Jon-Favreau Movie Reviews

I was waiting for a true deluxe edition that has a commentary of the making of the movie. Most of the time I won't buy a DVD unless it has a commentary on the movie. This is one of my all time favorite movie and what made me love Sean Astin as an actor. If you are looking for an inspirational, uplifting movie for you or someone else, this is it. I give the movie 5 stars but this DVD edition 4 stars.

"Rudy" - the 1993 blockbuster starring Sean Astin in the title role, is one motion picture that reminds us no goal or obstacle is too big or too small to be accomplished successfully, if one is willing to persevere through all hardships. "Rudy" gets this message across to the viewer quite well, and with no major stumbling blocks or any errors, for that matter. Determined to defy all those who doubt his dream of playing football at the University of Notre Dame, Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger sets off for South Bend, Indiana with a duffle bag filled with hopes and a bus ticket. Once arriving at his intended destination, he is met by a caring Catholic priest (Robert Prosky), who sees Rudy's heart and desire, and is determined to help this young man accomplish his goal. A timeline is established, where Rudy must maintain a respectable grade point average at Holy Cross Junior College in a year's time. If grades are successfully met, he'll be one step closer to realizing his dream of both playing football for the Fighting Irish, thus gaining admission into Notre Dame. Adding a bit more meat and potatoes to "Rudy"'s storyline, are fine, upstanding, believable performances from Ned Beatty (as Rudy's father), Scott Benjaminson (as Rudy's doubting Thomas brother), Lili Taylor (as Rudy's girlfriend) and Jason Miller (as legendary ND coach Ara Parseghian). Charles S. Dutton's performance as the head stadium groundskeeper mustn't be overlooked, either. To sum everything up, "Rudy" is a film that's about more than just football. It's about conquering mountains, big and small, which isn't impossible, as long as one keeps their nose to the grindstone, or, in this case, to the gridiron. Having doubts about whether or not you can win life's battles? See this movie. Hearing nothing but negativity from those around you while en route to accomplishing your goal? See this movie. Do you dream of getting a college degree, and want to make it a reality? SEE THIS MOVIE!!! Oh, and see if you can spot the cameo appearance of Mr. Daniel Ruettiger himself (INTERESTING TIDBITS: The exterior shot of the Holy Cross College campus, is actually one of the colleges on the Notre Dame campus. The scene in the campus coffee shop where Rudy and D-Bob (Jon Favreau [another actor I (almost) overlooked!]) are talking/studying, is shot in ND's O'Shaughnessy Hall, and the interior Holy Cross classroom scenes were filmed at a nearby high school). With so much to offer, "Rudy" truly lives up to its moniker as the "Rocky Of The '90s"! See it, if you haven't already. You won't be disappointed!

Any movie that celebrates the triumph of a man against overwhleming odds, that displays courage, tenacity, disappointment, tragedy, love, and victory and that does all this delivery in simple human emotion is going to connect with every single viewer of the film.

Rudy is one of those truly rare films that stay in your mind and heart.

The DVD is my only edition of the film, and does have the interview of the guy the film is based on, and this simply blows me away in its delivery of a regular joe sharing himself.

All I can say, despite its relatively simple DVD architecture, and few "extra", and since I cannot give the film 6 stars, buy this DVD for the movie....after all, thats what it is for.

This is a classic movie and Jeremy Piven at his best. It is about time they put this clasic on DVD. You also have other great funny actors like David Spade (Rand McPherson) and John Favreau (Gutter)...and of course Chris Young is funny too...but I think anyone who played the Pre-Frosh would be funny!!!

If you have not seen this movie then get it...and watch it over and over again.

If you want to know what this movie is about...well I will tell you...Portchest University, Preps, Party Animals, and just about every other type of person you meet at college. They all hate something and do a great job at expressing it!!! However, Jeremy Piven's character does a great job to party, go to school (ha ha ha) and make everyone get along.

This movie is a classic. While not a triumph of american filmmaking, screenwriting, or directing, it certainly rings true with many modern-day college students. It's low-budget and the ending is a little cheesy, but all in all, this movie is a true cult classic.

