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New DAREDEVIL Trailer Kicks Ass and Takes Your Frickin' Name Down!!!
Hey folks, Harry here.... Once we were lost, now we're found. This trailer kicks all sorts of ass and I dig it. Given the script and the storyboards, I had hopes for this film... However, it seems that they are nailing with railroad spikes the action as detailed in those Storyboards, and when we see it all cut together, ewwwww Nellie, I'm talking Depends for everybody in the house! I know this story is dark, that the risks are deep and that Michael Clarke Duncan talking as the Kingpin actually worked for me just now. I'm dying to see this again, so I'll leave you to the trailer... Adios companeros!
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Why does this trailer get me so jazzed? Probably the same reason I'm willing to bet it gets Kevin Smith jazzed when he sees it. We've read the script.
Now, I liked SPIDER-MAN tons, have the dvd sitting right here in front of me, but the one complaint that I have about the Spidey flick is that it isn't THE GREAT SPIDEY FLICK. While it was a wonderful start... One helluva way to kick it off, the great SPIDER-MAN stories have not even begun to be told. While I enjoy the film, love the adaptation... There will always be a part of me that wishes that on that bridge, the girl in peril had blonde hair and was named Stacy. That she died. That Spidey beat the Goblin, but is depressed at the end of the film, when the doorbell rings, "Face it Tiger, you just hit the jackpot!" fade to black. That's just me. That's what I wanted deep down, but what I got was a damn good SPIDER-MAN story... that unfortunately wasn't the great story I hoped they would give me. Enter Michael Chabon and the second SPIDER-MAN movie... hope is still there. And at the very least the second Spidey will kick our asses, simply because... we know it will.
This DAREDEVIL film, however, is a horse of a different color. Unlike the BATMAN films, SUPERMAN films, BLADE films or even the SPIDER-MAN film... This is an actual adaptation of the greatest story arc of the character in question. And the particular story that this is an adaptation of happens to be one of the great Comic Book stories... PERIOD!
Just to kinda remind you folks about things. There's a reason Kevin Smith has been so supportive of this film and it has shit to do with him getting a cameo. It's the script. He's read it. He's seen Ben in the character for some of the harder emotional scenes... none of which are in this Action FUN trailer. Here we don't see the blood. Here we don't see the agony. But it's coming, and it's coming in a film with characters that have lighter moments at the beginning and plunge into a place that you don't even want to be at. The action in this trailer is directly off the storyboards... they shot the storyboards. You have no idea how awesome this is going to be. I'm giddy. Here's Kevin Smith's old post about visiting the set and watching his buddy Ben in action!
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At least this time they actually said what the name of the movie was during the trailer.
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Hard to tell, still, if it's going to be any good. What I hate is I'm not looking at Matt Murdock, I keep thinking "Hey, it's Ben Affleck!" and the Kevin Smith-like diner scene with Foggy isn't helping. I'm guessing it will be a fun movie, but it won't hit us as hard as Spider-Man or The X-Men. *puts away his crystal ball*
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You did it eleventeen times? Is your hand tired?
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The trailer was alright, but I'm starting to get flashbacks of The One already. Shitty angry music, ripped-off fight techniques, and cheesy dialogue. Not to mention the fact that some of those shots seemed slightly spoilerific. Ewwwwww, Nellie. Whatever. I was defending this movie when it first got into gear, but the more I see from it, the more uneasy I get.
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They are certainly a different type of dork. I wonder why being first is the highlight of some people's existence? The best part though, is when they ARE NOT EVEN FIRST. That really makes a guy look cool. Women are really turned on when you tell them that sometimes you are able to post first on message boards. But they really get moist when they find out that you said you were first, but then found out that some other cool cat beat you to it.
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PARTICULARLY for this role. Whatever the opposite of gravitas is, he's got it in spades.
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But after watching that trailer I'm Done. All I saw was a rip off Crow, Original Batman, And typical lame assed Ben Affleck Banter. The guys hi-pitched voice just grates on me. I'll catch it when it hits the second run Movie house. What a waste of time. Never Know i may be surprised, but I doubt it.
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or somewhere around there.
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if only they got someone else to play dare devil...oh well no use bitchin about it now...let just hope this movie is aight
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...but that trailer did make the movie look pretty cool. A little too much wire-fu/CGI people, but maybe it will work on the big screen. Here's hopin'.
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When DD takes off that mask its still ben affleck.I dont think alot of people are gonna be too keen on ben affleck playing a legendary superhero.I know im not,im just freaking sick of the guy and hope the movie is the next batman and robin all because of the crappy casting.MCD as the kinpin whatever,doesnt the kingpin hate black people?.I just hope when the new spawn film comes out freddy prince jr.isnt playing him cause i hate when they cast actors who dont look like and arent the same race as there characters in the comics.F-DD.
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Not a lot of mystery & not very catchy. But, from the clips, it looks like they did get a lot right. I think it probably introduces the character to the masses quite well, and makes those familiar with it curious.
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I'll say it once again, this could be the best comic movie ever. The Kingpin line "How do you kill a man without fear" is a direct lift from Frank Miller's
seminal "Born again" storyline.
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It was so much better when it was dark, gritty and ultra-violent and went by the name 'The Crow.' That whole fire thing was so cool, I just never needed to see it again. Ever. This smacks of formula and lack of originality. And don't give me this homage rant, because it's not an homage. It's a ripoff. Spidey's tearing off of his clothes to reveal his spider logo underneath was an homage to Supes because they have much in common. DD and the Crow? Nothing. Let this start the trend that will cause comic book movies to dwindle until the fad that they are mistakenly seen to be by many causes them to fall off the scope of cinema. It's going to happen, and this claptrap is the reason why. Kevin Smith? Fuck yourself. Just because your fat, dimpled, cellulitic ass sports a cameo in this excuse for a film doesn't mean it's better than Spider-Man. It's not. It won't be, and you're a myopic gleek. Ben Afleck is tired and should have quit shortly after 'Good Will Hunting.' In fact, his best work was probably in 'Dazed and Confused.' I will see this movie only because Jennifer Garner is the hottest person on the planet, and for no other reason than to watch her jubblies bounce around when she kicks DD's ass. After seeing this incredibly blah trailer I have about as much hope this will be better than 'The Punisher' as I do that Brett Ratner will get Superman right. And can someone tell me what the fuck that Gary Colemanesque hip hop rap thing in the beginning is all about?
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"Take The Dare"? That's a fucking stupid tagline. I would have loved to see something like "This summer ... justice ... is ... blind!" or something. The Trailer looks pretty much ... crap. Not impressive, sorry. I couldn't care less about this movie.. which is a shame, 'cause usually I'm a fan of comic-movies.
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This movie will bomb, sometimes you can just tell from a trailer that a film will be shite. This is certainly one of them.
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Nov 06, 2002 11:29:19 PM CST
I registered just to post on how painful this trailer was to wat
by adambalm
The scenes I saw at San Diego Con were okay. The action makes me cringe though. Looks too much like wire-fu as designed by the Amazing Flying Graysons. And, for God's sake why did they have to have the bad guy say 'Get me [insert assasin]!' It would have been cooler had he said 'I'm going to kick your [cut off by explosion, so to let us giggle mindlessly knowing he almost said the dredded 'b' word!!!] This trailer has achieved the highest chachra of cheesiness. -
Nov 06, 2002 11:32:55 PM CST
THIS JUST IN: FRANK MILLER VOWS VENGEANCE FOR THE CATASTROPHE HE
by neil macauley
I think it's just a tad telling that not one talkbacker, not a single one, had a completely positive reaction without at least one huge complaint , especially in regards to the casting. Harry is the ONLY guy unabashedly glowing about this film. And hey, newsflash to Harry, in case you haven't realized this even though it's slapped you in the face 200 times in the past 4 years: MANY HORRIBLE MOVIES BEGIN WITH *GREAT* SCRIPTS. It's called a studio and a director ruining a good script. Happened before, and it looks like it's happening here. Honestly, to someone with an objective perspective, was there ANY hint at all of the darkness, the hopelessness, the edge, the murder, the psychotic killing nature, the quest for redemption by a corrupted soul, etc. that is in Frank Miller's best Daredevil arcs?!! (the original Elektra/Bullseye arc and the "Born Again" arc being the best) Remember the Kingpin in Born Again? He's absolutely TORTURED. A black heart, consumed by one unholy passion: to destroy Daredevil. Is there a single INKLING of that in Michael Clarke Duncan's delivery of his lines in this trailer? No. None of it. And Bullseye on a harley chopper with a tattoo on his forehead instead of his badass costume? Oh my god, horrible. And if there's techno hip-hop remix crap in the trailer, it doesn't mean that will make it into the film BUT is there a chance the film will have the brooding, atmospheric score it should have? Probably not. And uh, did anyone else think that maybe Elektra would have, um, AN ACCENT? Her name is Elektra Natchios and she's greek-born and trained in the Far East by ninjas. So why does she talk just like Jennifer Garner's Sydney Bristow character? Hmm, that's one to ponder. This trailer blows, just like everything that's come out about this film, with the exception maybe of John Favreau and Joe Pantaliano's casting. And this is coming from a HUGE Daredevil fan and a disciple of Frank Miller (except for his DK2, a complete waste of time). "My name is Matt Murdock, I live in Hell's Kitchen and I do my best to keep it clean. That's all you need to know."
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I haven't read the script or know anything about the plot, but maybe someone can answer. In the quick cuts at towards the end, they show Bullseye apparently beginning to fall to his death, Hans Gruber-style. If this is the case (and I certainly hope it is not) what genius at Fox marketing allowed that in?
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The same guy wrote and directed this.
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If they want a blackguy in the movie then why don't they get a black character or create a character. They could have cast a black actor to play the journalist.
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Here I was thinking I was a fan of comic book movies, especially since Spider-Man kicked mucho buttocks at the box office. It also got good reviews. Daredevil does not look anything special. Why? Something I can't put my finger on but I have this strange premonition I can't seem to shake that this movie will fall into being the sole comic book film that mainstream movie goers will say 'Nice try, but enough is enough.' I feel Daredevil will fall flat. No guarantee, but there's something about this movie that I think it's going to end the Marvel win streak. I hope I'm wrong. To add insult to injury, Colin Farrell's portrayal of Bullseye isn't making me any more enthused for this flick. -
I hated the teaser for DD. Hated it. It was just so awkward and confusing and then it didn't even give us a title. I hate Ben Affleck. I like some of his movies (Changing Lanes, Chasing Amy) but I always feel that he is the weakest part of them. I don't think he's that bad of an actor, he just seems so annoying. Now, this trailer has really crappy music in it, it's still cut together weird, and Ben Affleck's still in it. I still liked it. The action looks like Daredevil comic book action scenes. I like MCD as Kingpin. He is the best actor for the job. The shot of him throwing DD into the ceiling wouldn't have been believable with anyone else. Jennifer Garner is just so amazing, I was never worried about her performance. I wonder why they didn't give her an accent though. What I saw of bullseye didn't look bad and I believe Colin Farrel will do a great job. Joey Pants is just the friggin' man. Overall, I'm still optimistic. It seems all of you bashers are focusing your rage on the fact that Ben Affleck is playing DD. That is definitely not enough to keep me from enjoying this film.
