Line #8 YMMV/Elektra


1	!The Movie
2	* BestKnownForTheFanservice: Creator/JenniferGarner's bod and her [[GirlOnGirlIsHot making out with]] Typhoid are widely considered the only good parts about this movie.
3	* DesignatedHero: Stick is supposed to be the BigGood of the story. However, his willingness to gamble other people's lives (such as [[spoiler: calling a hit on the Millers while hoping that Elektra won't just kill them despite admitting this is out of character for her]]) and generally being passive in the story makes him come off as a horrible person.
4	* EsotericHappyEnding: [[spoiler: The movie ends with the implication that Abby will be able to live a normal life. However, the characters just assume the Hand will stop chasing Abby because of Kirigi's promise. Yet, Kirigi wasn't the leader of the Hand, who have no reason to honor the deal.]]
5	* HilariousInHindsight: During the lead-up to this film's release, some of the promotional materials claimed that this movie had connections with the Film/XMenFilmSeries, which was ultimately proven to be false. Fast-forward nearly 20 years later, and Creator/JenniferGarner is set to reprise her role as Elektra in ''Film/DeadpoolAndWolverine'', a movie that's part of both that franchise and the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse.
6	* IronWoobie: Regardless of how you feel about the films she's appeared in, Elektra has not had a good life. She saw her mother murdered when she was a child, grew up with a very strict father who put her through rigorous training since childhood, sees her father murdered, mistakenly injures her boyfriend, is humiliated by her father's killer before being killed herself, resurrected by a former sensei only to be kicked out of the school because of her rage issues and became an assassin for hire while still being haunted by her past. And she is never seen reunited with Matt or getting to avenge her father.
7	* JustHereForGodzilla: Many ComicBook/FantasticFour fans went to see the movie just to see the ''Film/FantasticFour2005'' trailer.
8	* {{Narm}}: The ninja that snaps his own neck is hilarious. Go on, [[https://youtu.be/spbfax8dOTk?si=-UYbOWMXL-kZNQ-U&t=65 watch]]
9	* RetroactiveRecognition: Despite the film's critical and commercial failure, two of the three credited screenwriters and the composer would later find work in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, with Creator/ZakPenn co-writing ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk2008'' and ''Film/TheAvengers2012'', Raven Metzner becoming the showrunner for the second season of ''Series/IronFist2017'', and Christophe Beck scoring ''Film/AntMan1'', ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'' and ''Series/WandaVision''.
10	* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot:
11	** In ''Film/Daredevil2003'', Elektra was killed by Bullseye. Now, one would believe this is what the spin-off movie would have been about: Elektra would hunt Bullseye down. Combine that with her becoming an assassin solely to have the funds and resources to find, as well as demonstrating more of Bullseye's [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty attraction to her in the first film]] to mess her up and other connections to the first film and you might have had a decent spin-off. Instead, it's a totally different movie, leaving her vengeance plot unresolved. Likewise, this doubles as a missed opportunity for any more HamAndCheese and LoveToHate from Creator/ColinFarrell.
12	** Kirigi and his followers are clearly meant to be mutants, but are never outright called such, even with Fox owning the rights to both franchises at the time. A more overt connection with the X-Men film universe couldn't have hurt the movie.
13	* TookTheBadFilmSeriously:
14	** Creator/CaryHiroyukiTagawa turned in a very subtle and cool performance as Roshi.
15	** Creator/KirstenProut as Abby is the only other cast member whose performance isn't stilted, hammy, or both.
16	* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Although the special effects in general are hit-and-miss, Tattoo's animated tattoos still look pretty impressive even 15 years later.
17	* WTHCostumingDepartment: Elektra's red outfit has been mocked for being a less revealing version of her outfit from ''Daredevil'' while being a bright red in an attempt to be closer to the comics. The end result, as one website put it, is basically a "mom's attempt at looking sexy".
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19	!!Comic

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