Elektra

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 09 Jan 2005, 15:00

Anyone seen the trailer yet?
I just saw it on telly and had to blink to make sure it wasnt a Crouching Tiger 2/HOFD trailer or something

Could be quite good.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 09 Jan 2005, 18:10

It looks tosh. Oh look the token asian guy and oh look he knows martial arts.

It looks tosh either way but then again Daredevil was tosh too.

robbiez666 · Post by **robbiez666** » 09 Jan 2005, 18:33

wayched first 5 minutes and looks standard comic-book adaptation fluff

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 09 Jan 2005, 18:41

[quote][i]Originally posted by bradavon[/i]
It looks tosh. Oh look the token asian guy and oh look he knows martial arts.

It looks tosh either way but then again Daredevil was tosh too. [/quote]daredevil was ok imo,certainly the director's cut was an improvement anyway. review in today's people says elektra is crap,mind you the reviewer richard bacon doesn't like anything usually.

[Edited on 9-1-2005 by saltysam]

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 09 Jan 2005, 19:06

Until everone actually sees the film who cares, see it and see for yourself, it looks brilliant so far! and just because you have seen it all before doesnt mean shit, no film is origanal ever!all films all copied from other films.

Looks better than pretty much all films over the last few months and a few months ahead thats for sure.

I will be in line on saturday thats for sure, and really sad fools will slag it off before they see it, but dont they always, band wagon jumpers.

brooce-leroy · Post by **brooce-leroy** » 09 Jan 2005, 20:58

I'm certainly looking forward to it, and I like Daredevil too.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 09 Jan 2005, 21:12

You godda love Terrance (Kneel Before Zod! ) Stamp

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 10 Jan 2005, 08:36

Who is Zod?
DD was OK IMO, but I only saw the Theatrical Cut.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 10 Jan 2005, 15:41

[quote][i]Originally posted by grim_tales[/i]
Who is Zod?
DD was OK IMO, but I only saw the Theatrical Cut. [/quote]general zod from the superman movies:D

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 10 Jan 2005, 15:52

D'oh

Oh yeah

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 10 Jan 2005, 16:43

[quote]
Who is Zod?
[/quote]

cannot beleve you forgot that Grim

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 10 Jan 2005, 19:18

Of course I can say a film looks tosh based on a trailer, you did less based on a director! Enough said really you walking contradiction

. I won't be bothering. There are hundreds of other films I'd rather spend my time seeing.

I can't wait to see 2046 for example. It's not showing until next month in my local cinema

. I'm sure it will be worth the wait

[Edited on 10-1-2005 by bradavon]

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 10 Jan 2005, 19:39

2046 definaly wont be near me as usual

so Alias is a highlight for me for a while, canot see anything super dooper on the horizon for a while yet,.

brooce-leroy · Post by **brooce-leroy** » 21 Jan 2005, 21:48

I went to see Elektra today. Whilst I wouldn't say that is has no redeeming features at all (and I reckon many will), it saddens me to say that it is very unremarkable. I was content to sit through 90 minutes of this (I guess mainly because of Ms Garner), but there is nothing memorable about the film at all.

First problem is that it feels like any other straight to video action film, its extremely low key and doesn't have the sense of spectacle of a Spider-man or an X-Men movie. Secondly, the action scenes fall into the same trap that a lot of movies with a bit of a budget (and use CGI) seem to fall into. In the case of Elektra, one of the initial action scenes sees her dispatching a pair of ninjas. This scene is quite good, as minimum CGI is used, and we get to see Elektra pulling off some nice moves on the pyjama clad shinobis. As the film progresses, and we get closer to the all important money shots, the CGI overtakes the actual action choreography. By the end, I could barely make out what was going on as the usual mish-mash of CGI and fast cutting dominated proceedings.

Not being a comic book reader, I had no prior knowledge of the character of Elektra, and her history. Therefore I didn't know how accurate or faithful the onscreen version of her was, although there seemed to be some inconsistencies between the Elektra in Daredevil and in this spinoff. I'm not going to go into it as I don't really know enough about the character etc. I thought Jennifer Garner was fine in the role, despite limitations in the script and also in terms of action (relating to what I mentioned in the previous paragraph). In the film, her character is the lethal loner archetype with a troubled past. Garner is a very good actress, but Elektra is not the film that will put her on the A list. If anything, it has probably done more bad than good, as all the other elements of the film are below par.

Finally, every film (comic book or otherwise) should have a memorable villain(s). Unfortunately there are none in Elektra. The main nemesis played by Will Yun Lee is so bland that I was hoping Colin Farrell might make a cameo appearance to liven things up. Typhoid Mary is quite hot, and had potential, but she is given next to nothing to do. The only one I liked was the huge brick ****house, black guy who is immune to shotgun blasts. The bad guys in Elektra help me to appreciate just how good Bullseye was in Daredevil (and also the quality of Farrell's performance).