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Quint has seen Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. It’s past one in the morning as I start his review and I got to sleep right now I could have 7 hours of sleep… but after having been privileged enough to be in attendance at the big sneak peak Comic-Con screening of Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World I had to get some words down on the flick.
I love Comic-Con because I can explain away a shoddy review to exhaustion and time crunches!
Oh, and I also love it because I can have a day like today… where I saw 8 minutes from Tron, randomly bump in to Robert Kirkman while on my way to a sit down interview with Bruce Willis (WalterB himself!) before going to the first ever public screening of the finished Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World.
For all the hassle and hustle and ass-pains of the Con (and there are a ton… they sell about 25,000 more tickets than they have room for, as an example) it’s still an experience like no other.
So, that was my day leading up to the screening. After I found my seat at the Balboa theater, I noticed Peter Serafinowicz two rows in front of me. I didn’t intend to bug the poor the dude, but the route to get refreshments was literally through his row and I stumbled across him talking to Beaks.
Turns out he’s an AICN fan… the feeling was mutual. On my way out to grab something to drink I brushed past Superman (since it’s Comic-Con, I have to clarify that to mean Brandon Routh because it could have just as easily been a dude in a Superman costume) and on my way back in I was nestled amongst the core of the Scott Pilgrim cast.
From the moment the 8-bit Universal logo popped up along with a midi version of the Universal opening music to the cartoon THE END letters breaking of in chunks as a video game Scott Pilgrim (in full Bryan Lee O’Malley design) jumped up and hit it all Mario style the movie had me.
The easiest thing to say about the movie is that it’s a quick watch. It flows, it has a lot of laughs that I have a feeling are going to live past the first viewing. And it’s just flat out fun. Not silly fun, although it does get pretty silly, but real deal imaginative filmmaking driving pure entertainment.
That’s a whole lot of hyperbole and I acknowledge that. No denying I was caught up in the moment, in a perfect geek crowd that cheered for every video game reference, no matter how subtle, but I’d hope after nearly 15 years of doing this I could spot a stinker hiding under a super warm reception.
There’s too much at work here for it just be a few geek jokes that work on the audience. Wright’s assured and kinetic filmmaking is first and foremost to be admired, but so is the cast he gathered, particularly his spot-on perfect casting of Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Ramona Flowers, the love interest. He had leverage with every other character, but if you don’t want to see Scott get this girl, if for one moment you feel like she’s not worth the baggage thent he whole thing falls apart. Not only is Winstead gorgeous and perfectly pixie purty, but she does a ton of subtle work with her eyes in this movie, revealing a much deeper character than I expected.
Because when you get down to it, Scott and Ramona are pretty fatally flawed people. Scott is kind of a prick to those that love him and Ramona has so many commitment issues that she’s almost like going out with a loaded gun.
They’re both fun to behold, but that added layer of depth, originating from O’Malley and translated by Wright, his co-screenwriter Michael Bacall and, finally, Michael Cera and Winstead, is what gives the movie just enough genuine heart that the experience doesn’t feel hollow.
Cera plays a convincing Scott and I think he's as sharp as he's ever been with his comic timing and the likability he oozes. Again, Scott's actions are pretty screwed in this story. He treats some really sweet people like a complete bastard and doesn't feel badly about it, but it's not out of some menace or villainy... Pilgrim has the innocence of a child, wide-eyed at the world and constantly falling in and out of love.
I'm going to bet that Cera doesn't get much credit on this first pass by viewers, who will think he's putting too much of himself in every role (So did Bogart, Edward G. Robinson and Marilyn Monroe, but people don't seem to mind it with them), but he does some really great work here.
Lots of credit is due for the great supporting cast, especially Kieran Culkin as Scott’s gay roommate Wallace (he’s very close to being my favorite character in the movie with his dry timing). Alison Pill, Mark Webber, Johnny Simmons and Ellen Wong round out Scott’s group and each work great in the group.
