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Ben Affleck Reminisces About Daredevil; Gives Thoughts on New Era of Super Flicks

The actor who portrayed the Man Without Fear on the big screen admits that his film "missed a lot."


Seven years after Daredevil hit theaters to mixed reviews, news of a relaunch has begun trickling in. In an interview with MTV News, Ben Affleck discusses why he believes the 2003 film missed the 'golden age' of super hero movies:


"Well, I think we missed a lot in that movie,” the actor revealed during the Sundance Film Festival, “before they really kind of figured out how to do [superhero movies] right."

“Now they’ve become ‘A’ movies, and they’ve been embraced in a way that they weren’t totally. Audiences have really have come out. And they demand a level of quality from them, as well they should, that is no less than the very best.”

Affleck continued, "Although [back then] they made some good ones, now they dedicate [a lot of] resources and focus to them."

Recently we've learned that a script is in the works for a new Daredevil film. Whether this movie will be a rebooted story or a continuation is yet to be disclosed. Either way, it doesn't seem that Affleck will be returning to the project.




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87 Comments

Theres a dead hooker in Afflecks trailer :)
teabag - 2/8/2010, 11:20 AM
Again? Matt Damon's gonna be pissed.
MultiPurposePoni - 2/8/2010, 11:20 AM
Was afflecks daredevil any good? I heard it was bad so I never ended up seeing it.
Boekelaar - 2/8/2010, 11:23 AM
Personally I loved Ben Affleck as Daredevil :)

Am going to miss him :'(
Icemantong - 2/8/2010, 11:24 AM
The Director's Cut was ok at best, the theatrical version was crap. I just didn't like him for the character, it pulled me out of the movie. Both versions have a magnificent playground battle you have to see. It's quite breathtaking. Makes me wonder why it's so difficult for Hollywood to snag some real marital arts choreographers for these films.

Did anyone else notice that Affleck's DD had the original Bale/Batman throat cancer voice?
MultiPurposePoni - 2/8/2010, 11:24 AM
@ teabag & MultiPurposePoni: Looks like we've got a 10-82 on our hands...
BmanHall - 2/8/2010, 11:25 AM
it was good ..ive got it on bluray

ngu13 - 2/8/2010, 11:25 AM
I would definitely recommend seeing it. In my opinion though, get the directors cut of the film. It's a bit better than the original. I actually enjoyed him as Daredevil, the movie definitely had some gaps and holes, but over all I enjoyed watching it.
Sortis - 2/8/2010, 11:26 AM
@boekelaar,

it was just sort of okay, back when the fake actions scenes still looked too fake and other stuff like that. it opened with a brief, terrific walk through of daredevil's origins, but the fight scenes and interpretations of standarad daredevil characters were sort of crummy. and i think most people agree that the fight scenes were substandard, especially considering that daredevil is supposed to be a master of hand to hand combat.
foxfan - 2/8/2010, 11:28 AM
i tell ya, i'm upset how Affleck has reacted to the Daredevil franchise.
he grew up with Daredevil and he showed a lot of enthusiasm while filming and promoting the movie. then, in 2006, he stated that "Wearing a costume was a source of humiliation for me and something I wouldn't want to do again soon."
i liked the film but feel if that is Ben Affleck's opinon, they should reboot.
just wait long enough for the rights to return to Marvel for some decent crossover material!
Wadey09 - 2/8/2010, 11:28 AM
I liked DD, much better than some other MARVEL cbms, recent one being CLAWS BOY!! : p

I'm up for a CONTINUATION, that means more COLIN FARREL for BULLSEYE, hell yeah!!

Though Reboot = MICHAEL C HALL!! ; )


LEEE777 - 2/8/2010, 11:31 AM
i liked the daredevil movie and thought affleck did a good job. i wouldnt mind a direct sequel but it is what it is.
superdog - 2/8/2010, 11:31 AM
@ MultiPurposePoni: Yeah but Affleck's sounded like it was a mild case that would clear up after some rest and a bowl of hot soup.

