Michael-J.-Fox Movie Reviews

* It is almost guaranteed that any Disney animated movie will
be a magnificently produced feast for the eyes, even though
the script may not be anything to write home about.

ATLANTIS, THE LOST EMPIRE fits this formula perfectly. The
story is a bit by-the-numbers. In 1914, a frustrated young
archaelogist and student of dead languages named Milo Thatch
(voice of Michael J. Fox) is trying to convince the officials
of the museum in which he works to help him in his search for
the lost kingdom of Atlantis, which Milo believes sank into
the middle of the Atlantic long ago.

They don't believe him, but a wealthy friend of Milo's eccentric
archaelogist grandfather comes to his aid, and Milo finds himself
on board a custom-made exploration submarine with a fairly
typical B-move gang of misfits in a dangerous adventure that
takes them all to the depths of the sea and into the bowels of
the Earth ...

OK, I need say no more, that gives the general idea. The story's
a bit of INDIANA JONES and quite a bit of Edgar Rice Burroughs
(maybe a dash of that old Harryhausen movie as well) and
if it's not all that inspired and is quickly forgotten, at
least it clicks along nicely and isn't quite as ponderously
moralizing as many Disney animated flicks.

And it doesn't really matter anyway, because the story's
basically an excuse for going on an animated Disney thrill
ride, or more correctly a series of them. In fact, I wouldn't
be surprised if ATLANTIS was leveraged into a bunch of very
entertaining VR rides. It is all very definitely a feast for
the eyes -- maybe a bit too visually busy and hyper for some
people -- and though I don't like going to theatres much
any more it was a bit of a pity that I didn't catch it on
a wide screen. (Got to get some goggle viewers one of these
days so I can get the effect at home.)

So basically ATLANTIS may not have a lot of substance, but
the package is so pretty that it's not any big deal that there's
not all that much inside.

Disney has always had trouble doing action based stories (see Black Cauldron), but I think this movie steps up to the plate nicely and it may not hit a home run but it sure was a great try. The story is solid and the animation it top notch, however the pacing is a bit off and the producers (in a effort to walk the line between a kids film and an adults film) miss out on a lot of character development, that should have been there. The visuals were stunning and on par with what the company would have done in Walt's care (see 20,000 Leagues), but again I feel they missed the boat (no pun intended) by destroying the sub so early in the movie. The sub was a key element in the story and should have been handled as such, much like the Enterprise in a Star Trek film. Outside of these few gripes I must say the film was great and I'm looking forward to Treasure Planet (Disney's next animated adventure) to see it they can not just get on base but knock the ball out of the park.
On a side note the 2-Disce Collector's set was a great surprise. If I had to say anything negative about the set it would be that there is too much great stuff to go through, I've had the disc for some time now and have yet to see all that is included:) Disney just keeps making their Discs better and better.

An amateur adventurer named Milo is obsessed with finding Atlantis, and after he is financed by an eccentric to become part of a team going there, Milo meets the Atlanteans and finds happiness with them. As one would expect, the animation is gorgeous and the designs are phenomenal, but there were also problems with pacing and plot. I don't think the explorers get to Atlantic until halfway through the film. Also, there is a lot of gunplay and a very long climactic battle. Boring. As for plot points ... well, that would spoil things, but don't use this film to teach your kids logic. We wnjoyed the film, but neither adults nor kids wanted to re-watch the film. The voice cast was excellent. There are fewer dvd extras here than are usually found on Disney disks -- commentary and some info about the "real" Atlantis. Audio is in English or French, while subtitles are available only in English.

Wow. With 315 reviews already written and an Amazon sales rank of 909 this is one of the most popular movies of any genre. Of the 50 animated movies we are ranking this would be 16 on Amazon. We liked it also, but ranked it 23rd out of 50.

There is some seriously excellent artwork in this movie. This excellence is not consistent. Not sure how that happens, lazy director, diffent teams working on different parts of the movies, don't know. The same thing happens with comic books also. The quality suddenly drops off and then returns. We give it 3 stars for the story which is OK but not worthy of more than 3 stars. There are times when the story make one roll their eyes. As a Disney movie we do like 22 movies better, but 27 less.