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Sheesh, you people do nothing but bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch............................
If this movie really sucks. Then just don't see it. But I know you idiots, you'll all be inline on opening day regardless on all this bitching. Then you'll come back here and bitch some more about awful the movie was. Well morons, you've got a choice to see this film or not. If you do go, try to keep it down so people like Harry and myself can enjoy the movie. Because, unlike you all we really want to see it. -
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Damn, guys, settle down. Here's what you need to know: "Daredevil" is the dream project of one Mark Steven Johnson, a director who made one tiny gem of a movie before this, "Simon Birch". You may not have liked that film, but it was a good movie, and so say a lot of people who know their stuff. You may think he may not have the chops to make a big-time February action movie (I'd rather get the movie sooner than later, but, geez, February?), but, then, if "The Matrix" were a popular comic before it was a movie, would you have given it to the Wachowski brothers to do? The fellow's been reading "Daredevil" and other comics all his life, and he knows his way around a film set; he might know a little about what makes a good action scene, ay? Of course, we're only talking about the action scenes here, but the real money scenes in a "Daredevil" movie will be the dramatic ones, and we've seen nothing of those yet. Don't like the trailer? Well, so what; you know which directors get to cut their own trailers?-- none of them! (except P.T. Anderson). This trailer was cut by marketing guys and I'm sure the director was cringing as much as the rest of us over many of the choices they made, i.e., music, narration, etc. And, finally, don't like Ben Affleck? I can understand that, I used to be in that camp myself. But go back and watch some of his better movies, "Changing Lanes", "The Sum of All Fears", "Good Will Hunting", "Chasing Amy"; the guy is a good actor. And if that doesn't work, watch the Kevin Smith films with Affleck on the commentary track. The guy's endearing and you'll find it impossible to hate him (shut up, I have a girlfriend). Face it guys, Mark Steven Johnson is a geek with keys to the kingdom, and he's going to make the "Daredevil" film he's wanted to see since he was a kid, and, you know what? I bet it's the same film I've wanted to see since I was young. Watch the trailer again, and than watch the trailer for the moronic "Charlie's Angels 2" and realize how lucky we all are that "Daredevil" is being made by a guy with passion, that one special ingredient missing from most blockbusters.
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First thing, Affleck doesnt suck as much as you guys say he does, anyone who can make fun of himself and his work(Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back) cant be all bad. Second, that trailer was as good as any of the spiderman trailers. Third, how can you guys dismiss a movie a full 4 months before it hits the screen. Seriously guys, I doubt you've read the script or been on the set, so your basing all your damn resentment on a grand total of 3 minutes of footage you've seen on the trailers. Bottom line: hold off calling the movie a piece of crap until you've seen the whole damn thing.
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Man, that Garner is one ugly piece of shit. From what I've seen of her in interviews, she's also terribly annoying and somewhat retarded. They couldn't have found a more hideous woman for that role. I find myself more attracted to Affleck or Colin Farrell.
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Nov 07, 2002 12:26:03 AM CST
As usual, Many on this board are intent on hateing this film
by defiant
Big Surprise on this disscussion board. There are people complaining cause they hate Daredevil, People complaining cause they complain about everything, People complaining cause they hate Ben Affleck, and People complaining cause it is not close enough to the comic.
Reminds me of how many bashed Spiderman (even when it came out on here) yet the movie broke all these records. Not that I am saying this movie is going to be Spiderman, but it shouldn't be. It's on less than half the budget and the character isn't known to the mainstream. I expect this movie to do a little better than Blade's level of success.
Anyway, my main problem with the trailer was the recycling of scenes from the first trailer but it is still early and there is Much effects work yet to be done. I don't know how so many of you are predicting the falure of this movie. There are so many movies that sucked with great trailers and vice versa.
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Most people can't tell a COMICBOOK movie from other movies. It looks good. Who cares who plays Daredevil, look at Eletra Whooo..Hoooo. So don't compare it to Shakespere, it's Daredevil. Bring on the blind dude.
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The footage looks quite good, but structurally this trailer sucks big time. It had badly chosen clips, badly chosen music, bad voice-over and bad tagline ("Justice Is Blind" was MUCH better). The information that the audiences are being given is badly executed. How about giving us some idea of the story instead of saying "There are these four people, most of them like to wear black leather costumes, and then they fight with each other". Many people probably don't even get it that Daredevil is blind, the trailer makes it seem like a fake cover-up to make himself less suspicious. The flick might be good, but this trailer is more likely to make people indifferent than interested. Who hires these hacks to do trailers? Has anyone seen the new Hero trailer? The film is probably really good, but the trailer is just horrible.
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This looks like utter and complete shit. Visually it looks like a TV show. Affleck is totally wrong for the part. How depressing.
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Playing an asshole. We all want to hate him anyway, so it was a satisfying performance because we were SUPPOSED to hate him. There - you ask, I deliver.
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...Fuck you babies.THIS WILL ROCK!
Why can't you people just be grateful that DD is being handled
in a serious manner.Don't you
chumps remember CAPTAIN AMERICA?
Or The PUNISHER?So the mask is a little off-fuck it.I will be there
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Nov 07, 2002 12:50:56 AM CST
Sorry, but I heard from a good source that this movie is just aw
by very handsome
I hope they're wrong, but the trailer doesn't offer any real glimmer of hope. I'm not trying to be a cynic, just don't let Fatso get your hopes up like he did with that turd AOTC.
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The trailer is alright. Its going to be a riot seeing "Bad Asslick" playing a blind guy.
Jennifer looks kinda weird to me. I've seen better than the Alias chick.
Michael Clark Duncan seems to be perfect for the role.
And is it just me or did it feel like DareDevil was flying like spiderman at the start of the trailer.
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I didn't know this was happening. What a sham! Daredevil is one of my favorite comic books and Ben Affleck is a very very bad actor. He's never been good and have turned mediocore films into dreck. Daredevil is suppose to be brooding and dark not jokey with salon spiky slick hair. This trailer looks terrible and I am very pissed off. This movie needed to be made by a serious dramatic director not a MTV chop suey hack. Somebody with a dark vision like Fincher or Aronofsky or maybe a New York director because DD is so New York to me. It could've at least been interesting by Spike Lee or Scorsese. Anything but this nonsense. Everybody who thinks Ben Affleck sucks say I!
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I think Raimi set the bar for translating a comic book super hero story into an effective motion picture. The comic universe is like mythology, because it's not necessarily realistic, yet there are rules within that universe that make it feel real. When translating to film, there seems to be the danger of two extremes: either trying to make the story too realistic, or exaggerating to the point of it becoming a spoof. In my opinion, Raimi is the only one who's found the right balance. He actually found it with Darkman, and continued it with Spiderman. Judging from the trailer, it doesn't appear Daredevil will even come close to what Raimi has accomplished.
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,,,not like the cultured criminal genius that he's supposed to be. (but maybe if they have one of those classic workouts of his where he takes out 10 ninjas at once it'll be a little cooler). I used to think it was a bad idea that they were throwing all of their major characters-- including Karen Page and their skinhead Bullseye--into the mix right away, because if the film's a success, who are they going to use as their subsequent villains? Typhoid Mary may work, maaaybe Darkseid, but Stilt Man? Now I'm thinking, that if the film fails--which it very well could, seeing as how Daredevil's never had the fanbase of Spider-Man, X-Men, or even the Hulk--then no loss, because they won't be slapping their foreheads with this "doh!! Now we'll never get to introduce Elektra!!" regret (and yet, if a character as obscure as Blade, albeit slightly altered, can produce some of the most kick-ass comic book movie in recent history, then maybe that won't happen after all....). You never know.
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Post I if you think Ben Affleck sucks ass as DareDevil. DD should not be a frat boy with a Details magazine haircut, cracking wise and picking up chicks. The big black retard as KingPin is so stupid I don't even know what to say about it.
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Im sorry, but this movie looks fucking terrible. if this movie turns out to be good, i will probably grow wings and be a superhero of my own. i was never a fan of daredevil, so i dont care how this turns out, but people should be more pissed off about this than they seem.
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The effects was worse than Ghost of Mars. Also Elektra doesn't have her accent. I know they aren't basing her character off the Ultimate Daredevil and Elektra because the comic came out today, and the idea of the Daredevil movie came first. Furthermore, it looks extremely 1960's Batman campy, with Kingpin throwing DD on his ceiling, the part when Murdock says to Elektra,"Is that how you greet people", or some foolishness like that, and she replying, "Try asking for my number", and the fighting sequences were worse than Spider-Man's and they have the guy from the "Matrix". So, I am not screaming to see this movie.
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....good. Much better then the teaser. I am iffy on the "whats your name" scene, but the action looks a hell of a lot better with these CGI enhanced versions of the fights and the costumes look waaay cooler when they are moving with good lighting. Affleck looks decent, Garner is questionable, Farrell only had one line in the trailer so I have no real comment on him other then he looks cool, and MCD looks like the BOOOMB as Kingpin. I am looking forward to Feb. 14th very much. It doesn't look as cool as the kick ass X2 comic con preview, but its still good. Hey, its a Daredevil film....ENJOY!!
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You guys really are being tough on me. I try to be cool about it, but Jeez, I can't help it people pay me 10 to 20 mil to play myself in a movie. I think you people are just jealous that you are living at home in your parents basements, while I am living the American Dream!! Getting paid a ton of money to just be me. By the way, did I mention that while you guys are stroking your Willie Wonka's til liquid Gobstopper's come out, I am banging J Lo's big round ass for the fifth time today. Fuck off, Bee--atches!!
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You know, whenever I see an article on here about a comic book or sci fi movie that has yet to be released, the talkback is full of the idiotic ramblings of (most likely) overweight, (most definitely) virginal, self-worshipping fanboys telling the rest of us how much this film will suck; and all this BEFORE EVER SEEING THE FREAKIN' MOVIE!!! Now, I'm a bit of a fanboy myself. I got the comic collection, the action figures, and the DVD collection that I think will sometimes cause my entertainment center to collapse; however, I HAVE had sex before, I'm NOT overweight, and I truly believe in giving EVERYTHING the benifit of the doubt until I've seen the finished product with my own eyes. Then, and only then, will I judge. There's no way in hell you could watch a minute and a half of a movie and walk away thoroughly convinced that the movie sucks. By today's standards for trailers, if any of you saw the ORIGINAL trailer for the first Star Wars, you'd be typing out talk-backs very similar to what you've said about Daredevil. That trailer was so drab and boring that I'm surprised anyone saw the movie in the first place (I'm glad they did, or no more SW movies would've been made). All I'm saying is wait until you've seen the movie before you throw your stones (except in the case of Brett Ratner's Superman; I have no faith in that based on the script, but only because they have lost the focus on the main things that make the character what he is). I guess it just serves to prove something that I've been saying for years: "People aren't happy unless they have something to bitch about."
