I agree completely.
Never watched Alias, because I had the feeling it would suck--But you're spot on regarding Jennifer Garner's acting. She's not good looking, she can't act all that well--I mean, she's okay, but she's no Uma. And the Marvel movies don't have nearly enough fight scenes that last longer than a couple of minutes.
At least the X-men are supposed to be able to figure out the more advanced puzzles due to their superior intelligence--but they're mainly bricks that don't do much fighting. There's way too much emotional human (or, in this case, mutant) drama story--which also isn't all that great--but it gets in the way of what should be the slick violence--which also ain't so great.
Either give us a superhero movie that's fun, nice and violent like the comic books, or make us think and give us a truly human hero with a heart inside the suit. When they try to do both, they invariably go wrong.
And Jennifer Garner--at least in Daredevil--was a horrible casting choice. Uma would have been a much better decision--but she's probably about a foot taller than Affleck. Never seen one minute of Alias. Don't even know what it's about--and it's going to stay that way.
I haven't even seen Elektra--I have too much respect for Frank Miller (well, at least the pre-300 Frank Miller, before he started spouting off a bunch of racist BS on NPR), and I don't see myself _ever_ seeing it.
It sounds weird, but Jon Favreau was the best part of Daredevil...
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