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Daredevil Review Thread: The Thread Without Spoilers
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hmm, AV carries some weight in my book, so this is a bit perplexing
Wiktor
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Maybe some negative opinions might do with the pacing? It seems the show is designed for a binge watch. So episode-to-episode it might not deliver the heighs typical weekly show has, but this doesn't mean it all won't come together in the end.
This year's Bosch was like that. Since all episodes came out at once the show could afford to take it's time laying all the toys in right places before it made them all move.
This year's Bosch was like that. Since all episodes came out at once the show could afford to take it's time laying all the toys in right places before it made them all move.
Brian De Palma is one of the all time great directors of the New Hollywood era. Blow Out, Dressed to Kill, Obsession, Phantom of the Paradise...all all time classics. There are two Brian De Palmas. The amazing director who is on par with Martin Scorsese and the one who did the occasional studio film mostly just to just ensure funding for his personal projects. I hope you are not judging him on Mission Impossible or Scarface but on his work such as Blow Out or Phantom of the Paradise.
Blow Out is the work of an amazing director. De Palma is am an incrediblely skilled director who had a significant impact on the face of cinema that still resonates to this day.
I've seen all De Palma movies and I couldn't disagree more. I might only save Blow Out and Redacted, which is indeed fantastic, but not much else
Discotheque
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Blow out is his goat but how is his work on scarface subpar? A lot of depalma-isms in it and the film itself is a pop masterpiece imo
Don't get me wrong, I like Scarface. But a lot of people have only ever seen that (and Mission Impossible/Untouchables) and tend to judge him by that rather than his deeper catalog of movies. Dude was hitting it out of the park movie after movie in the 70's.
jackissocool
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Really? Wow, now i'm even more excited for this!
Wiktor
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yeah. I was so dissapointed his SF show never got made. I'm glad she quickly found something new and that something was such an awesome IP as DD.
Father_Brain
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NYT and THR reviews are up. I already knew the latter would be negative, but the former is more mixed than I would have hoped. C'est la vie.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/09/a...hero-is-sightless-but-not-blind-to-crime.html
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/daredevil-tv-review-787305
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/09/a...hero-is-sightless-but-not-blind-to-crime.html
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/daredevil-tv-review-787305
Extra Sauce
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Bit worrying as AVClub is my go-to site for pop culture.
The Outsider
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How is bitching about how Daredevil should be killed because he's blind a valid complaint?
Like, isn't the whole fucking point of character is that being blind has actually given him an advantage?
Like, isn't the whole fucking point of character is that being blind has actually given him an advantage?
RatskyWatsky
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Love all this Banshee love he's throwing into the review. Everyone here should definitely check it out.
An advantage over people who are fighting with fisticuffs, sure, but an advantage over people who are shooting at him with guns?
Discotheque
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banshee sounding like the undisputed GOAT comic book-pulp tv show then huh.
have to call bullshit on that blacklist quote though. that show is awful. anyways, 2 more days.
have to call bullshit on that blacklist quote though. that show is awful. anyways, 2 more days.
RatskyWatsky
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It is!
The Outsider
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An advantage over any real person, absolutely. He can sense the use of a gun before that person even has a chance to fire the gun. I'm not at all claiming that this is realistic, but that sort of complaint is bullshit because it's absolutely within Daredevil's abilities to be aware of people using guns and win that fight.
I'll admit it's another thing entirely if the show writes it to where thugs are just fighting him with fists instead of attempting to shoot him. But that wouldn't be the first time that sort of thing has happened. Looking at you, TDKR.
TheGreatDirector
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Hollywood Reporter is basically ranting about how Daredevil should be easily killed by guns. This purely based on suspension of belief and from the other reviews it sounds like the fight scenes are extremely well choreographed.
The New York Times reviewer seems to feel that character doesn't quite live up to the Miller interpretation, noting Cox's performance doesn't deliver the savagery Daredevil has had before and that the pacing between important story beats and fights is a bit off.
De Palma was leagues away from being one of the greats just in that era, let alone now. And Mission Impossible is actually one of his better works; it'd be pretty generous if someone were to judge him on just that film.
EzekelRAGE
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With AV Club, I thought the grade in the article over the thumbnail of the show was the official grade. The article has a B- but on metacritic it shows up as a 67.
Extra Sauce
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EzekelRAGE
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All I'm seeing is an A- review for the first episode?
Here is another review for what seems to be the whole series?
http://www.avclub.com/review/brooding-and-bloody-daredevil-should-appeal-charac-217462
It's the one linked in the Metacritic for the show.
Mammoth Jones
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I hate Daredevil since my only experience is the shitty Afflack movie. But this is changing my opinion pretty fast. Time to go back to watching the third episode.
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