*note: I'm not saying whether or not I think this movie will suck because I've seen only two VERY SHORT trailers for it. I'll save my final judgement for the feature length release, thus saving me from having to eat my own words on the off chance that this movie fails to deliver.
*extra note: (warning redundancy ahead) KEEP AN OPEN MIND PEOPLE OR THE HUMAN RACE WILL NEVER ADVANCE BEYOND THE SNIVELLING, WHINING LITTLE PISSANTS WE ARE! -
The Daredevil teaser was enough to make a comic book nerd, like myself, drool. Now with the trailer out it's like a wet dream. Anyone out there who says this movie will suck ass are saying it only cause there are differences between whats in the comics and the movie. And even then i don't think they even read any DD comics. I was skeptical when i first found out that Michael Clark Duncan was going to play Wilson Fisk a.k.a. Kingpin. But then i got to thinking that he would actually be quite good for him, since i can't any other actor as big as he. Also Jennifer Garner got me off guard. I was thinking they'd cast someone with greek heritage. But after seeing the trailer she seems to be good for the part. All i can say is that if the trailer is this good then the movie will be worth my valuable time. Shame on all the non-believers out there. when oh when will there be a decent Captain America movie.
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For Neil McAuley-I want to see this movie because it will kick ass. Oh, and Frank Miller actually has endorsed it. For Mojo Jojo-The answer is Dogma. And for the rest of you silly little hatemongers, I'm sorry. I'M SORRY BUT I MUST BREAKUP YOUR STUPID LITTLE HATE PARADE BY SAYING THIS TRAILER ROCKS AND THE MOVIE WILL BE EVEN BETTER. THE MARVEL HEROES CONTINUE TO RULE !!!
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The Daredevil teaser was enough to make a comic book nerd, like myself, drool. Now with the trailer out it's like a wet dream. Anyone out there who says this movie will suck ass are saying it only cause there are differences between whats in the comics and the movie. And even then i don't think they even read any DD comics. I was skeptical when i first found out that Michael Clark Duncan was going to play Wilson Fisk a.k.a. Kingpin. But then i got to thinking that he would actually be quite good for him, since i can't any other actor as big as he. Also Jennifer Garner got me off guard. I was thinking they'd cast someone with greek heritage. But after seeing the trailer she seems to be good for the part. All i can say is that if the trailer is this good then the movie will be worth my valuable time. Shame on all the non-believers out there. when oh when will there be a decent Captain America movie.
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Alot of anger on this board... jeez, see you complainers at the theater. Anyway, not a fan of Affleck... he just has this weird vibe about him... but he doesn't seem too cringe-worthy in the role... we'll see. I'd never even heard of DareDevil before they made this movie, and the trailer impressed me... didn't knock my socks off, but it did it's job... it convinced me to go see it on valentine's day. MCD looks fucking cool as Kingpin... Garner's got big tits... didn't see enough of Farrell to comment. The CG still needs work. Hope it's good.
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Changing Lanes.
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If you need character development for any comic book movie then get the hell out of this AICN talkback. I feel sorry for people who have no clue about the characters in any comic book movie. It's just sad to me that anyone who posts here needs character development. It's only there for non-comic readers. And I think Daredevil will have a decent character development for each of the main characters. The world is full of muldoons.
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If you need character development for any comic book movie then get the hell out of this AICN talkback. I feel sorry for people who have no clue about the characters in any comic book movie. It's just sad to me that anyone who posts here needs character development. It's only there for non-comic readers. And I think Daredevil will have a decent character development for each of the main characters. The world is full of muldoons.
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She's quite talented... and beautiful (NYC is a jackass)!
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i can't stand all you talkback assholes. you hate everything because it's cool. about 10% of you actually have something interesting to say, maybe a well thought out opinion here or there but most of you are just elitist, hipster fuckheads. i absolutely loved the end of jay and silent bob strike back. just seeing some of you pole smokers getting the shit kicked out of you by the king of all geeks was optical extacy. and if you don't like harry's reviews or his opinions the find another site to visit, you pretentios schmucks. ok, i'm done ranting.
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The more we see of this movie the worse it looks. This trailer is a mess of mediocrity. It sums up everything I hate about Hollywood films. A churned out cookie cutter trailer that did nothing but make me cringe. Aside from the cut and paste use of music thats already been heard in a billion trailers we get glimpses of scenes that look like they belong in any other crappy Affleck movie. From that glowing kiss-ass intro I was expecting something really different form Affleck. If this is any indication of the kind of performance we're going to see then forget it. The guy lacks any sense of maturity in his roles and comes off as a spoiled little boy. He's laughable. Garner was a complete mistake. I don't see any range there, nothing to separate her work from that Alias show. There's nothing exotic or foreign about her. This thing is derivative in so many ways. The obvious influence of BATMAN can be seen all over this, which could also be said of THE CROW except that film was able to expand on the look and deliver memorable characters with genuine feeling. Some of these action scenes look like outtakes from the remake of ROLLERBALL. Who knows, maybe when the whole thing is seen it'll be decent. The best thing they could do is hire a solid composer for this flick. Maybe he or she could provide an emotional chord to this movie. If they rely on techno and hard rock so they can push albums and get a video on MTV they're heading down the wrong road.
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There was plenty of X-Men bashing on these Talkbacks in the early days of production - which eventually changed to rabid fanboy drooling. I can see more of the same for this movie. I want some of you fucks to come back here and eat humble pie when DD comes out. There are some pathetic cretins that post here.
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I thought the movie had a chance with what Wizard Magazine and what Kevin Smith said but E! qouted Mark Steven Johnson and he said that he has an ELEKTRA project in the works. So wow imagine the happy ending ruining Frank Millers work just like the bridge scene ruined Spiderman. AND FOR FUCKS SAKE. DON'T TELL ME A MOVIE IS GOOD BASED OFF OF GROSS. Mummy Returns,Armageddon and Independence Day all deserve oscars.
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Nov 07, 2002 3:33:40 AM CST
News flash for Meatcleaver, Starkiller, and all you other tools
by very handsome
Talkbacks are for people to offer their opinions, positive AND negative. If Harry can say that this movie is going to kick ass, then why can't people say that this movie is going to suck? I don't think talkbackers are critical because they hate movies, I think they are critical because they love movies and can't stand seeing Hollywood charge us higher prices to see formulaic crap. If you worked in this industry, you would see how retarded it is. Personally, I've heard from someone involved with "Daredevil" that the movie is horrendous. Will I see it? Yes. Do I hope it sucks? No.
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and don't you forget that!
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I know everyone loved celebrating that Spider-Man beat the pants off Attack of the Clones, but can anyone honestly tell me that Spider-Man is holding up to repeat viewings? It certainly can't be delivering that in the action scenes. That includes Harry and Moriarty. Can you watch this as much as you can watch the Star Wars films over and over, even the "lesser" ones? Lucas, for all his faults, has an ability to make one delve deeper, to know all the unsaid things, and the events between the filmed moments. Raimi fashioned a credible adaption, but there's just not much to CHEW on. As expository as Attack of the Clones may have been (as well as Phantom Menace), what was Spider-Man but a bunch of obvious siginifiers, to let the viewer know this was, in fact, THE Spider-Man story. Yes, Superman did the same thing, but there was so much more majesty to it. That's something that still shows in flashes with Star Wars, but wasn't anywhere in Spider-Man. And it may be a teen angst story that doesn't seem to fit the epic mold, but that's bullshit. Spider-Man did exactly what Batman did, where the origin of the hero and the villan, and the death of the villan all had to be in the same film. Why? Why cram it all in when you KNOW there will be another. X-Men will always be superior to both of those because it was COMPLETELY open-ended. And they DIDN'T know they'd make enough money for a sequel. There is so much more myth and depth to X-Men, things you can think about after the film's over. Take away the good performances from Spider-Man, and it's pretty empty. I suspect everyone but the rigid stalwarts will be admitting AOTC gets more DVD Player time than Spider-Man. I'd bet my life savings Harry and Moriarty agree.
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looks good to me..Jennifer Garner=wow...but what a f*!ked up tagline..
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yup, i see that in the trailer, i see that, DUMBASS STUDIO!!
oh and spoiler, don't read anything before this line.
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The teaser was terrible, flat out. Looked like my buddy filmed it in DV for his 360 project. Nothing interesting about it, music was terrible, almost as if they wanted this movie to fail. (Interesting, did DC get a ringer into the director's chair?) The trailer was OK, the DD on fire thing was cool, but of course lifted from the Crow. Again, just nothing really interesting here. The only thing that can make this movie for me is if the Kingpin speaks my favorite line in all of Daredevil-ness from "Born Again". Please just say in an ultimatum-like voice over of Daredevil doing something sweet , "And I... I have shown that a man without hope is a man without fear."
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did you guys see the same trailer i did? that was a fantastic trailer! it had the same feeling and look of the first Batman film. only somehow it managed to be darker. cops talking about how they don't even believe he exists...kick ass action...crazy sick villains hell bent on killing...and hell they even nailed kingpin! i'm so excited about this movie. no matter how you feel about affleck, if you are a fan of comic books this trailer should pump you up! its so sad being a DC fan and watching the competition make kick ass movie after kick ass movie. DAREDEVIL will be good. HULK on the other hand...
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Am feeling suddenly hyped. I don't usually get hyped about Ben Affleck films, so this is slightly worrying. It must be the effect of Colin Farrell.
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Nov 07, 2002 4:53:34 AM CST
the trailer does look good, and if this is film is anywhere near
by a goonie
three villains might be a problem. can Mark Steven pull this off? i'm amazed that this trailer doesn't flash Ben's name on the screen. that's awesome. but i don't entirely buy Ben in the role right now. don't get me wrong. i like the guy, but he doesn't quite fit yet. and as for Spidey, it remains for me the best comic book movie, and one of the best action blockbusters i have ever seen. harry is without a doubt a bigger comic geek than i am, and therefore i can respect where he's coming from. what i personally got in Spidey was a movie that cared more about its characters than it did about the action. a movie that made a brilliantly profound statement about the pains of being a superhero. and a movie that embraced its comic book roots with enthusiasm and confidence. of course it's not perfect. in the end, for me, the comic book blockbuster action picture can never be the greatest movie ever. but Spidey is certainly one of the best of its kind.