An amateur adventurer named Milo is obsessed with finding Atlantis, and after he is financed by an eccentric to become part of a team going there, Milo meets the Atlanteans and finds happiness with them. As one would expect, the animation is gorgeous and the designs are phenomenal, but there were also problems with pacing and plot. I don't think the explorers get to Atlantic until halfway through the film. Also, there is a lot of gunplay and a very long climactic battle. Boring. As for plot points ... well, that would spoil things, but don't use this film to teach your kids logic. We wnjoyed the film, but neither adults nor kids wanted to re-watch the film. The voice cast was excellent. There are fewer dvd extras here than are usually found on Disney disks -- commentary and some info about the "real" Atlantis. Audio is in English or French, while subtitles are available only in English.

This film was a pleasant surprise for me. The ads on television didn't do the movie justice. It was much better than I expected. Being Michael J. Fox's most recent, and possibly last foray into the big screen, I wanted to see it just for that.

The film follows a team trying to find the legendary city of Atlantis, with MJF's character Milo leading them, using an old manuscript that was willed to him. The characterization is wonderful, with a wide variety of personalities, James Garner playing a wonderful role in this.

This is a good children's movie, but has good qualities that adults would like as well, such as the humor. There are some good underlying messages in this one too. If you like a lot of the new animated films that have been coming out of Hollywood the last few years, you'll love this one. It's much better than Road to El Dorado and Emperor's New Groove. Your kids will probably like it too.

Fortunately I bough a used copy and the few dollars I spent won't haunt me as wasted. Note: I will never buy another movie advertised in the New Yorker again. Unfortunately I cannot take back the 2 hours it took to watch it hoping all along that it would get better by some magic. NO chance.
What a crashing bore! The plot is relentlessly unbelievable and the dialogue was apparently written by an escapee from a defunct writing school. When the characters speak to each other they stop before the end...not because there is tension in the plot but because they really have nothing to say!
Swinton's "mother" will take her place among cinematic pantheon of disturbed and disturbing mothers - Norman Bate's mother, Sigourney Weaver's Mother in Alien, et al.
And the son - the moron in the movie who is sublimely clueless about the goings on around him. Yup---Wellesley College is a better place than the Naval Academy. God forbid that the Naval Academy allows such mental castaways creatures as this the opportunity to destroy the nation from within.
Altogether a waste of time even with the soft porn scenes of 20 seconds or so.

the two stars that i give to this film go entirely to Tilda Swinton (in a 5 star performance), who is simply phenomenal as Margaret Hall, a woman whose desperate actions in the face of extreme circumstances help altogether redefine our notions of a mother's love for her child. Swinton deserves all the more praise for the fact that she could even pull such a believable and, ultimately, heartbreaking performance from what is essentially a b-movie script with uninspired direction and altogether unimpressive supporting performances.

first off, it was impossible for me to sympathize with the plight of Margaret's son, Beau, because of the fact that Jonathan Tucker provides such a sniveling, pathetic portrayal that i actually had a difficult time believing he was worth all of his mother's effort. all he does in the film is whine and mope and blush like a pre-raphaelite maiden and stupidly cast off his mother's attempts at establishing some sort of meaningful rapport with him (and she makes some honest, real, and sensitive attempts). it is only at the end, after Margaret has been through absolute hell for him and back, that it suddenly begins to dawn on his brilliant little mind that she had been on his side all along. sure, sure, blame it on pig-headed adolescent teen angst if you will; perhaps i could have done the same if it wasn't for the fact that Tucker gives such a one-dimensional performance that obnoxiously screams, "hey, look at me, the troubled and sensitive teen!" without providing any of the depth to allow the character to resonate with us. this kid should really take some acting tips from Nick Stahl, who adds layers and layers of complexity to the similar "sensitive young man" he plays in "In the Bedroom."

and then there is the stunningly ludicrous plot development of Goran Visnjic's character -- you know, the one who threatens to expose Margaret's secret if she doesn't cough up a huge wad of dough -- actually falling in love with Margaret and, even more ridiculous, her actually returning his affections. i mean, sure, i realize that walking into a movie, i'm going to need to suspend disbelief to some extent, but come on, this is WAY too much for the filmmakers to ask. for Margaret to fall in love with the man who represents the greatest threat to her family's stability, the very threat that allows her to pull together the strength needed to act in the remarkable, if disturbing, ways she does, is to completely undermine the integrity of that strength.

