NEITHER of them did an Irish Goodbye. That term means that you left without saying goodbye, that they had no idea that you had left... basically Ghosting.
Fun Fact: the accident the blinded Matt with those chemicals mutated the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The Turtles were created as a parody of Dare Devil. They share quite a bit of things. Stick = Splinter. The Hand = The Foot.
That is so random. Why would anyone choose to parody Daredevil of all characters? I mean, I adore Daredevil. But surely, someone would rather parody, say, Spider-Man. lol.
@sarahnadeofpoetry it wasn't so much a parody of Daredevil as a parody of Frank Miller's "grim and gritty" writing style. Working in the Daredevil references were just to make that a bit more obvious.
"Jennifer Garner, with the moves!" 😳 It's always surprising to me when people are surprised that she can do action. She had a whole tv-show where she kicked butt every single week. 😊
which universe got the black kingpin?`I know ultimate got the nick fury one based on sam jackson, earth 616 is david hasselhoff. but not sure which Earth got the black kingpin, is that common knowledge or was this DEI hire before it was common?
While Jonathan Bernthal is Frank Castle/The Punisher, Thomas Jane was a great Frank Castle/Punisher at the time his movie came out. It's still a great movie. Punisher War Zone with Ray Stephenson's Frank/Punisher is entertaining but not as much as depth and character development.
Mary, remember, the MCU didn't start until the first Iron Man movie, so all Marvel movies before then didn't count, so that's why they used some of the same actors.
Same here and that final fight scene is still one of my favorite fight scenes in a Marvel movie. MCD was an awesome Kingpin too. RIP Michael Clarke Duncan
10:00: *Fun Fact: The voicemail of the girl who breaks up with Matt via voicemail is Colin Farrell’s sister! She’s the girl in the bar in the bright blue top where we first see Bullseye!* 🎯
30:45 Storytime: there's a Superman comic where Joker starts messing around in Metropolis. Doesn't pull off any serious harm because... Superman. But at the end of it he starts giving a speech about how he thinks they can have a lot of fun together, and Superman just says, "Batman has a code that prevents him from killing people. I just generally don't kill people." *eyes start glowing* "Get out of my city."
The thing that most people don't get about Batman and Superman is that Batman is an expert at knowing exactly how much force to use to hurt you without killing you. He knows how to do max harm without sending you in to the light. If Superman chose to take the same tact, his x-ray vision, his super senses, and his muscle control would make him even better at it. Everyone is afraid of Batman because he's dark and brooding and a great martial artist. Everyone SHOULD be even MORE afraid of Superman, because he can do it better, faster, and you can't hide from him at all..
@@stevenfriedman2902 Superman: "Hmmm..thats weird....who builds a house out of lead...I wonder if its a super villain plot or trap...guess I'll check it out.."
Daredevil debuted 60 years ago in Marvel Comics. From his Inception to the 1980s, he was colorful, clever, exciting superhero in yellow & black, then in his signature red. That his handicap didn't limited him to risking life and limb. Going into the 1980s, Frank Miller (Sin City, 300) reinvented the character as he is today. A hardcore, dark and gritty crime-fighter with much realism in leading the life of hero, lawyer, catholic, friend, ally, being an example of what his father Jack wanted him to be. The first-ever DD/Matt Murrdock in live-action was Rex Smith for one of The Incredible Hulk tv series/films, 35 years ago. DD is the only Marvel property that was with a Disney studio (Touchstone) first before being with Fox and then back to Disney. 2003, first year of multiple Marvel films and DD was among the 3 with X2, The Hulk. I liked the theatrical cut. It had the tone and feel that was expected. The sequences with the action and use of DD's shadow vision were well played. I thought the casting was good. Affleck did alright as DD/Murdock, Colin Farrell was so over the top as Bullseye, the late, great MCD as Kingpin was perfect and Jennifer Garner as Elektra, I think she was slowly but surely sinking into who the character really was in a good way. Jon Favreau as Foggy, 5 years before being Happy Hogan and one of the godfathers of the MCU still blows my mind. Theatrical cut wasn't a flop, but a lot of footage was taken out. This 2004 director's cut with R-rating is much better than the original. The subplot of Dante Jackson (the late Coolio), framed for murder was the bulk of it plus some alternate/additional scenes of the original cut thrown in. Either version rocks regardless. DD on film was a well-done approach. The spin-off film Elektra (2005) didn't fare well at the box office, an unrated director's cut exists and makes it a much better movie but Jennifer Garner still gets some love for being the character. The writer/director of DD also made Ghost Rider (2007) with Nic Cage. Check this one out too. As usual, theatrical cut was alright, but the extended cut is better.