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1) All of you claiming that this flick will be the best thing, like, EVER just because of the trailer - THAT'S WHAT TRAILERS ARE SUPPOSED TO MAKE YOU THINK! Make it slick, appeal to your target audience, cram in the money shots... Then, when you're in the theatre and you realise you've seen it all already the studio doesn't give a fuck! They already HAVE your money! Seriously. Try and keep a little reality check. Yeah, because of the promo the movie looks pretty good, but how many times has a trailer blown you all away only for the film proper to suck harder than a $15 whore?
2) For everyone beating on a movie THEY HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN YET - calm the fuck down! You guys act like this piece of celluloid butt-raped your mother and slit her throat right in front of you. Relax, man! It's only a movie! And besides - you rant on, spitting vitriol like a motherfucker, but we all know you'll still be there on opening night. So what the hell is that all about??
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What's Raimi smoking?
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Nov 07, 2002 7:13:07 AM CST
HOW DO YOU KILL A MAN WITHOUT FEAR?? YOU TEMPT HIM WITH J-LO'S I
by jon-e-blaze
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Nov 07, 2002 7:13:46 AM CST
Where in the fuck is this supposed Spider-Man casting news?
by monkey lover
Hmmmmm? I don't see a link to it anywhere. Is this because it isn't true?
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That's pretty much what this looks like. It looks like something that will be fun for the diehard superhero fans who have their copy of Corman's FF movie in their collection (like me) but a bad movie nonetheless. Affleck has pulled off a few good performances but he looks horribly miscast as Murdock. And it doesn't help that the dialogue is so bad it's hard to listen to. The face-off between Murdock and Electra ("Try asking for my number") had me gasping in disbelief (and not in a good way). Maybe the trailer isn't doing justice to the movie. I'll remain open to the possibility that it won't suck but I get the feeling that things went horribly wrong with this project.
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Is there supposed to be a link to Kevin Smith's old post about seeing his buddy Ben?
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Remember when Eddie Murphy made these string of "Suave Ladies Man" romantic comedies and they all stunk? It was only after Murphy got back to comedy did his movies become succesful and watchable again. Well Asslick should go back to indie films where he belongs and stay there like Michael Rapaport. He just isn't a Movie Star.He's not even interesting. Does he even have any style or leave a memorable impression on the moviegoer? I have no idea how this guy made it. Here's a link to the idiot's tale of Viagra when he was only twenty-seven years old! What a total idiot! http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,5510,00.html
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Why is it always so gay and slow? My connection can download MP3s in about 5 seconds but a fucking Quicktime movie from the Apple website takes fucking ages! I've only got up to the bit where he kicks that gun or whatever from that fella's hand. But from what I see so far it looks nice. Is there anyway of downloading the thing directly onto your hard drive without having to watch it on the website? It's some slow-ass shit.
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Chasing Amy.
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Nov 07, 2002 8:49:29 AM CST
On my way to do something cool, I accidentally stumbled into thi
by wino-forever
And I'm fucking appalled by what I'm seeing. A bunch of fat, pasty, curd-faced fanboys suggesting this movie won't OMG ROCK! You fucking sad, sad fanboys, always clamoring for actors with talent and depth who are suited for the role. Why don't you go back to your parents' basement and continue alternately jerking off to Witchblade and picking the zits on your fat, virginal asses? Let me just lay it on the line here: I have a GIRLFRIEND. She and I have SEX. This means my arguments are unassailable. In fact, I'm going to go HAVE SEX WITH MY GIRLFRIEND RIGHT NOW. How'd I end up in here, anyway? Later, losers.
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I dunno, nothing new there. A little Batman, some Crow, gratuitous Affleck, Elektra looks like she just got off her shift at Coyote Ugly, some Blade, some Matrix, extreme Favreau. I think boxing promoter Don King should be the Kingpin and Jim J Bullock as DD.
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this does absolutely nothing for me. for one: the casting is all wrong. for another: where are the ninjas? **** Spidey-Changes -- the Spiderman film was perfect, spot on Spidey. who gives a fuck if they switched up the Gwen Stacy / MJ thing? the first half of the film was absolutely perfect. the second half was generic, but still great. and you know they are going to introduce Gwen next time. how you much you wanna bet? some rivalry between MJ and Gwen? as far as comics cannon is concerned -- WHATever. Marvel has changed everything so much in so many retardo ways that anyone who can pull a cohnerent story out of decades of incoherent plotlines, crossovers and clones (wtf?) should be awarded a Pulitzer. anyways, DD looks largely forgettable.
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That's what I said...M...E...H...meh.
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Nov 07, 2002 9:19:05 AM CST
What I meant to say...is that this trailer has more cool shit in
by johnny storm
Damn these fat fingers of mine!!!
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Spider-Man, Matrix, Blade -- they had tight, specific looks and visual design... Based on this trailer, DD's look is pretty non-descript..... Having passion for a property/project is great but you need serious skills to make it really knock it out of the park. For real! Pardon me if this sounds too base but any given episode of The Sopranos looks better and more cohesive than this.
Also, you could tell there aren't that many cool shots or sequences in the movie because towards the end of they just keep cut cut cut cutting a buffet of shots.. or maybe they just needed to fill the standard trailer running time, which I guess takes us back to them not having enough good footage.
But, yo! the marketing dept. really delivered the goods with those titles/graphics... and in the end isn't that what it's really all about? THE BRAND BABY! -
is brilliant. What was the movie again?
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So are they going to have the guts to have an R-rating on this? Either way, it can't be worse than "Spider-Man." I was one of the four Americans who hated it upon first viewing.
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I'm not a fan of Daredevil or any other comic book series either. The most I ever did was watch the animated X-Men series (where I fell in love with the premise and characters). So I am coming from a different POV than most other talkbackers on this thread. That being said, I a highly optimistic for this movie. The trailer was cool and made me want to see more. I think casting Affleck is the weakest point, since I never got the sense that I was seeing the character rather than the actor. But then that could change during the movie. I don't expect this movie to be great cinema, but it looks like a lot of fun. And really, that's all I want from it. PS: to the people who said X-Men the movie was GREAT.. are you sure we saw the same movie?? Most of the dialogue was crap (hello, Storm?) Cyclops was barely in the movie, and the storyline was pretty lame. It was an average popcorn flick and nothing more. Certainly not *great*. Also, I didn't think Spiderman was incredible either. I like Tobey as Spiderman but the movie really dragged in places. I found myself getting bored in many spots in the movie. I had to see it twice and the second time I got so antsy in the theatre, just waiting for it to end. So it looks like Daredevil will be as enjoyable and both x-men and spiderman. But nothing remotely compare to LOTR :)
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I enjoyed the trailer. I stayed up till 4:30am just to watch it. It is indded a good trailer and this could be a brilliant film. But, the trailer gives too much away. Anyone familiar with the conclution of the Elektra saga will notice one quick shot, that reveals what happenes to one of the characters. Idiots, they have ruined it for us yet again. Is there any point in seeing a film when you know how it will end? How do you kill a man without fear. Show him the ending, thats what. There arn't many surprises left now. This is a grand shame! akj2@aber.ac.uk
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...but that trailer seemed pretty damned lame to me. The dialogue was horrible, the small snippet of acting we saw was horrible. And although I know the music was cobbled-together crap that won't be in the movie, the choice of music for the trailer was incredibly ludicrous.
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Nov 07, 2002 10:11:34 AM CST
Wasn't that the same exact opening scene from the first "Batman"
by fake-alias
With Robert Whul saying "Is there a 6 ft bat running around Gotham" while shoving a tape recorder into a cop's face? Is there ANY originality anymore?
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" I HAVE had sex before, I'm NOT overweight, and I truly believe in giving EVERYTHING the benifit of the doubt until I've seen the finished product with my own eyes. Then, and only then, will I judge." - What is this, a personal ad? Oooo what a special guy you are - giving all the talkback ladies a little look at the sensitive man behind the cold, hard cool exterior. Sneaky boy. Not overweight and have had sex? - Crazy cool. Oh, tell your sister I said hi. Hey did ya know if you tickle her hoop just right, she'll swallow.
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...by that I mean, it won't be a huge hit like Spidey or X-Men, but those that like it will really like it. As for everyone else, it will probably fade off the radar fairly quick. It has underdog feel all around. Not everyone Daredevil fan will like it - no doubt, some will regard it as crap, but there will be a lot of DD fans who will dig it and consider it a prize for their hero. (DD fans tend to be a different breed. Ask Stan Lee about it.) I'm just glad it's being made. If it does suck, I'll forget about it. Of all of Marvel's prime properties, DD is the one I least expected to see in any type of theatrical format. I'd almost have preferred a grit television series with Urich as the reporter, but no one would have the heart to create it appropriately. I'm having faith in this one.
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Bens plastic/hallowen-suit/batman-from-the-sixties outfit, look like a spectacular, bottom of the barrel, low point in modern costume work.
No movie can survive this silly piece of Power Rangers thingy...
Especially when the movie is directed by the guy who raped John Irving with the travesty called Simon Birch.
NO... rape is not a big word, not when you consider SB was based on the masterfull A Prayer for Owen Meany!
There is a lot of potential in DD but it looks like they've fucked it up royally!
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Yeah, I can see it now... DD: Take this! (smacks Darkseid repeatedly with billy club) D: Um. Yeah. Take this. (vaporizes Daredevil with Omega Beam) sk
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A Kevin Smith penned comedy starring Affleck and Favreau. Really. sk
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Nov 07, 2002 11:09:41 AM CST
At least this trailer doesn't show DD punching and kicking the b
by riskebiz
The most disappointing thing about the last trailer was the lack of believability in the fight scenes. They looked too choreagraphed and the kicks and punches of Daredevil were obviously nowhere near the faces and bodies of the bad guys he was fighting and they fell down anyway. You'd think they'd do a better job of facking it, but it was way too obvious no punches or kicks were anywhere near their targets. Glad they avoided it with this trailer, but doesn't stop the fact it will be that way in the film.
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All you fanboys will still see it, so shut the fuck up.
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"Oh my God! They show Bullseye falling! Stupid spoilers!"
Morons, they show him falling for about a fifth of a second, an amount of time that doesn't allow an audience to figure out what's going on, because most people aren't gonna analyze the trailer like we are doing.
I'm so tired of hearing you people bitch before you even see the movie...what a bunch of fucking losers. Judge it AFTER YOU SEE IT.
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Jennifer Gardner does not have the poise or the ability to pull off the greatest ninja assasin in the world. That first kick of hers was fucking dreadful.
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look at that mug.
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... You people bitch a LOT! For those of you who are judging a movie based on the trailer - good or bad - stop!!!! The trailer is used for one purpose: to get you interesting in seeing the film. If it gets you interested in seeing the film, it worked; if not, it didn't. Me, personally, I'm excited to see this film. I don't read comics. I don't know jack about DareDevil. It just looks like a pretty fun/cool movie. In the meantime, unless you have physically seen the movie with your two eyes, don't be writing reviews of it based on the trailer. It's a freaking trailer!!! It's two and a half minutes of footage. Footage that still has 3 months to go before it's finalized into a feature-length film. BTW, Lazarus Long makes a really good point. I saw Spiderman in the theaters. I enjoyed Spiderman. I bought the DVD. But on repeat viewings, it's just not holding up very well. Oh, well.