Jeremy Piven leads a cast of semi-normal college students in a sea of caricatures in this movie. He does all the stuff we wish we could do against all the people we wish we could do it to--the overly sensitive, "cravenly PC" crowd. Normally, his cookie-cutter adversaries would make for boring subject matter, but after spending my time at college, I've seen that there really are people out there that are this bizarre. Piven really carries this movie, and Jon Favreau is also pretty good as Gutter. The potheads are hilarious, as are the Womynists. David Spade's character and his organization are also pretty good. The one thing that you'll begin to notice if you've been on a college campus lately, is that you'll see a character in this movie, and realize that you know someone like that or have seen something similar.

Who wouldn't want George Clinton to play their party?

This is a sleeper and not a lot of people saw this one cause it wasn't out for very long. However, I rate it as one of the best college flicks out there. PCU has been taken over by the Liberal mind and no one seems to be able to agree on anything without offending some kind of anti-establishment group on campus. It really hits home for anyone that has ever been to college and wondered what the hell was wrong with everyone.

This is a classic movie and Jeremy Piven at his best. It is about time they put this clasic on DVD. You also have other great funny actors like David Spade (Rand McPherson) and John Favreau (Gutter)...and of course Chris Young is funny too...but I think anyone who played the Pre-Frosh would be funny!!!

If you have not seen this movie then get it...and watch it over and over again.

If you want to know what this movie is about...well I will tell you...Portchest University, Preps, Party Animals, and just about every other type of person you meet at college. They all hate something and do a great job at expressing it!!! However, Jeremy Piven's character does a great job to party, go to school (ha ha ha) and make everyone get along.

This movie is a classic. While not a triumph of american filmmaking, screenwriting, or directing, it certainly rings true with many modern-day college students. It's low-budget and the ending is a little cheesy, but all in all, this movie is a true cult classic.

Jeremy Piven leads a cast of semi-normal college students in a sea of caricatures in this movie. He does all the stuff we wish we could do against all the people we wish we could do it to--the overly sensitive, "cravenly PC" crowd. Normally, his cookie-cutter adversaries would make for boring subject matter, but after spending my time at college, I've seen that there really are people out there that are this bizarre. Piven really carries this movie, and Jon Favreau is also pretty good as Gutter. The potheads are hilarious, as are the Womynists. David Spade's character and his organization are also pretty good. The one thing that you'll begin to notice if you've been on a college campus lately, is that you'll see a character in this movie, and realize that you know someone like that or have seen something similar.

Who wouldn't want George Clinton to play their party?

This is a sleeper and not a lot of people saw this one cause it wasn't out for very long. However, I rate it as one of the best college flicks out there. PCU has been taken over by the Liberal mind and no one seems to be able to agree on anything without offending some kind of anti-establishment group on campus. It really hits home for anyone that has ever been to college and wondered what the hell was wrong with everyone.

Watching this you cant help but be overcome by the senselessness of the entire boxing industry. For two decades I followed pro boxing (I almost became one myself!)- Ive seen hundreds of pro fights- both current boxers, and old fighters on film. Marciano and Louis were the best heavyweights ever. This film's emotional highlight is Marciano's destruction of his idol Joe Louis. I predict the boxing industry will eventually be outlawed, or at best watered-down to a harmless sport like pro "wrestling".

THE ACTING WAS GREAT THE STORY WAS GREAT AND THE FIGHT SCENES WERE GREAT.I liked how it was inspirational, how an unlikely boxer rose to being the only undefeated heavyweight champion.

I have to say that this movie was extremaly well made. The True Story of a Great legend. "Rocky Marciano" Not only was the acting a 5 star Job well done, But the Music was very Beautiful. The fight scenes were awesome. The best fight was the Marciano/Louis fight. This fight brought a few tears to my eyes. The way they kept goin back and forth. The Music was emotional. The Touchin scene of Rocky visiting Louis after the fight in the dressing room. How that scene went back and forth where Rock was with Louis at the mental institute. Very Terrific film. I can't wait to purchase the Video.

