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Radioactive waste is at it again in the superhero world. This time it makes this guy blind, which in turn, makes him an acrobatic martial arts superhero. Of course!

We watched this with Kaile and Stacy. It was highly entertaining. Not the movie so much, but watching it with Kaile and Stacy. We talked through most of the movie making fun of it in the process. This improved the movie greatly. I don't know if I would recommend this movie if you are not watching it with Kaile and Stacy.

It was way too serious. I kept saying that Daredevil needed to crack some jokes here and there, like Buffy, because Aflac was just dumb. He kept looking like he wanted to smile but would remember that he couldn't. He wasn't the right actor for the movie, or he could have been if the character wasn't such a tightwad. The kid actor that played him when he was little did a better job.

Elektra was cool. Kingpin was okay. Bullseye was extremely dorky.

Whoever did the soundtrack for the movie needs to be shot. Not so much the music, even though it was uhhhh...not great, but the way it was introduced. Going from quiet to blaring rock music is quite jarring. Looking over rooftops doesn't really warrant music being that sudden and loud. It just didn't fit. Only two songs actually worked with the scenes. That Evanescence song when Elektra was stabbing the sandbags (nice drawing skills on her part) fit nicely. Also, the N.E.R.D. song to introduce Kingpin worked. Everything else didn't.

Oh, and what's up with Elektra's last name sounding like Nachos? We could not get beyond that. Nachos!

****/**** my first four star movie of 2003

DareDevil (2003)
Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Colin Farrell
Directed by Mark Steven Johnson
96 Min
Grade B (Fresh) (5)

DareDevil is fairly true to its comic book origin, the movie gives one sense on how it is to be Old horn head, this causes some of the fighting to be chaotic, and hard to understand. The cgi in this film is comparable to the one in Spider-man, however most of it looks better. (The one exception is organ scene which it looks the same.) DareDevil "eyes" is very good as well. The film has a lot of missing scenes, this creates the problems of disjointed narrative, and underdeveloped characters. But in the end it creates a very fun and entertaining movie, even if a few lines are too comic bookish.

Ok, it's been pretty weird around here. First of all my dad is letting me get a hoodie sweatshirt from school. Second I had a strange dream. Apperantly my band was playing and Linkin Park was at the club we were playing. In like an ode to them, we covered "Points of Authority". And they were like right at the front. They gave us the thumbs up and I invited them on stage to do "Numb". That was pretty cool, I got to rock out with Linkin Park's Chester and Mike, two guys that I really admire. ANyway, when I saw the news this morning they said it snowed....in Watts, which is south of Los Angeles. Pretty freaky. Cool, but pretty freaky. Oh yea, HP:PoA trailer is seriously wicked. I recommend it. Another weird thing is that I'm getting a B in my Spanish class. I was like "no sh--". I'm passing and I'm happy. :D People who have to read The Scarlet Letter, don't watch the made-for-tv-moive, it really sucks. I have to watch it for my lit class. Also, if you are an Evanescence fan, listen up. Please support them!!! Their new single, "My Immortal" is out. So please buy it and/or vote for them where ever you can. It is a re-amped version of My Immortal. The video and stream of the song are available at Evanescence.com. Please check it out.

Song of the day: "Caught in the Rain" by Revis

So I was at work today and this Greek older guy comes and buys a pie and wanted a cheese and spinach filo too.

Him: Spanocopita? (Spelling?)
Me: Yes. Spanocopita.
Him: You speak Greek? You pronounced that correctly.
Me: Well, my Dad's Greek. I know a bit. :laugh:
Him: :laugh:

Then I get him his change, $12.55, and he takes the ten and gives me the coin as a tip!!! Now, in the U.S that may be common but here, especially at a Uni deli, noone tips. My friend said she caught him staring at my chest. Hey, at least I got paid.

So therefore I had some change on my way home and got a video. I wanted a comedy, so I borrowed...

Daredevil


Well, it was better than LXG. Only just. It was made much more enjoyable with my brother and I hanging shit on it the whole way through. It was so badly directed and edited and written I couldn't believe it. Favreau, Farrell and Joey Pants were all cooler than Affleck. Who told Jennifer Garner she was pretty? Or looked Greek? Stupid. Ahh well, thankfully I wasn't realy in the mood for quality, just something to stare at. Now at least I can say I've seen it.