The evil exes are also a blast of fun, as each bring their own unique dynamic. Again, a lot of credit goes to O’Malley for the core of those characters, but when you see super-powered Vegan Brandon Routh levitating and beating the shit out of Michael Cera while fumbling poorly thought-out witticisms you see how one tip in the wrong direction could have made it just plain stupid.
That’s probably the real success of this movie. It’s constantly riding that fine line between ground-breaking and fucking stupid and it does it with such an effortless flair that it made me a big fan.
I’m really curious to see Ebert’s take on this, especially knowing his stance on videogames. The whole flick is a love-letter to gaming, but since I could tell you what 1-up means and the reason why people turn into coins when they’re killed I can’t really tell if it’s too much inside baseball or not. I’d suspect the love story and sheer, unadulterated fun of the movie will prove to win over non-gamers and non-ubernerds, but you never can tell.
Alright, that’s enough from this tired nerd. More geek shit tomorrow. Stay tuned!
-Quint
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A WHOLE LOT. Bring it on post-haste!
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Looks sweet.
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is it all retro-fied?
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I like Michael Cera.
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I think Edgar Wright is ready for the next level. With Chris Nolan locking up Sci-Fi with Inception, would be nice for Edgar to delivery a real fun comic book film.
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there will always be zero chance of any comic crap ever getting any negative review on this site.
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Quint, nothing gay 'bout this movie then?
Hmm. Wish I could say the same about this tb, but I expect scottpilgrimfan will be prancing in any moment to spread sun, sparkles and repressed homophobic remarks.
As for the movie I think your review said it all - "it was a great screening with lots of stars, the film itself um...kinda... um.. silly... did I tell you SUPERMAN was in the audience?". -
Yep, we totally love any comic crap! Except for X3, Wolverine, both Fantastic Fours, Catwoman, Batman and Robin (kinda how the site became the site if you're new around these parts) and Spider-Man 3. All but those, so all comic adaptations, essentially.
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If you think that's all I said in my review then you didn't read it closely enough. heh
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Major hats off to Edgar Wright for being such a gentleman. His enthusiasm for his movie and his effort to get that screening going was such a breath of fresh air from stuffy Hollywood types. He greeted each fan outside the Balboa and was even hugging them. I was dead last to get in as my son and nephew were running late and Edgar was like "call em tell em to hurry up we dont want them to miss it". He was just really cool and excited to show off the film. I love all the little game details they used, and I loved the editing and the tiny camera tricks and cuts they used. Way way fun!
And how cool was it to have the band (Metric I think they are called) come out and play after the film. Just an AWESOME comic con experience, they type of experiences you sit though all the damn long lines for!
PS Beeks, wish you guys would post pics of yourselves now and then, would love to have picked you out and said hello! We only had Thursday passes, so enjoy the rest of the convention! -
its like if CNN ran goldman sachs and british petroleum ads.
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I'm still on my Scott Pilgrim high after finishing "Finest Hour" and I cannot wait for this movie.
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That review just set off all my warning bells. "It’s constantly riding that fine line between ground-breaking and fucking stupid". Yeah. That's gonna be a problem - I have a really low tolerance for "Fucking stupid".
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Can't someone just shoot this fucking kid in the face already! Go the fuck away!
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You must really hate yourself then.
Just kidding mate, couldn't resist a "random talkback insult" opportunity when I saw it. Have no idea what Scott Pilgrim is, but will see it because of Edgar Wright's involvement. -
Quint I read between the lines and the word that kept popping up was... 'SILLY'.
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I don't have any feelings about this movie one way or the other. It's gonna arrive on the scene, have one decent weekend and disapear without much of an impact. Meh.