Fads come and go and come again. Such is the lounge lizard lifestyle of the early 1990s that quickly went into vogue, disappeared just as fast, and is sure to return again. A lot of time movies that revolve around such pictures in time become dated rapidly and are no longer entertaining to watch. SWINGERS is NOT such a movie.

Though SWINGERS revolves around a modern struggling Rat Pack that spend their evenings as lounge lizards, this is a movie that has not gone out of style. The Swingers spend their days looking for work in the entertainment business intraspersed with games of golf and late night drives to Las Vegas. The plot is rather simple. Jon Favreau plays Mike, a guy moved out west to further his career as a comic. However, his girlfriend broke up with him shortly after he left and he still hasn't moved on six months later. The film follows Mike as his buddies help him get back in the game and find a new baby.

SWINGERS is a great guy movie. It's a film about guys, written by guys, for guys. However, girls seem to enjoy the movie as well, but don't seem to understand it very much. The movie has some great acting (after all most of the cast was basically just playing themselves), a awesome soundtrack, and some of the most memorable movie lines in recent history (this film ranks up with THE PRINCESS BRIDE and TOMMY BOY in quotability). The only negative about the film is the foul language which at times cheapens some of the witty dialogue. Still, the movie is great fun.

They dont even try to understand that this is a guy movie and its all about guy trials and tribulations. I wouldnt expect feminists to understand that. Click agree if you feel the same!

Mike (Jon Favreau)has just broken up with his longtime girlfriend. No matter how hard he tries, he cannot seem to get out of the depressive state that he is in. So his smooth, fast-talking friend Trent (Vince Vaughn)decides he will do whatever it takes to show Mike a good time. Trent's vast array of cheering up techniques is filled with everything from laughing over martinis in a cocktail lounge, to picking up beautiful babies on their way to Las Vegas. Whatever it may be, these young "Swingers" are determined to re-write the rules on dating.

"Swingers" is without a doubt one of the funniest films to come out of the 90's, and it truly captures the dating scene of today. Jon Favreau wrote the amazing script. It provides for tons of killer dialogue which includes one of the most memorable lines of all time "You are so money, and you don't even know it." This film made me laugh harder than I ever have before. The most memorable scene is when Jon Favreau repeatedly calls the answering machine because it keeps hanging up on him. It goes on for about five minutes, until the woman finally picks up, and tells him to never call her again. It had me in tears from laughing so hard. The performances are what make this film succeed. Jon Favreau is amazing as Mike. He will make you feel sorry for him, and make you laugh at the same time with how bad his luck is. Vince Vaughn obviously gives the best performance as Trent. His advice on dating, and his smooth, player-like nature is the reason he became one of my all time favorite characters. Heather Grahm, Ron Livingston, Patrick Van Horn, and Alex Desert are all outstanding as the supporting cast.

All I can say is thank you Miramax for releasing the Collector's Series DVD!! The DVD is simply amazing, and lets you see the film in a whole new light. My favorite special feature is the illustrated action commentary with Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn. Another great bonus is an original documentary on the making of the film entitled "Making it in Hollywood." It takes an in depth look into : the writing of the story, getting the film made, and the "Swingers" culture. You also get a short film entitled
"Swingblade", deleted scenes, and a gag reel. The special features are worth the price alone! Do yourself a favor and buy this DVD, because you will not be dissapointed.

Three decades ago on one of his Christmas Eve stops at a Catholic orphanage, Santa accidentally acquired one of its infant residents when a baby crawled into his toy sack. Upon realizing the slip-up back at the North Pole, Santa and the elves unanimously decide to keep the boy-especially after the elf manager agrees to adopt him. Named Buddy, this human becomes educated in the elfin skills of toymaking, plus acquires the more important character traits of concern for others, the joy of giving and maintaining a positive outlook. Even as an adult-and despite his size-Buddy remains completely oblivious to his humanness. That is, until one day when he overhears two of his toy-producing colleagues discussing his uniqueness.

