The Elf

smiaras · 30-11-2003 10:29am #1

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Pepe LeFrits · 30-11-2003 2:10pm

But it has Will Ferrell?

ixoy · 30-11-2003 2:57pm

Nah, it's quite enjoyable. I caught the previews last week. Smiaras is right though that it turns for the worst in the second half, but there's enough funny moments in the movie to make it worth a watch

And Will Ferrel, btw, is one to watch for these comedies. Manages the physical humour without overplaying it - you can take him seriously if needs be. Good job all.

30-11-2003 2:59pm

It's a pretty cool film. It's aimed & kids and it's a christmas film so complaining about the second half is kinda stupid. If you go to that kinda film expect it to have happy christmassy type ending.

If you haven't got a heart of stone and can enjoy kids films then go see it.

Tusky · 30-11-2003 3:18pm

its called Elf not the elf and I quite liked it , good for a christmas film , Will Farell was very funny , they used clay instead of CGI for the animals which was cool

id give it 3.5/5

flogen · 30-11-2003 7:23pm

im going in about an hour, all im expecting is a silly kids movie (silly in a slapstick sense)... the ads look good, and im expecting a mushy ending of some kind......

Flogen

smiaras · 30-11-2003 9:56pm

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Spunog UIE · 30-11-2003 11:24pm

FRANK THE TANK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

damn dislexia

flogen · 01-12-2003 12:32am

just back from it, and i thought it was really good, a kids movie that adults can enjoy and that has a nice happy christmas message that makes you go 'awww'

This was supposed to be his breakout movie but I don't see how it is really going to put him over

i think it might do it, he's gotten a good name for himself from the matrix parody, and this did quite well in the US (was number 1 for a week or two, and according to yahoo! has made over $100 million). i do hope that if it is his breakout movie, he doesnt desert his more adult humoured roots for big-paying family movies. sure elf is a family movie, but i hope he doesnt make a career from it, he can do so much more!

Flogen

koneko · 01-12-2003 1:29pm

Will Ferrel is great. Was a decent film, pretty funny. Would make a great family film though, can recommend it. Overall pretty good.

Hank the Tank, lol. You're my boy, Blue!

Pepe LeFrits · 01-12-2003 6:49pm

eh... Frank the tank.

honru · 01-12-2003 10:39pm

That movie looks really sucky. But what do I know?

flogen · 01-12-2003 10:50pm

nothing obviously....

ah no, but if you dont like the clips from the ads maybe the film isnt for you, what you see on the tv is what makes the film good, all the silly and childish slapstick jokes.

Flogen

Kalina · 02-12-2003 12:56pm

Originally posted by kif
eh... Frank the tank.

Yeah, it's Frank the Tank. I know this thread is about Elf (which I haven't seen yet) but I just had a look at the Old School Trailer- brilliant. I'd forgotten how good it was!

"Hey man, be careful, that's the most powerful tranc-gun on the market" (Frank shoots himself in the neck)
"YES!! That's awesome"

DMT · 03-12-2003 2:13am

Will Ferrel is great in the SNL Celebrity Jeopardy sketches.

honru · 03-12-2003 8:17pm

Whats the movie actually about?

sceptre · 05-12-2003 4:07am

Originally posted by f®eak s©enery
Whats the movie actually about?

I've not seen it but here's the gist:

Ferrell plays a guy who was taken to the north pole by mistake when he was a baby. He's brought up by Santa as an elf until one day it's obvious as hell to everyone that he's twice the size of any elf. He goes to NYC to meet his real dad who turns out to be Sonny Corleone, magically returned from death (or the alternative ending where he had enough change for the tollbooth), working as head of an evil corporation. From then in it's basically "Scrooge discovers he has a son"

I'm close enough, right? Except for the Godfather bits?

ll=llannah · 08-12-2003 5:48pm

its amusing if your expectations for it are reasonably low.
its just will ferrel prancing around in tights and giddy merriment and such with a predictable plot line.

The Elf

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