HeadDevil Versus The Film Grain Goblin Girls

Written by Kevin Parrott
Published February 19, 2003
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In the comic book Daredevil, Elektra is an assassin. In the movie Daredevil Elektra is a College-Age chick who happens to know all kinds of fantastic gymnastic martial arts for no apparent reason, and thinks The Sai is a suitable crime-stopping weapon for the modern fledgling rooftop vigilante. She's in the movie for one reason only, which I won't spoil.

7. COLIN FARRELL AS BULLSEYE - This is one of those performances that magazine critics love, and point to as the 'saving grace' of a mediocre movie. Like Jack Nicholson in the first Batman film. Let me state my opinion for the record: Jack Nicholson SUCKED as The Joker in Batman. Remember how he ragged all over Caesar Romero in interviews before that movie came out, only to end up being exponentially hammy himself? The only differences between the two being Romero didn't kill anyone in the Batman TV show, and didn't have a tub of guts spilling over the belt of his Joker costume? Well, Farrell is playing Jack Nicholson starring as Caesar Romero impersonating Mel Gibson from the 1980's. Actors love these kinds of movie parts, because they think there's no WAY they can be called out for overacting in such a role. COLIN FARRELL, I'm calling you out. Comic nerds can screech all they want about how cool and perfect he was in this part, but that won't help scrape the filmy layer of crap off your tongue as you walk out of the theater.

8. JOEY PANTS AS BEN URICH - Not in it enough to even matter in the slightest. So what? Cash that fat Daredevil paycheck, Joe - you have earned it through many other cool roles and great performances which didn't net you a dime over scale.

9. MICHAEL CLARKE DUNCAN AS THE KINGPIN - another critical darling, from what I've read, with apologies for an underwritten role. Bullshit. The screenwriters could have had the DNA essence of Dashiell Hammett injected and fused directly into their brains, written reams of hard-boiled dialogue for the Kingpin character, and Duncan still would have been just as lame. This is the most non-threatening villain I have ever seen in a Motion Picture. Redd Foxx would have made a better Kingpin - oh, God, one last favor? Bring Redd Foxx back to life and use him to replace Michael Clarke Duncan in this movie, okay? "Daredevil, you big dummy, I'm gonna mash your face in some dough and make Gorilla Cookies."

10. STAN LEE AS THE OVERACTING OLD MAN WITH AWFUL TOUPEE CAMEO ROLE - Stop giving Stan Lee bit parts in Marvel Movies. He only has about ten seconds of screen time, and manages to completely blow that by wildly flailing his arms and exaggerating his facial expression as if he's in an Old-Timey Minstrel Show. Which, at least in his own mind, he probably is.

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HeadDevil Versus The Film Grain Goblin Girls
Published: February 19, 2003
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#1 — February 19, 2003 @ 10:09AM — Kevin Parrott [URL]

Eric, I think I may have screwed up. I tried to paste the amazon numbers, but the products mentioned aren't showing up underneath the review. Did I do something wrong?

#2 — February 19, 2003 @ 10:30AM — Eric Olsen

Great job, thanks. Re probs: separate ASINs with a comma only, no line space; centering the title kind of messes up the front page; only one main category per post (ie either Video or Et Cetera, not both, and it's definitely Video).

Welcome!

#3 — February 19, 2003 @ 10:36AM — Kevin Parrott [URL]

Thanks for having me! I appreciate the patience and clarification, Eric.

#4 — February 19, 2003 @ 11:58AM — Bill Sherman [URL]

A very funny and apt review: this flick is really bringing out the Blogcritics!

#5 — February 19, 2003 @ 18:54PM — Terry [URL]

Wow, you've achieved Treacher Status! Well done.

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