{"id":672,"date":"2003-01-24T07:24:48","date_gmt":"2003-01-24T07:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/wp\/?p=672"},"modified":"2003-01-24T07:24:48","modified_gmt":"2003-01-24T07:24:48","slug":"the-only-daredevil-is-the-casting-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/index.php\/2003\/01\/the-only-daredevil-is-the-casting-director\/","title":{"rendered":"The only daredevil is the casting director"},"content":{"rendered":"

Unlike Dave<\/a>, I’ve been pretty biased in my initial reaction to the new Daredevil movie<\/a> coming out — both because DD was never really one of my favorite characters and because I think the casting they went with is a horrorshow.
\nNow, I like Jennifer Garner — I’ve been watching her in Alias<\/i> for a couple of years and been satisfied by the physicality of the character — very kickboxing, but they acknowledge that that’s the training she has (notably in a great episode guest starring Tarantino), and it works. Her acting isn’t quite up to the level of the two actors that play her parents, but then they are both amazing, and she is still very good. Not really pretty, but that’s me.
\nAnyway, none of this information applies.
\nThe difference is that Alias<\/i> is basically realistic with it’s combat scenes: Garner’s character might (and frequently does) strike someone who just takes it in relative stride and smacks the crap out of her because she just doesn’t have the mass. Conversely, look at the DD<\/i> snippet linked above and count the number of pointless weapon-twirls racked up between the two characters. in thirty seconds.
\nAnd the wirework is flat out horrible. Flat. Out. Horrible.
\nNo comments on Affleck’s acting ability — clearly, Matt Damon got the lion’s share of talent in their divorce proceedings (going to go buy Bourne Identity<\/i> tonight: yay!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Unlike Dave, I’ve been pretty biased in my initial reaction to the new Daredevil movie coming out — both because DD was never really one of my favorite characters and because I think the casting they went with is a horrorshow. Now, I like Jennifer Garner — I’ve been watching her in Alias for a … <\/p>\n

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