Bale's condition pulls in more money than an AIDS walk.
BmanHall - 2/8/2010, 11:32 AM
@Multi: Really? I never noticed, but it has also been years since i watched it the last time, don't really have a craving for the movie in the same way that I do with other CBMs. But now that you brought it up I better go check it out, seing as it is a progressing disease these days, I might be able to find some early shows of the disease so I know when I have to go to the doctor and get a treatment.
LuckyKid90 - 2/8/2010, 11:33 AM
Apple sauce bitch!! :P
teabag - 2/8/2010, 11:34 AM
@Bman: Very true. We should start a CBM collection.

@lyky: I wonder if it's because these heroes don't have health insurance.

@LEEE: Really? You liked Irish Bullseye in the trench coat bondage costume? I'm surprised, he was horrible. Thank God he said he'd never do it again.

@teabag: When you're done say 'My what a lovely tea party'
MultiPurposePoni - 2/8/2010, 11:34 AM
HOnestly i had no issue with affleck as DD just coulda done better for a story line.
SraFisher - 2/8/2010, 11:35 AM
The Director's cut is another movie in comparison. I give it a "8" just because Affleck and Gardner do NOT end up in bed
MisterFixit - 2/8/2010, 11:36 AM
i have to admit, dexter is an intriguing option for DD.
foxfan - 2/8/2010, 11:36 AM
@ LEEE777: He looks the part and is a decent actor, but I'd rather choose someone who has a little more potential of being around for sequels.
BmanHall - 2/8/2010, 11:37 AM
LEEE@ I dont want DD to have a teenage rapist voice...so no MCH :P

Multi@ Just call me the clit commander :)
teabag - 2/8/2010, 11:38 AM
Before the costume debate starts up, I want to say my piece. I think the DD movie costume was aesthetically pleasing. On it's own it looked good. In the context of the movie, it makes no sense. There's a reason why Iron Fist always gets made fun of for wearing 'pajamas.' DD's martial arts background is similar to IF's, so it doesn't make sense for DD to go head-to-teo leather. If he was a streetfighter, ok; but not an ultra agile martial artist.


@tea: Ohhh, come here you little f*ck. . .
MultiPurposePoni - 2/8/2010, 11:40 AM
@ teabag: *Gasp* You always told me you liked my voice like that! <=(
BmanHall - 2/8/2010, 11:41 AM
@Multi: That or the pressure of the tight masks just so happens to activate a perticular place in the brain, which triggers these throat-cancer voices. No matter what it is Hollywood has got to find a way to get rid of the problem, after all the era of CBMs is upon us!
LuckyKid90 - 2/8/2010, 11:41 AM
Then I rub my nose with it :P

Bman@ lol
teabag - 2/8/2010, 11:44 AM
B & T @ ; D

MULT @ Damn, he was the best thing in DD, hated [frick]ing KINGPIN! : P
LEEE777 - 2/8/2010, 11:46 AM
I like the Directors cut cus i get an extra bit of coolio for my buck :D
teabag - 2/8/2010, 11:49 AM
@lyky: Yeah, this whole fetish with heroes trying to channel Clint Eastwood doesn't work.

@LEEE: If Bullseye was the best part of the movie, it was worse than I gave it credit for lol I hold DD and Wolverine on the same level of crappiness.
MultiPurposePoni - 2/8/2010, 11:49 AM
keep him as guest character in the upcoming spidey reboot.
A7 - 2/8/2010, 11:55 AM
What does colin think....





bout right lol :P
teabag - 2/8/2010, 11:55 AM
ANYBODY WHO ARGUES THE MERIT OF THIS FILM, EVEN THE DIRECTOR'S CUT CANT BE A TRUE DD FAN. THE FILM WAS A TRAVESTY ON MANY MANY LEVELS!
dellamorte1872 - 2/8/2010, 11:56 AM
new spider man ....maybe peter parker gets arrested and mat murdok defends him and a dd cameo
ngu13 - 2/8/2010, 11:57 AM
@tea: Wasn't that part of the DC final battle?

