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| DareDevil - Porcupine (24/03/2003 5:47:38 AM) |
I didn't know who with or where I was going to see this one until a couple hours before hand. Dragonfly couldn't really make it, so Ninja and brethren was the team to be with. AMC are still better value than the Hoyts/Birch Carol and Coyle group. Esp if you have one of BCC's discount cards. Of course, movies are usually cheaper at the independent cinemas like the Schonnel or Hawthorne and Balmoral out at Bulimba, which is also a great cafe district, much less manufactured feel than the big generica shopping centre based cinemas.
Anyways, Daredevil, a blind guy that can see. Well he has a kind of sonar vision, he's really sensitive to sound, and his dexterity has been increased somewhat. He used to hang out with the Fantastic Four occasionally (not in this movie), another bunch of Marvel Comics super heroes who were my favourite as a kid. Well, them and spiderman. Spiderman has already made it to the big screen a couple times now. Hulk has been a TV mini series. Fantastic Four have been screwed around with some really fussy bastard making sure that nobody can make a movie from them. Oh well, at least the other major Marvel comic guys seem to be getting out into movie format. Wonder if Silver Surfer will ever make it? I am not a DareDevil fan thus cannot tell if the film is an accurate translation of the comic.
DareDevil is a reasonable movie for its genre. The kid scenes are mostly corny cliches, and Affleck has his share of the corny stuff too. Some of the CGI (computer graphics) physics were way out, your mind immediately says: "this is just wrong!" It's the modern equivalent of old black and white ninja films where they jump onto roofs, which is obviously just reversed film of jumping off the roof.
Realistic story line? Hell no. Don't even go there. Besides the corn and the bad graphics, there are some awesome action scenes, and some very well cast villains. In fact, the casting in this movie is pretty spot on. I also liked the moral anguish for the hero as he looks at what he is doing and why. I didn't like the obvious tobacco product placement throughout the film.
Overall, I enjoyed it, but I could see how any particular person might go either way. |
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| Yep, this was definately an enjoyable film! I loved the action scenes...awesome! Story was ok. Characters were brought to life by the actors pretty well. But I can't believe one of the main characters died! Nooooooooooo!!! That's not right!!! And if you decide to see this movie, make sure you stay for an extra 5 minutes into the ending credits coz the movie has one tiny last scene. I was wondering why the lights had not come back on!!
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