Elektra

danger boy
danger boy Posts: 15,722
edited April 2006 in Music & Movies
girls kick ****!

It's mindless movie. but what the heck. i needed something to keep me occupied for 96 minutes. :p
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited April 2005
    Watched it twice already. Fun, entertaining and lots of eye-candy.
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  • TheReaper
    TheReaper Posts: 636
    edited April 2005
    My rating: an enjoyable waste of time.
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited April 2005
    I expected it to really suck from the reviews but I actually liked it.....It was a fun waste of time.:)
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  • Nelson57
    Nelson57 Posts: 190
    edited April 2005
    I thought it was fun too! Wasn't expecting anything profound, and I got nothing profound, but it was fun and the audio was pretty decent.
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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited April 2005
    Ditto. Don't like the lead "actress" (don't know her name) and she can't fight, but the movie held my interest, which was more than I expected. The girl with fever was cool.
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  • stereo55
    stereo55 Posts: 418
    edited April 2005
    Good to hear this movie is some mindless good fun .... to bad I'll have to wait for my rental to arrive in the mail .
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,773
    edited April 2005
    I enjoyed it, loads of good fun! Thought the action scenes were good as well...

    The surround usage in my 2.1 home theater was excellent as well (see how many people catch that)...

    EXCELLENT bass usage too
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  • beardog03
    beardog03 Posts: 5,550
    edited April 2005
    hey sid...
    when the bullets wiz past , do ya turn around real fast so the sound is behind you too ?!!

    :D:D

    just messin with ya..

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  • stereo55
    stereo55 Posts: 418
    edited April 2005
    Saw it ... liked it .... DTS was an added plus .

    Good fun . A definite solid rental . :D
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
    edited April 2005
    I can't stand her (go go Gadget flame suit)...but this definitely looks like one I'll check out...
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  • begbie
    begbie Posts: 630
    edited April 2005
    The word "fun" should be banned from this thread.

    Sorry this movie didn't do it for me.

    Maybe it was the bad acting and the horrid dialogue - "you speak in riddles old man !" I half expected for the very tanned Terrence Stamp (in a very undignified cap) to reply "it's what I do best !"

    The Mr. Miagi healing method was unintentionally funny and same with the interrogated ninja breaking his own neck ! Oh and ya gotta love those "turn your back on your enemy at the worst possible time" moments as well.

    Why they needed "mini-elektra" should've been explained better. Sure she knew a few fight moves but when ya gotta villain sprouting wolves, snakes , eagles and what not- than he may have a leg up on talent over ya. Though the guy had one very dumb MAJOR weakness.

    Quick cuts and MTV style editing in fighting didn't help either.

    The director obviously loved "HERO" as you could see numerous homages/ripoffs of the Yimou masterpeice.

    The only saving grace was seeing Jennifer Garner in a few Fredericks of Hollywood outfits but than she bordered on being quite "mannish-looking".

    Just another "check your brain at the door" movies that could be even more enjoyable if you see it as a comedy.....so bad it's good !

    fore-warned

    end rant
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  • ohskigod
    ohskigod Posts: 6,502
    edited April 2005
    call me kooky, but i liked it. good DTS soundtrack too.

    i didnt expect oscar material, but i, like others, will go with it being a FUN movie to watch :p
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,201
    edited April 2005
    The movie was ok, I watched it and liked the eye candy. Young one should grow up to be quite the hottie.

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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited December 2005
    I finally rented and watched this and pretty much thought it sucked.

    Garner is hot and all but she couldnt save this thing.

    First off its painfully slow. Youre sitting there for the first hour going, "when is something going to happen?"

    Second NOTHING is explained. After watching the movie the first thing that went thru my mind was, "what the hell just happened?"

    Who were these bad guys? Why would they turn into smoke when they died? Who was the brat? Why were they chasing her? What is a treasure? What happened to Elektra's dad? Better yet, why did they kill her mom?

    Third the fight scenes were 2nd rate at best. Very slow and clumsy.

    Bottom line, I would not recommend this for rental not even in the $.99 bin. Wait til it comes on cable or something and watch it for free. Even then youll find yourself flipping between this and Law and Order re-runs.

    Id give it a 2 out of 10. It wouldve been a 1 except Garner has a really nice ****.
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited December 2005
    MacLeod wrote:
    Wait til it comes on cable or something and watch it for free.
    It's been on cable for a while now...

    And I wouldn't advertise that you steal cable. :D

    As for the movie... I liked it just fine.
    More later,
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited December 2005
    LOL!! You know what I meant. ;)
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited December 2005
    Of course... but that wouldn't have been funny...

    Congrats on your impending "Guru-ship"...
    More later,
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited December 2005
    Oh, I think I just figured that out. You get promoted to Guru at 7000 posts?
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited December 2005
    Yes, but I swear when I noticed your count a moment ago it said "6999"...

    Time for a trip to the Optometrist, I guess...
    More later,
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited January 2006
    Saw this one for the first time last night also and it was much better than I was anticipating. Some pretty cool CGI. IMO, a better flick than Daredevil.

    I just couldn't figure out how after getting her **** handed to her by the Hand(?) how she so easily dispatched his ****. But I guess she can't lose or there couldn't be any sequels, huh?

    Overall, it was as good or better than MOST of the comic book based movies that have been coming out of the woodwork the last few years.
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited January 2006
    NOEL! Youre back! Good to see ya bro......or have I missed something and youve been back for a while now?
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited January 2006
    If you enjoyed the theaterical version, go and at least rent the Director's Cut. A better, more serious film and a better soundtrack.
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited April 2006
    I thought this movie sucked. Garner can't act and none of it was all that exciting. Lame villains too.
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  • Sami
    Sami Posts: 4,634
    edited April 2006
    MacLeod wrote:
    What happened to Elektra's dad?
    He was killed in Daredevil. But yes, movie didn't explain a lot of things, biggest being what was the treasure. Bad movie, I only Netflixed it too see Garner (yes, she can't act but she is eyecandy).
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited April 2006
    As long as she keeps working that camel toe in that outfit she will find her movie roles.

    RT1
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited April 2006
    I must watch this again this weekend.
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