I suspect that the theatrical version established the bad reputation. After that, you almost have to wait for a new generation to watch it without the preconception.
The common complaint I heard was the fact that he let the r@pist die on the tracks and how he was beating the Kingpin enforcer in front of a kid. Also the romantic rooftop scene where he stayed with Elektra despite hearing someone in distress off in the distance. There was an arc that the movie was establishing with Daredevil that was lost on some people.
The guy dropping dead at 20:13 is Frank Miller, creator of 300 , Sin City and writer/artist on some of the best Daredevil stories including the Elektra storyline this is mostly based on.
Specifically because Smith had just finished writing a well regarded story in the Daredevil comics right before this movie went into production. The shot of Matt wrapped around the cross on top of the church is directly taken from a piece of Joe Quesada art from that run.
I fell for Jennifer Garner way back on the show Alias, which I consider to be JJ Abrams's best work. I highly recommend another Ben Affleck movie, The Accountant -- unsexy name but an incredible movie.
@@leorojas6390 It's not just Evanescence, there's Fuel, The Calling, Saliva, Seether, Nickelback, Drowning Pool and Rob Zombie, Nappy Roots and P.O.D., Moby, Chevelle, Hoobastank, Paloalto, Revis, Boysetsfire, Autopilot Off, Finger Eleven, Endo and 12 Stones, as well as the film's score by Graeme Revell
The guy with the recognizable face is Paul Ben Victor, who often did work as low-level mobsters and general dirtbags. However, he'll always be Bobby Hobbs to me (in "Invisible Man" from the glory days of the Sci-Fi Channel.)
@@JMO_1976 I think you misspelled "Farscape", but otherwise I agree. While the quality (particularly the budget and casting) of those late 90s-early 00s Sci-fi shows was wildly inconsistent. There was ambition, creativity and DARING that I feel is missing from the modern TV landscape as producers are either looking for the next show everyone will tweet about or just trying to maintain the hype machine. To clarify, "Invisible Man" was probably the most mainstream of that era, considering the others include "Nostradamus predicted Invasion of the Body Snatchers", "Tabloids are telling the truth", "60s batman style superheroes starring Playmates". The Triumvirate of Alphas/Eureka/Warehouse 13 were a solid dying gasp from the channel, but I don't think of them as the "glory" days.
@@saberstrike000 Great for you, I disagree, otherwise I would've said so. I'm sure you meant to be witty with your comment, but please don't assert what you like as being what everyone should like. I like Farscape just fine, but it isn't MY favorite from SciFi, and I said what is in my post.
The reason heroes don't kill bad guys is the same reason most decent people don't. You kill the bad guy, you're no better than he is, if anything, you're just as bad, unless you're still a better human, killing changes you and haunts you. It's like what batman said in batman for "you make the kill, but your pain doesn't end it grows, so you run into the night to find another face, and another and another, until one terrible morning you wake up and realize that revenge has become your whole life and you won't know why, you're a good woman mary, I love your videos , I'm saying this to help you understand why heroes do what they do.
