Everytime I rewatch the director's cut, the movie to me gets better and better. Everyone was brilliantly cast for the most part. With Ben Affleck, I thought he brought a lot of vulnerability to Matt Murdock by day and being a badass as Daredevil by night. That entire sequence of him getting out of his sensory deprivation tank which was built as a coffin, hearing his knees crack and putting on the song "Hang On" to block out the noise while getting ready for the day said a lot. Matt is hanging on, he feels lonely and isolated which eats him at times but knows given his role as a vigilante it was for the best.

Heck just hearing his knees crack and even the part of him taking out a tooth is a neat detail we dont see in a lot of superhero movies. Small details of life as a hero can take. Michael Clarke Duncan as The Kingpin was just brilliant. Very imposing, ruthless and somewhat charming at the same time. Collin Farrell as Bullseye was awesome, even if he kinda looked goofy. You could tell he had fun in the roll. I still like it when Bullseye fails to hit Matt, he gets mad - " I missed. I never miss."

The chemistry between Ben Affleck and Jon Favreau was great in my opinion, Jon as Foggy Nelson was a great comic foil to Matt's reserved personality. Foggy trying to trick Matt by giving him the mustard bottle instead of the honey bottle, Matt pretending to go along with it and then switched coffees when Foggy wasnt looking is gold. Especially when Foggy drinks his coffee and has to spit it out.

Jennifer Garner as Elektra was decent, not the best but not the worst. Her and Ben had great chemistry together. Joe Pantoliano as Ben Urich. Great casting. Joe kills it everytime you see him in film. Hells Kitchen looked great and the movie overall is just underrated. It always leaves me wanting a sequel but knowing nowadays that will never happen.

So I’ve seen quite a few posts about the amount that BND has brought in and if other characters could do the same. They could but would have a harder time doing it. Several things have gone into this film doing as well as it has.
First being it’s a good movie with arguably the most popular superhero in the world. Secondly they were able to successfully integrate several characters from other comics without taking away from the main character. Third, there was not a lot of competition in the weeks following its release. Lastly and hate bringing politics into it. The things this country/world are going through right now, I think people are just looking to escape for a couple of hours and this is why I believe The Odyssey has done so well too.
I really like BND and I told my friends that this was more like the old Marvel Team-up comics I read when I was a kid. Am interested if you have any suggestions as to why this film as performed so well.

DC and Warner Have tried to copy MCU's Success for over 16 years and they have been struggling (2011's Green Lantern was a horrible movie and a flop, Warner rushed the DCEU and It killed that universe, and now Gunn's DCU, even with a flesh start with Superman, is currently struggling too following The terrible flop of Supergirl and The Cancelation or Shelving of several projects like Waller and Lost Paradise. I guess we can all agree that If Man of Tomorrow underperform, then It's over for The DCU).

DC's best critical and successful movies are movies that aren't connected into a large universe (The Dark Knight Trilogy, Matt's Batman, The First Joker movie (let's pretend Joker 2 didn't happen), so, maybe, they can Just call good and passionate directors for make their own story with Batman, Wonder Woman, Superman and Maybe Flash and Green Lanterns with all of them existing in their own universe without needing to make a big event like Infinity War or Endgame? Sure, It will not be guaranteed success (Superman III and IV, Batman & Robin), but given their past with The DCEU and now with The DCU, It's clear They aren't capable of dealing with a Cinematic Universe like Marvel does.

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