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[Sharktopus]

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[Droobie]

You do have to admit, though, that the Beniffer/Affleck jokes that were in the movie were priceless.

[gbeenie]

I didn't think the jokes about Affleck/Jennifer Garner were excessive, but I can see how someone might get tired of them.

[Sharktopus]

Well, as someone who does his damnedest not to keep up on celebrity gossip, stuff like Mike's inscrutable Kevin Federline obsession go from "What are they talking about?" to "Just make fun of the movie already!" very quickly. I know there's a pop culture knowledge prerequisite for enjoying RiffTrax, but I miss the days of making fun of the character onscreen, not the actor playing him. I guess it's a natural by-product of doing high-profile movies now - you couldn't make a lot of jokes at the expense of John Saxon or Reb Brown's personal life.

[BathTub]

except that Reb really is married to Grandma Daughter.

[kodiakthejuggler]

You know what I find even stranger?

The fact that there was a woman hitting a blind man with glasses and a blind man with glasses hitting a woman and there were none of those kinds of jokes!  Just kinda seemed like the perfect opportunity there.

That pretty much sums up my problem with the Daredevil Riff. Yes, Ben Affleck is irritating. Yes, he knocked up Jennifer Garner. We get it. Now make fun of the movie, guys. If I want to hear more shit about Bennifer 2.0 I'll pick up People Magazine. It's the same thing with the Scientology jokes. Enough already. There's a crappy movie to riff.

There's NEVER enough Scientology jokes! Now go wash your mouth out with Lifebuoy, young man! 

[Fuzzy Necromancer]

I can accept strange sense powers and willingness to go out and beat up criminals since that's the premise of the movie.  And the resurrection was a different film.

But after I've accepted the film's premise I expect things like people's reactions to be normal  and the movie to lack internal contradictions.  Those are the flaws in films that really bother me.  Like when Affleck is apparently a DA and an attorney in private practice.  Or the fact that he's more than willing to murder people throughout the movie (and they were murder in a legal definition which he should be quite familiar with), but claims he won't kill the Kingpin because he isn't a murderer.  That's the kind of thing that snaps my suspension of disbelief and once it's gone then I can go back and kick the goofy premise to death.

Part of the reason I always liked Daredevil as a character is that he's the most catholic of superheroes; an attorney by day, and a vigilante at night. Part of the reason the movie doesn't work is that it fails to really explore that inherent schism in the character.

Well, not exploring that schism would be bearable, were it not for the fact that the movie constantly deluges us in religious symbolism.

[Hobbit]

except that Reb really is married to Grandma Daughter.

I can't even find her age online, but the guy was in his 40s when Space Mutiny was made.

[gbeenie]

I can accept strange sense powers and willingness to go out and beat up criminals since that's the premise of the movie.  And the resurrection was a different film.

But after I've accepted the film's premise I expect things like people's reactions to be normal  and the movie to lack internal contradictions.  Those are the flaws in films that really bother me.  Like when Affleck is apparently a DA and an attorney in private practice.  Or the fact that he's more than willing to murder people throughout the movie (and they were murder in a legal definition which he should be quite familiar with), but claims he won't kill the Kingpin because he isn't a murderer.  That's the kind of thing that snaps my suspension of disbelief and once it's gone then I can go back and kick the goofy premise to death.

Part of the reason I always liked Daredevil as a character is that he's the most catholic of superheroes; an attorney by day, and a vigilante at night. Part of the reason the movie doesn't work is that it fails to really explore that inherent schism in the character.

Well, not exploring that schism would be bearable, were it not for the fact that the movie constantly deluges us in religious symbolism.

Exactly! Like so many of the script's elements, it felt like it was thrown in there as an afterthought.

[Fuzzy Necromancer]

"here's a bunch of close-ups of church parts. Enjoy."

Frankly, I think it's not really "assault". The whole "You wanna take me?" kind of set-up makes it clear this is consentual combat, and for superheroes trying to beat each other up is damn near a universal greeting.

[Hobbit]

"here's a bunch of close-ups of church parts. Enjoy."

Frankly, I think it's not really "assault". The whole "You wanna take me?" kind of set-up makes it clear this is consentual combat, and for superheroes trying to beat each other up is damn near a universal greeting.

Yeah, I mean, I met my best friend by having an epic, rooftop struggle.  After he had thrown me into a water tank hard enough to bend it, and I pushed him off the building into a dumpster, we knew it was a match made in heaven.  More people should greet by fighting.

[gbeenie]

Actually, wasn't that the entire point of Fight Club? 

[Sharktopus]

"here's a bunch of close-ups of church parts. Enjoy."

Frankly, I think it's not really "assault". The whole "You wanna take me?" kind of set-up makes it clear this is consentual combat, and for superheroes trying to beat each other up is damn near a universal greeting.

It's not that different from throwing rocks at the girl you like in 6th grade.

Y'know, a big argument you could make against the Daredevil movie is that Mark Steven Johnson took too much from the comics, both from Daredevil, and superhero comics in general. A lot of things that work on paper just don't fly with real people, kung fu foreplay on a teeter-totter being one of them.

[sarcasm_made_Easy]

granted if it was JUST foreplay on a teeter totter it might be REALLY interesting.

[Sharktopus]

granted if it was JUST foreplay on a teeter totter it might be REALLY interesting.

Those same bewildered kids on the playground watching 'em...