Daredevil

I don't know what it is, but in hindsight, Daredevil isn't that bad anymore. It's simply a classic comic book movie with extremely boring action, but a few good moments and jokes, with a wooden Ben Affleck, a beautiful Jennifer Garner and Michael Clarke Duncan, who was perfect as Kingpin. Nothing groundbreaking, but still better than Ghost Rider. (06/03/2010)

It’s been a long time that I have sympathized so much with the hero of a movie. I was incredibly jealous of Matt’s blindness - at least he doesn’t have to watch hogwash like this. On the other hand, I wouldn’t like to be gifted with his acute hearing, since I would probably have gone stark raving mad listening to the teen hit-parade soundtrack. That devil should be rotting in hell, with Johnson rotting with him. And they could take Jennifer Garner too, in fact the whole cast for good measure. Maybe only Farrell deserves to be left behind on the earth’s surface. In any case, this is a criminal failure at depicting one of the few engaging superheroes who, when approached seriously, darkly and in psychological noir style (hi there, Bendis), he doesn’t even need his action superhero alter ego. (03/27/2008)

I liked it at the time. And even though Ben looks weird with highlights and kind of blind, I still think it's better than, for example, "Green Lantern". I enjoyed the movie in the cinema years ago, mainly because there weren't as many comic book adaptations back then, even though movies of this kind were already on the rise with less cliched scripts and characters. Fortunately, the comic showed me that this character is not to be condemned. In addition, thanks to this, I fell for Jennifer Garner. But Ben was faster... (01/21/2014)

Daredevil is a relatively entertaining movie with great jokes, but it’s unintentionally comical in the dramatic moments. Colin Farrell is great, Ben Affleck seems bored and Michael Clarke Duncan doesn’t fit in at all. And the action is routine. This is just an average comic-book movie and it’s the first one that made me want the bad guy to kick the main character’s ass, which surely was not what the filmmakers were aiming for. (02/19/2003)

An ordinary comic book adaptation with all the flaws of early millenium. Visually hyped, sprinkled with new technologies and gimmicks that were all the rage back, and of course full of clichés and pathos. In addition, the action is surprisingly often confusing. It's hard to say whether it's good or not, but this film always comes to mind whenever someone mentions Evanescence. Ben Affleck is ordinary and Jennifer Garner is for decoration. The interesting insights of the main protagonist and the director's cut also help with that. (08/23/2014)