Rating: 
Summary: Giving The Devil His Due.......DD Director's Cut
Review: I saw the Theatrical version and I thought it was good. I couldn't understand why so many hated it. But after watching the Director's Cut, I understood. A lot of things were unexplained and it did lack story. It was more about everyone wanting to kill DD. The Director's Cut is almost like a different movie altogether. It was more about DD defending the innocent and protecting his territory like it was supposed to. Another reason I think people would hate it is Ben Affleck who I don't have any problems with. You might have seen Gilgi or Raindeer Games and desided that he sucks. Well, he was great in Daredevil, and I hope if a sequel is made he reprises his role. The bar fight scene is awesome and he did his own fight scenes. Micheal Clarke Duncan to me is the only guy who could play Wilson Fisk, who is white in the comics. But that's really the only thing he lacked to play the character and I feel it doesn't matter. He's got the size, the deep voice, and the charisma of the Kingpin. Colin Ferrell was perfect as Bullseye. He was as sadistic and egotistical as the comic book Bullseye. He didn't wear the costume from the comics but it would have looked goofy. Jennifer Garner was great as Elektra and her fight scenes were beautifully done. I feel that Ben and Jen also had on-screen chemistry and you want them to be together, at least I did. Also I feel that people overlook the performance of Jon Faverau as Franklin "Foggy" Nelson who gets more screen time in this version. He's a welcome source of comic relief from all the gloom and doom in the movie.
It depends on what you want from a comic book movie. If you want an "in-and-out-in-80-minutes" movie that's all about quick action, get the theatrical cut. But if you want to see story with developing characters and take a journey with a hero and see what his dark world is like get the Director's Cut. Or get both. I have both versions, and I placed the Director's Cut disc with Disc 2 of the Theatrical Cut and created a sort of an "ultimate edition."
Rating: 
Summary: Dud Devil
Review: I'm not a big fan of comic books to begin with, though I can appreciate the artform, and I find this recent trend of taking old Marvel serials and transposing them onto the big screen to be uninspired and annoyingly unoriginal. In this pic, the Daredevil is a mild-mannered attorney by day, crimefighter by night, who leaps and soars and pirouettes with the greatest of ease despite the fact that he's blind. In this film, our hero decides to pick a fight with the local crime syndicate's kingpin, and the ensuing battle of good v. evil plays out to it's predictable conclusion, with lots of leaping about rooftops and breaking of glass [and you have to have the obligatory sharp cocktail party along the way, where all the characters, good and evil, dress up and insult each other while maintaining good manners]. The visuals relating to the way in which the Daredevil "sees" the world around him [using his acute, overly attuned other senses to create images in his mind] are really fabulously done. That's the high point of the film. The low point is Affleck, who is stiff as a board and inexcusably hollow. His co-stars are a little more useful - Jennifer Garner certainly is nice to look at, and Colin Farrell seems to be having more fun than anyone as the weasly assassin Bullseye - but they can't make up for Affleck's non-compelling lead. Whereas the original comic books deal with complex, paradoxical characters - superhuman on the outside, fragile on the inside - directors of these big-budget flics seem to be way, way, WAY too interested in special effects and style, and almost any film where style trumps substance is bound to be mediocre, at best. The Daredevil keeps insisting "I'm not the bad guy," and Daredevil is not a bad movie. But it's close.
Rating:
Summary: Daring!
Review: Like many, when I first saw this film two years ago in theatres, I was not impressed. In fact I was down right irritated. I thought the film was stupid, boring and Ben Affleck was very irritating. Actually I disliked the film so much that I walked out on it.
A lot of things have happened since I saw the film in it's previous incarnation. I started collecting the book under the pen of Brian Michael Bendis. I can not say how impressed I have been. Here is a superhero I can truly identify with. I like Matt Murdock because he's a working class boy who made good. But whom at the same time has not abandoned his roots and defends the under dog whether as Daredevil or as a lawyer.
It was my love and admiration of the comic book character which led me to rent and Daredevil the Directors cut. I have to say that this is a MUCH better version from the first. Where I found the first one annoying and un-watch able. I find the DC much more engaging and true to the character. This film is not merely the original movie with added scenes. Scenes have actually been taken out from first movie (ie. the bedroom scene with Elektra) new scenes inserted and scenes shifted around to make more sense. I find that the directors cut enhances who DD is, a hero who looks after the little guy. As opposed to the first film which sort of was nothing but a grown man playing masked hero.
I really think that the creators short changed the movie going audience with the extremely poor film version. Because I think that if they had released this one it would have pulled in a greater crowd and done much better.
Rating: 
Summary: A fun, dark superhero film
Review: No, it's not as good as Tim Burton's Batman, nor the original Superman or the recent Spiderman movies. But Daredevil still is a good comic book film that wins much of my praise by being true to the page in creating a very dark character in a harsh worldStill, it is not without its flaws, and if it weren't for some very unique traits I would rate this film as only mediocre. But what works here works exceptionally well. Beginning with the traditional origin story of Daredevil (Ben Affleck), a blind superhero whose remaining senses are greatly heightened, the movie shows how he became a vengeful vigilante who kills the bad guys rather then turning them in to face a potentially corrupt court system (Daredevil's alter ego Matt Murdock is a lawyer by day). This world is mean, and so is its superhero. But he wrestles with his conscious and wonders if he is a bad guy too. In this comic book world, people die. Including those you don't expect to. In other words, it more accurately depicts real life while still in a superhero world. One particular unique thing about the film is how it illustrates Daredevil's radar sense. The vibrations he picks up are shown in a fantastic visual effect that has to be one of the best film realizations of a superpower in history. From the origin scene when he goes blind to a wonderful scene with Elecktra in the rain where he first "sees" what she looks like from the drops of rain on her face, the technique is used for characterization and "film moments," and never just to show off a cool special effect. Unfortunately, the movie isn't perfect. There isn't enough development of Elecktra and Daredevil's relationship, and bad guy Kingpin (Michael Clark Duncan) doesn't have enough screentime to villainify his presence. All the characters could have benefited from further characterization as well. But this is a comic book movie, after all, and in the end what matters most is how much fun it was. And Daredevil is a blast.
Rating: 
Summary: Daredevil=One of the worst movies ever made!
Review: Omfg! I absolutely hated this movie! It made no sense at all! Actually the only reason I picked up the movie (thankfully it was rented!) was because Evanescence music was in the movie and I was just curious. Movies like these make me want to believe that movies with good soundtracks aren't worth watching!
Rating:
Summary: A Director's Cut Above The Rest
Review: This is the true Daredevil movie. It is grittier, more intense than its PG-13 version (added scenes of violence, nudity, and profanity earn it an "R" rating!). Scenes are added, rearranged, or discarded all together, the end result being a better film (the best example is Matt's relationship with the priest).
I can understand why the producers would have been hesitant in releasing an "R" rated Daredevil. After all, the Daredevil comics are aimed at a juvenile audience and such a rating would keep them from the movie leading to a loss in revenue.
Fortunately, the director's cut gives adults a Daredevil they can truly enjoy.
Go get 'em, Matt!
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