Yeah, it's not really a happy-fun movie. Everybody is really messed up in DD. They had to make a couple of ludicrous special FX decisions in order to get a PG-13...one person's throat is cut, but doesn't BLEED! sigh.
I saw it, and I was not really dissapointed as I had no expectations going into the movie. I do think it's better than most of the other stuff in theaters right now, which isn't saying much. Still, if someone wants to go to the movies just to get out of the house I don't think it's too bad of a choice. There's decent action, and it's much better than all the Batman movies (since the first one in the 90's.)
I still remember reading the Elektra storyline in Daredevil 20 years ago (God, has it been THAT long???) and being blown away by the finale in issue #181.
Frank Miller rescued Daredevil from the bottom of the sales charts where it had been languishing as a bi-monthly up until issue #158. Miller had originally wanted to write and draw for Batman over at DC, but it never came to pass. Re-read the Elektra saga knowing it was originally a Batman story and the whole thing takes on a new perspective.
Of course, Miller later got his chance with the definitive Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, a high-water mark in the comics industry. Now THAT story would make a killer mini-series...too much plot for one movie.
Wasn't Elektra a recurring character opposite Wolverine in the X-Men comics? That's why the scene you mention in your last post was a surprise to me.
I saw the movie tonight and enjoyed it. I'll probably bring my 15-year old to see it next week.
Affleck does a great job portraying a blind man, even down to folding different denominations of bills differently so he can tell them apart. The way he has to sleep to tune out all the noise that his hyper-hearing assaults him with is pretty cool.
Michael Clark Duncan does make a great Kingpin. I almost forgot that he's drawn as a fat white man in the comics!
I loved the martial arts scenes, although there were some "personal physics moments" here and there.
The "pass me the honey" scene was a winner too. :D-->
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"We...know how cruel the truth often is, and we wonder whether delusion is not more consoling"
Oh, one more thing for those who have seen the movie: Watch the commercial the next time it comes on and notice:
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The scene where Bullseye has his feet up on Kingpin's desk and says "That was for fun!", the commercial has digitally edited out the dead guard with the pencils through his neck that is lying in the background in the movie shot. It's that big white space behind his chair in the commercial.
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Will probably see it next week.
Was surprised initially at MCD as Kingpin, but, hey, why not?
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My 15 year old and her friends told me to skip it...
When it comes to movies like this - I usually take their advice.
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Yeah, it's not really a happy-fun movie. Everybody is really messed up in DD. They had to make a couple of ludicrous special FX decisions in order to get a PG-13...one person's throat is cut, but doesn't BLEED! sigh.
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I saw it, and I was not really dissapointed as I had no expectations going into the movie. I do think it's better than most of the other stuff in theaters right now, which isn't saying much. Still, if someone wants to go to the movies just to get out of the house I don't think it's too bad of a choice. There's decent action, and it's much better than all the Batman movies (since the first one in the 90's.)
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I still remember reading the Elektra storyline in Daredevil 20 years ago (God, has it been THAT long???) and being blown away by the finale in issue #181.
Frank Miller rescued Daredevil from the bottom of the sales charts where it had been languishing as a bi-monthly up until issue #158. Miller had originally wanted to write and draw for Batman over at DC, but it never came to pass. Re-read the Elektra saga knowing it was originally a Batman story and the whole thing takes on a new perspective.
Of course, Miller later got his chance with the definitive Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, a high-water mark in the comics industry. Now THAT story would make a killer mini-series...too much plot for one movie.
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Major Spoilers below! If you must read (it will ruin a major scene in the film) Hold your mouse button down and swipe the pointer across.
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Zix:
Wasn't Elektra a recurring character opposite Wolverine in the X-Men comics? That's why the scene you mention in your last post was a surprise to me.
I saw the movie tonight and enjoyed it. I'll probably bring my 15-year old to see it next week.
Affleck does a great job portraying a blind man, even down to folding different denominations of bills differently so he can tell them apart. The way he has to sleep to tune out all the noise that his hyper-hearing assaults him with is pretty cool.
Michael Clark Duncan does make a great Kingpin. I almost forgot that he's drawn as a fat white man in the comics!
I loved the martial arts scenes, although there were some "personal physics moments" here and there.
The "pass me the honey" scene was a winner too.
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Well, Oak, there's a reason for that...sort of.
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I also noticed that Ben Urich was a reporter for The New York Post rather than The Daily Bugle.
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Yeah, that's because Sony and Fox had to split the supporting cast between DD and Spidey. Urich couldn't work for the Bugle because Peter Parker does.
Silly, but that's lawyers for you...
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Oh, one more thing for those who have seen the movie: Watch the commercial the next time it comes on and notice:
Spoiler space!
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