watching movies one cup at a time

I really liked the Daredevil comic book when I was a kid. And I like superhero movies. But one thing I don’t like is Ben Affleck’s acting. He is not a good actor. At all. Every movie he’s in he is just Ben Affleck. You never see anything else, just dopey Ben Affleck playing himself. Which is fine for certain kinds of movies. But not this one. He can’t carry the story and I totally don’t buy him as a lawyer, a blind person, or a superhero.

The movie is pretty lacking in general. The story is weak and I feel the rest of the cast is all wrong too. I like Jennifer Garner. But she is not Elektra. In the comic book, she is this iconic black-haired assassin with a red scarf around her head. She is not some cute white girl who looks like she should be baking cookies for the Sunshine Festival. Again, I like Jennifer, even badass secret agent Jennifer, just not in this particular movie with this particular character.

Colin Farrell is also not right. He’s a loud-mouthed Irish dude and that is not what Bullseye was. Sure, Colin can do psychotic. That wasn’t a problem. I just felt again we were going too far from the source material. And that’s allowed if it works. But when it doesn’t you have to ask why bother then? Why not stick to the original comic book and at least please the comic book fanboys. And Michael Clark Duncan as Kingpin? Nope. He’s got the bulk, but Kingpin is a very sophisticated character with a lot of menace. I look at Duncan and all I think about is the gentle giant from The Green Mile. Nothing menacing or sophisticated.

They rushed this thing out because of Spider-man’s success but they made some fatal missteps along the way. No chemistry and no believable characters sank it. And betting everything on Ben Affleck is never a good idea.