This film is a good example of justice being served. The baddies gets it by the end of the movie, and that's the main redeeming value. There are however, several flaws in the plot, including why the mother didn't just call the cops in the first place. We assume that it is because she wants to protect her son from murder charges, but with the broken railing and cause and time of death, the investigation should obviously yield the truth of what had happened. If she thought her son had actually murdered the victim, *why* didn't she even mention it to him?

Again, not a total waste of time, but not a real winner either.

Tim Burton outdoes himself with this silly, but funny, spoof of 1950s flying saucer/alien invasion movies. It is absolutely zany and quite funny. There is also nothing politically correct about it, as there are no sacred cows. The film is totally irreverent of American culture and icons. Everything and everyone is fair game.

Martians have come to Earth, and they do not come in peace. Diabolical and deadly, they are bent on wreaking havoc wherever they go with their death ray guns, which serve to incinerate living beings. These bulbous headed martians with their own brand of deadly humour are hell bent on destroying Earth, while laughing and cackling maniacally.

The special effects are meant to to be reminiscent of those found in 1950s UFO flicks and in this it certainly succeeds. The cast is stellar with Jack Nicholson playing dual roles, that of President James Dale and that of entrepreneur Art Dale. Glenn Close, Annette Bening, Pierce Brosnan, Danny DeVito, Martin Short, Sarah Jessica Parker, Michael J. Fox, Rod Steiger, Jim Brown, Natalie Portman, Sylvia Sydney, Paul Winfield, Pam Grier, Lisa Marie, Christine Applegate, Lukas Haas, and Tom Jones round out the star studded cast. With tongue in cheek performances, the viewer is bound to get a good laugh out of this film.

A wonderful pastiche on the campy and cheesy B-grade sci-fi movies of the 50's and 60's, MARS ATTACKS! features a pin-sharp script and a star-studded cast.

Heading the lineup are Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening and Pierce Brosnan, but there is also the game support of Danny DeVito, Sarah Jessica Parker, Lukas Haas, Natalie Portman, Rod Steiger, Martin Short, Michael J. Fox, Lisa Marie, Tom Jones and the veteran Sylvia Sidney.

The whole plot is, of course, Mars attacking Earth after a seemingly bungled translation job. The President and First Lady (played by Nicholson and Close with aplomb) and their young daughter Taffy (Natalie Portman) are taken seige in the White House when the aliens nuke the entire House of Congress.

The key to the alien's downfall belongs to the senile yet lovable old Grandma Norris (Sylvia Sidney). I won't spoil the surprise for those who have yet to see this hilarious film.

A fantastic DVD transfer is given here, with a fair few extra features.

Ensemble comedy is just plain difficult to pull off. This is particularly true when most of the characters are self-centered and vapid, lending little emotional support for the poor viewer to hang onto. Mars Attacks! proved too user unfriendly to garner much enthusiasm on its release.

But after further review, the ruling on the field is reversed. Tim Burton has put together a just about perfect homage to his beloved cheesey sci-fi roots. The film just requires lowering pre-concieved notions and more attention to detail. As H Ross said "The devil's in the details." and truely, the humor here is diabolical. (This begins with just trying to get the darn thing to play. It seems like the little martians are determined to torment right from the start, which is actually quite funny once you realize you're being messed with a little.)

While it may have been fathered 100 years ago by H G Wells, and certainly styled from latent boomerism, the film actually might seem more relevant now than when first released. (We've seen some of these characters in the news the past couple of years.) Some things happen to age very well.

So go ahead and throw this thing into the new home theatre, or slap it into the Powerbook with a pair of headphones, and try to figure out why it looks so much better now than when you first saw it. There's something to be said for late boomers.

Tim Burton outdoes himself with this silly, but funny, spoof of 1950s flying saucer/alien invasion movies. It is absolutely zany and quite funny. There is also nothing politically correct about it, as there are no sacred cows. The film is totally irreverent of American culture and icons. Everything and everyone is fair game.