@della: Booyah!

@ngu: Dude, you're always crossover-cameo crazy! You gotta remember that all the Marvel characters don't fall under te same studios. Sony owns Spider-Man, Fox owns DD.
MultiPurposePoni - 2/8/2010, 11:59 AM
well i do hope he ben comes back its just that yeah i do like this film my deal is im tired of so many reboots in a sense to were they make three films of a character then ok lets make a reboot.with -blade im sure they are not going to bring back snipes but that would be nice if they would make a much better movie with affleck coming back. even though i do like this film i have it on blue ray.
ladder7 - 2/8/2010, 12:00 PM
Multi@ What final battle lol there was only one, epic see-saw action ftw ,,,,i hated the super leaping and jumping the most:D
teabag - 2/8/2010, 12:01 PM
I preferred the director's cut of Daredevil to the first Spidey movie.
Probably because I'm a bit of a misanthropist and Matt Murdock got beaten to shit, had no one to turn to and more importantly DIDN'T get the girl.
Sure, the effects were ropey in a lot of places but I felt the character itself was realised well, particularly his self-doubt and innate Catholic guilt.
Time for some of you haters to watch this again with a bit more of an open mind, methinks.
Growler - 2/8/2010, 12:03 PM
@ Growler: I agree. I thought the movie was fine. I just didn't care for the scene when Matt and Electra are fighting at the playground. Well, that and the scene where Matt looked like he was trying to feel up the wall when he was taking a shower... I mean WTF was that about?
BmanHall - 2/8/2010, 12:09 PM
Can't have a DD cameo in spidey. FOX owns DD and Sony owns spidey. Damn FOX and all they represent. Come on Marvel/Disney, buy back the rights to all your charactors no matter what the cost. You'll earn it back and then some with all the cameos and crossovers. Give us back are stories DAMMIT!!!!!
RIKSHAWRenegade - 2/8/2010, 12:09 PM
Bman@ What about the 300 ft organ in the 100ft church :P
teabag - 2/8/2010, 12:13 PM
@ teabag: Uh... I... Um... Big things come in small packages...? =|
BmanHall - 2/8/2010, 12:19 PM
HOLY SHIT! What rock did Affleck crawl out from. That guy hasn't been around in a frikin while.
I liked DD. But a reboot would be a good move. I'd watch it.
InstigatorGIRL - 2/8/2010, 12:19 PM
not gonna knock it... I liked the movie, thought Afleck did a good job, and would have no qualms w/ a continuation of the started story line.
MrJosh - 2/8/2010, 12:20 PM
Bman@ hehehe then there is the end where the reporter looks up and DD is standing on a 4 storey building then turns and runs off the building which is now a skyscraper lol :P
teabag - 2/8/2010, 12:21 PM
2003 DD movie...Kingpin is black...that's all you need to know to make a desicion.
Gfan - 2/8/2010, 12:23 PM
FAVS = FOGGY! THE SINGLE AND ONLY GOOD CASTING IN THE WHOLE PICTURE @GFAN. EVEN THOUGH I'M A FAN OF JOE'S I JUST DIDNT LIKE HIM AS ULRICH
dellamorte1872 - 2/8/2010, 12:27 PM
applesauce bitch.
grif - 2/8/2010, 12:27 PM
I too liked DD. I thought it was a very good movie except for Kingpin. It did pretty well for a January or February movie (can't remember when it came out in the theaters) Didn't it make over $100,000.00?
DeathWalker - 2/8/2010, 12:28 PM
I sort of liked DD. I didn't think it was as bad as most say, though, then again, I haven't watched it in a while.

Personally, I'm fine with either a reboot or a continuation, just want a recast. Well, in that case, you might as well go ahead and reboot it.

