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Isidore of Seville, on the Nature of Things

Calvin B. Kendall and Faith Wallis

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For scholars in the European Middle Ages, Isidore, bishop of Seville (560? - 636) was one of the...

Essential Building Science: Understanding Energy and Moisture in High Performance House Design

Jacob Deva Racusin

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Poor heat and moisture management are the enemies of durable, comfortable, and efficient housing,...

Chemistry Revision and Exam Practice Book for AQA

Mike Wooster and Darren Grover

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Everything you need to prepare ahead of your GCSE Science exams This Chemistry Revision and Practice...

Introduction to Probability with Statistical Applications: 2016

Geza Schay

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Now in its second edition, this textbook serves as an introduction to probability and statistics for...

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Sep 20, 2020

Daredevil (2003)

2003 | Action, Sci-Fi

6.5

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"𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥, 𝘸𝘩𝘺?"
"𝘉𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴..."

*Director's cut*
Old proverb states: can a movie *truly* be bad with a Colin Farrell performance this fuckin' gonzo? Just as hokey as you remember, that playground fight is one of the worst things to make it through to pass in any superhero movie - and it's hilarious. Really funny when it tries to be, too though - for that matter. Overstuffed and contrived for sure but not too much more or less cartoonish than most of the stuff in the Raimi 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳-𝘔𝘢𝘯 movies, and this at least endearing market-tested clumsiness is - at the very least - twenty times more palatable than the intolerable formula market-testing in most of the Phase One/Three MCU flicks. This at least tries to have some fun, good humor, comic book replication, varied story beats, and a palpable edge beyond just its superficial emo-ness. I just can't help but smirk at the moon physics fight sequences or corny needledrops ("All this time I can't believe I couldn't see" with a lingering cut to Matt's eyes, come on man lmao). There's also a pretty rock solid backdrop in here about how most of the characters - good or bad - are motivated by greed or self-interest, so ultimately what we have to judge in the end is what's left when that wealth, pride, and/or power is unceremoniously stripped away from them. That final fight/scene with Kingpin is epic. Comes out much more sorta dorkily awkward as opposed to corporately sinister than it did in its day, because of what this has been replaced with and how immeasurably worse it is.