Martians have come to Earth, and they do not come in peace. Diabolical and deadly, they are bent on wreaking havoc wherever they go with their death ray guns, which serve to incinerate living beings. These bulbous headed martians with their own brand of deadly humour are hell bent on destroying Earth, while laughing and cackling maniacally.

The special effects are meant to to be reminiscent of those found in 1950s UFO flicks and in this it certainly succeeds. The cast is stellar with Jack Nicholson playing dual roles, that of President James Dale and that of entrepreneur Art Dale. Glenn Close, Annette Bening, Pierce Brosnan, Danny DeVito, Martin Short, Sarah Jessica Parker, Michael J. Fox, Rod Steiger, Jim Brown, Natalie Portman, Sylvia Sydney, Paul Winfield, Pam Grier, Lisa Marie, Christine Applegate, Lukas Haas, and Tom Jones round out the star studded cast. With tongue in cheek performances, the viewer is bound to get a good laugh out of this film.

A wonderful pastiche on the campy and cheesy B-grade sci-fi movies of the 50's and 60's, MARS ATTACKS! features a pin-sharp script and a star-studded cast.

Heading the lineup are Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening and Pierce Brosnan, but there is also the game support of Danny DeVito, Sarah Jessica Parker, Lukas Haas, Natalie Portman, Rod Steiger, Martin Short, Michael J. Fox, Lisa Marie, Tom Jones and the veteran Sylvia Sidney.

The whole plot is, of course, Mars attacking Earth after a seemingly bungled translation job. The President and First Lady (played by Nicholson and Close with aplomb) and their young daughter Taffy (Natalie Portman) are taken seige in the White House when the aliens nuke the entire House of Congress.

The key to the alien's downfall belongs to the senile yet lovable old Grandma Norris (Sylvia Sidney). I won't spoil the surprise for those who have yet to see this hilarious film.

A fantastic DVD transfer is given here, with a fair few extra features.

Ensemble comedy is just plain difficult to pull off. This is particularly true when most of the characters are self-centered and vapid, lending little emotional support for the poor viewer to hang onto. Mars Attacks! proved too user unfriendly to garner much enthusiasm on its release.

But after further review, the ruling on the field is reversed. Tim Burton has put together a just about perfect homage to his beloved cheesey sci-fi roots. The film just requires lowering pre-concieved notions and more attention to detail. As H Ross said "The devil's in the details." and truely, the humor here is diabolical. (This begins with just trying to get the darn thing to play. It seems like the little martians are determined to torment right from the start, which is actually quite funny once you realize you're being messed with a little.)

While it may have been fathered 100 years ago by H G Wells, and certainly styled from latent boomerism, the film actually might seem more relevant now than when first released. (We've seen some of these characters in the news the past couple of years.) Some things happen to age very well.

So go ahead and throw this thing into the new home theatre, or slap it into the Powerbook with a pair of headphones, and try to figure out why it looks so much better now than when you first saw it. There's something to be said for late boomers.

Tim Burton outdoes himself with this silly, but funny, spoof of 1950s flying saucer/alien invasion movies. It is absolutely zany and quite funny. There is also nothing politically correct about it, as there are no sacred cows. The film is totally irreverent of American culture and icons. Everything and everyone is fair game.

Martians have come to Earth, and they do not come in peace. Diabolical and deadly, they are bent on wreaking havoc wherever they go with their death ray guns, which serve to incinerate living beings. These bulbous headed martians with their own brand of deadly humour are hell bent on destroying Earth, while laughing and cackling maniacally.

The special effects are meant to to be reminiscent of those found in 1950s UFO flicks and in this it certainly succeeds. The cast is stellar with Jack Nicholson playing dual roles, that of President James Dale and that of entrepreneur Art Dale. Glenn Close, Annette Bening, Pierce Brosnan, Danny DeVito, Martin Short, Sarah Jessica Parker, Michael J. Fox, Rod Steiger, Jim Brown, Natalie Portman, Sylvia Sydney, Paul Winfield, Pam Grier, Lisa Marie, Christine Applegate, Lukas Haas, and Tom Jones round out the star studded cast. With tongue in cheek performances, the viewer is bound to get a good laugh out of this film.

A wonderful pastiche on the campy and cheesy B-grade sci-fi movies of the 50's and 60's, MARS ATTACKS! features a pin-sharp script and a star-studded cast.