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Even if all the "little fanboys" are gonna see the film no matter what, arn't they alowed to express there (our/mine) concerns?
If not: How come youre alowed to write "Shut the fuck up"?
You'r some kinda allmighty Being?
Another thought: If "one" does not want to hear fanboys opinnions, what the fuck is "one" doing here in the first place?
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Nov 07, 2002 12:28:03 PM CST
I'm not writing off the movie at all, but that trailer was very
by bigw
It was very disjointed, trying to introduce too much at once. If you don't know who those characters are beforehand, you're bound to get very confused. Hell, I'm pretty confused and I've read all those comics. That said, from the fragments there, and given the fact that I also know the story arc, I'm looking forward to this movie too.
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No, this isn't true this is just some fanboy dreaming. I mean it was said a while ago that the whole Sam Neil thing was a rumor, oh yeah and he doesn't fit Dr. Octopus at all. Oh and Raimi said that there is no Lizard so there you go.
As for DD, I liked the trailer, the action looked good and I am looking forward to the movie. I mean my girlfriend has agreed that going to see this is my valentine's present from her so I am happy. And yeah, Garner will do wonderfully. Go look at some of her other work and look at Alias. Oh and look at old stories about Elektra, I'm sure this all fits. And come on, there was probably some reason she attacked Matt, she probably sensed DD or something. Yeah the cut and paste job they did for this was lame, but I'm sure the movie will be great. -
can anyone post the exact link?
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Nov 07, 2002 12:31:50 PM CST
Sledgehammer450, you are a fucking moron. Keep your stupid ass
by zod_is_back
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...but so hard to put something together. For all you complainers and haters: enlighten us PLEASE, what would constitute a GOOD trailer? How could it be done well? I will be shocked if any of the haters can actually put together a coherent reply and tell us how to do it right.
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Nuff said.
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I agree that the Foggy casting was inspired, and that it's nice to see Mr. Favreau finally in the trailer. I think his warmth and humor and good acting will add dimensions to this film. The action is already great(we can see that)but how is the characters relationships?
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...THAT'S what I'm talkin' about. C'mon. If you can't get fired up about this flik you've never read a DD comic book.
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Lazarus, are you just upset that Spider-Man had the BEST 3-day opening weekend ever, and had some of the best if not THE BEST DVD sales ever? $113 million opening weekend??? $190 million DVD sales??? Sorry, but as much as Star Wars is a pop culture icon, and the marketing model that ruined/changed Hollywood, Luca$' character development is kinba week. Lets not apologize for the let down of Phantom Menace, or try to enjoy The all-too-brief moments of goodness from AOTC. *** Speaking of which, I have to agree with the comments made about the edits made to AOTC so it will fit the IMAX format - "Someone should make them" IS an integral part to Annakin's all-too-brief character development. But as with all my posts, this is just MY opinion...
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the Trailer does not look THAT great. It doesn't look terrible, but I am having a problem suspending my disbelief somewhere along the way; and I loved the comic book - parts of it anyway... Michael Clarke Duncan IS the reason to see the movie though. Jennifer Garner just doesn't cut it for me - she is nor more believable in this than she is in Alias - which is not at all.
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this is the most sorely miscast piece of crap I've ever seen! Ben Affleck looks way to big and lanky to pull off a convincing Daredevil and looks even worse as Matt Murdock. And Jennifer Garner as Elektra...yeah, she looks exotic and Mediteranean. I don't think Michael Clark Duncan will make a good Kingpin. Sure, he's big and has a cool voice, but he's not that great an actor. The action looks average and that leather Daredevil suits looks plain goofy. I think all you folks that are creamin' in your shorts over this dog are in for a huge disappointment!
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E! online posted a good interview with Mark Steven Johnson and he says he would like to do an ELEKTRA side story after the movie. If this is true that means the movie is not based off the Miller story. He also states that the reason the costume is different is because she is not an assassin yet. So bing! Expect the movie to suck monkey nuts. But it will clean house at the box office. Ben will get the chicks and Garner will get the horny teens. It is just that simple and throw in a pimp as the villian and you got the movie to top X Men but won't come close to Spiderman.
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Nov 07, 2002 2:15:33 PM CST
krunchyone: I know you're probably trolling, but here is how I t
by bigw
I didn't think the trailer really conveyed a strong feeling, or make a real statement about our hero. It was too disjointed to let me know, if I didn't already, just what kind of superhero Daredevil is. They failed to do this on multiple levels: since I'm sick and don't have my dictionary here, I'll call them visually, musically and orally.
1) Visually: though the scenes looked very well filmed, which gives me great hope, I felt they were put together haphazardly, and that the cuts were too short for me to really drink in any scene. It was cut more like a teaser trailer, giving brief glances at everything, but they already have a teaser trailer. I would have prefered something that actually showed more a scene developing. This can work, but it didn't work for me.
2)Musically: what does the music have to do with the movie, or the hero? What emotions does the music draw out of us that allows us to empathise with the hero, or this movie? Answer: none.
3)Orally: what did the words in the chosen scenes tell us about the hero? Too little: he's blind, yeah, he's got an enemy for some reason, and there's a hot chick, oh, and the enemy hired somebody to kill the hero. What are we missing? Oh yeah, why's the hero a hero? We need to see something about what motivates the hero, or something that indicates what the plot will be. Chose one. They chose to try to introduce all the characters briefly, without letting us really know anything about even one.
So, how do you make the trailer better? Well..
1) Cut the scenes in such a way that we can be drawn into them, instead of being attacked by them.
2) Chose a musical theme that allows us to get into this, that conveys the theme, and/or
3) Chose scenes that either show us something about the hero and his motivations, or show us a bit of the plot and how this mysterious hero fits into it.
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Nov 07, 2002 2:29:03 PM CST
Whoa! I had my doubts at first, but now it seems that this film
by neofromthematrix
I'm actually looking foward to Daredevil more than Hulk! Does Matt Damon have a cameo as well? - I know Kung Fu.
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Not a bit of mean Greek in her. She still looks like a sweet little girl with that "awww-pouty" look who just happens to be wearing leather and doing karate kicks. And Bullseye still looks more like some wino.
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Nov 07, 2002 2:32:27 PM CST
Phasmatrope, Darkseid is a DC villain, mostly Supermans, you dip
by zod_is_back
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sorry, i hate to be a naysayer but... he really is desperately miscast in this role.
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You guys crack me up.. No charisma? Stiff as a board? No talent? The guy owns all of you. Its funny to see petty jealousy in action. If any one of you stupid geeks think you wouldn't want to be him for a day you are some lying mofos. I'm sure somewhere right now Affleck is laughing his ass off while humping J-Lo's perfect booty.
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Nov 07, 2002 2:49:10 PM CST
Harry, You really think this looks great?The Trailor looks like
by tarl_cabot
The script may be awesome as Harry says but the production value looks cheap and uninspired.The atmosphere doesn't impress me and yes, it looks like L.A. rather than New York...Yesterday I broke out the old Daredevil comics I haven't looked at in years and now I'm absolutely convinced this film is gonna suck. Ben Affleck doesn't cut it. Period. Jenifer garner is a babe. She's not Electra though-She's Jenifer Garner and maybe that will be OK-but not totally awesome.Michael Clark Duncan will probably be a good choice, ironically. Colin Farrel looks pretty weak(Vin Desiel was to pricey?).I was pumped up when I read harry's the intro to the trailor and I got a weak ass cookie cutter trailor. That costume sucks. The same guy who made Spiderman's costume dropped the ball on this one. Maybe Affleck's physique was an issue? Anyway, it looks inferior to Spiderman on every level and that's too bad because Daredevil is an awesome character who deserves a first rate adaptation. Clearly that wasn't what were gonna see but I'll see it anyway. At least we have Two Towers, 007 and Matrix 2/3 to look forward to.
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Is it another movie with Favreau in it?
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Nov 07, 2002 3:40:42 PM CST
this movie is going to suck suck suck suck suck suck suck suck s
by joeypogi
okay, i'll admit the trailer was better than before, and it looks like it has some potential. but all hollywood movies of superheroes have sucked recently. Spiderman, Tomb Raider, Batmans. Hollywood just doesn't get superheroes. If you want to see a good superhero movie, see The Crow. That being said, I am looking forward to Ang Lee's Incredible Hulk, coz well, its probably an art film. That being said, I am an art film wonk. But you know what, I'll probably watch Daredevil anyway. I wonder why they are releasing it on Feb. 14. Isn't it more apt as a summer movie? Can someone answer that question?
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Nov 07, 2002 3:41:20 PM CST
I agree that the trailer is promising, but trailers don't mean a
by roobyroo
My biggest concern is that it's supposed to be realeased in February. February is when studios dump their crap on the market. If Daredevil had potential in the view of those closest to it, wouldn't it be a Summer or Christmas release, when it could get more business from the general audience (especially the young male demographic)?
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And I quote, "Unbelievable fight scenes! Because fight scenes in comic books are VERY believable! It has a darker look, so it must be a CROW ripoff! I've watched and loved hundreds of martial arts films that featured wire-fu, but I'll rip THIS movie for the same reason! Ben Affleck, a bland actor, is an awful pick for the role of a, let's face it, bland character! Elektra doesn't look like Elektra? LISTEN TO YOURSELVES!!! }}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}You haven't even seen this fucking film and you're already prepared to hate it, despite the fact that they've made it, at the very least, LOOK a lot better than it could have. I love you fanboys....make a movie look darker than the comic and it's unfaithful...make it look and feel JUST like a fucking comic book and all of a sudden it's cheesy. " All I gotta say is......THAT'S WHAT I'M TALK'N ABOUT!!!! Face it some of you little bastards are never happy! your probably the same people who thought Captain America was a great adaption....let's face it...NO COMIC BOOK WOULD MAKE A GOOD DIRECT ADAPTION!!!! GET OVER IT!!! and anyone who thinks Jennifer Garner is Ugly... AWESOME!!! My odds of getting with her just improved to a 1 in 235,000,955 chance..SAAAA-WEET!!
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during the flashes of clips towards the end, they show Bullseye falling off a building Die Hard-style. That would be awfully stupid of them to show how a villain dies in the trailer, so hopefully he just hurts his back or something.
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This looks so bad. Why do people churn out these Hollywood bullshit films? Oh yeah thats right coz they get loads of money at the box office. Forgot sorry.
