Rating: 
Summary: fun comic book adventure
Review: Once upon a time, the super-hero Daredevil battled for his life against bad-guys like The Owl, The Purple Man, Stilt Man, The Leap Frog, and The Mysterious Masked Matador. Matt Murdock's twin brother Mike popped up out of the blue too. Those were the days! In case you are wondering, The Mysterious Masked Matador was a guy dressed like a matador who used a big piece of cloth to avoid the horn masked D.D. like a matador fighting a bull! LOL! There were stories like "Enter: The Leap Frog", "Behold The Beetle", and my personal favorite title "...And Men Shall Call Him OX!". None of this was realistic, but I loved it. The same can be said of the Daredevil movie. It's Daredevil and it's escapism.
Some of the CGI in the movie is awful, but for the most part I loved the look of the film. Those who can only watch movies with "perfect" effects should stay clear of this and many other great films. I love comic book movies like Superman The Movie, and The Crow, but by today's standards the effects in those aren't up to par either. Having said that, I think the very first CGI shot in Daredevil is classic. The other less effective CGI moments are cartoony, but the action in classic Daredevil comics was unreal. The playground fight scene in the movie is as absurd as Daredevil's battle with the Mysterious Masked Matador. LOL!After too many newer Daredevil comics where Matt Murdock has a constant furrowed brow to represent angst, I enjoyed Affleck as a Matt who has a lighter side to him. There are silly moments, but I don't mind one bit. Some view comics as holy writ, but this isn't The Passion Of The Christ. Daredevil has dramatic moments, but isn't meant to be taken too seriously. It may or may not please all comic die-hards, but it is an enjoyable picture with a good cast, humor, romance, fun, and some cool dark moments. Daredevil is a popcorn worthy good time.
Rating: 
Summary: +2 Stars for Garner & Farrel, -1 for Ben, Script, & CGI
Review: As a kid, I was a big comic fan, and Daredevil was one of my favorites (along with Spider-man and X-men), so I was looking forward to this movie. Everything bad I heard about it put it lower on my list of movie-going priorities, and I eneded up missing it in the theaters, but still planned to buy it. With lowered expectations, I was sure I couldn't be disappointed. Uggh! Was I wrong! Affleck was a complete disaster in this movie. The script didn't give any of the actors much of a chance of shining, but none looked so helpless and uninteresting as Ben. One hears that he's a big Daredevil fan. So why was he so completely unable to invest the character with even a little bit of depth or charisma? One of the things that always made DD an interesting comic character was that he was one of Marvel's most brooding and tortured. Ben's version is a shallow, boring horse's backside. (OK, I never expected a lot from Affleck, who is only effective in films where he essentially plays an average guy, perhaps one with a bit of attitude - he was good in "Chasing Amy" and mostly acceptable but unremarkable in most of his other films.) I thought Garner was mostly effective, although her chemistry with Ben was pathetic. She was a good Electra. Farrel was fun as Bullseye, but not really very menacing. Unfortunately, he was the best thing about the movie. Having been a fan of the Kingpin character in the comics, I wasn't at first thrilled about the casting of Michael Clark Duncan; changing him to a black man was OK, but I just didn't think we was large and imposing enough. Lord of the Rings shows that effects to make him larger were available, especially for a high-budget film. (That said, the performance was fine.) Then again, these film-makers couldn't be trusted to do effects right. The CGI was abysmal, and many of the fighting scenes were simply ridiculous. DD is a man with super-human senses who has trained himself as an acrobat and built up his strength, but he's not blessed with super strength. None of the characters, except Kingpin, should have been shown as being stronger than a normal, athletic human. The CGI Daredevil, Bullseye, and Electra looked like Super Mario, leaping tall buildings and falling great distances without a bruise. Dumb special effects to go with the dumb writing and directing made this movie, intended to be dark with campy comic relief, simply a dopey concoction of campy darkness. Sure, it's just a comic book movie. But it's a bad one. I'll take Spider-man and the 2 X-men movies over this one any day. If there's any truth to the notion that Kevin Smith might make a DD sequel, please let him have the good sense to write it himself, recast the lead, and hire a competent special effects team!