Heading the lineup are Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening and Pierce Brosnan, but there is also the game support of Danny DeVito, Sarah Jessica Parker, Lukas Haas, Natalie Portman, Rod Steiger, Martin Short, Michael J. Fox, Lisa Marie, Tom Jones and the veteran Sylvia Sidney.

The whole plot is, of course, Mars attacking Earth after a seemingly bungled translation job. The President and First Lady (played by Nicholson and Close with aplomb) and their young daughter Taffy (Natalie Portman) are taken seige in the White House when the aliens nuke the entire House of Congress.

The key to the alien's downfall belongs to the senile yet lovable old Grandma Norris (Sylvia Sidney). I won't spoil the surprise for those who have yet to see this hilarious film.

A fantastic DVD transfer is given here, with a fair few extra features.

Ensemble comedy is just plain difficult to pull off. This is particularly true when most of the characters are self-centered and vapid, lending little emotional support for the poor viewer to hang onto. Mars Attacks! proved too user unfriendly to garner much enthusiasm on its release.

But after further review, the ruling on the field is reversed. Tim Burton has put together a just about perfect homage to his beloved cheesey sci-fi roots. The film just requires lowering pre-concieved notions and more attention to detail. As H Ross said "The devil's in the details." and truely, the humor here is diabolical. (This begins with just trying to get the darn thing to play. It seems like the little martians are determined to torment right from the start, which is actually quite funny once you realize you're being messed with a little.)

While it may have been fathered 100 years ago by H G Wells, and certainly styled from latent boomerism, the film actually might seem more relevant now than when first released. (We've seen some of these characters in the news the past couple of years.) Some things happen to age very well.

So go ahead and throw this thing into the new home theatre, or slap it into the Powerbook with a pair of headphones, and try to figure out why it looks so much better now than when you first saw it. There's something to be said for late boomers.

Tim Burton outdoes himself with this silly, but funny, spoof of 1950s flying saucer/alien invasion movies. It is absolutely zany and quite funny. There is also nothing politically correct about it, as there are no sacred cows. The film is totally irreverent of American culture and icons. Everything and everyone is fair game.

Martians have come to Earth, and they do not come in peace. Diabolical and deadly, they are bent on wreaking havoc wherever they go with their death ray guns, which serve to incinerate living beings. These bulbous headed martians with their own brand of deadly humour are hell bent on destroying Earth, while laughing and cackling maniacally.

The special effects are meant to to be reminiscent of those found in 1950s UFO flicks and in this it certainly succeeds. The cast is stellar with Jack Nicholson playing dual roles, that of President James Dale and that of entrepreneur Art Dale. Glenn Close, Annette Bening, Pierce Brosnan, Danny DeVito, Martin Short, Sarah Jessica Parker, Michael J. Fox, Rod Steiger, Jim Brown, Natalie Portman, Sylvia Sydney, Paul Winfield, Pam Grier, Lisa Marie, Christine Applegate, Lukas Haas, and Tom Jones round out the star studded cast. With tongue in cheek performances, the viewer is bound to get a good laugh out of this film.

A wonderful pastiche on the campy and cheesy B-grade sci-fi movies of the 50's and 60's, MARS ATTACKS! features a pin-sharp script and a star-studded cast.

Heading the lineup are Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening and Pierce Brosnan, but there is also the game support of Danny DeVito, Sarah Jessica Parker, Lukas Haas, Natalie Portman, Rod Steiger, Martin Short, Michael J. Fox, Lisa Marie, Tom Jones and the veteran Sylvia Sidney.

The whole plot is, of course, Mars attacking Earth after a seemingly bungled translation job. The President and First Lady (played by Nicholson and Close with aplomb) and their young daughter Taffy (Natalie Portman) are taken seige in the White House when the aliens nuke the entire House of Congress.

The key to the alien's downfall belongs to the senile yet lovable old Grandma Norris (Sylvia Sidney). I won't spoil the surprise for those who have yet to see this hilarious film.

A fantastic DVD transfer is given here, with a fair few extra features.

