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POSTED Thursday, January 13, 2005 03:05:19 PM Delete post? (Moderator ONLY)
Gave it almost a 100 % splat!!!!! That's incredible! It's unprecedented!
Oh the humanity!!!!!!!
That basically means that this is one of the worst movies ever according to the critics.
Maybe it will change tomorrow... but as of right now.... this is bloody ugly. It's terrible.

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People, critics suck. They're only interested in oscar-worthy artisitc movies. I really enjoyed bot hthe village and white noise, both of which critics hated, and i suggest seeing.

If critics know so well how to make great movies, then why arent they making them?

I think elektra will be an enjoyable movie.

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I think this movie probably does blow.

Sometimes critics are right.

Like some critics bashed Harry Potter And The Prisoner of Azkaban. Well they were wrong, I also think some dissed Hero, they were wrong. They were wrong cause those movies looked good.

But when a movie like Elektra gets a bad review, the critics are usually right.



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Here's some of the bad reivews.

Chicago Tribune: Devotees of awful filmmaking can't go wrong with this one.

Entertainment Weekly: Walled off rather than mysteriously alluring, blank rather then deep.

FilmCritic.Com: Produces levels of excitement typically attainted by proofreading science textbooks.

Slant Magazine: Hopelessy blunt

And here were there ratings.

Chicago Tribune: 1 out of 4 stars
Entertainment Weekly: D+
Filmcritic.Com: 1 1/2 out of 5 stars
Slant Magazine: 2 out of 4 stars

It looks like this stinks. And I heard that there isn't even a DD cameo.



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Ok people if you want to go to the movies today, don't go see this failed attempt of a spin off movie, go see House of Flying Daggers, which is a dramatic, actiony masterpiece. It just got wide release today.



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They must not have seen the movie I saw. This was good! Better than I had hoped. i really enjoyed watching it and i hope they make a sequel. i don't understand why its getting such bad reviews. Ususlly i can understand why something gets panned. I know the difference between a good movie, and just a movie that I liked, but this is really good.

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The Unknown Jedi said:

I think this movie probably does blow.

Sometimes critics are right.

Like some critics bashed Harry Potter And The Prisoner of Azkaban. Well they were wrong, I also think some dissed Hero, they were wrong. They were wrong cause those movies looked good.

But when a movie like Elektra gets a bad review, the critics are usually right.


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ManOfSteel said:

People, critics suck. They're only interested in oscar-worthy artisitc movies. I really enjoyed bot hthe village and white noise, both of which critics hated, and i suggest seeing.

If critics know so well how to make great movies, then why arent they making them?

I think elektra will be an enjoyable movie.


Yes, thank you.

You have got to go by your own judgment instead of trusting critics and their varied opinions.
If you think strongly that Electra will be good, most likely youll be right. Just don't be too dissapointed if it's not what you hoped it would be.

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The Unknown Jedi said:

Ok people if you want to go to the movies today, don't go see this failed attempt of a spin off movie, go see House of Flying Daggers, which is a dramatic, actiony masterpiece. It just got wide release today.


I know I just made a post that dissagrees with your faith in critics, but I really agree. Everyone should see House of Flying Daggars intead!
If a movie you wanted to see is getting unsatisfactory reviews, substitute with a film that is likely to be good.

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or go see it for yourself

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i saw it, and enjoyed it. i think critics were expecting something like spider-man, which this wouldnt be anyway.

i would say it could have been longer, and it should have been rated R. however, it was a good action flick, IMO.

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Mandolynn said:

They must not have seen the movie I saw. This was good! Better than I had hoped. i really enjoyed watching it and i hope they make a sequel. i don't understand why its getting such bad reviews. Ususlly i can understand why something gets panned. I know the difference between a good movie, and just a movie that I liked, but this is really good.

I agree Mandy.... it was fun to watch even if it wasn't a cinematic masterpiece. I even saw it twice.

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Yes, but i could see it on DVD and spend a whole lot less.