Instantly, Buddy knows what he needs to do: find his real parents. His adoptive dad explains that his mother is no longer living and his biological father never even knew she was pregnant. Handing him a snow globe of a Manhattan landscape, he further informs Buddy that his father works inside the Empire State Building. Armed with enough information to get the job done, it's off to the big city. However, once arriving, Buddy discovers that his quest is bigger than he bargained for. Manhattan presents numerous obstacles and life lessons never encountered at the North Pole. Escalators. Revolving doors. Taxi cabs. Deceptive advertisers. And romantic attraction. Buddy has a heart as big as the arctic north. There's not a mean streak or uppity attitude to be found anywhere within. And although he's as out of place as a palm tree on glacial ice, we empathize. After all, being raised among elves at the North Pole is not conducive to understanding the hard-bitten cynicism of his North American relatives. But it's when Buddy is forced to learn how to handle rejection (both his father's and stepbrother's) that positive lessons about the importance of the family-especially bonding with a father-are underscored. Still, Elf is not as pure as the driven snow. Some mild language problems, a wink at inebriation and a complete avoidance of the season's Bethlehem roots mix some mud into it.

In this delightful new holiday movie, Will Ferrell is an innocent named Buddy who was adopted as a baby by Santa and his elves. Having been raised in the North Pole, Buddy has no idea that he is human. However, when he grows up to be a six-footer, he begins to notice that he is physically different from his fellow elves. Much to his chagrin, Buddy's skills as a toymaker are a bit substandard. Finally, Papa Elf sends his ingenuous son to New York City to meet his biological father, played by the gruff James Caan.

This is the classic "fish out of water" plot that has been used in countless movies. How will Buddy, conspicuous in his green and yellow elf costume, with a pointy hat and pointy shoes, behave in New York City? How will Buddy's no-nonsense dad handle the fact that he has fathered a man who thinks he's an elf?

Predictably, Buddy, in his sweet innocence, has trouble adjusting to life in the big city. He wreaks havoc in a department store, exasperates his father, and soon feels lonely and unwanted. All of this works because the actors, including such seasoned veterans as Bob Newhart and Ed Asner, play it absolutely straight. Fortunately, there are only a few of the cloying scenes that often make holiday movies so difficult to take.

Hats off to the director and the special effects crew for delivering some hilarious sight gags and some cool and magical moments. Go see "Elf" with your kids. It is not great cinema, but I think that you will find this movie engaging and amusing holiday entertainment.

This movie was actully much better than I expected...
But the funniest line, I can't remember the exact line, but a children book writer was talking about a family of asparagus who went to the doctor, complaining that their pee smelled funny...
I know in writing, it dosen't sound too terribly funny, but it had me chocking on root beer in the theater.

I purchased this for my uncle to show at the VA Hospital. Alot of the veterans had not seen "Folks". THEY LOVED IT!

In a sometimes all too serious world it was refreshing to see a movie that pokes fun at our everyday family problems ....made me feel less alone with family problems... hilarious movie... highly recommended! And thank god for happy endings! I laughed from begining to end...

Totaly enjoyable, very funny. Tom Selleck is very good in this movie.

I love sports. I played most of them in high school and still do a lot of them for recreation. I love movies and The Replacements is the funniest football movie I've ever seen.

The Replacements is the story about the Washington Sentinels. A fictional football team in a fictional league. The league has had a players strike and the teams are told to replace them. Washington hires Jimmy McGinty(Hackman) a former coach to lead them. The lead player is QB Shane Falco(Reeves) a QB that never got a chance. McGinty puts a team of misfits and former players around Falco and expects him to lead them to victory.

Gene Hackman is great in the film. He is one of the best actors of all-time. Few can play a charcter like him. I like the way he plays Jimmy McGinty. McGinty has the fire of Mike Ditka and the wisdom and heart of Vince Lombardi. Hackman does a great job playing him.

Keanu Reeves is also great in the film. This is one of the better charcters he's ever played. So often does Keanu work in films with so many other great actors and he always holds his own. He's with Hackman and he holds true to the statement I just said. I'd put Shane behine Neo and Bill as his best charcter he's ever done.

This film has a ton of other guys you will recognize. It's a great cast in a great film. I love the Pat Summeral and John Madden cameo's. They are some of the better cameo's ever done. This is a great sports comedy. It will leave you cheering and laughing for more.

