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These things about Daredevil (film) are subjective - not everyone will agree with all of them.
- Better on DVD: The film got 30 minutes reinserted for the director's cut and is better received.
- Cult Classic: Thanks to the director's cut, the film has gotten a good enough following.
- Crowning Music of Awesome: Bullseye being introduced with House of Pain's "Top o' the Morning"
- Drowning Pool & Rob Zombie's "Man Without Fear"
- Genius Bonus: At the end of the movie, Bullseye hits a fly. In Brazil, the expression "na mosca", which roughly translates into "at the fly", is used for the same meaning Americans say "bullseye".
- Hilarious in Hindsight:
- The psychotic criminal that Matt faces down in the film's first act is named Jose Quesada. At the time of the film's release, it was merely one of several ShoutOuts that referenced the names of creators who'd worked on Daredevil's comic book, but in hindsight, after the massive fan revolt against Editor Joe Quesada's ill-received "Civil War" and "Spider-Man: One More Day" storylines, a lot of the Quesada-haters (and even a lot of people who don't mind Quesada) probably find this sequence hilarious (and the fact that Daredevil hunts him down is probably a considered a Moment of Awesome by the Quesada-haters).
- Ben Affleck would later play Batman in the DC Extended Universe with his films Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Justice League also getting better director's cuts.
- Jon Favreau, an actor who portrays Franklin "Foggy" Nelson, will reunite (as Happy Hogan) with another Daredevil (played by none other than Charlie Cox) in Spider-Man: No Way Home.
- Seinfeld Is Unfunny: Whatever the film's faults, it does do something rare for a comic book film in that, unlike Spider-man and the X-Men, it can make you forget you're watching a comic book adaption. Some scenes feel like they're from a different film (in the best possible sense). It's only when Bullseye shows up it starts to slip (It's not easy to make a realistic film involving a man who can go on killing sprees with paper clips and peanuts). Since other films, most notably Christopher Nolan's Batman films, have done this more successfully, Daredevil is unlikely to get credit for trying it first.
- Took the Bad Film Seriously: Ben Affleck did a very respectful portrayal of a blind man.
- Vindicated by History: Many fans and critics left cold by the theatrical cut were far more receptive to the Directors Cut which reinstated a lot of the classic elements of the comics (Matt's catholic faith and his legal skills). It is now considered one of Marvel's better pre-Cinematic Universe films.
- WTH? Casting Agency: All-American Jennifer Garner as a Greek? Indian-American Erick Avari as her father? Hm? At least Micheal Clarke Duncan as the Kingpin makes sense: even if he's black, he's huge and intimidating, and that's what's important (Fun Fact: In the comics The Kingpin was originally supposed to be black before Marvel changed it at the last minute, fearing accusations of racism).
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