I liked the soundtracks and i am going to get the books off amazon and will get the game for the 360 as i love old school side scrollers. I just noticed that the nicktoons character Kappa Mikey is a bit like Scott even with the anime-ish look so i'm wondering if nicktoons used the comics as an idea jumping off point.
micdavis said:
Watchmen supports your above statement.
Usually my instincts into what I think I will or will not like are pretty good. But I missed it on Watchmen. I was around when the book came out but it was SOOOOO popular that I steered away from it.
The movie pulled me in a proved me wrong.
I was tricked into reading Watchmen - my friend told me it was a tie in story to Crisis on Infinite Earths or something like that - I picked it up and of course loved it. The movie... not so much.
I'm going to see Scott Pilgrim - Mary Ellizabeth is one of the nicest people on the planet and I always support her movies - I even went to see the latest Die Hard - ugh. She'll always be Royal Pain to me
I would have cast Jon Heder for this, NOT Michael Cera.
She made the film for me. I'll watch anything with her in it. Glad to know she's cool.Jet Beetle said:
Loved the movie for what it was . . .it sure wasn't the comic. Great visuals and music.
Fun!!!
Yeah, neither my wife nor I were much enamored of the movie itself, but both agreed that she was great.
Finally saw this tonight. As a HUGE fan of the graphic novels, couldn't wait to see the movie, but, well, sigh, feel like Cera was miscast. I'm not anti-MC at all, but the Scott Pilgrim in the books just wasn't "him" if that makes sense. I felt like there was a disconnect between his self-doubting dweeb version of Scott and the one from the books. And I had a hard time buying Ramona just instantly going from being turned off by him to being into him - it was like one scene she wasn't, then next they're in bed. Grr, so wanted to like this one...
I'm not sure how to take this. I thought the movie was ok, but even I'm surprised by this.
Opening Weekend
Scott Pilgrim: $10,609,795
Vampires Suck: $12,202,831
Said the creator of Girly....
SuperHappy- "Vampires Suck made more on opening weekend than Scott Pilgrim did? I'm sorry, but this gives me complete authority to kill ****ing everybody. You had your chance humanity, but you blew it. This is the 2010s. Fu** fun. Bring on the torture porn and bullsh** fake soap operas like LOST. I've seen so many examples of people outside that culture giving the film a chance and enjoying it. Even OLD people. Uhhh you know what I know this is kind of a tangent, but I meant what I said about LOST. Fu** that soap opera. *Fu** JJ Abrams. I'm so tired of everyone sucking his stupid untalented cock. Fu** him. FFFFFUUU****** HIIIIIM. (omg that felt so good)"
Well, I'd say that more about Star Trek than LOST. :P
I really enjoyed the movie, and so did the friends I went to see it with. I've never read the comics, or seen the animation, or played the game.
As for the killing, I thought it fit perfectly with the film. We did joke a bit about Scott Pilgrim: Mass Murderer, but that is how videogames work.
I guess the movie was just so much fun that I'd really like to see it again. I may pick up the game too.
Shame about the box office.
Ok, was it just me or would've Keiran Culkin (who was great as Wallace) been a fantastic Scott Pilgrim? Maybe it was just the cocksure attitude and charm he had as Wallace? He just seemed more Scott-like in the movie at times.. in hindsight, maybe he didn't really look the part. Either way, Cera - who can be great (Arrested Development, Superbad), just seemed to be another Cera character.alienscollection.com said:
I can buy Ramona being into him. I've know girls like that - one sec they're cold, the next they're hot. Fickle creatures, these females (sorry, ladies).
Read the graphic novels. A very fun read... many have predicted it will change comics and that it is the most important comic book of the last 10 years. I don't necessarily agree, but it is a good read.lingarn said:
Jeyl, we live in a world where the Jersey Shore's ratings beat Mad Men's by a factor of three. Talk about a Hollywood stat that makes ya wanna pack it all in, lol...
Oh hey there IS a Scott Pilgrim thread! I just posted some fanart for those who missed it. X) http://www.therpf.com/f12/scott-pilg...-within-94463/
I don't care about ground breaking, I don't care about deep philosophical plots. This movie was graphically brilliant, and I think a huge step forward for comics-to-movies adaption. GRANTED it's technique really only will work on high-paced comic type comics to movies, but it's the only film I've seen in a long time that i wasn't entirely annoyed by split paneling on screen etc. and the cartoonist in me drank in every cartoonish moment. IT WAS A FUN ROMP. And honestly, isn't that the most you can hope for from a movie?
Gotta get the comic asap. The movie helped me get over hating the art style.
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