From The Monitor

Corny dialogue. Mediocre acting. Predictable plot. One great movie.

"The Replacements" is a movie about athletes who forget salary caps and product endorsements (although this feature is chock-full of product placement) and remember football.

"The Replacements" is a light comedy, but nevertheless, like "Any Given Sunday," pushes an agenda. It portrays athletes as money-grubbing crybabies more interested in counting their money than playing. It suggests that heart and love of the game are lost in professional football, but the agenda is equally lost in the humor and excitement of the hard-hitting games.

The Washington Sentinels represent the riffraff-composed Washington Redskins who became a darkhorse team during the 1987 National Football League players' strike. Upon the mid-season strike, the NFL coaches scrambled together a bricolage of players to finish out the season.

Less retired and more fired Coach Jimmy McGinty, played by Gene Hackman (from Mississippi Burning), is rehired to coach the Washington Sentinels, a ragtag and bobtail consisting of has-beens and never-were, one being former Ohio State quarterback Shane "Footsteps" Falco, AKA Keanu Reeves.

This jaded group of players met in discord, but with Coach McGinty's tutelage and Falco's lead-by-example bravado, they soon began working as a team, to ultimately compete in their final showdown against Dallas.

Off the field, Falco is making a 'pass' at Sentinel head cheerleader Annabelle Farrell, played by Brooke Langton. However, Annabelle, with her "I don't date football players...especially quarterbacks" schtick, makes for a tough opponent.

In the end, Farrell, in light of Falco's growing on her like bacteria in a petri dish, discovers that she does indeed date quarterbacks.

"The Replacements" is not an Oscar candidate but it isn't running for one either. It is an upbeat movie that instills faith in quixotical dreams. It adds a little humor, mostly from the mouth of Orlando Jones, who plays Clifford Franklin, as spice for a feelgood entrée.

If you're tired of the sausage of summer action movies perpetually coming from Hollywood's movie meatgrinder, relax, enjoy, and revel in "The Replacements."

One of the best football mooovies in ages. I would put this little dousey right up there with Neccessary Roughness and the movie staring the man the myth the ledgend Rick Moranis in "Little GIants." All in all the movie will make you feel like a bloody champ. There are some scenes that reek of falsity like when they reek the (rap out of Ted Esquire..oops wrong movie i mean Keanu (Shawn Farris) Reeves car but thats Hoolywould for you. No big deal Keanu, i knew it was all in the movie fa sizzle. The best part is when Curtis Fraknlin has the line where he goes move.Bi+ch. get out the way move. That line is sweet like a big slurpe from 7-11.
What you willl like about The Replacements of the movie is the rarity it has. Only the great Major Leagues follows the same pattern. Going so where meat...bout 90 feets bloke. Anyway pick this movie if you want to be enlighted. Guys like it cuz its football, chicks like it cuz its got Keanu Reeves in it. Also there is sum cheerleaders who are smokin but not as hot as XFL cheer;eaders/.Go Chicago Enforcers 4 life and Tanja.
Watch this movie its good and you be living large and kickin some but.
G-MAN

I love sports. I played most of them in high school and still do a lot of them for recreation. I love movies and The Replacements is the funniest football movie I've ever seen.

The Replacements is the story about the Washington Sentinels. A fictional football team in a fictional league. The league has had a players strike and the teams are told to replace them. Washington hires Jimmy McGinty(Hackman) a former coach to lead them. The lead player is QB Shane Falco(Reeves) a QB that never got a chance. McGinty puts a team of misfits and former players around Falco and expects him to lead them to victory.

Gene Hackman is great in the film. He is one of the best actors of all-time. Few can play a charcter like him. I like the way he plays Jimmy McGinty. McGinty has the fire of Mike Ditka and the wisdom and heart of Vince Lombardi. Hackman does a great job playing him.

Keanu Reeves is also great in the film. This is one of the better charcters he's ever played. So often does Keanu work in films with so many other great actors and he always holds his own. He's with Hackman and he holds true to the statement I just said. I'd put Shane behine Neo and Bill as his best charcter he's ever done.

