This is how I wish Marvel's movie universe would be with some of their solo stories. But almost all of their movies have to be this light, fluffy, marshmallow, kid-oriented, toy-selling venture cause of them being Disney produced. I want to root for the characters and their journey. I want to be engrossed in their tale. Not taken out of it due to constant comedy and drama having its legs cut out from underneath.
Daredevil got a lot of the drama right. I could root for Matt and his cause. The dramatic moments weren't undercut by a joke or quip here and there. They really did this show nicely. Fisk is a good villain who has good fleshing out. Marvel is lacking in villains due to their villain mortality rate in MCU, kid-friendly prerequisite, and not being Loki. It was a nice change to have a villain who was truly depicted as a villain; they even showed his descent into being the villain.
There were some weaknesses though. Matt does too much acrobatics and doesn't seem to try to hone his skills or refine them. The ending episode felt all too rushed given the pacing of what came before. His suit at the end seems a bit clunky and less than his initial suit. They shouldn't have killed off Ben due to Ben's importance in the comics and further storylines. Fisk's girl is too easily taken into Fisk. Fisk became this emotional, overly excited little teenager when they had established him as this crime boss who has managed to keep himself hidden for a long time. It was kind of disappointing to see how he became a emo teen sometimes. I like that they showed a lot of things from the comics here and there. They're really going out of their way to incorporate story elements cleanly from the comics as opposed to how they're being overly liberal with changes in the movies.
With all that said, I doubt Daredevil is gonna show up in the movies cause of the more dark/adult nature of Daredevil and Disney-mandated tone with Marvel movies. Hell, Daredevil and Winter Soldier are Marvel's most praised entities besides Guardians. That should tell them something.