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Jul 23, 2010 5:50:47 AM CDT
Can't wait to see this movie, but expect Speed Racer comparisons
by castaway
I enjoyed Speed Racer as well, I just mean that statement in my logline with regards to how well I think this movie will do at the box office and what people's first reactions will be to it (if they did not already feel that from the trailer). It's hard for me to see that there is all that much more to these characters as you say in your review Quint. Ramona seems unbelievably morose and I'm a little shocked to hear that Scott is a prick in the movie on certain parts (he seems nice in the trailer) but I'll also admit I haven't read the comic either. People, if you wanna see this in the theater you better go opening weekend because it will probably get frog stomped by Julia Roberts and Sylvester Stallone.
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dressed as Superman?
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I tried to load up the AICN main page from this story, and it gave me the main page from 1997! Stories about "Batman 5", Wild Things and The Apt Pupil. Bizarre.
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I like wine.
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Watch the whole series if you haven't and tell me you don't wanna see Scott Pilgrim. I never read the comic but you know Edgar can nail references and characters. I got a free pass for two on July 28th. Can't wait.
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is a very, very good comic actor........see: Arrested Development.
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You talk about reviewing comic book flicks, good or bad. So why didn't anyone bother to review Jonah Hex on this site, yet we were innundated with Twatlight Eclipse reviews?
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I'm still on the fence about actually seeing this in theaters, Michael Cera being the turnoff. I'm a bit tired of his typecasting as a generic "awkward teen". I wish he would save it for the AD movie that he's holding out on instead.
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Jul 23, 2010 6:20:13 AM CDT
"So did Bogart, Edward G. Robinson and Marilyn Monroe...."
by the ageless stranger
Yeah, but they weren't playing exactly the same meek pale-faced pubescent kid in every damn role. I loved him in AD, but his schtick has been flogged to death at this point.
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if this has a FRACTION of the heart and look of Speed Racer, i'm there.
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And sent a review in. No one bloody posted it though. Cracking test screening and Ed Wright was in the audience.
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...I though Brandon Routh was starring into another comic book movie adaptation Dylan Dog? What happened to that?
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good times. Morarity stating a few times it wasn't really Bruce in the talkbacks was priceless
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Any news on that Quint??????!!!???
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Find it hard to believe it's 100% flawless.
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"it’s a quick watch"
"it does get pretty silly"
"one tip in the wrong direction could have made it just plain stupid"
"riding that fine line between ground-breaking and fucking stupid"
biscuithead - reading between the lines - there's your answer! -
"The easiest thing to say about the movie is that it’s a quick watch. It flows, it has a lot of laughs that I have a feeling are going to live past the first viewing. And it’s just flat out fun. Not silly fun, although it does get pretty silly, but real deal imaginative filmmaking driving pure entertainment."
Sounds pretty good to me but I can tell from the whole article about how tired Quint is. Get a quick coma in and get back to the rest of the con, Q.
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That non-nerds like my wife will hate it.
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gotta admit, the review sounds sorta like an apolist wrote it.
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Micheal Cera's Kitty Cat Man with his two brothers than this bunch of Hipster shite.
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And Bullshit on him playing the same role: he played a Norwegian father, a German scientist, and lots of other tender characters. Goddamn dumbass Quint.
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. . . such a "love-letter to gaming?" Cause that makes me even LESS excited to see this. Cera gets on my nerves. Quint says he's "putting too much of himself in every role" but I say he's just LIMITED. Of course you could say that about George Clooney, too, but he doesn't get on anybody's nerves. The only reason I still intend to see this is EDGAR WRIGHT.
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You'll see. You fucking losers make me laugh.
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Pathetic, ugly, poverty-stricken people shouldn't be allowed to have opinions. Scott Pilgrim will be the biggest film of the year.
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yes, the comics themselves have tons of video game references. I'm somewhat stoked to see this. :p
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Everyone needs to be excited by this movie. Talk about it with everyone you know. Be positive. Stress that 2010 is the year of Scott Pilgrim, because it so is. DO IT!
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Talk about how excited you are for this ultra-cool event movie, you fucks.
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She's into gaming. She's a little geeky. But when she saw the trailer, she said, "SCOTT PILGRIM? Ugh." SCOTT PILGRIM will be the Great Geek Lost Cause of 2010. Many a geek's pride will die on this battlefield.
