Nanrod

Daredevil

Quite possibly the worst ‘superhero’ ever?

Firstly, let’s ignore the science of the situation. I mean we all know that often the blind do experience an increase in the sensitivity of their other… senses. But mother freakin’ bat vision? It’s ridiculous, yes. But when the Fantastic Four replace terminal cancer with ‘flame on!’ based ass-kicking, I can roll with the odd bit of ridiculous.

No. I take personal issue with Matt Murdock, our friendly neighbourhood lawyer-turned-vigilante. Once the prologue ends, and the movie proper begins, we are treated with a court scene in which Murdock makes a series of unironic sight-based puns. And promptly gets his ass handed to him by a superior lawyer.

We then cut to Murdock’s affably useless colleague exclaiming ‘How the hell did that guy afford lawyer like that!?’ and we have more banal dialogue from Murdock about ‘Justice being done’ or something. Cue gratuitous suit-up! montage. End with a train rolling over our rapist chum.

Are you serious? Basically, he lost the argument. There are no allusions to judicial bribery or corruption. Just that he was bested. And his reaction? To throw a hissy fit. Apparently we’re all up for justice, until the law sides against us. Man the hell up and learn to lawyer better.

Douche.