Bad Moviethon #5 – Daredevil (2003)

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Daredevil | 2003 | IMDB

Synopsis: A man blinded by toxic waste which also enhanced his remaining senses fights crime as an acrobatic martial arts superhero.

Rotten tomatoes score: 44℅

Review excerpt: 

Torn between moody grandiosity and cartoonish mayhem, Daredevil tries to have it both ways, and succeeds at neither.

Batman & Robin continues to elude me but I caught this on TV last week was inspired to blog about it. Sort of. 

I don’t even need to recap. This movie is garbage. 

I used to think that people were being unnecessarily harsh about it, but no, it’s bad. The only thing I liked was hearing Won’t Back Down by Fuel in the closing credits. That’s my song! Teenage me probably loved the movie’s soundtrack but overall, the film itself was a mess. It was boring and somewhat nonsensical. Colin Farrell was really cheesy as Bullseye. I have no idea what that first ninja battle scene with Elektra and Daredevil was. Or whichever one happened near that kids playground. I was just shuddering due to the cringe. Not to mention the whole ‘stay‘ thing as it’s raining buckets. UGH. 

The movie is basically like one long Evanescence music video, complete with the soundtrack. 

I don’t even know how Daredevil managed to survive after Elektra almost killed him. Or how he managed to catch up with the Kingpin. It was like time slowed down for me but not the movie? If that makes sense. It barely held my attention.

On the flip side, I suppose it isn’t completely worthless. The visual effects weren’t bad. It makes for good background noise/minor entertainment and there are probably worse movies out there. Like Playing It Cool (I’m still processing just how bad that movie was). 

Anyway, based on this, I can only imagine how bad Affleck’s Batman is. I haven’t seen Batman vs. Superman but I hear that it wasn’t great. How surprising. I suppose the upside is that Affleck still has the perfect jawline for the role. 

3 thoughts on “Bad Moviethon #5 – Daredevil (2003)”

  2. Colin Ferrell was the biggest offender for me. I love that character. Daredevil and Elektra were meh. To be fair, Marvel deaths are as ridiculous as their physiqu es/costumes. Pick up any comic. The fanboys who create these things know nothing of reality. Not hating, just saying. Lol
    At least there was Evanescence. That was my consolation back then.

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    1. He was so cheesy! I was facepalming each time he popped up. Lol, I agree! The comics are even cornier and clueless than the movies. Bring me to liiiiife. That song was the pinnacle of the early 2000s. I hated the scene with My Immortal playing, though. I was like, Egads, WHY? Just when the movie couldn’t get anymore depressing. I think that’s part of why the latest Marvel movies are so popular – less doom and gloom, same ridiculous plots. 😂

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