I think this has my favorite visualization of Matt’s powers not in terms of how quickly he develops them with Stick’s help but just in how they look. Michael Clark Duncan was actually an awesome Kingpin. Mary should be Elektra for Halloween this year
I remember seeing an ad in a comic book for a DD game that was supposed to come out for the PS2. Judging by the pics, it looked like it also had a good representation of his powers. But unfortunately was never produced/finished. 🤷🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️🙎🏿♂️
Daredevil is like Batman. Great fighter, he doesn't kill & has bad luck with women. Lol. The original cut the mod trial angle and Matt sleeps with Elektra after the rain scene.
I’ll help with The Bronx comment. Daredevil’s neighborhood is Hell’s Kitchen which is in Manhattan. In the 70’s into the 80’s the Burrough of The Bronx was considered the roughest in all of New York. It was full of demolished and burned buildings because of slumlords collecting fire insurance. It was also a time of rising gangs. So the Kingpin’s comment is implying that he’s a tough fighter because he grew up in such a tough Burrough in the city. Favreau in this film before he was in the MCU. Same with Chris Evan in the FF. Before the MCU started with Iron Man actors just did Marvel associated project as different studios had the rights back then. So Favreau and Evans being in the MCU later was meant to be seen as ignoring what they did before. I can admit I didn’t think Evans would have made a good Cap but was proven wrong. Favreau’s experience in Daredevil led him to ultimately establish the tone of the MCU. Loki and variants now allowed as a loophole to have the same actor in other universes. More actors are Oscar Isaac (Moon Knight & Apocalypse), Gemma Chan (The Eternals & Captain Marvel), and Ray Stevenson (Punisher Warzone & Thor).
I cant understand how anyone could watch the first 5 episodes and then stop. I binged the first season back to back. Jessica Jones and Luke Cage. The 2nd season was ok. The Defenders and Iron Fist...not so much, but Daredevil was awesome.
Not only do I not know why people hate this movie, but I think Daredevil is the most underrated superhero ever. Aside from a few guest appearances, there's no other movies besides this, no TV shows besides the Netflix show, and no video games or merch. As someone who is partially blind, Daredevil isn't getting as much attention he deserves.
Daredevil, Fantastic Four and basically all of the Fox and Sony movies and all of the Marvel movies pre-2008 are non-MCU. What happened was studios bought the rights for the characters to make movies from Marvel. But with poor reception of most of the Marvel movies, Marvel decided to do their own movies, starting with the Iron Man (2008), which is the start of the current MCU. They wanted to wipe the slate clean and tell their own stories. It was the main reason why when Marvel finally made an agreement with Sony to allow them to use Spider-Man, that they titled the film Spider-Man Homecoming, because finally their most popular comic book character was coming home. And now that Disney owns Fox, and got back most of their licenced characters, the plan is to have MCU do their own X-Men from scratch as well. Only recently with the start of the multiverse storytelling did they start to acknowledge any of the previous movies as multiverse cannon, like with the introduction of Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield in Spider-Man No Way Home.
It’s a fun movie, just not what Daredevil is supposed to be. The show is way better, and Charlie Cox is amazing in the role. Can’t wait for the new series.
Oh yeah like F4 (2005) Daredevil is not connected to the MCU existing as it's own universe. So that's how Jon was able to play Happy in Iron Man (2008) and throughout the MCU while Chris was able to return for the role of Steve Rogers. Alot of people like to think that Daredevil (2003) is actually set in Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man universe. This is thanks to MTV's really underrated Spider-Man cartoon from 2003 based on Toby Maguire's Spider-Man films with the same designs, backstories etc. it introduced Kingpin who was based and voiced by Michael Clarke Duncan who of course played Kingpin in the Daredevil movie that same year. Though the show as a hole is seen as it's own thing and most people don't regard it as canon to the movies. Pretty sure the show also mentions stuff like the X-Men and even Stark Industries, a good 5 years before the first Iron Man film. Some people like to group all the 2000s Marvel films into a single universe so X-Men, Daredevil, Hulk, Spider-Man, Ghostrider, Blade, Punisher etc. So pretty much if your watching a Marvel film from before the MCU (2008) it's not going to be set in the MCU.
