Buffy The Vampire Slayer
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Having never seen this movie before, I decided to have a peak at it on BBC1 earlier tonight, and it was as bad as I expected, but I couldn't help thinking Kristy Swanson made a far better Buffy than Sarah Michelle Gellar.
I have never watched much of the TV show either, but it seemed to me that Swanson had the right kind of attitude and look, and she was far more athletic and could kick, jump, and punch as well as any female action hero.
Gellar, on the other hand, is like a less attractive, but equally dull, version of Cat Deeley. She's literally the poster girl for how to run, punch, and kick like a girl, and she has never been a believable action hero to me.
I have never watched much of the TV show either, but it seemed to me that Swanson had the right kind of attitude and look, and she was far more athletic and could kick, jump, and punch as well as any female action hero.
Gellar, on the other hand, is like a less attractive, but equally dull, version of Cat Deeley. She's literally the poster girl for how to run, punch, and kick like a girl, and she has never been a believable action hero to me.
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You know aside from ridiculous looking vampires & crap fights this film never really jumps the shark until the last act, which is diabolical. The awfulness kicks off around the bit where Paul Reubens vampire won't lie down and then it all just gets incredibly silly. As the TV series proved there was a damn good film in there trying to get out.
Doubt it.
Nah.
Yes, but that's got nothing to do with Swanson. Anyway, thanks for weighing in with those insightful comments.
I didn't watch it all the way to the end, but it certainly would have been interesting to see what Swanson would have been like with a proper script and director. I wonder if she was ever considered for the TV show? She might have been too old for it, though, but she should have at least been used as a villain, if only for the fun of seeing the real Buffy spank Gellar
No there wasn't...when Buffy is told she is the slayer there is a character much like Merrick who tells her however he is only shown for less than 5 minutes.
Im sorry Sarah Michelle geller makes a much better Buffy and the film was a load of sh**e what was with the vampires being able to float on air!!
O and by the way...Joss whedon the creator of Buffy walked out on set because he didnt like the way they were taking it. The show is far more true to whedon's vision
G,
Must we disagree on EVERYTHING?
First it was certain scenes of Superman Returns
Now its Buffy?
CMON!!!!
In regards to Swanson V Gellar Im not that sure. I think that Gellar was PERFECT for a TV option because she really did some great work week in week out where as Swanson didnt do all that much for me TBH!
In regards to the spirit of the character maybe your beef is with the writing and thus maybe the problem was with Head Supremo Joss Whedon?
Just thinking out loud!!!!
It's not the spirit of the character I have a problem with, if anything the spirit of TV Buffy was just right for the character. My issue is with Gellar being a clown-like action hero, and possibly a worse actress than Swanson. From the few Buffy episodes I have seen, it seems to be well crafted TV, so I have no real issues with Whedon in this context.
But SMG couldn't run properly to save her life and just didn't quite seem athletic enough for the action pieces.
... Isn't that a song?
Well Im guessing Im younger than you and I have a full head of Clark like black hair so Im afraid you get to be bald, but incredibly rich and evil!!!!!
I will admit as somebody who has followed and loved BTVS I think Im far too involved to actually debate this fairly............yes Im a fanboy!!!!
Just looked into it and Donald Sutherlands character was in the series. The characters name is Merrick Jamison-Smythe and was played by Richard Riehle in the series.
just a personal side note the person behind the movie was also joss whedon but the people who made the movie didn't like his ideas so they went with their own cast luckily enough he managed to get a spin-off tv show thank god
I never thought the fights were that great on Buffy, and it's often a case of seeing SMG with her fists up, then she grows a few inches and puts on a lot of weight and muscle for a couple of minutes of fight, finishing with SMG with her fists up again. :rolleyes: So I kind of agree, though it has to be said had SMG not gone for the famine victim look in the latter series, the fights might have maintained some realism.
But then only somebody who hadn't watched the series would think the action scenes are important.
Truly terrible movie.
Sure, but just because they aren't particularly important doesn't mean they have to be outright bad, and Gellar is just bad when it comes to the physical aspects of the role.
I can answer this one!!!!
She did audition once but then the cheerleaders were being attacked by a witch IIRC and then Cordelia was queen bee so that put a stop to that!
Buffy is the only role I've ever seen SMG do a good job.
I think she's good in "I Know What You Did Last Summer", ironically as the blonde girl that gets chased down an alley and murdered (Joss Whedon's premise for Buffy was what if the blonde girl who looks like the classic horror victim actually turns out to be the thing the monsters fear).
She was a cheer leader before she moved to sunnydale and auditioned in sunnydale and was on the team but got kicked off because she was acting oddly due to a witchs spell.
Thats what I said!