Going out tomorrow night with a friend from work (same one who noticed the staring). Just me with all her friends. Should be interesting.

My parents are out tonight helping my uncle move. They sounded pretty eager to get going.

I'm working on my tribute to Brandis. I'm still kinda trying not to think about it.

Peace out brothers.

...to TURKEY!

Yeah. I didn't eat any, plus Daredevil has hilariously bad.

Tomorrow, I work all damn fucking day.
And I really don't want to.

I can't go shopping with mom.
I can't sleep in.

Booo Hooo....
I want to stay home and jam with E.
Yesterday, we played some of The Hives and a few other songs.
It's really fun...and I can't do it tomorrow, while he's home ALL DAY. :( :(
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I'm going to see Bad Santa on Sunday night or Monday.
It's getting good reviews, despite Eisner :rolleyes: .

My sister went to the Radiohead concert.
And I still haven't heard how fabulous it was.
So without further redue...


Destiny... destiny protect me from the world
Destiny... hold my hand, protect me from the world
Here we are, with our running and confusion
And I don't see no confusion anywhere

And if the world does turn
And if London burns
I'll be standing on the beach with my guitar
I wanna be in a band
When I get to heaven
Anyone can play guitar and they won't
be a nothing anymore

Grow my hair... grow my hair I am Jim Morrison
Grow my hair... I wanna be wanna be wanna be Jim Morrison

Here we are, with our running and confusion
And I don't see no confusion anywhere

As the world does turn
And if London burns
I'll be standing on the beach with my guitar
I wanna be in a band
When I get to heaven
Anyone can play guitar and they won't
be a nothing anymore

Not exactly a monumental piece of cinematic art, but it watchable. Critics had very high expectations of it thats why it ended up getting really low. Ben Affleck delivers a satisfying performance and the rest are average.

:rotten: ROTTEN, ROTTEN, WORSE THAN THAT, BELIEVE ME, YOU'LL WANT TO COMMIT SUICIDE, ROTTEN, ROTTEN, ROTTEN... Grade: D-
Okay, this is the last superhero movie review I'll write, my dad makes me see them all, and it's misery (usually) and I have to sound off about it...

This movie is tiresome, for so many reasons I probably cannot list them all here. I was having to fight my urge to break my DVD player because it was showing me such crud.
The main flaw with this movie is that there is NO PLOT. It goes on and on showing various things and never really sticking to one thing. Mostly it is various action scenes packed together while a cheap rock soundtrack plays, giving me the impression that breaking into clubs and killing people up is "cool." Not the image I think children who want to see a nice little movie about a superhero saving the world should be getting.
The script is just terrible. "Is it this hard for every guy who just wants your name?" "You should try asking for my number." What kind of nonsense is this? Like Daredevil would just so happen to meet a woman with weird powers who likes to slash people.
Another serious script flaw: Daredevil (Ben Affleck) and Electra (Jennifer Garner) are on the roof making out for no apparent reason. He hears screaming. "I have to go," he says. "No, stay," Electra says, "with me." And then they continue to make out, and then it shows a totally unnessasary nude scene. The flaw (other than the total obsurdity)... Why on Earth would this man who is suppose to be noble and brave choose to be with some woman over saving the life of an innocent civilian??!! This really bothered me.
"Spiderman" succeded in telling the story of a superhero in love, he refrained from it because he knew the one he loved would get hurt. Daredevil, however, was a reckless idiot.
I think I've made my point, no?
Signed in Anger,
-The Masked Banana

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Best comic book movie not titled Batman. The basics are there. This is a well-rounded intro to Dardevil, his enemies, and his story. My only problem is the same problem I have with pretty much every comic book movie, why change the character's looks? What is it that is so dreadful about costumes or appearances, that they need to be altered for the screen? Is it just not possible to make the costumes, or what? One ups X-men by actually dealing with real Daredevil characters. One ups Spiderman, because Dardevil is just such a better story and character. Affleck didn't destroy it. No love for Foggy though, we never learn his name in the movie, although he does have a lot of screen time. :fresh: