Question: Was Elektra REALLY that bad, IYO?
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 12:53
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Quote:It was flat...boring...no action...
Originally posted by RiverFlan:
At least Catwoman had an actual plot.And whats wrong with Catwoman?!!
And I'm a Halle fan.
Storm-lovin' Chrisisall
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Catwoman does have action. And you prefer Elektra?
I can't belive your taste. 
That's what you get for dissing Catwoman. I love that movie!
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Quote:Tell us why you liked it; maybe I need to re-visit it...(?)
Originally posted by RiverFlan:
That's what you get for dissing Catwoman. I love that movie!
Never say never Chrisisall
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Quote:I never read the comic. If I had, then maybe I might have understood what was going on and saw what you saw in it.
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Everything in your post was valid, from a certain point of view. But I'm a fan of the comic upon which DD and Elektra are based, so I'm willing to cut them way more slack than you are just to see them brought to life. Sort of like Firestarter...not a GREAT movie, but again, I'm a fan of the book, so....
Quote:I am a fan of the Tragic Hero, it is true. I admit that. (I think Joss Whedon is too.) Heroes should struggle for some right cause, and in some cases a Hero must redeem him or herself in order to be a hero. Maybe that’s something of an old-fashion Aristotelian view of Heroism, but I like it. However, I’m not wed to it. I could have seen Elektra as a hero, but the story just didn’t put the pieces together well enough.
Originally posted by chrisisall:
But I've noticed a pattern with ya dude, it seems 'heroic' is synonymous with sacrifice for you...you liked The Gift better than Chosen for this very reason- a hero has to experience extreme loss, or death to BE a hero it seems...you must have really liked X-Men 3, heh heh!
And Yeah, I liked X-Men 3. All of the X-Men movies were really good.
Quote:I’ll take your word for it.
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Rent Catwoman, Finn, and then appreciate Elektra for the comparative genius that it is.
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
...but there was something quietly mezmerizing about Elektra to me.
I seem to remember falling asleep if that's what you mean
and mist, I remember mist but that's all...I might give it another go though and I want to see the director's cut of daredevil cos I liked that...
oh chris, off topic but kinda related, I was looking at buying F4 today and there's an 'extended edition' with 20 minutes extra in the film, or for the same price I could get a 2 disc regular edition with extras and deleted scenes and stuff. do you know what the difference would be in the extended one? what would you go for? (oh knowledgeble and fantastic one
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Quote:I have the extended edition (across the pond here it comes both ways on the same disk), and it has lots of cool stuff added to it, but there's one scene where Mr. Fantastic makes himself look like Wolverine for a second that should have been left out (IMO)- I guess it's just do you want a brisk pace to it or not- the regular version moves along pretty fast, but the extended version would be my choice overall.
Originally posted by charliethebloody:
oh chris, off topic but kinda related, I was looking at buying F4 today and there's an 'extended edition' with 20 minutes extra in the film, or for the same price I could get a 2 disc regular edition with extras and deleted scenes and stuff. do you know what the difference would be in the extended one? what would you go for?
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
The imagery was lush, and while the climax wasn't an explosive doozy, it was a good end IMO.
You know, I liked the imagery too. There wasn't a lot going on in the film, and it looked good that way. There was a simplicity that wasn't sparse, like the forest battle scene for example. I liked it too.
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Quote:Ahhh, another man of taste
Originally posted by milford:
I liked it too.
.And Garner looked smashing Chrisisall
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Originally posted by chrisisall:Quote:
And Garner looked smashing
I like to pretend I'm evolved beyond such things, but the truth is I'm not. I would raise your smashing to a smoking hot.
Does that remove me from the tasteful camp?
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Quote:Nah, just puts ya in the honest camp as well.
Originally posted by milford:
Does that remove me from the tasteful camp?
Lucky Ben. Chrisisall
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