It's a little bit ironic that you say the cinematography is great and pass that off as a justification without providing any reason why it is great in your opinion. So here are specifics...

Look at the chunky lead up to the kiss, the stolen Matrix like slow mo pan around the kissing ladies, the Hero-stolen leaves effect. When the leaf-lady is walking towards the little girl there is absolutely nothing threatening about it (should there be?). The poor lighting on the girl (last second). It's not "the worst I've ever seen" but there is nothing in this clip (or the previous one) to suggest that this could be considered "great cinematography". It's television cinematography. You average episode of CSI has better.

The costumes are horrible. The leaf-lady looks as if she just walked out of a Tulsa hair salon. Everybody else is dressed in dark blacks and dark dark blues making everything monochromatic.

Scenes without dialogue are supposed to contain a lot of facial acting and drama, and while you can tell that Garner is definately the one here with the most experience. It does not excuse the "boyfriend" character or the really, really awful little girl (who is evident not only here but in the trailer). Elektra has the same pout on her face at :02 seconds as she does at :28 seconds. There is no menace to either of the "bad guys".

The forced sexualization of the fight in general is completely laughable, although many teen boys may have many countless nights finding pleasure with it and a some Crisco. It's not errotic.

So there is your reasoning.

Oh well since my intent is to annoy the fans of this movie I should take a page from a certain user ad start typing in bold and use annoying laughing faces to berate the movie.

:laugh: :laugh: :Grins: You think the studios didnt learn their lesson when Daredevil bombed :Grins: Yet they try to make a spinoff to a movie that bombed and no one cares about :laugh: :laugh: . Why do you think they moved the movie from April to January? They thought the movie would get lost among those April releases but its not any better to put the movie in the worst month of the year :laugh: :laugh: I look at this movie and Catwoman but I dont see any difference. The people who want to see the movie are blinded by their affection for Garner :laugh: :laugh: If they have a movie about Garner mopping floors all day, the same people would pay to see it :laugh: :laugh: . The movie will bomb and it will trail behind Coach Carter and Racing Stripes. Even if it doesnt, I will guarantee that it will drop 65%

One other thing, Paul Anderson forever!!!! :laugh: :laugh:
Rant mode off :laugh:

Overall, people definitely are not giving this movie a chance. I made the mistake of already hating Catwoman before I saw it, and I hated it. I'm not saying it wasn't bad, but my grade may have been a bit higher if I didn't go in with a bad feeling as it was. It's evident people will hate it, if they say it's going to suck, because it would have to be awe-inspiring to change it now. I'm trying to go into movies with unbiased opinions now. It's just a bit tougher when it stars a favorite actor (Bill Murray, Life Aquatic) or actress (Jennifer Garner, Elektra).

BKB ......
Andaroo, CSI dosent have cinematography like that, most of those zoomy panny shots are done in CGI. The costumes are TRUE to the comic books, because all the comic geeks ever freaked out when Elektra was wearing black in Daredevil.

And wheres the "fight" that the forced sexualisation comes from. Its a KISS, A kiss of death. There was no fight....

And furthermore....the whole fact that you picked on some cinematographer for seemingly no reason at all apart from showing hes had years of experience on an award winning television show just makes me question "what was the point in that?" Really? Your thinking that because the cinematographer of the matrix films isnt onboard that the way is shot can be any better/worse. The fact that this guy hasn't done any bigscreen work really yet means that he could be excellent OR horrific. And from what ive seen its very well done and framed.

Im just finding way too many holes in peoples reasonings for not giving films a chance. But i wont get into it any more.

Your thinking that because the cinematographer of the matrix films isnt onboard that the way is shot can be any better/worse.

The fact that this guy hasn't done any bigscreen work really yet means that he could be excellent OR horrific.