If you want martial arts, go see House of Flying daggers, far more beautiful, and a real story to go with it.

This is just Hollywood churning out stuff for the masses.

I don't listen to critics, but if nearly everybody, including the ones that like scifi, superhero and fantasy films ALL say its pretty bad...maybe we ought to save our money.

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ManOfSteel said:

People, critics suck.


Maybe you only think that because all the movies you like get bad reviews?

ManOfSteel said:

They're only interested in oscar-worthy artisitc movies.
Well d'oh! Those are the only movies that are any good!

ManOfSteel said:

I really enjoyed bot hthe village and white noise, both of which critics hated, and i suggest seeing.
Really? Those movies were horrible!



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Deadlock said:

ManOfSteel said:

People, critics suck.


Maybe you only think that because all the movies you like get bad reviews?

ManOfSteel said:

They're only interested in oscar-worthy artisitc movies.
Well d'oh! Those are the only movies that are any good!

ManOfSteel said:

I really enjoyed bot hthe village and white noise, both of which critics hated, and i suggest seeing.
Really? Those movies were horrible!


I have to disagree, I liked White Noise.



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PussNBoots said:

Yes, but i could see it on DVD and spend a whole lot less.

If you want martial arts, go see House of Flying daggers, far more beautiful, and a real story to go with it.

This is just Hollywood churning out stuff for the masses.

I don't listen to critics, but if nearly everybody, including the ones that like scifi, superhero and fantasy films ALL say its pretty bad...maybe we ought to save our money.




I don't know about you, but around me DVD rentals are 3 bucks, and matinee prices are 5. I don't want to push it on you, but for me it was definitly worth the extra 2 dollars to see it on the big screen with THX sound. But I've got a crappy 19 inch tube tv so....


And yes, House of flying daggers is amazing! It seemed to drag on at the end[SPOILER] with people dying, then coming back, then dying again [/SPOILER] but i still love it a lot.

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I say it the first nite it came out and i thought it was great. A hell of alot better than daredevil, no contest. Plus in this ovie Jennifer didnt do just a bunch of flashy useless tricks ( only in like one scene and that was just a quick flash).

Critic judge it so badly because it is a comic book movie. There are only a few really good comic book movies.

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Maybe your right...... (sigh) I really just can't put my finger on why some comics get made into good films and others get made into garbage. How do these Hollywood dudes figure it out.... ? Are they like. "Yo, if we run out of toilet paper there's always Punisher and Elektra" It's just not fair. Elektra is a good character. She deserves more consideration than this.... Daredevil too. Elektra wasn't as bad as they say it was, but it wasn't uber excellent either. It could have been so much more

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I completely agree, Elektra is too deep and too good of a comic to be treated the way it was . I think if done correctly it could have been the best cbm(comic book movie. too lazy to type it out all the time)
ever. I hope they do for Elektra what they did for Spiderman: make a kick-ass sequel and give the character justice.

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Yup, blame the filmmakers

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LordofAmroth said:

Yup, blame the filmmakers

Is that where the blame really lies?? I would like to know because it's really strange that we have seen over and over again that it doesn't take a truckload of money to make a good movie. It just takes some attention to detail.... some humanity.... some grounded thinking. I know this may sound trite and useless, and it's also very cliche, but when they forst announced they were making a movie about this I had all these great ideas about what it would be like.... what it should be like. And now that I have seen the real thing, I can't help but realize that my ideas REALLY WERE better. And I'm not a writer... I'm not a director..... I am just a long time fan. but my vision for what this flik should have been was so much greater than what we ended up with. It's incomprehensible that with all the BAD movies being made these days... all the chances a writer or a director has to learn what NOT to do... they are still just cranking out BS left and right.

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We have no one to blame but ourselves.

If our standards were higher, there would be better films because you couldn't get away with such nonsense.

If you compare terrible films to a $10.00 item that's also a luxury...do you buy that?

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