Ensemble comedy is just plain difficult to pull off. This is particularly true when most of the characters are self-centered and vapid, lending little emotional support for the poor viewer to hang onto. Mars Attacks! proved too user unfriendly to garner much enthusiasm on its release.

But after further review, the ruling on the field is reversed. Tim Burton has put together a just about perfect homage to his beloved cheesey sci-fi roots. The film just requires lowering pre-concieved notions and more attention to detail. As H Ross said "The devil's in the details." and truely, the humor here is diabolical. (This begins with just trying to get the darn thing to play. It seems like the little martians are determined to torment right from the start, which is actually quite funny once you realize you're being messed with a little.)

While it may have been fathered 100 years ago by H G Wells, and certainly styled from latent boomerism, the film actually might seem more relevant now than when first released. (We've seen some of these characters in the news the past couple of years.) Some things happen to age very well.

So go ahead and throw this thing into the new home theatre, or slap it into the Powerbook with a pair of headphones, and try to figure out why it looks so much better now than when you first saw it. There's something to be said for late boomers.

Tim Burton outdoes himself with this silly, but funny, spoof of 1950s flying saucer/alien invasion movies. It is absolutely zany and quite funny. There is also nothing politically correct about it, as there are no sacred cows. The film is totally irreverent of American culture and icons. Everything and everyone is fair game.

Martians have come to Earth, and they do not come in peace. Diabolical and deadly, they are bent on wreaking havoc wherever they go with their death ray guns, which serve to incinerate living beings. These bulbous headed martians with their own brand of deadly humour are hell bent on destroying Earth, while laughing and cackling maniacally.

The special effects are meant to to be reminiscent of those found in 1950s UFO flicks and in this it certainly succeeds. The cast is stellar with Jack Nicholson playing dual roles, that of President James Dale and that of entrepreneur Art Dale. Glenn Close, Annette Bening, Pierce Brosnan, Danny DeVito, Martin Short, Sarah Jessica Parker, Michael J. Fox, Rod Steiger, Jim Brown, Natalie Portman, Sylvia Sydney, Paul Winfield, Pam Grier, Lisa Marie, Christine Applegate, Lukas Haas, and Tom Jones round out the star studded cast. With tongue in cheek performances, the viewer is bound to get a good laugh out of this film.

A wonderful pastiche on the campy and cheesy B-grade sci-fi movies of the 50's and 60's, MARS ATTACKS! features a pin-sharp script and a star-studded cast.

Heading the lineup are Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening and Pierce Brosnan, but there is also the game support of Danny DeVito, Sarah Jessica Parker, Lukas Haas, Natalie Portman, Rod Steiger, Martin Short, Michael J. Fox, Lisa Marie, Tom Jones and the veteran Sylvia Sidney.

The whole plot is, of course, Mars attacking Earth after a seemingly bungled translation job. The President and First Lady (played by Nicholson and Close with aplomb) and their young daughter Taffy (Natalie Portman) are taken seige in the White House when the aliens nuke the entire House of Congress.

The key to the alien's downfall belongs to the senile yet lovable old Grandma Norris (Sylvia Sidney). I won't spoil the surprise for those who have yet to see this hilarious film.

A fantastic DVD transfer is given here, with a fair few extra features.

Ensemble comedy is just plain difficult to pull off. This is particularly true when most of the characters are self-centered and vapid, lending little emotional support for the poor viewer to hang onto. Mars Attacks! proved too user unfriendly to garner much enthusiasm on its release.

But after further review, the ruling on the field is reversed. Tim Burton has put together a just about perfect homage to his beloved cheesey sci-fi roots. The film just requires lowering pre-concieved notions and more attention to detail. As H Ross said "The devil's in the details." and truely, the humor here is diabolical. (This begins with just trying to get the darn thing to play. It seems like the little martians are determined to torment right from the start, which is actually quite funny once you realize you're being messed with a little.)

While it may have been fathered 100 years ago by H G Wells, and certainly styled from latent boomerism, the film actually might seem more relevant now than when first released. (We've seen some of these characters in the news the past couple of years.) Some things happen to age very well.

So go ahead and throw this thing into the new home theatre, or slap it into the Powerbook with a pair of headphones, and try to figure out why it looks so much better now than when you first saw it. There's something to be said for late boomers.

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.

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.