Daredevil vs. The Hulk: Which movie do you like better?

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Right on, so I guess that makes two of us who'll be picking up the R-rated Director's Cut DVD this April.

http://www.daredevil-movies.com/new...ine=Daredevil DVD — Almost a Whole New Movie?

Very very cool...yep, definatly at least two of us waiting on that.

 

[Vocenoctum]

I'd say Daredevil, although neither movie ranks very high on my list of favorite superhero movies.

My reasons for being disappointed with the Hulk have already been stated in this thread: There was too much plot and not enough smashing.

I liked Daredevil, hated Hulk
I had Hulk on DVD (netflix) and eventually just FFed to the smashy bits, but they were still lacking in too many ways.
Worst movie I've seen in quite a while.

 

[Kai Lord]

Well, I didn't vote since I haven't seen Daredevil. While it may be prejudiced of me, the idea of Aflek as Matt Murdock just repulses me.

Well, I recommend you give it a shot. I was really disappointed with the casting but he actually fills the role quite well.

When I heard they were making a DD movie I thought the perfect actor for the part would be Guy Pearce (Memento, L.A. Confidential) and coincidentally Pearce was on director Mark Steven Johnson's short list, against Edward Norton. Johnson couldn't decide who to offer the role to, so he called up fellow DD fan Kevin Smith and asked which one would be better to play the character. Smith said neither and recommended longtime friend Affleck, which Johnson obviously thought was a good idea.

Coincidentally, Affleck has stated he doesn't plan on reprising the role in any sequels, but would consider it if Smith was writing or directing. Its funny, as opposed to him playing Murdock as I originally was I'll actually be disappointed if he doesn't return.

 

[Mog Elffoe]

I enjoyed both films, but I think that Daredevil captures the feel of the source material much, much better than Hulk. Daredevil was clearly made by fans for fans, whereas the folks that made Hulk didn't quite get it.

Stuff I liked:

The 'real guy getting constantly bashed' aspect of Daredevil.

Colin Farrell as Bullseye--He had a blast playing him and you could tell.

The shot for shot adaptation of the fight between Elektra & Bullseye--it exactly matches the Frank Miller comic, right down to the "You're good, babe, I'll give you that... but me? I'm MAGIC!" line.

The weird effects used to portray DD's hyper senses.

In Hulk, the comic style editing--I know it bothered some people, but I loved it! If only it had been used in a movie that was comfortable in styling itself like a comic book...

The sheer power of the Hulk. This wasn't just Lou Ferrigno tossing some thugs into a dumpster or tipping over a car. This was the Hulk that I grew up reading about in comics. I loved how bullets indented his skin before bouncing off, how he could smash tanks, and how he could leap for miles a pop.

Stuff that could've used work (that other people haven't mentioned yet):

The ending of Daredevil. The fight with Kingpin really did feel kind of tacked on and I felt that DD won a little too easily.

No Rick Jones in Hulk! Why? Why ditch Rick? I did not get that at all.

I was hoping that the Hulk would have a bit more of his own personality. In the comics, the Hulk was able to speak and had a personality all his own. I would've liked for him to interact with someone (Rick Jones, perferably) so that we could see that he wasn't just a monster. Also, I wanted to see the Hulk be a hero. Aside from jumping on the jet to keep it from crashing into the bridge he never really helps anyone. I would've preferred to see the plane hit the bridge and then have Hulk save people while being hounded by the military.

The supervillain at the end of Hulk--why the heck was it the Absorbing Man? I mean, sure the Absorbing Man has fought the Hulk plenty of times in the comics, but he's more of a Thor bad guy than any other hero's. It was kind of like if they used the Red Skull as the main bad guy in the Spider-Man movie instead of the Green Goblin. When I saw Nolte's skin going all 'star-fishy' I thought, "All right! He's gonna turn into the Abomination! This could be awesome!" and then he started turning blue and metallic... Huh? Didn't care for their weirdo, giant green bubble end fight either.

The Gamma Poodle. Who, when they were making the movie, actually thought that the gamma poodle would be cool? I cannot believe that anybody did, so how did it wind up in the finished film? Amazing...

 

[stevelabny]

This is an easy one and i have to agree with most of mogs statements.

Daredevil was a good (not great) comic book movie, Hulk was...a bad movie.
And not very Hulk-ish at all.

