"Hey! said my name is called disturbance \/ I'll shout and scream, I'll kill the king, I'll rail at all his servants"<\/p><\/div>\n

01:52:10 \u2013 On why the Kingpin would fight DD with his bare-hands: \u201cI was raised in the Bronx, Wesley. This is something you wouldn\u2019t understand.\u201d I feel with a bit more build-up, this is a line that could have worked significantly better.<\/p>\n

01:52:40 \u2013 Ben Urich is like Alexander Knox in Batman \u201989. The unsung hero of the film. Ben is a fantastic and well-utilized character in Brian Michael Bendis\u2019 run on Daredevil, and I highly recommend you all buy it with your moneycards.<\/p>\n

01:54:13 \u2013 Daredevil enters Kingpin\u2019s office, looking about 4-feet tall compared to our giant antagonist. It\u2019s kind of a cartoonish fight, but one with (thankfully) less of an emphasis on gymnastics than the previous one. I\u2019m half expecting a visual flashback to Matt\u2019s boxer father before the end.<\/p>\n

01:55:50 \u2013 Jesus, everyone in this movie rips of Daredevil\u2019s mask. Even Kevin Smith. \u201cYou\u2019re that blind-lawyer, and shit…\u201d<\/p>\n

01:57:30 \u2013 Matt decides to show mercy to the Kingpin, something that many superhero movies hadn\u2019t dealt with before this. The Batman of the 1990s is an unrepentant killer. Supervillains often fell victim to ‘accidental’ deaths in other films, relieving their heroes of the choice to kill or spare their foes (Spider-Man comes to mind). Matt Murdock making a choice to leave the Kingpin alive despite an obvious advantage shows the conclusion of his arc: \u201cI\u2019m not the bad guy.\u201d I found this refreshing at the time.<\/p>\n

01:58:50 \u2013 \u201cYeah? Go ahead, tell the guys at Rikers how you got beat by a blind man. It\u2019d be like blood in the water.\u201d This is kind of great, and a little cathartic for the audience watching good people get trampled on for two hours.<\/p>\n

2:00:10 \u2013 Daredevil throws down a rose where his father died. Coolio is released and hugs Favreau. Matt remembers Elektra in the Coffee Shop. Ben Urich finally confronts Matt Murdock about Daredevil. The Kingpin is in jail and Bullseye is paralysed. If you\u2019ve read this far you shouldn\u2019t care about spoilers.<\/p>\n

2:03:00 \u2013 Matt\u2019s inner monologue teaches us that, “The battle of Good versus Evil is never-ending, because Evil always survives with the help of Evil Men.\u201d Even at the conclusion of the film, Matt Murdock has something to say that I consider mildly disturbing. Hasn\u2019t Matt himself done enough damage as well? What about the costs that good men incur on society \u2013 Bullseye\u2019s paralysis, defrauding the Justice system, and even the unmentioned disruption of Kingpin\u2019s legitimate businesses? People gotta eat! This is a film that brings these questions to the table and refuses to answer them, or really even tease them out to a satisfactory point. I don\u2019t believe that the amount of subplots and\/or characters contributed to the film being over-stuffed, but this is a movie that could\u2019ve benefited greatly from taking those moral questions a step or two further.<\/p>\n

02:05:00 \u2013 Matt finds jewellery he recognizes from Elektra \u2013 in Braille! Their secret language!<\/p>\n

02:06:00 \u2013 Ben Urich\u2019s decision to leave Daredevil\u2019s identity anonymous seems unearned as well. I believe their relationship needed more work. Other than the one victory Daredevil seemed to afford the city (The Kingpin and Bullseye in jail), I\u2019m not convinced that Urich would retract his story on Daredevil\u2019s true identity based on that alone.<\/p>\n

02:06:44 \u2013 And cue Evanescene for the outro. I think. I dunno, a lot of these bands sound similar.<\/p>\n

02:06:50 \u2013 Oh, this is Fuel. I have two of their CDs. Speaking of which, does anyone want to buy two Fuel CDs for $1?<\/p>\n

CONCLUSION<\/strong>: I think that \u201cDaredevil\u201d has always had great potential on the silver screen. As previously mentioned, Matt Murdock is a fascinating character of great conviction (and contradiction) whose actions raise a number of moral and ethical questions \u2013 At what point can a member of society break the law and remain a part of it, or an administrator of it? Is Matt a liar for swearing by the law and acting as Daredevil by night? What level of moral relativism and ambiguity can we accept in society? Highlight the next invisible line of text for the answers!A)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Anytime. B) No, he\u2019s just an asshole. C) None! Break out your billy-clubs everybody, and meet me on the rooftops!<\/span><\/p>\n

There was some dynamite casting in this movie, whose only sins were that they were given occasionally mediocre material. I honestly can\u2019t think of anyone else to play Foggy Nelson other than Favreau, and I believe that Farrell\u2019s depthless Bullseye is mostly misunderstood. Affleck did alright, although I feel like he and Jennifer Garner were the weak links in the ensemble.<\/p>\n

I worry that a rebooted version would lose some of the light charm that the supporting cast brought. Matt\u2019s life in comic-book form is no picnic, and one has to wonder if summertime theatre-goers would have the stomach for a straight up adaptation of something like \u201cBorn Again\u201d or \u201cThe Man Without Fear.\u201d I realize that I am referring to source material that many are not familiar with, so I will likely write some analysis on a few key Daredevil comics in the near future. Daredevil books have over the years attracted some top-tier talent, so I can say with certainty that the number of five-star stories about Matt Murdock are not in short-supply.<\/p>\n

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Go read some damn comics now, fools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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