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That's my favorite Mel Gibson flick EVER! That came out in February of 1999, and that movie kicked SERIOUS ass. PAYBACK was definitely NOT something that was DUMPED into February. It was agreat action/crime film, and is still great no matter how many times I've seen. Also, remember this past year? COLLATERAL DAMAGE, SUPER TROOPERS? Both were pretty good movies, and made some good money. February is slowly becoming a better movie month (definitely better than January), and so, "DAREDEVIL" being released in February might be a bit odd for an action movie, but it doesn't mean it's not going to be good. Now, on the trailer....too many songs. Use a damn musical score. Much more compelling & is much more effective. I hated ALL of those songs, but when the actual score kicked in, it was better. I hope they go light on the rock and heavy on the score AND with a solid composer. Yes, I've noted that the flaming DD symbol on the street is a COMPLETE rip-off from "THE CROW", and it is simply obvious to anyone vaguely aware of "THE CROW". I haven't read much DAREDEVIL, but I love the character nonetheless. Such a dark, powerful character, and much more of a loner than, say, Batman. I LOVE Bats, too, but I like him best when he's alone because that's how he DOES work best. Anyway, I have heard good & bad about this film, and I will wait until I actually see before I pass any overall judgment on it. -NJM
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If they stick a sai through Garner's heart, this movie will rule, otherwise Harry's lying/misleading as far as I'm concerned. Probably won't happen considering there is already an Elektra movie in the works. Movie looks good but I have higher hopes for Hulk than for this. By the way, Chasing Amy sucked.
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You fan-boys are getting a tad too excited. I really don't see anything here too exciting. I think it looks like a high budget UPN show. I think Daredevil will be the first big flop in the coming superhero market glut. God, I have to say also, bullseye looks ridiculous! oooooh, he's such a badass, he carved a bullseye on his forehead, ooooh! Get real. On the plus side, the Daredevil suit looks great. Too bad they couldn't have gotten a better actor though. Oh well! :)
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All you hypocrites that post silly comments like "All you fanboys need to shut up" or "You fanboys shouldn't blah blah blah" should consider one thing................ If you are posting on this site, you too are a fanboy. Thank you, that is all.
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I swear the opening scene of that trailer looked just like the scene in Batman where Knox asks about whether or not Batman exists. Right down to the framing, the lighting, etc.
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the shot of what was obviously Bullseye falling backwards to his death.. Dont flame me fr spoiling, if youre not a complete dumbass and watched this trailer you figured it out... This movie will be great, but I fear the general public viewing it as a SpiderMan rip off...All you anal geeks need to nderstand there will never be a perfect comic film, no matter what, so take what we get, this looks like a solid effort. So what, Kingpin's black? Its not like they made Daredevil black. Fuck continuity. Comic Boook Continuity has its place: comic books. And we as comic fans will always have them in their purest forms, the comic books. But this is the film. Why would I want to see a live action realization completely spot on with something I've seen before countless times? With the Superman draft all you fucking losers came out whining about the changes. Ask yourself this: How many times over the years have we seen the same old fucking story of Jor El and the destruction of Krypton reinterpreted in various forms over the years? Its already been done perfectly in a live action film. Do we really need to spend 100 mil plus to see it again? Lets see a different take. Thats why Elseworlds are so fucking cool. By the way did anyone read "JSA : The Liberty Files? It was great.
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This movie MIGHT have had a chance...........but Affleck's acting will stop this baby in its tracks. You can't shine a turd. But,...I'll hope beyond hope that it's decent. I have a feeling, with the news of the Fantastic Fours changes, that Marvel is keen on fucking up their franchises again. Oh well...at least we got an ok spidey movie out of it. When will the suits learn??
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...it looks to me like, going by the clips they've shown so far, Colin Farrell's Bullseye (or fuck that, whoever it was that wrote him), did the generic I-am-a-really-dangerous-villain, you-tell-by-how-grim-and-
beedy my-eyes-are. Same ol' intensity, same ol' staring into the camera with that wannabe Kubrickian scowl. I mean, wasn't Bullseye in the comics a contemptibly gleeful scumbag? Didn't he have a cruel sense of satisfaction over every horrendous act that he did, laughing as he ran Elektra through with her sais?? Bullseye was one of the first truly sociopathic villains in comics. Back in the Golden, and even Silver Age comics? The villains were still tying the fucking security guards up whenever they broke into the bank or whatever. The Joker & Lex Luthor getting their latest schemes thwarted simply meant a scolding slap on the wrist from Batman & Superman, and another stay in the clink while they plotted their revenge. Those guys were just plain campy. Bullseye practically helped usher in a new era of even more violent and willfully evil villains, raising the complex moral issues of: how can I simply take this scumbag back to prison, when he's just going to kill more people when he gets out? Could death and peace be the only way for society to deal with people who live by death and anarchy? Christ, I was already skeptical as is that they cast pretty boy Colin Farrell in the role, because there's inevitably going to be that dipshit female portion of the audience who'll want to forgive him "because he's cute, he's just misunderstood." Now they'll probably just be appreciating his "intensely forceful stare, his brooding Calvin Kleinesque ways". And let's not mention changing the look. Granted I don't exactly think that black & white spandex would've worked either, but the whole skinhead biker thing? Couldn't they think of something a little more original, and telling of his illness? Hell, a bodysuit of razors, crime scene photos, fuckin' naked baby pictures, I don't know!! But these Hollywood costume designers are paid thousands trying to establish half of a character's personality before they even open their mouth, and the best they can come up with is something they pieced together with leftovers from the last Road Warrior movie? Jesus.
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Seems whenever someone comes to Affleck's defense, they hypothesize that the attacker is just jealous that Ben is banging J-Lo. Newsflash: Their relationship is a front -- BearDevil is still Matt Damon's lower half (and liking it), and J-Lo is locking netherlips with Nicole Kidman. Kevin Spacey's boyfriend showed me the tapes.
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Nov 07, 2002 5:54:19 PM CST
Aflleck, you wuz the BOMB in Phantom, yo, but you SUCKED as the
by empyreal0
I can't watch this and take it seriously. For some reason, I thought Affleck might pull it off, but this is worse than trying desperately to see Clooney as Bruce Wayne when he won't wipe that goddamn smirk off his face. Ben Affleck just does NOT look like Daredevil. I mean, he looks fucking awesome in the costume, and the action is just beautiful, but every scene where's he's out of the costume in that trailer I was absolutely gagging on gallons of pretty boy marketing bullshit. If DD looked like that outside his costume, he'd attract way too much attention, he'd have girls hanging all over his blind ass. DD's not a pretty boy! WTF are they thinking? Is this the shit they had to go through to add the requisite "love interest"? Are they so blind (ahem, sorry) that they didn't even realize the single most obvious purpose that a love interest serves in a superhero story like this? You're offering DD a chance at a normal life. DUH. If he's a fucking studmuffin, he doesn't need it, the guy can have a normal life and let the cops do all the work, and he has no reason to go fucking vigilante. Jesus. *sigh* ok. Enough ranting. At least Michael Clark Duncan looks awesome as the Kingpin. PLEASE, somebody cast him in a spiderman movie in the same role. CHARACTER, people, CHARACTER. Action is everywhere. Make this about Daredevil, not any old superhero with a DD symbol.
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Nov 07, 2002 6:16:11 PM CST
Affleck's eyes are normal in this; I thought they'd at least giv
by tarl_cabot
I get the feeling they didn't try too hard...Jen Garner has no accent and blonde highlights, brown hair? this is a movie I really wanted to see made correctly...Weak cast, low budget, lame costumes, wrong location...sigh...Too bad Ang lee did the Hulk instead
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The preview wasn't that bad. It wasn't great or anything, but the movie still seems like it could be good. And the wire-fu is not as obvious as people claim. However, I really hope that that "you should try asking me for my number" bit isn't as sucktacular as it seemed out of context, because if this movie does end up being good, that'll be the new "Do you know what happens to toads when they get struck by lightning?"
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Is that "Greek" enough for you?
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Are you blind, dude? Peter Parker walking away from Mary Jane at the end, knowing he wants her and isn't so keen on the whole super-hero thing, but knowing he HAS to be the super-hero and walk away from the love he's wanted his whole life because it's his responsibility and he doesn't want to hurt her, isn't open-ended? Him swinging through the canyons of New York as if to drive that point home? It's tragic. It's triumphant. It's everything TPM was not. If you missed the point from Spidey (a movie you contend has no story beneath it), then I feel for you. It's a story about characters first, action second. How about reading between the lines and quitting with the Star Wars apologies already. I am as big a Star Wars fan as any, but The Phantom Menace did nothing that couldn't have been done in oh, say roughly 20 minutes. And it took 2+ hours to do it. Spidey set the stage, told a story (there's a novel concept) and wrapped up its FIRST CHAPTER in that time. As for TPM, there isn't a shred of plot in there and without AOTC, it sits like a stale crust of bread that the transient wouldn't eat. Spidey stands on its own as well as setting up the next installment. Episode II was great and EPIII will rock all of our worlds as will The Amazing Spider-Man. But comparing the two for what you see are the glaring inequities is futile, brother. And don't get me started with X-Men, because if given even half a chance, Singer could have REALLY made it a showstopper.
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Nov 07, 2002 7:11:56 PM CST
"Take away the good performances from Spider-Man, and it's prett
by three quarks
Take away your frontal lobes, and no one would notice. As for the trailer; I am not without fear.
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Jesus. Daredevil fans the world over are assuming the fetal position and shutting their eyes real, real tight.
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Nov 07, 2002 7:41:15 PM CST
Anybody that uses the word "hater" is automatically a douchebag.
by mr. waturi
word.
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First off ladies and gentleman, I am person who does not know a thing about Daredevil. Just to read these talkbacks is very interesting to say the least. I have seen the theatrical trailer or teaser, as some people would like to call it, and I would have to give it one and a half stars out of four. The first few seconds appear pretty good with Joe Pantoliano asking a detective if Daredevil was involved. Pretty good here until the flinging of the cigarette into the Daredevil insignia. Another movie did this and did this much better and it was titled "The Crow". Few seconds pass by with Daredevil crashing into a gang meeting with annoying techno music in the background. Can't a comic book movie trailer have at least no techno in its trailer? A few more seconds pass by with Jon Favreau and Ben Affleck sitting at a table talking about the Daredevil until Jennifer Garner's character comes in. I try to be attracted to Garner's character but she is just too bony around the face. I am not a homosexual and I have a girlfriend but Garner can look better than this, I know because I watch "Alias" religiously. Few seconds pass by and Affleck's character wants to know Garner's name until she tries to show him a few ninjitsu moves. Again, pretty good editing but the lines at this point truly make me cringe. Affleck: "Do you do this to every guy that asks for your name?" Garner: "Try asking for my number." Another scene comes up with Affleck's character asking about the Kingpin (Michael Clarke Duncan). I believe Duncan can handle this role perfectly. I have seen what he looks like in the comics and Duncan is perfect. Few seconds pass by again and Kingpin asks for Bullseye (Colin Farrell). Again another great introduction with the unremarkable music from Drowning Pool. The song is "Bodies", I believe. Fast editing is used and it is pretty good until a scene from the trailer which looks almost like an exact replica from last year's Jet Li film "The One". Fast editing now, and it becomes extremely fast, and you can see the fate of Bullseye if you look closely. Now this made me really say, "Why do they always do this?" I really hate it when they give away the fate of a character in trailers and they do it again here. And again with music from the trailer music popular E.S. Posthumus. Can't they use another one of his tracks for this trailer? I know they used Pompeii for last year's Spider-Man trailer, Nara for Antwone Fisher and Unfaithful, and Tikal for Planet of the Apes (2001), the Time Machine, and Minority Report, so can't they use another one for this? He has many great tracks on his album, Unearthed. And the final thing is that the tagline is one of the worst I have ever heard, Take the dare???? Come on, Twentieth Century Fox, you can do better than that. I still believe that the best theatrical trailer out there is still The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. And no people, I am not a fanboy. I also cherish Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and the Star Wars films.