My favorite part of Daredevil was the goofy soundtrack,especially for Kingpins entrance. Very WBish. I also loved the see-saw scene.
The effects for the DD-Bullseye battle on the church organ were HORRENDOUS and the movie did seem way too fast with scenes missing, specifically between the battles, BUT I'm hoping this gets fixed somewhat with the MUCH-ANTICIPATED Director's Cut.

Hulk was brutal. going in, I thought hte problem would be the effects, instead, the movie LOOKED great, but was utter dreck. The fathers plotline was awful, the characters were unsympathetic and the absence of Rick Jones was noticeable. The final battle was one of the worst climactic sequences I've ever seen. And the gamma-dogs were the biggest waste of money ever.

DD all the way.

 

[Numion]

I would've liked if Hulk had tried to keep things a bit more real. I've got no problem with a guy being strong enough to flip and throw a tank, but I didn't like it how he lifted the tank holding it's barrel. It would've broken much before the tank was actually lifted from ground

That just emphasized the common problem of CGI objects looking weightless in movies. If you spin a 60-ton tank around, you should end up spinning too around the common center of mass. It didn't look that way, instead the tank ended up looking like it was made of plastic.

 

[Arnwyn]

Coincidentally, Affleck has stated he doesn't plan on reprising the role in any sequels, but would consider it if Smith was writing or directing. Its funny, as opposed to him playing Murdock as I originally was I'll actually be disappointed if he doesn't return.

Well, that might be more of a consistency thing than an Affleck thing. I find Affleck despicable in pretty much everything he does, and even I would be disappointed if he doesn't return.

As much as I hate Affleck, I liked Daredevil far more than Hulk... and actually, I'm quite glad I saw it in the theatre.

 

[barsoomcore]

I voted for The Hulk but I didn't think much of either film. I thought Ben was devoid of charisma and there was absolutely zero chemistry between he and Jennifer Garner -- although she was a bit of bright spot, unexpectedly. When I heard she was being cast as Elektra I was pretty annoyed (Ms. Garner being fine and all, but looking about as Greek as Jamie Olliver), but she did okay. It wasn't psycho-Elektra who's my FAVOURITE little girl, but she did... okay.

The utter incoherence of the fight scenes, however, ruined the film for me. There just wasn't any tension in those sequences, none of DD's balletic grace, no "COOL" moments.

That, and, it's time to admit that, despite his heart-wrenching turn in The Green Mile, Michael Clarke Duncan plain can't act. Sure he's big (though frankly, not big enough to be Kingpin, but who would be?), but the man just can't act. It was one thing in The Scorpion King where he was up against the Rock, and could get by on pure size alone, but here -- he wasn't the Kingpin. Not even close.

There were some nice bits, and Colin Farrell did well in his limited role, but overall, just bad.

Whereas The Hulk for all its flaws, did better at capturing the title character than Daredevil. Eric Bana did a really good job, I thought, and he and Jennifer Connelly were believable together. His big ol' temper tantrum was pretty entertaining, though I thought they went overboard in establishing that "nobody REALLY got hurt." The CGI suffered at points but I liked a lot of the silly stuff -- running in circles, jumping a lot and hanging onto the back of a jet plane. Stupid, but kind of fun. Would have been better as an animated film.

The story was more complicated than it needed to be and the ending was TERRIBLE (who signed off on that) and it was further proof that Ang Lee can't direct action scenes, but I hated it quite a bit less than I hated Daredevil.

But both of them were pretty crappy movies. I wouldn't watch either again.

 

[Liquid Snake]

Both sucked, 'Hulk' sucked the least.

 

[reapersaurus]

Daredevil was a very good comic book film.

The Hulk was an utter mess of an Ang Lee film. Ang obviously isn't a fan of comic books, or the Hulk character, since he dominated the film with his own uninteresting, badly-presented, and completely unsatisfying father-son emotional drama that had NO EMOTION WAHTSOEVER.

I had to keep my wife awake, and tell her "it's not that bad" in the theater, and afterwards I had to admit it was pretty damned bad.
The fight scenes are pretty nice, though, with amazing CGI.

When I FF to the fight scenes for my son, I'll occasionally watch some of the other scenes, and geez - they really are bad.