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Spiderman 3
There is a buzz of anticipation surrounding Spiderman 3, which is due to be released on May 4th, 2007. Director Sam Raimi has kept Spiderman fans guessing with this one. He has revealed precious little about the plot or the characters and so there are a lot of wild guesses floating around about possible villains and how they are meted out divine justice.
 
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Very few of the comic book adaptations during 2003 managed to capture the essence and spirit of the original format, and Daredevil is no exception, in fact, it might be worse. With poor dialogue, bland characterization, and overplayed fight scenes, there is little here for the avid comic fan to work with. There is even less for the non-comic book fan to work with. Ben Affleck plays Matt Murdock, lawyer by day, crime fighting superhero by night. Oh yeah, and he’s blind, a fact which is overplayed and done in a very cheesy way. Affleck brings virtually no life to the otherwise complex character of Matt Murdock, and the audience finds themselves rooting for Colin Farrell’s Bullseye for most of the movie. Affleck’s performance was bland, rootless and without depth. A character that could have been tragically complicated in the hands of any other actor falls extremely short thanks to Affleck’s lame delivery and unfeeling facial expressions. Matt Murdock in his comic book format is full of different dimensions, and heartbreakingly deep, but Affleck has decided to portray him as shallowly as possible throughout the entire film. Even when tragedy is handed to him, Affleck manages to accept it with the same expression he has had the entire film.

Murdock fights crime to avenge the death of his father, and has made it his personal Batman-like mission to keep the city safe from wrong doers. He lives the standard lonely superhero existence until fate throws in a love interest, in the form of Elektra (Jennifer Garner), who seems to be there for the soul purpose of showing her skin and playing the standard tough girl with breasts role.

Daredevil is poorly acted, and poorly written. There is no flow from one sequence to another, and only the supporting characters manage to lend any 3 dimensional powers to their characters. The action sequences are more humorous then action packed. Affleck brings no life or vitality to Matt Murdock’s character and Jennifer Garner is around only because of her ability to fill out a leather catsuit. All in all Daredevil seemed like a poor attempt to keep up with the previous years “Spider-man”, and it failed miserably.

Genres: Adventure/Action, Fantasy/Science Fiction and Adaptation
Running Time: 1 hour 43 minutes
Release Date: 14th February 2003
MPAA Rating: Parental Guidance-13 for some sensuality and violence/action scenes.
Distributors: 20th Century Fox Distribution

Directed by: Mark Steven Johnson
Starring: Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Colin Farrell, Jon Favreau, Michael Clarke Duncan
Produced by: Arnon Milchan, Bernie Williams, Stan Lee