Rating:
Summary: entertaining
Review: I just saw Daredevil on cable and it's pretty good. Not awful at all. The reviews on here are a great deal of fun to read. I love how some feel that Daredevil is unbelievable, but the Hulk makes sense! I enjoyed the Hulk movie, but it's as ridiculous as Daredevil. I also love how Daredevil get's slammed for casting an African American as a bad guy. Hate to break it to you, but there are black criminals. Don't take the nitpicking too seriously if you haven't seen this movie. You won't have to be a comic nerd to enjoy this flick. This is an entertaining escapist movie for those who can lighten up and enjoy it.
Rating: 
Summary: a movie for the comic bookstore nerds!!!
Review: ok. to enjoy this movie, you must suspend your sense of reality and common sense and believe the following things are true:
(1) if you have a horrible accident with acid and you lost your sight, your other senses (especially your ears) will be so powerful that you can sense your environment better than anyone by emitting and hearing ultrasonic sounds like bats do.
(2) if a girl doesn't give her telephone number, stalk and then beat the crap out of her until she agrees to go out with you.
(3) the only newspaper New Yorkers read is the New York Post.
(4) if you are a black man from Bronx, you must be a bad gansta who has enough fighting skill to engage in hand-to-hand combat with a superhero. In short, save your money. If you must see a comic book movie, see Spiderman (or maybe even Hulk).
Rating:
Summary: plenty of entertainment value
Review: I enjoy this movie. Not perfect, but didn't think it would be. I'm not into the nerd thing of picking on every little thing and listing it off, but I wanted to be entertained and this movie did that. Typical superhero stuff with some twists.
Rating:
Summary: the comic brought to life
Review: When Daredevil first came on the scene he was made from the same cloth as Spider Man, but as time went on he became his own person. He's been a unique character for decades now. Daredevil the movie shows just what makes this character special. The cast is great and the movie pays homage to it's roots by including the campier style of 60's comics with the darker elements and character developments that came later. As a Daredevil fan I think it's very entertaining.
Rating:
Summary: Ben Nailed Matt Murdoch
Review: If you had told me a year ago I'd be saying Ben Affleck did a fine job acting, I would have told you that you were crazy. In Daredevil, let me be very clear... Ben Affleck NAILED Matt Murdoch. If you disagree then you don't know the character, history, or story of Daredevil that has been in print for so many decades. Matt's brooding, especially when alone. This movie hits it better than Bulls-Eye could hit his target. That made the whole move fantastic. Right, the interaction between Matt and Electra was silly in places (why does she so easily accept his blindness and yet accepts how well he fights and defends himself after knowing him 2 minutes???), and the politically correct move to make Kingpin African-American instead of white which he's been since the beginning was simply a move to garner PC support and DOES detract from the movie for those who know the real storyline of Daredevil and his nemesis. On this DVD, the Producer discusses how nobody could be cast better than the actor who played Kingpin and that may be true but it doesn't excuse the fact they they pandered. If I was African-American, I'd be upset they made the BAD guy black but Hollywood thinks they are being so progressive. Anyway, it's not a perfect film but it IS almost a perfect Daredevil movie.
Rating:
Summary: a very likable movie
Review: Daredevil really entertained me. I'm not an Affleck fan, but I do think he's done some decent work and liked him a great deal in Changing Lanes. I knew he was a Daredevil fan from when he was a kid so I had high hopes. I wasn't dissapointed. Sure Daredevil isn't Citizen Kane, but it is Daredevil and Elektra, Kingpin, and Bullseye are all here. They also included one of the most interesting things about Daredevil: his faith. What other superhero goes to church?
I also liked how they dealt with Matt's romantic life. In the comics he's had more lovers and tragedy than many comic characters over the years: Heather Glenn, Karen Page, Elektra, Echo, Typhoid Mary, and Glorianna O'Breen to name a few. It's not easy being Daredevil and that point comes across in the movie.
