As soon as I saw that it had come out on Netflix on October 19th, I decided to binge watch the third season of Marvel's Daredevil on Netflix. The season picks up from where The Defenders left the titular hero, as Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) was supposedly killed in a building's collapse. The first episode focuses on the fact that he survived, but not without extreme physical injury, which disables him from going back to being the Devil of Hell's Kitchen for some time. In these scenes where he attempts to go out and fight crime (which he does as a blind man with extremely heightened senses), the entire shot has an extremely shallow focus in order to show that Matt has the ability to see the world with his other four senses, he has been harmed to the point where those senses are failing him, which builds not only this physical hindrance for the season, but his defeat to what he sees as common street thugs creates this spiritual hindrance, which leads to Matt questioning his faith throughout the season. Another interesting craft move made by the showrunners is through the return of Wilson Fisk (Vincent D'Onofrio), known now as the Kingpin. The color choice in his clothing is extremely similar to that of the first season, as Fisk's white suits are the exact opposite of the black suit that Matt uses instead of his classic red one, showing the fight between them as a far deeper thing- it shows that everything about them is different, as while Fisk becomes the spotlight, Matt as Daredevil has decided that attention only brings bad things for those around him, leading him to ditch the red suit. To take this further, the introduction of Benjamin Poindexter as the classic comic book villain Bullseye is made more philosophical by having him use an exact replica of the red Daredevil suit in an attempt by Fisk to ruin the credibility of Daredevil, and creates another level of hindrance for Matt to conquer in order to stop Kingpin once and for all.
Every little bit of this season, in my opinion, was fantastic, and has probably become my new favorite comic book adaption. The story for the season is a loose adaptation of the classic storyline Daredevil: Born Again by Frank Miller, who also wrote The Dark Knight Returns, the basis for Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, . While that adaptation lacked depth, this one does everything right. The similar conquering of Matt's obstacles is extremely inspiring, and the end result of Matt standing over Fisk, forcing his surrender shows the true strength of the hero and his journey to defeat a villain whose influence even corrupts the FBI at an alarmingly high level. Matt's redemption arc is an outstanding piece of this season and a highlight of the entire show, but the introduction of Bullseye is extremely amazing. His ability to make any object a lethal projectile sounds absurd, but they are so cinematic in the way that they enhance the fight choreography of every encounter he is a part of that it becomes hard to not want more from him. Even putting his abilities aside, his characterization as a lonely sociopath makes him relatable, despite being so distanced from society. I thought that this was a feat on its own, as it is hard to create a relatable villain that still has a passion for violence, but showing that Poindexter, known as Dex, is slowly losing the progress he has made in suppressing his urges makes the audience feel for him as much as they want to see Daredevil stop him. I could truly go on about this show's entire run in all of its glory, but this season sets itself so far apart from the first two in terms of absolute quality, and the ability to take a famous comic story and improve it is an amazing feat made by Drew Goddard and Bill Everett, the writers of the show. In a point in time where Marvel shows are being cancelled by Netflix in groups, Daredevil stands its ground and delivers the quality that fans have come to expect from both Nexflix and the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
I can very easily put this in the Good Good category, and I eagerly await the announcement for a fourth season of this fantasic show.
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