Marvel Adaptation Extravaganza Vol. 2 & 3 : Reviews on the Run

Daredevil

* * * 1/2

A new feature on the MovieGuy's blog: Reviews on the Run. Quick little reviews. Not the in depth reviews like I normally post. Hah.

Ok, so I promised a trilogy of Marvel comic book movie reviews. Fantastic Four garnered (!) three stars, but Daredevil beats it by half a star. Thats not to say that this one is just a little bit better than FF, Daredevil is way better than FF. Its easy for me to say I love this movie. I don't know why I like it so much, I just do. I bought the Director's Uncut version that changes the theatrical version into an R-rated wunderbar! Ben Affleck stars as the blind superhero Daredevil who keeps the Hell's Kitchen district of New York free of criminals. Attourney by day, blind justice by night. When he meets a girl and falls in love with her (Jennifer Garner as Elektra), her past and father's connections bring up Daredevil's own tormented past, which can only lead to mayhem. Great fight sequences, good acting, great directing and cinematography, and kick ass soundtrack, Daredevil delivers as few comic book movies have. I put this one on the same level as the Spider-man and early Tim Burton Batman films. Definitely worth watching.

Elektra

Daredevil's dirty little sister. Instead of making a sequel to Daredevil, some studio exec decided to take Jennifer Garner's character (who, let's face it, died in Daredevil) and give her a spin-off movie.

So, aparently, Elektra was brought back to life and is out to kick some ass and save her neighbours. The pretty pictures on the back of the case look neat, but this movie is bloody awful. I vaguely remember Jennifer Garner commenting somewhere that she didn't want to attend the premiere of this movie because she knew how terrible it was. The only thing that I thought was interesting on the whole disk was a deleted scene that mentioned Matt Murdoch (Daredevil). You see Elektra dreaming, and then she see's Matt... ah, whatever. Terrible, terrible movie. A Steaming Pile of Crap rating, as you can see. Avoid. Its not even fun to watch in its badness.