Didn't think I'd be writing again so soon but it turns out that there are ideas brimming. At least there's one. Some random channel surfing got me to watch Elektra - Assassin last night. Ok I'll confess I knew it was coming on star movies but I did look at all the other channels for something better, and there wasn't anything worth watching. In retrospect neither was this but that's giving away most of the post isn't it. Something about tv on saturday night. The programming is aimed at people who aren't out painting the town maroon and the programming aims to make them feel a tad more miserable that they're sitting around watching tv instead of doing the aforementioned painting.Anyway I'm a sucker for comic book adaptations. Constantine, Hellboy, all the -men (x, bat, super, spider), fantastic 4 and now Elektra. The comics themselves are pretty good. Some neat artwork and a significantly convoluted storyline make them worthwhile. This movie, on the other hand, is disgusting.
I used to be under the impression that any woman in a catsuit doing freaky stunts with sais and equally freaky gymnastics would be cool. Sorry, hot. You get the drift. Jennifer Garner unfortunately is probably the only actress I know who fails that. She's pathetic in the movie. One reviewer has even said, "Whereas the comic book character was Angelina Jolie', the film character is very much 'Jennifer Aniston'!"
Tragic waste of energy it was.
Another interesting thought about the aforementioned Garner that's been plaguing my mind is the whole Ben Affleck connection. Ben was dubbed Bennifer after that whole JLo thing (bejewelled toilet seat what was he thinking... I know it's a rearend to be proud of but still), and strangely that blew over and he's still bennifer.
That could cause a problem... Imagine then in the throes of ecstasy screaming each other's names out and Ms Garner suddenly says, "Ben, I'd really appreciate it if you screamed my full name out when in the throes of ecstasy..." Thus "say my name" becomes a very unromantic "Say my last/full name..."
But Ben Affleck, he's smart (he co-wrote good will hunting and acted in dogma) can't see why he's do this to himself.
Love, I suppose, is blind... deaf, insensate and anosmic too.
I used to be under the impression that any woman in a catsuit doing freaky stunts with sais and equally freaky gymnastics would be cool. Sorry, hot. You get the drift. Jennifer Garner unfortunately is probably the only actress I know who fails that. She's pathetic in the movie. One reviewer has even said, "Whereas the comic book character was Angelina Jolie', the film character is very much 'Jennifer Aniston'!"
Tragic waste of energy it was.
Another interesting thought about the aforementioned Garner that's been plaguing my mind is the whole Ben Affleck connection. Ben was dubbed Bennifer after that whole JLo thing (bejewelled toilet seat what was he thinking... I know it's a rearend to be proud of but still), and strangely that blew over and he's still bennifer.
That could cause a problem... Imagine then in the throes of ecstasy screaming each other's names out and Ms Garner suddenly says, "Ben, I'd really appreciate it if you screamed my full name out when in the throes of ecstasy..." Thus "say my name" becomes a very unromantic "Say my last/full name..."
But Ben Affleck, he's smart (he co-wrote good will hunting and acted in dogma) can't see why he's do this to himself.
Love, I suppose, is blind... deaf, insensate and anosmic too.
