No one from Hell’s Kitchen calls it “The Kitchen.” That was the first thing I didn’t like about this movie.
The plot and dialogue are bad even for a comic-book movie and Ben Affleck — let’s just be honest — is an awful actor. I know it is bandwagon behavior to speak ill of the man, but he really is a shitty performer. He has no presence and can’t deliver a line right. The dude is a disgrace. The film is also unclear about what he (and Elektra’s) powers are?
The one positive thing I can say (and this bumps it all the way to a C-) is the tactile aspect of the fight scenes. Compared to the Spider-Man films, there is a tangible element to the costumes, to the stunts — it is less whiz-bang, sure, but it feels more real, more tough in a way. Spider-Man’s suit looks like a cartoon, Daredevil’s looks like Ben Affleck slipped on some leather. In a way, that is something unique.