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Jul 23, 2010 8:32:36 AM CDT
Cobra--Kai .... Cop on does not exist in your snakeypants
by thepicaroony
I didnt bother reading between them but in the lines themselves I got 2 counts of silly and 1 count of gay ..... ctrl-F fruitcake.
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As many comments as you can please. We need this to be the top talkback. DO IT!
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Look, I love Kick-Ass -- absolutely love it -- but the writing and character work in the Scott Pilgrim books blows it away. When you read Kick-Ass, great as it is, you can never shake the feeling that it's an older man writing about kids. The references to MySpace and YouTube and email etc. feel a little strained and awkward. Bryan Lee O'Malley, on the other hand, pulls this off flawlessly. He writes like the man-child Scott Pilgrim is, and I mean that in the best possible way.
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is he a big part of the movie? if so, I'll skip it.
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I don't know what the running time is like, but how much from six books were they able to cram into one movie? The only scene from the trailer that I can't recognize from the books is the twins as DJs. Does that replace the *SPOILER ALERT* hilarious robot fight at Julie's party?
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. . . I thought I gave one of the most agnostic posts here. I'm not loving or hating on it. Even said I would be watching it. Are you defending Scott Pilgrim or Michael Cera?
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I hope you're joking. Wallace Wells is one of the funniest characters in the whole story.
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From what I can tell, it's game > comic > movie. Then again, when it comes to artforms that I personally enjoy, it's game > comic > movie, so perhaps I'm biased?
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Not that I know; I haven't read any of them, but I am under the impression that the comic series wasn't finished yet.
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so i have no clue who anyone is, what happens or why. but whenever there is the "gay character", it usually means some political agenda/comments, which is always unwelcome . i did enjoy kick-ass and had never read the comic, mostly due to hit girl and big daddy, and the great performances from moretz and cage.
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It's not that the people on this site love all comic book movies, of course not, but if a movie falls outside of the comic book/video game universe, they typically do not know what to do with it. As others have already pointed out, Harry has already done his review of Inception: "I went there and fell asleep four times." It appears he has yet to wake up. So its desperation time as we get back to comic book land where we feel safe and comforted. Maybe Scott Pilgram will be the GWTW of comic book movies and the site will be renamed AintItCoolScottPilgram but would anyone really welcome that development? Sadly, it looks like some would. Note to Nolan: next time someone from AIC.com, especially Harry, calls with questions about Batman-this Batman-that, hang up.
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I love Edgar Wright, but this just looks bad. Honestly, it looks like Kick Ass in the way that a lot of TBers on here are championing it, saying it's going to blow people away, yet, when it hits theaters it will just sputter out. I'd love for Edgar Wright to have another hit, but with Michael Cera and a trailer that looks like the movie is trying toop hard to capture the tween market, I get the feeling that it's gonna blow. and it's hard to believe scottpilgrimfan isn't a plant, not because of his overenthusiasm for a movie he hasn't seen yet (unless he's a plant), but because most people have never heard of scott pilgrim unless they've seen an ad for the film, so how do you have a fan that fast? Yes I know it was some sort of indie comic but that's like having vampirellafan, themightygroofan, poisonelvesfan, etc., etc. HAS to be a plant.
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If you are actually waiting for more Jersey Shore - KILL YOURSELF BEFORE IT SPREADS!
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nice Wayne's World quote there
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I'm looking forward to the PSN game more than the movie, but I'm glad it's playing well. Only 2 RT reviews linked so far, but both positive.The idea of comparing Cera to Bogart, Monroe, et al, is ridiculous. Stars don't exist in the same way as they did back then. They can be no modern analogue, because the world that created and supported those icons has completely changed. The market has changed. The class of coverage has changed. I think it's a stupid comparison.But, you know, SPVS, looking forward to it.
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Clearly ur not paying with the attention on AICN. SPF is a 12 year old douche whose been polluting these airwaves for a while now. Best advice, ignore him/it.