I'd go with Misha Collins as DD, and Michael Fassbender as Bullseye, probably directed by someone along the lines of David Fincher. Though I'd rather see Fincher direct a Deadpool movie. Perhaps Darren Aronofsky or Alfonso Cuaron?
InTylerWeTrust - 2/8/2010, 12:28 PM
@ teabag: Uh... Well... I... Hey, look! Tits!



*Runs*
BmanHall - 2/8/2010, 12:29 PM
Daredevil movie had two good things:
- The costume.Absolutely awesome costumes.One of the best.
- And the sonar.Cool stuff.
superheromoviefan - 2/8/2010, 12:31 PM
Bman@ lmao...numnumnumnumnumnummm :P
teabag - 2/8/2010, 12:31 PM
@ DeathWalker: It had to be February. I remember because I went to go see it right after I got out of Basic Training.
BmanHall - 2/8/2010, 12:31 PM
@ rickshaw. oh well. but hey look at them there boobies.
A7 - 2/8/2010, 12:33 PM
Your right Bman, so a movie making that much money and coming out in February it had to do something right.
DeathWalker - 2/8/2010, 12:36 PM
@ InTylerWeTrust82: Hmm... Misha Collins... Damn, I could see it. Good choice!
BmanHall - 2/8/2010, 12:37 PM
I love Denise Milani........mmmmmmmmmmmmm
DeathWalker - 2/8/2010, 12:40 PM
DeathWalker@ yeah but id did 70 world wide and only made 170 mil in a massive 22 week release :)
teabag - 2/8/2010, 12:41 PM
What're you guys talking about? I LOVE DD's! The bigger the better--just look at Bman's post and Deathwalker's avatar.
jusme6 - 2/8/2010, 12:44 PM
for a february movie that isn't bad, now if it came out during the summer i can see what all the fuss is about.
DeathWalker - 2/8/2010, 12:45 PM
@ jusme6:


BmanHall - 2/8/2010, 12:47 PM
DD has the 7th best Febuary opening after such great movies as Hitch and friday the 13th lol :)

In fact for the same period DD made slightly more than Norbit :D



teabag - 2/8/2010, 12:47 PM
Ben Affleck justifying the pure crap that is Daredevil. The movie was complete and utter garbage, I haven't seen the director's cut, but I doubt a few extra scenes of more idiocy could make up the already present half-assed plot, dialogue, choreograph, casting, and cinematography.

The only thing good about this movie was Daredevil's costume.
Stumblin - 2/8/2010, 12:56 PM
Stumblin: Wow. It'll be ok, bud. Have another Guinness.
BmanHall - 2/8/2010, 1:01 PM
Affleck's DD wasn't too god awful. But it wasn't the DD I know, and that's JRjr DD.
Betty - 2/8/2010, 1:14 PM
Just callin' it like I see 'em Bman haha!

And I'll take you up on that Guinness, I'm thirsty after that rant.
Stumblin - 2/8/2010, 1:19 PM
@ Stumblin: Here you go big guy...


BmanHall - 2/8/2010, 1:24 PM
what is colin ferrel doing in that pic
? showing what he had to do to get the part of bullseye? lol.
1chris2 - 2/8/2010, 1:30 PM
Scan that from your personal collection? I'll take it!
Stumblin - 2/8/2010, 1:50 PM
I think that playground scene was so corny. If anything, shit like that ruins the films I watch. The movie is alright, it doesn't suck, but it isn't great either. I like DD, so it's worth watchin. I think dialogue was it's biggest weakness. Ben was fine, and it could have been better given that they gave him stupid things to say like "that light at the end of the tunnel, that's not heaven" would have been amazing but then they added to it by saying "it's the A train". Really? Like we didn't know that from the use of our own eyes? Why did he need to tell us or the thug it was a train? He was on train tracks and could hear the train and see it coming, no need to tell us the obvious lol.
Chad Vital - 2/8/2010, 1:54 PM
I get it TEABAG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
DeathWalker - 2/8/2010, 2:14 PM
@ Stumblin: Haha, afraid not. Google can find anything. =D