Kevin Smith from Jay and Silent Bob movies got Ben Affleck for this film. John Favreau was in this film. He has directed more of the Mandalorian tv series who he created the show
Ben Affleck and Michael Clarke Duncan were friends in Armageddon (1998). It was funny watch them in Daredevil as enemies. There was no one better for Kingpin than Duncan at those time. He nailed it. Affleck was good too. Curious how Deadpool & Wolverine rescued the movie from the oblivion. RIP Michael Clarke Duncan.
Daredevil is a _mutate,_ he wasn't born a mutant. The toxic waste that blinded him also gave him super senses, including equilibrium and balance, which gives him super agility.
Jennifer Garner's strenuous combat training for her "Alias" spy series made her a great choice for this movie. Gina Torres was great as an enemy agent in that show. I used to know someone who said he was in high school with Ms. Garner.
SUPER Underrated! This Daredevil got me so into the comics that I prefer either version as a more faithful adaptation. Before the Dark Knight movies, this really showed the beating to the body they take. Kevin Smith is involved because he wrote for the comics and if I believe right helped get Ben Affleck into this film.
Mary listen, any Marvel before Iron Man are **NOT** part of the MCU, Jon Favreau played Foggy Nelson who's Daredevil's BFF, but in the MCU he played Happy Hogan who was Tony's driver and security guard and who also mentored Spider-Man, get what I'm saying ? Loki explained very well with the whole multiverse concept
I really don’t hate this movie like a lot of people do I mean it’s not perfect but it’s not as bad as people think it is. I mean, I grew up with this movie if it wasn’t for this movie, I would’ve never known about the character of daredevil. And this film introduced me to Ben Affleck and John Favreau and Jennifer Gardner. And yeah, at the time I thought this movie was bad ass. I thought it was cool. And I remember I used to the soundtrack on CD. I used to listen to all the time because there was a couple songs on it that I really enjoyed. Did you know that Rob Zombie even wrote a song for the soundtrack called the man without fear? I mean, the song is obviously dedicated to the character of daredevil. And there’s also this other song called won’t back down by the band fuel. I mean, those two songs were bangers. I used to listen to them all the time. Honestly, though the Directors cut is so much better it really fill in the gaps and it really makes the story more cohesive and the film is so much more darker and edgier. And I’m a sucker for dark edgy badass stuff.
The good thing is that although we think she is bad because of the script, the truth is that her dynamic with Ben and Jennifer was so good and entertaining that they really captured the same essence of the relationship between Matt and Elektra as in the comics, and in their music. It makes it even more epic!!! And she is one of my favorites of Jennifer Garner as her character.
This movie was OK for what it was back in the early 2000s but I would say Charlie Cox’s daredevil from the Netflix series now Disney+ that one is 10 times better i highly recommend it
4:16 When I watched The Dark Knight and saw the echolocation technology he was using, I was immediately brought back this visualization of Matt’s radar sense in this Daredevil movie.
If you like Jennifer Garner as an action type of gal, check out the movie Elektra (2005) and the TV series Alias (2001-2006). "She's too hot to die." Sounds similar to what Mal from Firefly says about being too good-looking to die. "Why do we call them Father? Why not Daddy?" So you want them to say, "Who's your Daddy?" You should watch The Punisher movies and TV series as The Punisher doesn't have a problem with killing bad guys. Some people just know when that is the person they love. Love at first sight. Daredevil may be blind but he can see far better than most people.
I saw this DareDevil movie 4 times in theaters and loved it. However the Netflix show with Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock/DareDevil is amazing! Charlie Cox is Matt Murdock/DareDevil the same way RDJ is Tony Stark/Iron-man!
I really like this movie! It's overly hated imo. Yeah, it's cheesy in certain parts, but cheesy doesn't necessarily means bad. The director's cut is the only version to watch.