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Yeah CHOPPAH, if you're gonna spam tb's then pls at least be funny.
Right now you're just coming off as annoying. -
That's what will make or break it for me, personally. And I ain't shelling out until I have it on good authority that the heart is there. meanwhile, the Bogart jibe - well in fact there are plenty of Bogart films where his persona doesn't quite work, but what makes him a genius actor is where he takes the persona to interesting places - like IN A LONELY PLACE. (Like when John Wayne did RED RIVER. Anyone who doesn't rate his acting should see that film.) Personally I like Cera and I'm hoping he will similarly stretch his persona.
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And there's no such thing as bad publicity. Good effort my peeps. KEEP IT UP!
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Perhaps due to age, or due to his illness (or a combination of both) but it seems over the recent years that if you so much as pull your pants down and take a shit directly in front of Ebert, he'll give you 2-Thumbs-Up or 3-Stars or whatever the hell he gives for approval ratings nowadays. The once hard to please, Lordly and Sitting-On-His-Throne Critic King seems to be a distant memory...
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You mean there has been another Superman since Christopher Reeve. I had no idea.
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It was a complete waste of time on every level. An apathetic mess.
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I just got here to witness you waxing idiotic about nothing. You don't masturbate with icy hot, you do it with your own feces you brain dead fuck.
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and lightsabers, and thought it was the best movie i had ever seen. It's impossible to be objective when a crowd LOVES a movie, it really is. Look at Harry and godzilla, but that's what the studios want.
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and piss in his dead skull. Expendables will own Scott Pilgrim and all its little emo-fans. Come August 13th, I'll be in The Expendables with the grown-ups!
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An adolescent gay hating lonely teen awakens to his worst nightmare as the last surviving heterosexual male on a planet of only gay men. Enjoy Scott.
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You can rest assured that the reviews for this movie will get LOTS of posts. Random presskit bullshit -- everyone is sick of it, but it serves the purpose of getting folk riled up on either side, so before any of us see the film, we've already drawn lots.Seriously dude, know your market. Although I have to say grats on becoming a minor TB phenom. I mean, you're no JL, but you're earning.
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he is a dickhead and so am I. dickhead.
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WE NEED TO MAKE THIS THE TOP TALKBACK. POSITIVE, NEGATIVE, IT'S ALL GOOD. JUST KEEP COMMENTING.
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He's killing us one at a time.
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He's using the trees.
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COME ON! MORE!
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franchise. He was a one-timer, a minor footnote, destined to be recast. I'm sure he's a nice guy though.
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IGNORE THE OTHER FUCKING TALKBACKS! MORE COMMENTS HERE!
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COME ON YOU FUCKS! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK! DO IT! MORE!
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Read where his people advised him to not do any follow ups. Walked away on his own. Movie did ok money wise and studio didn't have any problem with him. Don't know if its true but thought it might be something you'd like to know.
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IT'S GOING TO BE HUGE!
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MORE COMMENTS PEOPLE. LONG WAY TO GO YET.
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I wanted to. But I won't just to spite Scottpilgrimfan. I'll tell all my friends it's shit too.
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SCOTT PILGRIM LOOKS SET TO BE THE BIGGEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR!
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We can totally talk about Scott Pilgrim there.
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Many of the books' setpieces take place at well known Toronto landmarks - Casa Loma, Lee's Palace, Honest Ed's, etc. The movie was filmed in Toronto, but the little clip of the video game tie-in that I saw the other week indicated that Lee's Palace has become Leo's Place. I'd be disappointed if it lost that Canadian flavour (Canadian flavour being maple syrup, bacon, beer and apologies).
