The Return of Daredevil!
Last night i went to cineleisure to watch Chicago with Tara. Got the tix, hung around till the showtime, went in, took out seats, saw the trailers, movie ads, then.... 20th Century Fox! Regency Films Distrubution! Marvel Productions? Wait a minute... High rised buildings with lights turning into braille and text? Haven't i seen this before?... Whip out the ticket stub... it reads... D-A-R-E-D-E-V-I-L.
Sigh, I hated the show. Now i'm watching it again on a saturday night. $8.50 for a second viewing of a show that sucked.
Somehow, it wasn't as bad as i thought. In fact it was pretty good, maybe it was the company hehe. Noticed alot of 'metaphors' in the film, some of which were quite literal. Did you spot them? here's the ones i caught:
1. When the young Matt Murdock was on his way to The Olympic boxing ring/theater, there was a high angle shot of him walking behind his father, with his father out of shot. His father had a devil cape which cast a horned shadow into shot. So on that night, young Matt walks into the shadow of the devil following his father's murder. Thus foreshadowing his 'descent' into seeking justice.
2. After the rooftop scene with Electra and Matt, they consumate their love (read 'fuck'). The first indoor shot after they kiss in the rain is of Matt's gothic sculptures.The sculpture is of a man and woman in each other's arms, naked, and the man's hand cupping the woman's breast. Presumably Matt and Electra's foreplay petting...
3.Still on the sex scene, at the end of the scene, the shot leads off the copulating couple and into a fireplace. Burning, hot and fiery on wood. Pretty obvious "Flames of Desire" metaphor.
4. After Bullseye smashes DareDevil to the podium in the cathedral, the camera cranes down form a high angle shot to the ground, with the huge Mother Mary statue. The out of focus, but clearly recognizable Mother Mary statueis framed such that it is always on Daredevil's side, and towards the end of the crane shot, it's shot as if her arm shields him and her hand is laid on him. Thus the director associates qualities of holiness, compassion, power and reverence with DareDevil.
5. Most revealing of all the metaphors, was after DareDevil defeats Kingpin. DD spares his life saying he's the good guy and leaves. Then we cut to a shot of his devil's mask left behind on the floor. There a broken rose with petals scattered lies, and water mixes with blood to flow out from under the rose. Very Straight forward metaphor of DD's victory, kingpin broken, bleeding, defeated.
It was quite refreshing to spot these, maybe you'd see them if you watch the show again, if you didn't already the first time. I enjoyed the show, especially the foreshadowing techniques and sometimes cliche metaphors. Nice. Any thoughts on these?
On another note, I just came back after jason's shoot, for Affirmation of Allegiance. Fun, tiring, good. more days coming up.
Last night i went to cineleisure to watch Chicago with Tara. Got the tix, hung around till the showtime, went in, took out seats, saw the trailers, movie ads, then.... 20th Century Fox! Regency Films Distrubution! Marvel Productions? Wait a minute... High rised buildings with lights turning into braille and text? Haven't i seen this before?... Whip out the ticket stub... it reads... D-A-R-E-D-E-V-I-L.
Sigh, I hated the show. Now i'm watching it again on a saturday night. $8.50 for a second viewing of a show that sucked.
Somehow, it wasn't as bad as i thought. In fact it was pretty good, maybe it was the company hehe. Noticed alot of 'metaphors' in the film, some of which were quite literal. Did you spot them? here's the ones i caught:
1. When the young Matt Murdock was on his way to The Olympic boxing ring/theater, there was a high angle shot of him walking behind his father, with his father out of shot. His father had a devil cape which cast a horned shadow into shot. So on that night, young Matt walks into the shadow of the devil following his father's murder. Thus foreshadowing his 'descent' into seeking justice.
2. After the rooftop scene with Electra and Matt, they consumate their love (read 'fuck'). The first indoor shot after they kiss in the rain is of Matt's gothic sculptures.The sculpture is of a man and woman in each other's arms, naked, and the man's hand cupping the woman's breast. Presumably Matt and Electra's foreplay petting...
3.Still on the sex scene, at the end of the scene, the shot leads off the copulating couple and into a fireplace. Burning, hot and fiery on wood. Pretty obvious "Flames of Desire" metaphor.
4. After Bullseye smashes DareDevil to the podium in the cathedral, the camera cranes down form a high angle shot to the ground, with the huge Mother Mary statue. The out of focus, but clearly recognizable Mother Mary statueis framed such that it is always on Daredevil's side, and towards the end of the crane shot, it's shot as if her arm shields him and her hand is laid on him. Thus the director associates qualities of holiness, compassion, power and reverence with DareDevil.
5. Most revealing of all the metaphors, was after DareDevil defeats Kingpin. DD spares his life saying he's the good guy and leaves. Then we cut to a shot of his devil's mask left behind on the floor. There a broken rose with petals scattered lies, and water mixes with blood to flow out from under the rose. Very Straight forward metaphor of DD's victory, kingpin broken, bleeding, defeated.
It was quite refreshing to spot these, maybe you'd see them if you watch the show again, if you didn't already the first time. I enjoyed the show, especially the foreshadowing techniques and sometimes cliche metaphors. Nice. Any thoughts on these?
On another note, I just came back after jason's shoot, for Affirmation of Allegiance. Fun, tiring, good. more days coming up.
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