Dulldevil Falls to Third (Almost Fourth)

[ArAich]

Just went to the matinee showing today and I must say I liked it.

 

I would not say it was as good as Spider-man but it was definatly darker and grittier. I actually thought Bullseye was very well done (I was skeptical) and provided some very interesting fight sequences.

I was going to criticize how the characters seem to defy gravity but then I sat back and thought for a second "these are comic book super-heroes, there supposed to be exaggerated".

 

And this one is just for you Bug....see it in a movie theatre....you have to hear the movie and well as watch it and a theatre is where you will get the best quality for this...

[Bugaboo-migration]

Yo......thanks for the heads up......I'll probably just go see it in a theatre so I can get the full effect.

[joe_collector]

Like I said, viewing Daredevil shaves a few points off the old IQ.

[ArAich]

Yo......thanks for the heads up......

 

Yo...make sure you sit through the credits....

[Bugaboo-migration]

Yeah.....my new avatar must be him after he saw the movie.

 

And I'll make sure to sit through the credits, Rick.......but it better be worth it.

[ArAich]

I do feel a little dimwitted this afternoon....

[joe_collector]

. Looks just like a few fanboys I saw on the theatre. Must have been there are week, soaking up that brain-numbing Daredevil goodness.

[ArAich]

Rick.......but it better be worth it

 

 

Well.....better go to the matinee...that way, if you don't like it I won't feel that guilty..

[joe_collector]

>>I was going to criticize how the characters seem to defy gravity but then I sat back and thought for a second "these are comic book super-heroes, there supposed to be exaggerated".

 

I actually felt the exact opposite, as a movie has to have some set of rules, and if they're normal humans, then have them act like it. If it's a virtual world like the Matrix, or some guy gets the powers of a spider, then go for it. Just create a world and stick to it.

 

Otherwise you break one of the fundamental rules fo film-making and take the audience out of the experience. I actually heard groans and muffled "ripoff" comments when the whole Matrix-like leaping and fighting came on.

 

[Bugaboo-migration]

......nah......I just mean that sitting through the credits better be worth it.

[Bugaboo-migration]

I'm still confused, Joe........Did you like the movie or not?

[Bonds25]

The big question is: How did Jennifer Garner look?

[ArAich]

......I just mean that sitting through the credits better be worth it.

 

Trust me...you must comply...

[Rickdogg]

She looked like a cutie as usual I love chicks with tight bodies

[joe_collector]

Then tell her not to exhale or take off her bra.

[PovertyRow]

What I want to know is why such a thread has so many more reponses than threads dealing with condition, restoration, genre classics, heroes, villains, etc etc etc.

 

I was bored to tears today watching this thread climb and climb. It is a movie for gosh sake! Who really cares? (unless you got a lot of CGCd DD).

[delekkerste]

Peter David has a mostly positive review about DD in the latest CBG. However, the saving grace of the review was the following passage:

 

"I was told the next day by every - and I mean EVERY - comics pro who had seen the advance screening that the movie sucked raw eggs. That there was nothing good to say about it. I even heard - with echoes of the Comic Book Guy ringing in my head - "worst comic book movie ever". When one considers that field includes Howard the Duck, Judge Dredd, Batman and Robin, The Punisher, Superman III and IV, Supergirl - and Captain America, for crying out loud - that's a hell of a condemnation, voiced by people whose opinion I very much respected."

 

Whew! I was beginning to think that the vast majority of comics pros had no taste in movies!

 

Gene

[joe_collector]

Newsflash (courtesy www.variety.com):

 

Disney laffer "Bringing Down the House" brought down the weekend box office crown plus personal bests for topliners Steve Martin and Queen Latifah with an estimated $31.7 million opening.

 

Bruce Willis military actioner "Tears of the Sun" from Sony/Revolution finished second with $17.2 million, and DreamWorks laffer "Old School" was third with $9.2 million over its third sesh.

 

Miramax's musical "Chicago" -- a platformed release that added 153 engagements for a total 2,600 -- grossed $6.9 million in fourth place. Paramount's leggy "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days" found another $6.8 million in fifth, while Warner Bros.' urban actioner "Cradle 2 the Grave" dug up $6.6 million in sixth after a big 60% soph-sesh drop.

 

20th Century Fox's comix actioner "Daredevil" -- touted as a summer movie in February when debuted four weeks ago -- dropped another 54% to $5.2 million in seventh place.