This film has a ton of other guys you will recognize. It's a great cast in a great film. I love the Pat Summeral and John Madden cameo's. They are some of the better cameo's ever done. This is a great sports comedy. It will leave you cheering and laughing for more.

From The Monitor

Corny dialogue. Mediocre acting. Predictable plot. One great movie.

"The Replacements" is a movie about athletes who forget salary caps and product endorsements (although this feature is chock-full of product placement) and remember football.

"The Replacements" is a light comedy, but nevertheless, like "Any Given Sunday," pushes an agenda. It portrays athletes as money-grubbing crybabies more interested in counting their money than playing. It suggests that heart and love of the game are lost in professional football, but the agenda is equally lost in the humor and excitement of the hard-hitting games.

The Washington Sentinels represent the riffraff-composed Washington Redskins who became a darkhorse team during the 1987 National Football League players' strike. Upon the mid-season strike, the NFL coaches scrambled together a bricolage of players to finish out the season.

Less retired and more fired Coach Jimmy McGinty, played by Gene Hackman (from Mississippi Burning), is rehired to coach the Washington Sentinels, a ragtag and bobtail consisting of has-beens and never-were, one being former Ohio State quarterback Shane "Footsteps" Falco, AKA Keanu Reeves.

This jaded group of players met in discord, but with Coach McGinty's tutelage and Falco's lead-by-example bravado, they soon began working as a team, to ultimately compete in their final showdown against Dallas.

Off the field, Falco is making a 'pass' at Sentinel head cheerleader Annabelle Farrell, played by Brooke Langton. However, Annabelle, with her "I don't date football players...especially quarterbacks" schtick, makes for a tough opponent.

In the end, Farrell, in light of Falco's growing on her like bacteria in a petri dish, discovers that she does indeed date quarterbacks.

"The Replacements" is not an Oscar candidate but it isn't running for one either. It is an upbeat movie that instills faith in quixotical dreams. It adds a little humor, mostly from the mouth of Orlando Jones, who plays Clifford Franklin, as spice for a feelgood entrée.

If you're tired of the sausage of summer action movies perpetually coming from Hollywood's movie meatgrinder, relax, enjoy, and revel in "The Replacements."

One of the best football mooovies in ages. I would put this little dousey right up there with Neccessary Roughness and the movie staring the man the myth the ledgend Rick Moranis in "Little GIants." All in all the movie will make you feel like a bloody champ. There are some scenes that reek of falsity like when they reek the (rap out of Ted Esquire..oops wrong movie i mean Keanu (Shawn Farris) Reeves car but thats Hoolywould for you. No big deal Keanu, i knew it was all in the movie fa sizzle. The best part is when Curtis Fraknlin has the line where he goes move.Bi+ch. get out the way move. That line is sweet like a big slurpe from 7-11.
What you willl like about The Replacements of the movie is the rarity it has. Only the great Major Leagues follows the same pattern. Going so where meat...bout 90 feets bloke. Anyway pick this movie if you want to be enlighted. Guys like it cuz its football, chicks like it cuz its got Keanu Reeves in it. Also there is sum cheerleaders who are smokin but not as hot as XFL cheer;eaders/.Go Chicago Enforcers 4 life and Tanja.
Watch this movie its good and you be living large and kickin some but.
G-MAN

I can't say I thought this would be good. Especially with the lousy actor Ben Affleck playing the lead. It has a terrible plot and really lame script. The acting.....well Ben affleck is terrible but all the other actors "seem" pretty good up next to him. As far as special effects go, They're either good or really cheesy. The only real reason I saw this in the first place was because it's one of the movies that "Scary Movie 4" is supposed to parody....I can't wait for that. So if you want a good superhero movie, I'd suggest Spiderman or the X-men movies.