Okay, the reason why actors in older Marvel movies come back as different Marvel Characters, is because those older movies aren't "really" Marvel Movies. Marvel had spent decades chasing DC. DC was the undisputed king of Superheroes, and Marvel had been trying to over take them for very long time. In the 90s, they finally did it. For the first time in the history of the company, Marvel was out selling DC... But the had spread themselves too thin, and they tried Direct Marketing, and screwed it up. The result was that Marvel collapses and was forced to declare Bankruptcy. To save the company, they sold they movie and TV rights to their most popular characters. Spider-Man and Blade went to Sony, Daredevil, X-Men, and The Fantastic Four went to Fox, and The Hulk went to Universal. Obviously, Marvel bounced back, and they weren't really impressed by many of the movies that came out based on their characters, and decided to try their hand to making their own movies. Unfortunately all they had were they "C" list characters that no one cared about, like Ironman and Captain America. When they first announced the Ironman movie, most of us thought, "Really? Who cares about Ironman?" Fortunately for everyone, Marvel did such a good job with the casting and the script, that it made everyone fall in love with this, until then, unknown character. They also struck a deal with Universal to let them use the Hulk. As time went on, Fox sold the rights to Daredevil back to Marvel, and then later bought Fox itself. They also struck a deal with Sony to be allowed to use Spider-Man in the MCU. When John Favreau and Chris Evens were cast in the MCU as Happy Hogan and Captain America, Marvel wasn't really recasting actors from older Marvel Movies, they were casting actors who happened to appear in Fox movies based on Marvel Characters. I don't think anyone truly believed that Marvel would be owned by Disney, or that Disney would buy fix to get those they rights to those characters and those older movies, it just kind of worked out that way.
the internally consistent film and tv franchise known as the "marvel cinematic universe" (mcu) officially begins in 2008 with "iron man". any marvel movies prior to "iron man" have no place in the mcu and exist as standalone projects before marvel ambitiously decided to pull all its intellectual properties under one creative studio -- a herculean but successful decade-long effort of buying back movie rights on its characters, securing long-term acting contracts, etc, etc...
You need to finish the Netflix series its so good. Even more so now that the story is continuing through Disney and the MCU with Daredevil: Born Again which is keeping all the same actors. Daredevil seasons 1 - 3 are the TV equivalent to The Dark Knight films.
Compared to some of the recent superhero movies that arent that good it makes the older superhero movies look not as bad. You gotta understand Daredevil, Ghost Rider, Fantastic 4 were compared to Ironman 1, X-men, Tobey Spiderman movies and the Dark Knight Trilogy cause thats all we had back in the 2000s to compare to.
As the Netflix series is way better and far superior but this 2003 movie is my childhood and I have alot of fun watching it it's my guity pleasure for the nostalgia and I'm glad mary is having a good time watching the director's cut it's a must-watch and i miss those styles of marvel movies before the MCU came along.
17:17 "Remembering you standing quiet in the rain As I ran to your heart to be near And we kissed as the sky fell in, holding you close How I always held close in your fear" - Pictures of You by The Cure
No matter how bad the original version of this movie is it will always be special to me. When my daughter was 4, she loved the Electra training scene and would stand in front of the TV with Halloween costume sai and do a childlike version of the routine. 20 years later and it still makes me cry.
Mary, the MCU and these "Marvel" movies are separate and were not yet connected. The early Sony Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four and the X-men were separate studios and not connected to our current MCU universe until the multiverse saga, or better explained, the studio buy-outs by Disney. The MCU and Marvel movies were whole different universes until more recently.
this movie was a big part of my childhood. back when cable was more popular it was always one of the movie channels and I'd watch it each time. it doesnt deserve the hate it gets
I remember watching this on satellite back in the day. It was cool seeing "Elektra. I also just rewatched "Deadpool yesterday with my brother. I actually like this movie. I never heard anything about it being bad.
