I have to agree with Mr Deflok on this one. The movie was lame. I am a DD fan from way back. Loved the Frank Miller work on the book which the movie was loosely based upon. Really what they did wrong with the movie was get DD's motivation all wrong.
1) When Matt is blinded it is an accident. In the comics he is blinded saving an old man from getting hit by a car. Thus he goes from hero to victim.
2) In the comic Matt makes a solemn promise to his Dad to never use his fists to solve anything. This is one of the central conflicts to the character.
3) What is he in this movie? He is supposed to be a defense attorney providing help for those who can not afford of get the help they need. He must sometimes even defend those he has captured as DD. So explain that first courtroom scene to me. He looks like a DA to me....
4) The man is blind. Everyone is supposed to realize this. No one is supposed to suspect that he can see. Yet everytime you move to a different scene he is performing some stunt that is impossible for a blind man.
5) He's just not likeable. I want Bullseye to win much more. Why do we want Matt to win? He is arrogant and vindictive.
In answer to the original query in this thread: DD has often been a good comic and has also gotten odd at times. When it has good writers like Frank Miller and Kevin Smith it is great.
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