Matt Murdock lost his sight to a chemical accident as a child. But the chemicals that blinded him also heightened his other senses, especially his hearing, which became so acute that he could distinguish objects by the sound that bounces off of them. After his father was murdered by local gangsters, Matt vowed to use his preternatural senses in the cause of justice. He grew up to become a lawyer who refuses to defend any guilty person. But by night, Matt (Ben Affleck) watches -or listens- over his neighborhood as Daredevil, clad in a red devilish suit, ready to intervene should any citizen be victimized and to meet out justice when the court system fails. One day, when he tries to talk to a pretty woman on the street, Matt meets his match. She is Elektra Natchios (Jennifer Garner), the daughter of a prominent and very wealthy man, and nearly a match for Matt's fighting skills. Matt is taken with her at once. But the man behind all of the city's crime and corruption, the Kingpin (Michael Clarke Duncan), has targeted Elektra's family. And he has called upon an assassin named Bullseye (Colin Farrell), to do the job. Matt is determined that Daredevil will protect his new love, but things don't go entirely as planned.

"Daredevil", the movie, is based upon Marvel's "Daredevil" comic book series. I am not familiar with the comic books, so I came to this movie without any preconceived image of the characters in my mind. I can't comment on how faithful it is to the original, but the movie definitely won me over. "Daredevil" is somewhat reminiscent of Tim Burton's "Batman" and "Batman Returns" movies in its dark themes and visuals that harken to comic book roots. James Tocci's art direction and Ericson Core's cinematography are fantastic and quite beautiful. They establish the film's mood, place, and suck the viewer in in the film's first couple of minutes. The fight sequences are surprisingly original considering the abundance of recent martial arts action movies. Daredevil is the most convincingly human superhero that I've ever seen. He's scarred and in pain and pops painkillers like tic-tacs to get through the day so that he can exact more "justice". He is also morally ambiguous. Daredevil is a vigilante who presumes to know who deserves to be punished and how. The irony of killing and wreaking havoc in the pursuit of justice is not lost on him, and Ben Affleck does a really good job of communicating Matt Murdock's pain and moral turmoil. The cast is terrific all around. Michael Clarke Duncan is a pleasure to watch as the very large and violent, but somehow almost jovial, villain Kingpin. Colin Farrell is wonderfully entertaining as the colorful and gleeful killer Bullseye. "Daredevil" is one of the best "comic book" movies I have seen. Director and screenwriter Mark Steven Johnson is to be commended for his ability to extract the essential elements from the comic books and pack them into a 1 hour and 45 minute movie. Please note that this movie contains graphic violence which may disturb more sensitive members of the audience. I advise caution in showing the film to children under 12.

I think the negativity exhibited towards this movie is misdirected.
This is a fine superhero action movie. Period. The opening "origin" vignette actually is one of the best of its' type put to film. From casting to cinematography to editing...it's a beaut.
Yes, Ben Affleck is a bit smug, but as a serious longtime comic geek, my big beef was that his hair wasn't red. That's it. That's all. No big deal.
Jennifer Garner, as Elektra, is luminous. Perfect casting. They shoot her in a manner that elevates her from "very pretty" to "absolutely stunning". Her intro works perfectly within the plot, and Murdock's "superpowers" are creatively and often poetically demonstrated.
Colin Farrell joins the list of simply awesome movie villains. With a few quick scenes, you know all you need to know about Bullseye. His psycho-manic performance electrifies the screen.
The story neatly encapsulates a chunk of the Elektra saga from the Frank Miller era in the comics. The winks toward the comic book audience were greatly appreciated. There are hundreds of not-so-subtle nods to the significant creators of Daredevil...Stan Lee's cameo, DD's dad fighting John Romita, name-dropping "Miller, Mack and Bendis" as fighters, "Joe Quesada" as a bad guy, Kevin Smith showing up as a guy named "Kirby".
But I particularly loved the angles and shots that recall specific classic images from those old books, especially the ending of the fight between Bullseye and Elektra (Frank Miller covers come to life), and the swirling cable around a plummeting Daredevil, evoking the cover of the most recent relaunch of the series.
It's a "dark" movie, emotionally and cinematographically. The former didn't bother me, but the latter sometimes had me squinting trying to discern details.
I have read many of the other reviews about this film, but I have to say I was totally satisfied when it was over. I really did want more.