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Author Topic: Elf Jeff Stuckey Film Handler Posts: 62 From: Oklahoma City, OK, USA Registered: May 2003 posted 11-04-2003 03:13 PM                     Hello everyone. I really expected ELF to be a real stinker, but I actually liked it very much. Will Ferrell is hilarious as the misguided elf that goes to New York to find his dad. I loved all of the CG animation while he is in the North Pole. It reminded me of all those 60's christmas shows that are all classics now. Even the opening credits have that sort of feel. Will plays an elf named Buddy, who just is a big 30 year old kid (like so many of us). Just wait for the scene when he sits down to eat spaghetti, and all of the toppings he adds. This movie is definitely geared toward families and kids. I saw it at an advance screening and the audience went wild for this film. There is a scene were everyone in the film sings "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town". I thought for sure the audience was going to start singing too. This is just one of those warm and fuzzy hoilday movies. If you aren't into that, you might want to skip this one. Although you will be missing out on some funny stuff. Go and enjoy!  |  IP: Logged Evans A Criswell Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1579 From: Huntsville, AL, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 11-04-2003 03:38 PM                        I'm glad to hear it is actually a pretty good movie. Every time I see a preview for it, I think "Oh no! Not again!". I might actually see it now when it comes out.  |  IP: Logged John Carpenter Film Handler Posts: 96 From: Fort Walton Beach, FL, USA Registered: Nov 2002 posted 11-06-2003 02:45 PM                     Well I agree to a point with the first comment... and that point is about the end of the first reel. The beginning in the North Pole was very funny and the 60's Christmas characters at the North Pole made me think - this could be good. But after Buddy arrived in NY - it went all downhill. Was a very painful hour after that to sit through. Even with low expectations, I was still dissapointed. And just think we got this instead of Return of the King  |  IP: Logged Ian Price Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1714 From: Denver, CO Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-06-2003 08:03 PM                     I hated this film so much that I actually contemplated throwing fruit at Will Farrel at Show East.  |  IP: Logged Jason Black Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1723 From: Myrtle Beach, SC, USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 11-06-2003 11:28 PM                        Ian, I'm with you! I don't care for Will Ferrel anyway, but I decided to give this one a go because the wife wanted to see it. Instead of watching the movie, I found myself dazing off into what else I should be, or could be doing. The spaghetti scene was different but aside from that.... A BIG FAT  |  IP: Logged Aaron Garman Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: Toledo, OH USA Registered: Mar 2003 posted 11-07-2003 01:02 AM                     I'm a Ferrell fan, but still wasn't expecting much here. There were a few funny moments, but for the most part the movie was just boring. I did not really care about the characters or what they were doing. James Caan, a great actor, just didn't have much to work with. He looked frustrated just to be in the movie! Anyhow, the kids might like it, but don't quote me on that one. Too bad that Ferrell's talent was wasted here. He truly is a funny man. AJG  |  IP: Logged Don Anderson Master Film Handler Posts: 312 From: West Bend, WI, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 11-07-2003 02:25 AM                     It ain't no Santa Clause 2, that's for sure!!! Gotta love my english! I had a hard time sitting still for 97 minutes. I found it very boring, very slow paced, and not too funny. Granted, there were a few belly laughs, but 90% of the movie was DULL. It will be interesting to see how it does this weekend. I don't see it having any staying power like Santa Clause 2. That film packed them in everyday of the 7 weeks that we ran it. Elf looks like a dud, I can't see any family enjoyment in it, unless you're braindead. Gee, two bad films in one week.....Matrix and Elf.  |  IP: Logged Lance C. McFetridge Expert Film Handler Posts: 135 From: Penn Yan, New York Registered: Jul 99 posted 11-07-2003 05:58 AM                     While the humor, or lack of at certain parts got very dull. I think this film will do business. Will Farrel draws.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 11-07-2003 05:23 PM                     The only amusing parts in the movie is in the trailer, and they are far and few to be found. I think a certain age bracket of children will find this movie funny, but only for the sake of seeing a grown-up act like a kid. The joke wears off fast...really fast and we are left with nothing more than a stupid movie. By the way, it looks like Deluxe has changed their CRAP code a little bit for this movie. The dots were even MORE obnoxious than before! Fortunately it seemed their frequency wasn't quite as much. Death to the Deluxe CRAP code!!!  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 11-08-2003 03:55 AM                        quote: I hated this film so much that I actually contemplated throwing fruit at Will Farrel at Show East. Instead, why don`t you make a movie which is much funnier than this and shame him in this way?  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 11-08-2003 01:12 PM                     I watched the second half of this movie last night and I think it just about met with my expectations. The climax in/around New York's Central Park was very satisfying and the climax is usually the raison d'etre for the Fish Out of Water and Christmas Hero subgenres. But I have to agree that ELF isn't a perfect movie. My main complaint would have to be that the film is narratively disjointed -- possibly due to the NSL sketch mentality -- and some of the interpersonal relationships seem to blossom too easily between Buddy and others. This is especially true when it comes to his kid brother and the mail room co-worker, neither of whom seems to like Buddy at first. Now I need to see the beginning.  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 11-08-2003 03:48 PM                        Isn`t beginning and end the same in the endless continuity of the universe?  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 11-08-2003 06:09 PM                     Michael, that's twice in this one thread you have posted comments without offering a review of the movie. Do not post here if you do not have a review to add.  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 11-09-2003 02:50 AM                        Oh, sorry! Well, I liked it because it was silly and entertaining, but I also thought they could have made more of the idea than the usual stuff where he gets into trouble or people think he behaves weird because he doesn`t know better. I liked details like the animations of the animals waiving him goodbye - they reminded me of Russian and Czekh children`s movies I watched as a kid. Maybe the whole movie would indeed have been funnier with Ian as The Elf, though.  |  IP: Logged Michael Brown Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1522 From: Bradford, England Registered: May 2001 posted 11-11-2003 06:52 PM                     It's has Zooey Deschanel in it. So I reserve the right to see it at least 3 times. *swoons* Oh Zooey.....  |  IP: Logged

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