely underutilized

”A man without fear is a man without hope. —Father Everett, Daredevil Matt Murdock is trying to make a difference, especially for those who live in the slums of Hell’s Kitchen in New York City. He works as a lawyer to help ...

Pros: Jennifer Garner is pretty damn hot! If I could only trade places...
Cons: Too much for my eyes.

Preamble
I went into this movie with zero expectations. I don't know anything about the Marvel comic book and special effects don't make my day generally.

Let's face it. I went for the eye-candy factor.

The...

Pros: GREAT bloody costume.
Cons: Some really BAD CGI.

The way it works in 8 out of 10 cases is a studio decision will lead to the finding of a screenwriter and director and a movie like DAREDEVIL is made. That’s the way it happened with SPIDER-MAN, with THE X-MEN, with HULK. But DAREDEVIL’s ...

Pros: Periodic dramatic framing, Jennifer Garner, Colin Farrell
Cons: Awful script, wasted characters, hilarious editing, bad soundtrack

The stories on Daredevil all read the same: Mark Steven Johnson, who had only made one film (Simon Birch, an awful bastardization of John Irving's Tale of Owen Meany), managed to win the confidence of Fox and Marvel CEO Avi Arad with...

Pros: Entertaining movie based on a comic book
Cons: Acting could have been better. Some characters not developed enough.

I will pretty much see any movie that has a superhero as a character at least once. I tend to enjoy those movies even when I have no prior knowledge about the characters. When I first saw a trailer for the movie Daredevil it was the first ...

Pros: Pantoliano and Farrell. Nice effects. Bullseye is hilarious.
Cons: Takes a while for it all to come together. One sad part :*(

Okay, so Ben Stiller was the guy in There's Something About Mary, the one that looks like Ben Folds. Ben Affleck is the Pearl Harbor/Armageddon/Chasing Amy guy. One of these days I'll stop getting them confused!
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Pros: Some Special Effects, Story Isn't Bad, Characters Are Interesting.
Cons: Dialog Needs Some Work, A Bit Corny, Ben Doesn't Strike Me As A Daredevil, Unbalanced.

Okay, I'll admit it. I don't know my butt from my elbow when it comes to comic books. I went into this movie with basically no expectations (other than I assumed it would be a total bomb) and no background on this widely known Marvel Comics' ...

Pros: Decent action flick.
Cons: Not for kids.

Comics fans everywhere are in luck. On the heels of the successful releases of Spiderman and X-Men a new wave of films are on the way based on the adventures of more superheroes than you can shake a cape at. This summer will see the release ...

Pros: Decent acting and action, attractive cast
Cons: Underdeveloped plot and characters

I'll be the first to admit I like comic books. A certain element of my fondness comes from the "instant gratification" of pictures and words telling a story together faster than would be done otherwise. Add to that fun stuff like tortured heroes, moral ...

Pros: Garner’s ample bosom and an unknown Irishman’s cheesiness
Cons: The rest of it stinks like a skunks rectum

During the course of this review, something very obvious will become apparent: I am drunk. Totally steaming. Off my face. Bladdered. Pissed. I’ll admit that right now, for one reason and one reason alone: it’s the whole raison-d’etre of ...

Pros: Plenty of action scenes. Some wit in the script. Jennifer Garner. Nice costume.
Cons: Strays far from the classic Daredevil and Elektra personalities, if you're a comics fan.

The Non-Daredevil-Fan Review

So there's this guy who's decided to wear a fancy costume and be a "superhero." Unlike some wusses, however (Batman, Superman, Spider-Man, etc.) he's grasped the main point of being an action movie franchise...

Pros: I got in the theatre for free.
Cons: I want another paying customer's money back.

Comparing Mark Steven Johnson’s Daredevil with Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man is like comparing Johnson’s dog’s shit with that of Raimi’s dog. The underlying tragedy here is not the rank of both films, or the fact that...

Pros: one or two nifty visual effects
Cons: Everything else, especially a hero who takes glee in killing.

The comic book Daredevil once saved a man from being hit by an oncoming truck. The movie Daredevil leaves a man to die under an oncoming subway train, making innocent victims out of both the dead man and the subway car driver who must live with the...

Pros: many things
Cons: very little

Marvel Comics has made its fair share of bad movies over the years, from the lower B-level Captai ...