Great Film: Daredevil
Forget the theatrical version, buy the director's cut DVD instead!
This review is for the Director's cut DVD of Daredevil. In all honesty,
i liked the theatrical version of this movie. But now that i have seen
the true version of this movie, the director's cut, i don't have any
desire to watch the theatrical cut ever again. The director's cut is an
improvement in every way. Everything makes sense now, and the
characters are more fleshed out, which is a very good thing.
The DC is 30 minutes longer than the original cut, of which the new
footage ranges from a whole new big subplot, and little things, that
actually have more impact and and make the movie more understandable
and better than you might imagine. The action scenes are way better
also. The DC makes the movie into what it should've been in the first
place before the studio screwed with it. I can't believe how much the
studio hacked this movie up for theater..it is quite ridiculous. But
now with the movie restored to it's original vision, i can fully enjoy
it without the thought of something missing from it. In comparison, the
only thing that the original DVD release has over this new DC DVD is it
has a second bonus features/behind the scenes disc.
The DC DVD is one disc, and has a few movie trailers, a making-of
featurette, and an all new audio commentary. Despite it's shortcomings
in form of a second disc compared to it's counterpart, i'd choose the
DC over the theatrical version any day. The DC is simply so much
better. Forget what you know about the theatrical cut of the movie, and
give this new DC version a chance..it is superior to the other version
in every way. So give it a try, and i think you might be pleasantly
surprised. Even those of you who hate the original cut.
My vote, in comparison: Theatrical version- 5.5 Director's cut version-
9.5
In closing, i'd like to thank the Director, the film editors, and
everyone else who made this wonderful Director's cut DVD possible. I
love the new version, and it's nice to see the Director's vision
restored to this movie after nearly 1 1/2 years. Two thumbs up! R.I.P.
Daredevil theatrical version!!
Cast
- Elektra Natchios played by Jennifer Garner
- Bullseye played by Colin Farrell
- Matt Murdock played by Ben Affleck
- Wilson Fisk played by Michael Clarke Duncan
- Ben Urich played by Joe Pantoliano
- Jack Murdock played by David Keith
- Karen Page played by Ellen Pompeo