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First off ladies and gentleman, I am person who does not know a thing about Daredevil. Just to read these talkbacks is very interesting to say the least. I have seen the theatrical trailer or teaser, as some people would like to call it, and I would have to give it one and a half stars out of four. The first few seconds appear pretty good with Joe Pantoliano asking a detective if Daredevil was involved. Pretty good here until the flinging of the cigarette into the Daredevil insignia. Another movie did this and did this much better and it was titled "The Crow". Few seconds pass by with Daredevil crashing into a gang meeting with annoying techno music in the background. Can't a comic book movie trailer have at least no techno in its trailer? A few more seconds pass by with Jon Favreau and Ben Affleck sitting at a table talking about the Daredevil until Jennifer Garner's character comes in. I try to be attracted to Garner's character but she is just too bony around the face. I am not a homosexual and I have a girlfriend but Garner can look better than this, I know because I watch "Alias" religiously. Few seconds pass by and Affleck's character wants to know Garner's name until she tries to show him a few ninjitsu moves. Again, pretty good editing but the lines at this point truly make me cringe. Affleck: "Do you do this to every guy that asks for your name?" Garner: "Try asking for my number." Another scene comes up with Affleck's character asking about the Kingpin (Michael Clarke Duncan). I believe Duncan can handle this role perfectly. I have seen what he looks like in the comics and Duncan is perfect. Few seconds pass by again and Kingpin asks for Bullseye (Colin Farrell). Again another great introduction with the unremarkable music from Drowning Pool. The song is "Bodies", I believe. Fast editing is used and it is pretty good until a scene from the trailer which looks almost like an exact replica from last year's Jet Li film "The One". Fast editing now, and it becomes extremely fast, and you can see the fate of Bullseye if you look closely. Now this made me really say, "Why do they always do this?" I really hate it when they give away the fate of a character in trailers and they do it again here. And again with music from the trailer music popular E.S. Posthumus. Can't they use another one of his tracks for this trailer? I know they used Pompeii for last year's Spider-Man trailer, Nara for Antwone Fisher and Unfaithful, and Tikal for Planet of the Apes (2001), the Time Machine, and Minority Report, so can't they use another one for this? He has many great tracks on his album, Unearthed. And the final thing is that the tagline is one of the worst I have ever heard, Take the dare???? Come on, Twentieth Century Fox, you can do better than that. I still believe that the best theatrical trailer out there is still The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. And no people, I am not a fanboy. I also cherish Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and the Star Wars films.
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First off ladies and gentleman, I am person who does not know a thing about Daredevil. Just to read these talkbacks is very interesting to say the least. I have seen the theatrical trailer or teaser, as some people would like to call it, and I would have to give it one and a half stars out of four. The first few seconds appear pretty good with Joe Pantoliano asking a detective if Daredevil was involved. Pretty good here until the flinging of the cigarette into the Daredevil insignia. Another movie did this and did this much better and it was titled "The Crow". Few seconds pass by with Daredevil crashing into a gang meeting with annoying techno music in the background. Can't a comic book movie trailer have at least no techno in its trailer? A few more seconds pass by with Jon Favreau and Ben Affleck sitting at a table talking about the Daredevil until Jennifer Garner's character comes in. I try to be attracted to Garner's character but she is just too bony around the face. I am not a homosexual and I have a girlfriend but Garner can look better than this, I know because I watch "Alias" religiously. Few seconds pass by and Affleck's character wants to know Garner's name until she tries to show him a few ninjitsu moves. Again, pretty good editing but the lines at this point truly make me cringe. Affleck: "Do you do this to every guy that asks for your name?" Garner: "Try asking for my number." Another scene comes up with Affleck's character asking about the Kingpin (Michael Clarke Duncan). I believe Duncan can handle this role perfectly. I have seen what he looks like in the comics and Duncan is perfect. Few seconds pass by again and Kingpin asks for Bullseye (Colin Farrell). Again another great introduction with the unremarkable music from Drowning Pool. The song is "Bodies", I believe. Fast editing is used and it is pretty good until a scene from the trailer which looks almost like an exact replica from last year's Jet Li film "The One". Fast editing now, and it becomes extremely fast, and you can see the fate of Bullseye if you look closely. Now this made me really say, "Why do they always do this?" I really hate it when they give away the fate of a character in trailers and they do it again here. And again with music from the trailer music popular E.S. Posthumus. Can't they use another one of his tracks for this trailer? I know they used Pompeii for last year's Spider-Man trailer, Nara for Antwone Fisher and Unfaithful, and Tikal for Planet of the Apes (2001), the Time Machine, and Minority Report, so can't they use another one for this? He has many great tracks on his album, Unearthed. And the final thing is that the tagline is one of the worst I have ever heard, Take the dare???? Come on, Twentieth Century Fox, you can do better than that. I still believe that the best theatrical trailer out there is still The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. And no people, I am not a fanboy. I also cherish Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and the Star Wars films.
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Nov 07, 2002 8:40:59 PM CST
Strange, I always thought Kingpin was white, Elektra was greek a
by gombi
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Nov 07, 2002 10:23:02 PM CST
What The 'Rest of Us' Will Be Doing On 2/14 OR... Abandon All Ho
by jollydwarf
What is the strategic reasoning for releasing this film on Valentine's Day? Is it two hours of comic book geekness to wash away the loneliness for those of us at opening night? Will guys that resemble Flash Thompson from "Spiderman" (I'm thinking the movie here) be hurling epithets in the cineplex lobby towards the pudgy River Cuomo types (c'mon, don't kid yourselves) as we/they shuffle slump-shouldered and downtrodden into the artificial butter-scented cavern of worship? Telling us/them that while we're/they're "jacking off to Ms. Garner in leather" they'll be gettin' some "under the coat" lovin' across the hall from their bitch who's getting her Gummi Bears and Diet Pepsi at the concession stand? **It's not the date movie of choice**, that's for sure, and it seems like some sort of sadistic joke. I guess the challenge I present to myself and those of you also presently unattached is to rectify matters between now and then so that we can have an honest dilemma that night on our hands. And if you can actually get the girl AND get her to sit through "Daredevil" on Valentine's Day, then, well, mister, you're a better man than I (it seems that the Jimmy Fallon vibe could be the feasible alternative to blatant Neanderthalism, if you're looking for a template)...Just watched my Spidey DVD for the first time last night and I while I hate saying this, Harry's mostly right. The film is solid, but it's by no means a classic. I felt that it was a solid "7" when I first viewed it, and while I was able to soak in more of the subtle nuances, it just isn't the all-time asskicker that it could've been. But these days, I'm very thankful for competency with a layer of coolness icing on it. "Daredevil" just appears to be closer to where I'm at right now. I foresee it being a notch above the web-slinger, while (hopefully) "X2" will be a rung above this. Not hatin' on any of 'em. A gradual refinement of the comic book film is indeed a good thing. And I fear that in about two years, the FF movie (based on what I've read recently) could cause it all to come crumbling down like some impossibly high Jenga game where someone just got cocky and careless. But if they must make that film, then by all means, Beetlejuice (from Howard Stern) as the Thing!! Talk about your reimagining!!! P.S. When the fuck is this site going to acknowledge the gaming industry?? I just got done with "Kingdom Hearts" last week and I'm sorry, but games with plots are now matching and even surpassing roughly half of the films out there for "plot" and "character development". Plus, you've got a rocking beat-'em-up like "The Two Towers" which by name alone should justify a review here. You just watch, you myopic hacks, we're one generation of consoles away from making Pixar sweat and redefining the movie-going experience (again). Well that's enough for now. Nothin' like a fresh fanboy trailer to get my adreneline in fifth gear. P.P.S. No, I'm not three hundred pounds. No, I'm not a virgin. No, I don't "pay for it." I just have a profound hatred for the Abercrombie and Fitch-wearing, Bud Light-guzzling, Creed-listening fucks that clearly need to be knocked down from their lofty self-appointed thrones. And finally, no, I don't need to get my ass kicked to be able to identify such rampant "stoopidity". If only every frat boy could be half as cool as Affleck (he is a Kevin Smith staple, yo). P.P.P.S. Thank Alanis that J-Lo isn't the one spinning daggers 'n' shit. It's all about timing, kids. 'Night.
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This trailer was terrible!
The footage shown at this years San Diego Comic-Con was much better, and actually made we want to watch it, but now...?
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how many of you piss&moan crybabies have ever even read the comic? or the story arc this movie is based on? just for example, to all those bitching about a shot of Bullseye falling..? duh, thats what happens to him in the comic. ends up being laid up, paralyzed, until the Japanese ninjas rejuevenate him. meanwhile DD goes through a moral dilemna since he willfully dropped Bullseye to a probable death, which goes against DD's code of honor. i would go on but you lame, weakminded dorks don't deserve to be filled in anymore unless you earn the knowledge, so go read it for yourselves. and by the way, as a REAL DD fan and collector, i think the trailer looks kickass and the outlook for the movie is only getting better and better.
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First off, enough with Spider-Man! It was a piece of crap and was equally as bad as Disney's Inspector Gadget, Captain America, and the Punisher movie, which most of you talkbackers seem to dislike. If you want Daredevil to be another Spider-Man, we have another rotten egg on our hands.
Getting back on track, the ONLY movies that were based on comic books that are great films(sometimes even better than there source material) are the Crow, Batman, X-Men and Superman. I hope that more will make the list in 2003, but Daredevil looks a little unpromising. -
One more "geek" movie, a few more million raped childhoods. Don't worry, guys, you'll still have your ten-hour versions of Lord of the Rings to jack off to. And for the record, there are very few actors currently working today that I would derive as much pleasure from smacking around as I would Ben Affleck.
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Uh huh.
