I almost feel sorry for Elektra

POSTED BY: Caite
UPDATED: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 04:49
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HJERMSTED

Monday, January 10, 2005 9:10 PM

Indeed, the Serenity trailer would have been nice to see before Elektra. I'll be at an advanced screening for Elektra Weds night. I'm hoping to at least see the awesome Sin City trailer 40 ft. tall.

I am going in to view Elektra with no expectations good or bad. However, it does trouble me that a film about a cold blooded assassin (as Elektra was designed to be by Frank Miller in the Daredevil comics) has a PG-13 rating.

{{I can't wait for the "Baby Boom Echo" -- as it's been called -- to come of age so we can start seeing rated R films again!}}

The inevitable DVD director's cut may be the version of Elektra to see. I read that Affleck and Farrell filmed cameos for Elektra that didn't make it into the theatrical version.

I love Jennifer Garner and the fact that she does her own stunts (to the point of injury no less!). She's been great in Alias. I guess you could call me a Garner fan though I've never considered myself that way. Her kick ass moves plus Terence Stamp as Stick and direction by Rob Bowman makes Elektra worth seeing, IMHO.

Plus, I actually enjoyed Daredevil and never felt the need to compare it to Spider-Man. The only way Daredevil could have been better was if Guy Pearce had played Matt Murdock/Daredevil as the producers originally wanted. As it went, I feel the producers were very faithful to the comic stories and did a decent job with the project. My major complaint was the overuse of pop songs that will surely date the film. It looks like Elektra will make the audience suffer for its soundtrack album as well.

mattro

PHOEBE

Monday, January 10, 2005 10:05 PM

First of all, I want to apologise for causing such a fuss. I didn't mean to, in the slightest. To be honest, I felt I was being talked down to for my age and naturally, wasn't too pleased, since that seems to have happened more than once lately (on several different boards) for no apparent reason. Nothing I said was meant as an insult, just an explanation of how I thought I had been treated, which is an entirely different thing. I have never, and will never go out to personally insult a member because I see absolutely no need for it, and I apologise if any of my remarks seemed that way. Entirely not my intention. Like I said, real sorry for the trouble caused.

On second thoughts, I may actually have been too hasty in proclaiming this morning that I wasn't going to see Elektra. Does anyone know just how much sway Zak Penn had behind the writing of the movie? X-Men 2 is up there as one of my faves (its Marvel, I can't stay away from anything Marvel!) and it may be of interest to me to go see Elektra. Like someone said above, probably not opening weekend for me, but at some point during its inevitable long weeks on the cinema. Plus, I'm a martial arts fanatic LOL so it may be worth going just to see if they pull anything worthwhile off in that respect. It'll keep me entertained, anyway.

CONNORFLYNN

Friday, January 14, 2005 3:19 PM

I would've forced myself to go to this just for the Serenity trailer..at which point I would've more'n likely left after seeing the Trailer hehe.

Daredevil was probably one of the worst movies I've seen to date. The difference between the acting ability of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck is startling roflmao. I won't go see the Bennifer Part Deux Movie hehe. Yeah I know Affleck isn't in it..but I'm pretty sure his taint will be on it somewhere..somehow..even it was just the delivery of Chinese food to JG.

BADGERSHAT

Tuesday, January 18, 2005 4:49 AM

If Elektra is as good as Daredevil, it's gonna suck royally.

Daredevil wasn't worth the powder it would cost to blow it to hell, and Elektra is more or less a sequel, which is interesting since the chick DIES at the end of DD... kind of a Magnum P.I. thing going on here, without the cleverness.

--Jefé The Hat

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