With all the hype that X-men received, deservingly so, most motion picture companies have bought up the rights of comic books and are making them into movies. Right now there are nine comics related movies in the works. Not to forget those that have already come before; Superman, Batman and Spiderman. And those that come after; Superman (again), X-men 2 and the Hulk.
Imagine a cold winter Sunday night, the smell of snow in the air. Your beau drives on down to the movie theatre since you are both sick of being locked up in the house. Excitement at finally being out and about, wanting to see this movie since it came out, you take your seats and sit back and watch the previews of other movies to come. X-men 2 looks awesome, as well as the Hulk. And finally after a half an hour...DareDevil.
I had many misconceptions from the start, mainly Ben Affleck playing a superhero. But I wanted to see it because Kevin Smith was involved. For those of you that don't know who Kevin Smith is, he's the writer/director/Silent Bob of the Jay and Silent Bob Movies, who also writes DareDevil comics in his spare time.
The story line wasn't exceptional, but bearable. There's alot things they did that didn't follow the original story line, but the common joe (that doesn't read the comics) wouldn't know.
The thing that ruined it for me was the cinematography. The night scenes are too dark for my tastes. I don't like having to squint to see what's going on in a fight scene. Only, three fight scenes are not done in the dark. So, by the time the movie was over and we left the movie theatre I had a headache the size of Texas and it felt like my eyeballs were going to fall out of my head.
I must say though, Ben Affleck did a superb job. He portrays a blind man very well and he really fit the character. A big suprise, since I think Ben doesn't have alot of range. So, they either wrote the screenplay around him or he overstepped his boundries for this movie.
All in all an okay movie. I would wait for it to come out on video, don't waste twenty bucks to see it in the theatre. I give it 2.5 stars out of five.