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This is only a trailer you fuckheads. The trailer can be pure shit and the movie can be awesome. You people judge a book by its cover too much. As for this year's best trailers TTT beats them all but that doesn't mean that it will be the best movie.
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Uh huh.
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Well the trailer looks pretty good. I think Afleck looks good as DD... better than Michael Keaton as Batman... at least Afleck is over six feet tall. My biggest problem with the trailer is that it confirms that Hollywood has screwed around with the story and the characters again. For gods sake... comic movies should be the easiest movies to make. The characters are well developed, there are several great stories already written for movie adaptation and all the action is already story-boarded. Why can't Hollywood just pick up some of Miller's work, hand over the comics to the director and say "If the story isn't like this, and if the characters don't look like this then you're fired and we'll hire someone who won't mess it up!" Bullseye is a cool character... The Electra story is one of the best ever in comics... I just wish that they would respect the work more. These stories are great as is, and don't need major creative changes to make it to film. I think DD will be a good movie, better than Spiderman. But I think that it will suffer the same Hollywood let down. Spiderman would have been better with Cameron and a dead Gwen Stacey. That is a fact.
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"Spiderman" was laughably bad half the time and unwatchable the other half. Give me "Attack of the Clones" any day of the week.
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It's called Robocop 2 and 3. Comic Book Writers aren't ALWAYS the best scriptwriters...As for the DD trailer, I'll give an unbiased "Ehhhh...."
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I liked the shots of him on the railing... overall, it looks more flashy than gritty. I think the DD costume looks too.... Hollywood. Too jazzy, too snug, etc. I really dislike the whole Elektra as a regular girl take, because she was supposed to be this creepy ninja and I wish they went full-on with that. Duncan looks great as Kingpin, now, I still wish he were white and dressed as he does in the books, see I dislike having a 'name' for him, but he's doing something interesting there. I like the level of comedy. It's wayyy too dark! I want to see RED!
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Sloppy mistake that I should have double-checked, but innocent nonetheless. What the fuck does it matter? I missed the part where you all said how much you have at stake with these comics (which you OBVIOUSLY wrote and drew yourselves, right??) that my error would offend you so. I don't care so much about Rev_Skarekroe, but Zod_Is_Back's jumpy ass needs to get a fucking life beyond comics. Whether I say the right goddamn name or not, I at least try to include more insight to my average post than most of you pinheaded shit-talking fanboys have ever bothered to contribute throughout your increasingly tiresome membership here. So blow me, and fuck your mother, and fuck my mother, and etc etc and so on, in all your angry misunderstood glory. Gimme a fucking break...
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too pedestrian. too dull. too obvious. too expected. Though I can only trash the trailer. The Sub-Mariner plot sounds bad. "Get me Bullseye" sounds cool to me. If Elektra lives....are they telling THAT story? If they are, she had better kick off. Poor camera work, maybe it's just quick-cutting, the music was poor taste.
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"Are you here to confirm that Daredevil is responsible, liutenant?" "There is no proof that Daredevil even exists."
What kind of CRAP is this? I hope everyone opens their collective eyes and sees this load of drek for what it will be- a bad knockoff of Spider-Man. DD has his own interesting storyline that seems to have been abandoned for some quick cash for 20th Century Fox. Keep on churnin' those comic book movies out, boys- the bandwagon won't stay in town for too long. -
Anybody know if this trailer is available anywhere for proper download? Not that tight-assed apple.com, look-but-don't-keep WANKERS trailer, but the REAL kind?
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All these people who think that people who don't like the trailer are smug bastards just shut up. I'm not saying stupid shit like "this movie is gonna suck cuz they messed with Bullseye's costume" or "I prognosticate this will be crap for the maggots of the world, don't bother seeing it," I'm just saying that the trailer isn't very enticing. If this movie turns out to be better than the trailer looks, than I'm sorry, Harry and Kevin, that you know something I don't. I mean, honestly, if you didn't know where the script was gonna "take us," or that this movie was based on a comic, would you really want to see it? I'm not gonna rip on the scene where Pantoliano confronts that detective for being derivative of The Crow, but it's not as ominous as whoever cut the trailer seems to think it is. "There is no proof that the Daredevil even exists." [Urich ods to lackey. Lackey lights fluid in the shape of interlocking D's. Well, there's your proof, detective! Only the Daredevil could have done that! Now fess up! And yes, I absolutely WILL see the movie in the theaters, because I'm not afraid of seeing a movie that stinks, I don't think my childhood will be raped, and I don't think I'm above it all. I just know that, if done right, it has the potential to be good, and (granted the music kind of set the mood), that trailer just didn't sell me on the whole thing. Oh, and Kevin Smith, if you're reading this, bite me. I'm NOT criticizing Johnson for this movie that I'm too afraid to try and make myself, I'm glad he got to make his movie. I'm just saying that I don't know if I'll enjoy it. If I'm an asshole for saying that, well, then at least I'm an American asshole.
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Nov 08, 2002 10:38:38 PM CST
Horrible trailer. Just because he has sunglasses on, does not m
by galilee
There was no scene in that trailer that personified Daredevil. Excluding the familiar phrases.
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I really want to see this film. The trailer looks great. But I don't know if that's because I really dig Daredevil or miss Batman. Of course, Kevin Smith endorsed it. So either way I have to see it. I still chuckle from DD's cameo in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back!
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Nov 10, 2002 1:50:45 PM CST
Looks Great... Electra can't be a creepy ninja in this movie mov
by badhatbooney
Ok... first of all, how long do you guys think this movies gonna be? 5 hours, howsabout an even 6. There is no way in the first movie they have time to add in every cool thing we all love about Daredevil... Electra hasn't died yet... Karen Page hasn't become a crack ho and sold Murdock out to the kingpin... The dark stuff has to happen before the character gets dark... and as for Electa... they meet and her father dies in this movie... that we know for sure... Gardiner's signed for a sequel and her own movie right... If they actually have the guts to Kill her in this movie then they'd set up perfectly for creepy-ninja girl in any following movie... anyway, looks great, I can't wait for Feb 14th... now if only they could do a decent Batman movie...
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blah blah blah fucking sucks ass hairs blah blah blah fratboy blah blah mom's basement blah blah kingpin is black blah blah blah garner's ok cause i jerk off to her on alias blah blah blah i hate every movie ever made except for the evil dead movies blah blah blah i even hated spider-man because it had a studio backing it and i'm only allowed to like indie film tripe blah blah blah kevin smith was funny but then he made some money so i'm not allowed to like him anymore either blah blah blah i'm so underground i watch blank videos blah blah blah movies that bore you all to death make me ejaculate blah blah blah i can tell by this 3 minutes that blood will rain from the skies and hell will open and swallow those that dare to enjoy this movie. that's pretty much it right guys? tell you what, just copy this and use it on all of your DareDevil talkbacks, it'll fit i promise.
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I haven't posted much here but I always check out what others are saying. First off...why does every big movie have to be compaied to The Matrix and Star Wars? Both are totally different film series and both set the bar for movie making. Everyone back in the day wanted their film to be like Star Wars (look at the rip offs)and everyone 20+ years later are ripping off the Matrix. Both will always been seen as ground breaking movie franchises but it's a shame to compair everything to them and saying they are better.
Now as for my thoughts on the recent comic movies:
Spider-Man sucked! I looked so forward to this film and it was awful except for the acting, which was great and had the comic book feel and dialouge. The cgi work was the worst that i've ever seen and a day after I saw this movie I saw Robocop 3 again and Robocop looked more real flying through the air than Spidey did. I just totally hated how out of place Spidey/Green Goblin looked in this film. I'm not even gonna really get into the awful Goblin costume (why fuck with the original ideas) but that's what totally made me angry with the X-Men movie and the Lost In Space costumes. I know I am one of the few that didn't really like Spider-Man (Kevin Smith didn't really like it either) but it's insane to hear people talk about how amazing it is when it had so many flaws. Just look at the scenes where Peter is jumping from the rooftops...so fake looking and when he's swinging around and fighting bad guys. For once i'm glad that there was more talking and less action because it made me somewhat not totally despise of the film. I'm totally terrified of what Doctor Octopus will look like.
As for Daredevil...yes it is a trailer but trailers are out there to get you interested and sell a movie. If the trailer isn't amazing nobody will see the movie unless they are total fanboys, which would probably mean they'd see DareDevil if if it was starring Will Smith as DareDevil! It does have a t.v. movie feel to it and there is so much in one little trailer that looks stolen from other films. Ben Assfuck looks so horrbily out of place. Michael Clark Duncan did actually look decent as Kingpin but this IS like having someone like Leonardo Dicaprio playing Ali instead of Will Smith. I'm also sure you guys wouldn't be all happy if a black guy played DareDevil either. Like I and other said... this is only a trailer but i'm totally not sold on this movie and if I wasn't a fan I wouldn't see this movie at all. Kevin Smith may be all happy with this film, and part of that may be because he's in it and his good buddy Ben Assfuck is in it, who also happens to be starring in Smith's upcoming movie Jersey Girl with freaking J-LO, who is a horrible actress anf singer (ever think Smith would work on a film with someone who demanded their own dressing room and has so many other demands). Oh yeah...whoever said the Phantom was is insane!That's like saying The Punisher movie was good and Batman looked good with those rubber nipples. The Phantom looked like a t.v. movie and so far Daredevil does too. I'm hoping it surprises me and is good but i'm not getting my hopes up with this one mainly because I haven't been totally impressed with a big comic book movie since Batman in 1989, which was one of the only few good comic movies that i've been impressed with out there along with the 2nd Batman, The Crow, Blade 1 and 2, Ghost World, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Tank Girl. If you notice none of them are balls to the wall eye candy like the recent films are and totally 100% stick to the comics. Maybe they should stop creating all these comic book movies because they are really gonna start to become crap because they are all compeating with each other and trying to make billions instead of being a good movie. I'm totally scared to see how The Hulk will be and fear it will be just like Godzilla, a huge disaster.
I just don't see why people get angry at people's opinions with trailers. Yes trailers can suck and the movie can suck.I'm sure alot of you see trailers and think, that movies looks plain awful. I look at the new Adam Sandler trailer for his cartoon and it looks horrible or when I see a Freddy Prinze Jr. trailer I think it looks awful. Sometimes I may be wrong but most of the time i'm right. We all bash trailer before we see it but of course when a majority of the people here worship these films and want them to be bad they won't let any negitivity get in their way. I'm tired of the people saying...you all said Spider-Man's trailers sucked, which they did but you drooled over the movie...well I didn't because I thought the trailer and the movie wasn't good and could've been a billion times better. I refused to pay $8 and waited like a few people did for it to come to dvd and I hoped that I would eat my shit talking but I didn't. Just because Spider-Man is in it and it's finally a movie doesn't make it good. Just throwing in that patriotic salute to 9/11 at the end was the icing on the cake that almost made me puke!
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