"I'm not afraid of heights. I'm afraid of falling."

So Daredevil was a disappointment. A big one. And I'm being really nice here.

I wanted to like it. I really did. I tried. There were some good scenes. The actors were - for the most part - right for their parts. The effects were okay. The story was, of course, good. After all, it's based on one of the best storylines in a comic-book ever. But the writing and the direction...oooh boy. Mark Steven Johnson wrote the Grumpy Old Men movies. Maybe he should've stuck with what he knew "best".

I'm not being completely fair. I admire the guy for securing a deal to write and direct an adaptation of his favourite comic-book, especially with his background - mostly comedies - and the movie did pull in a hundred million dollars in U.S. box office...although that's not exactly a home run by Marvel standards. In fact, considering the movie's budget, it's not that much at all. But that's not the point. The point is, the movie just wasn't very good. It could have been good. It should have been good. With another director - a better director - it would have been good. They had the actors, the story, the money...it really ought to have been a lot better than it was.

When you sit in the theatre and think to yourself, "boy, I could have handled that scene much better", you know the movie is in trouble. After all, how many feature-length comic-book adaptations have I directed? None. That's how many.  ¶ 22:05