Reviews

Wonderful performances by pretty much every actor in the film, particularly Maximilian Schell, Liv Ullman and the actress who plays her young daughter. The story is chilling and thinking that it actually happened is devastating.

However, the plot is sometimes hard to follow and the pacing is uneven. More problematic is the fact that the court scenes and procedure of the case are very unrealistic. Maybe it is because I am a lawyer, but for that reason, the movie was a hit and miss for me.

Henry Cavill was born to play this character. He is intriguing, sexy and surprisingly likeable. The script was the main issue for me. The story is quite messy. They don't so a great job at setting up this world. Otherwise a good run. I feel like it season 2 will be much much better.

I enjoyed this show but stretching it over 13 episodes was kind of... a stretch. 8 to 10 episodes would have been just fine in my opinion.

I have just finished watching the series thanks to my new subscription to Netflix.

First of all, I have absolutely loved the opening credits. They are by far the best and most inventive I have seen for a TV (Internet ?) series.

I have aso loved the cast. Each actor is doing a great job at portraying their character.

What the show suffers from is pacing. There is an awful lot of uninteresting dialogues between characters we do not care much about, i.e. the bad guys (Russians, Chinese, Japanese and so on), to the detriment of main character interaction and development. Thankfully, that improved in the second half, and we (finally !) get to see the friendship between Matt Murdock and Foggy.

There are a lot of fighting sequences which are very nicely choreographed. However, they became quickly boring to watch because their outcome is always the same. You will see Daredevil kick the hell out of his opponent (with unnecessary violence) for 5 minutes, and that's it. Because of these scenes, it took me a while to like Matt Murdock. He seems to find himself at the end of the season and to be able to show his good side.

The mythology of the character was a bit out of place. The series could have benefited from showing some of the flashback sequences of Matt and Foggy's college years a bit sooner because they made the pair more likeble and interesting.

I was disappointed with some characters, mainly Claire. Her relationship with Daredevil felt forced. I also thought she would play a bigger role, given the part she played in promoting the show.

Overall, I would say that the second half of the season saved me from giving a 6/10 review. I think the show has some potential and that the mistakes I have described should improved in the second season.

This movie is a disappointment in the sense that it is incredibly commercial. The over- use of CGI combined with over-the-top action sequences downgraded the movie greatly. It is a shame since the first two installments had managed to encapsulate the spirit and the tone of the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. Overall, it felt more like i was watching the Matrix or Transformers than a poetic movie about The Hobbit. Sadly, Martin Freemen the actual Hobbit has very few screen time.

This being said, as an action-packed movie, I did actually enjoy this film and found myself laughing quite a few times. I am not quite sure this was the intention of the director...