There's plenty of humor in the film too. It's dark, but also fun like a classic comic. The DVD contains plenty of great extras and the movie was obviously made by people who understood the character and I think that's great.
Rating:
Summary: Nostalgia strikes again
Review: "A man without fear is a man without hope." Okay, it's not Shakespeare, but for a baby boomer who lost track of Daredevil back in 1969, it's great fun to see my favorite hero at his CGI best. Back then I preferred Marvel over DC comics, simply because I preferred two-fisted action over complex plots. Trying to figure out what Lex Luthor and Braniac were up to in Superman dramas just wasn't any fun. I also thought Marvel's writing and artwork were far superior. Although I religiously read several Marvel titles, including Ironman, Spider-man, and Doctor Strange, I especially looked forward to the Fantastic Four, which was written and drawn by two Marvel legends, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. At the time Lee wrote just about everything, while the F4 was clearly Kirby's flagship. His massively muscled super beings and out-of-this-world layouts were in stark contrast to Gene Colan's frantic free-style panels featured in Daredevil and Dracula. I found his sketches oddly appealing and a perfect fit for DD, who's bizarre double-life seemed more than a little sketchy at times. But, let's face it. The built-in pathos of a blind super hero was just too irresistable, and DD quickly rose above the others as my number one super guy. So, after 35 years, I was anxious to see if the movie would do anything for me. And, I'm happy to report, it did. I thought Affleck did a fine job, going from naive "save the world" pro bono lawyer to a masked vigilante with action-star ease (even though it seemed out of character at the time). While the Kingpin was a regular villain in the 60s, Bullseye was new to me. I thought the "man without fear" versus the "man who can't miss" subplot was great. Farrell is another UK actor who can do it all. I thought Garner did well as Elektra, although I had a hard time seeing her as a master assasin. I guess I was looking for a more menacing figure, larger, more powerful, etc... The soundtrack, although not my genre, seemed to add some spice to DD's patented sky-scraper swan dives. Speaking of which: Just like in Spider-Man, there were a few instances where the real actor and the CGI counterpart were not exactly seemless. We can blame Lord of the Rings for raising our perfect CGI expectations. Anyway, I think it worked. Sequel? Jeez, I hope so. I just don't know how they're going to top Bullseye. That was right up there with the Joker, minus a ton of dialogue. Superhero fans have to love this stuff. Of course, some will like their fare and bit more lighthearted. I, for one, lean toward the dark side. Let DC work out happy endings. Just make mine Marvel!
Rating:
Summary: three and a half stars
Review: It was in the 70's that I read my first Daredevil comics. I obtained two back to back issues and was struck immediately by the unusual dark art that created a very different world than most other comics. I believe it was drawn by Gene Colan who also provided the art for Marvel's Dracula.
I was also struck by Daredevil's personal life. Heather was Daredevil's girlfriend, but he was also crazy about a red haired spy/super-heroine named Blackwidow. Reading Daredevil at the age of 9 was very exciting. It was really fun because it was something different, dark and unusual. The passion between Blackwidow and Daredevil drove her boyfriend Hercules (yes THAT Hercules!) crazy and had Captain America and the Beast whispering gossip in a corner!
Daredevil was hospital bound at the time and that was a very different twist too from most super-heroes. He still wore his mask in the hospital, but he had the top of it cut away and the top of his head was bandaged and he was hooked to an I.V. and wearing a hospital gown! He was also tormented by nightmares involving his father. That's all that I recall about those issues, but the idea that Daredevil was something different from the typical super-hero stuck with me over the years.
25 years later that still remains true. All the things that I remember from those comics 25 years ago are in the Daredevil film. Some love it and some hate it, but to me it's definitely Daredevil. The movie lives up to my expectations. Sure the action is far fetched and the bad guys are silly, especially Bullseye, but it's a comic book.
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