Originally posted by ragesRemorse
I look at it as a spinoff.i didnt mind daredevil. Had they not introduced the elktra aspect. We may have had a good movie
Yeah, spinoff.
I was suprised they didn't get on a Daredevil sequel - it did far better at the box office than Elektra or the Punisher, yet sequels eventually started to follow. All three got bad reviews, though - deservedly.
I just remember Avi Arad talking about starting over with Daredevil, like they eventually did with the Hulk. I agree with that. The first film was trying to be a lower-grade Spider Man, when the tone should have been much closer to Batman Begins; more real and streetwise, like the runs by Frank Miller & Brian Michael Bendis showed.
Originally posted by roughrider
The first film was trying to be a lower-grade Spider Man, when the tone should have been much closer to Batman Begins; more real and streetwise, like the runs by Frank Miller & Brian Michael Bendis showed.
The first twenty minutes of the film was actually gritty and dark. I remember being quite surprised when i first went to see the movie. It seemed as though, the direction of the action was going to take on a realistic execution complimented by a human study of what it takes to be a super hero. This pace of direction, however, shifted gear with the intorduction of Elektra and the horrid adaptation of Bullseye. The movie became more like you say, a whimsical love story with spiderman like inspired story telling. Also, micheal duncan may have looked the part, but he is a shit actor. Even to shitty for a comic book movie. Please stop casting this man in movies with potential
Originally posted by ragesRemorse
The first twenty minutes of the film was actually gritty and dark. I remember being quite surprised when i first went to see the movie. It seemed as though, the direction of the action was going to take on a realistic execution complimented by a human study of what it takes to be a super hero. This pace of direction, however, shifted gear with the intorduction of Elektra and the horrid adaptation of Bullseye. The movie became more like you say, a whimsical love story with spiderman like inspired story telling. Also, micheal duncan may have looked the part, but he is a shit actor. Even to shitty for a comic book movie. Please stop casting this man in movies with potential
The directors cut of daredevil is a lot better, the love story dosn't even happen in that one for the most part.
I just watch elektra for the first time ever tonight.
Honestly it wasn't as bad as I have been hearing, not by a mile actually.
The only thing i didn't like about it, was that I though it was a little too far fetched, even for a comic movie.
It was a large transition from this lonley rich girl with a mafia father who gets killed in one movie-to this immortal/spirtual zen like figure with existentionalst super powers
Originally posted by OB1-adobe
The directors cut of daredevil is a lot better, the love story dosn't even happen in that one for the most part.I just watch elektra for the first time ever tonight.
Honestly it wasn't as bad as I have been hearing, not by a mile actually.
The only thing i didn't like about it, was that I though it was a little too far fetched, even for a comic movie.
It was a large transition from this lonley rich girl with a mafia father who gets killed in one movie-to this immortal/spirtual zen like figure with existentionalst super powers
i will have to check out the Directors cut.
I agree, Elektra wasnt that bad. The story and direction was a bit sloppy at times, but it is a most watchable comic book movie. Better than Ghost rider, rise of the silver surfer, catwoman and many other recent comic book adaptations
Re: So is Elektra the un-official sequel to daredevil?
Originally posted by OB1-adobeelektra was the worst marvel movie so far. followed by xmen 3. personally i think it was the girl that ruined the movie.
Even though many hate ben affleck, and hated daredevil in general, I would have liked more movies even if they recasted the roles.However it seems the closest we got was elektra, and we all know how that turned out
I like Jennifer Garner as Elektra and I actually enjoyed both Daredevil and Elektra, they're my guilty pleasures
I also don't know how DD didn't get a sequel when Punisher did and by the looks of marketing they don't even care about Punisher 2
DD Directors Cut is amazing and if they do a sequel I'd love to have the screenplay written by Kevin Smith and the movie directed by Frank Miller
I actually like Daredevil. I thought it was bad when I saw it in theatres but I bought it and Elektra for 10 bucks the other day.. I felt dirty for using money to get those at first but they're really growing on me, they're not as horrible as I remember them. Maybe my expectations then were to high set by X2 and the Spiderman movies.