BmanHall - 2/8/2010, 2:17 PM
Ben went to the Keanu Reeves school of acting..nuff said....
RedSkullGeezer - 2/8/2010, 2:56 PM
DeathWalker@ lol :D
teabag - 2/8/2010, 2:59 PM
I had decided "Daredevil" was not my cup of tea after the extremely lame playground fight scene with Electra.
I've heard the R version is alot better though.
JonSolo - 2/8/2010, 3:00 PM
I liked the movie, but Ben is a douchebag.
JJMeylar - 2/8/2010, 4:16 PM
The only thing good about the movie was Elektra's TITS!!

oh man what did I start here... Teabag has gone from the relatively mild mannered occasional "Dr. Tit" to the TIT HULK!! Nah nothing new really is it? =)

I'd feed you dude, but I'm snowed in and freakin' on dial up here sigh... =( Forgive me guys, I'm snowbound going mad here like in The Shining :)
48and2 - 2/8/2010, 4:17 PM
@JonSolo

Right you are!

The R-Rated director's cut is looooaaaads better. A nice solid movie that had a whole exrta half-hour of sub-plot that really helped flesh out Daredevil's character alot more and featured alot more fighting and brutality throughout the rest of the movie. And Coolio is in it! It also downplayed alot of the romance between Affleck and Garner, which was a nice tough.

Personally, I thought Ben Affleck was just fine. Micheal Clarke Duncan and Collin Ferrel were awesome as both Kingpin and Bullseye (I even wish they'd keep Bullseye's movie look with the goatee and jacket). Yeah there was some cheesy dialogue, but when you keep in mind that Daredevil's quintessential run was written by Frank Miller's, it's not toooo much of a stretch that they'd talk like that.

Besides, as much as we'd like to have every character get a super duper high quality movie, it's not like Daredevil is by any means an A-Lister. I'd rather have a B-list superhero get a B-grade movie than have an A-List superhero get a D-grade movie.
MovieTheaterLad - 2/8/2010, 4:18 PM
If he does not want the position, I'm sure there is someone else that will get the job done. I thought is acting was good in this role, but after I heard him dis the movie a while back....SEE YA!
I - 2/8/2010, 4:29 PM
JUDE LAW FOR DAREDEVIL


MovieTheaterLad - 2/8/2010, 4:37 PM
TITHULK HORNIEST THERE IS :)
teabag - 2/8/2010, 4:38 PM
I thought Ben Affleck was great. He sold himself short. Storyline was a little lacking. They could have had the Frank Miller Saga daredevil 227-230. Where Kingpin does a number on Daredevils life. Then the Third movie in the series could be the fall of the Kingpin. DD(300) What do you all think of that.
Scorpioxfactor - 2/8/2010, 5:03 PM
I thought Ben Affleck was a good choice for Daredevil 7 years ago compared to others that were around at the time. Now not so much
Kurbbsyde - 2/8/2010, 5:08 PM
MTL: Although I like Jude Law I can't see him as DD. Misha Collins for DD!!!
InstigatorGIRL - 2/8/2010, 6:11 PM
they should just contune it and the first ddd movie was great i didnt see anything wrong with it.
flames809 - 2/8/2010, 7:40 PM
Affleck's DareDevil Movie was baad...that's on Him! I think he's a promising director but his acting is bad. He did Gone Baby Gone and cast is brother in the lead role. They both were excellent. DareDevil was horrible. No disrespect intended but c'mon. Affleck should have demanded more from himself in that film, in that script.
anathem - 2/8/2010, 11:49 PM
Yep. daredevil sucked alotta wind. Kingpin was not like Kingpin at all. Bullseye was even less like Bullseye. And Elektra even worse than the other two. Sucked man. Only ones worse were Punisher War Zone, Elektra and Ghost Rider.
Lucasberg - 2/9/2010, 12:31 AM
I say they should remake the movie and make him a kid cause spider-man is ganna be epic as a 12 year old.
Logan-X - 3/12/2010, 10:42 PM

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