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I've never understood the hate for him. I mean, sure if you don't like his comedy you don't like it, that's fine, but the argument that he doesn't show range and all that bullshit is... well bullshit. It's not just Bogart, and Monroe, but also most comedians. Woody Allen has done the same thing for ages and only showed a small amount of range in Crimes and Misdemeanors. Bob Newhart has been the same lovable stammer Bob Newhart for ages. Ricky Gervais is the same fat bloke from Reading too. And the thing is, I think Michael Cera actually has shown more range than most of those comedians. Yes, he's a young awkward guy in all of his movies, but he's not exactly going to be able to play (due to his age) Daniel Plainview any minute now.
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Theres a twist at the end. The girl scott pilgrim has been fighting for reveals herself to be a guy and its SCOTTPILGRIMFAN!!
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regarding Toronto, maybe they just couldnt get the rights to use the real place in the game but the movie is fine. that seems silly but i've seen stranger.
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Some idiot in the Independent the other day wrote a really badly researched and whiny piece about all the remakes being made these days, and complained that "Michael Cera appears to be in a movie based on Donkey Kong." Fucking journalists.
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You have seen Scott Pilgrim and I have not. Damn you.
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I swear, there should be a minimum age to use the internet. Sorry, kiddies...
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Look, I grew up on the shit too, but having a band named Clash At Demonhead (as an example) is NOT FUNNY. Why is that funny? When I shoot my two hour geek tribute comedy and the only words to come out of the actors' mouths are "Yoda", "Warp 9", "Game Over, man!", "Finish Him!", and the effects are intentionally bad (because old video game graphics were a style, not a limitation of the technology, right?) I expect every one of you Scott Pilgram supporters to line up, pay to see my movie, kiss my ass, and then talk about how awesome it was that someone else remembers what you do and mentioned it publicly.
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Anytime someone keeps blabbering about "my girl" this, "my broad" that, "gonna fuck my gf while I watch this awful movie" whatever, goddamn....it's just pathetic.
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on scottpilgrimfan and his spamtastic annoyances!
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videogame, Shadow of the Collosus. He said that Shadow of the Collosus helped him through some of the most difficult times in his life in much the same way it did for Adam Sandler's character in that great movie with don cheadle. He said that he knows of no other medium that can immerse someone so thoroughly inside an idea and engage them so well that they can forget even the most horrible of tragedies, for brief periods at least. He said that videogames are an unlimited medium in it's infancy
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He thinks everyone is gay and yet he still wants to be in contract with us. Isn't that "gay"? And I do hate that word but its scottpilgrims favorite word.
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UltraTron, yes preach it.
Scottpilgrimfan, when your work is done and this movie has come and gone will you roll over and light a post coital cigarette? Before putting antiseptic cream on your bleeding anus. -
Much like the grindhouse crowd, the excessive gamers is a small bunch, in terms of box office. Does not help that to the uninitiated, the ad's on tv look like pure shit. I am slated to see it opening weekend, because I am a Cera fan, my expectations are low, but in the 80's and 90's I was a big game player, I just hope between the leads and some nice homages to pre cheat guide video games, this movie puts a smile on my face.
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...is that most of the fuckers in here who are lambasting the film, going "Scott who?", "you nerds are the only ones who care about this, it will bomb", etc, are, in fact, the ones who will be flocking the theaters to see this and any other movie you treat the same, as if you were too cool for it (surprise, you're not).
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That whole review was basically Quint trying to convince himself how great the movie is. It also doesn't really mention anything that the trailers didn't reveal.
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I love Edgar Wright so far. Wright love aside, I will most certainly NOT be seeing this in the theaters. I honestly think you overestimate it's chances. The trailers really do look awful, and Michael Cera isn't really a box office draw. It just reaks of failure. That's not to say it's a bad movie, because I don't know if it is or isn't. But it IS poorly marketed AND poorly cast. Kind of like Kick Ass.
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Fair enough.
I still think it'll be a popular movie, if not a hit.
I'll have to disagree with the poorly marketed and cast thing, because I'm loving everything they're doing.
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Will the film include the just-released final book or will it be sequelized?
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that you can't argue about a movie at AICN until you've seen it. There's so much projection going on in talkbalks most of the time that it's ridiculous. The Inception tb was amazing though, people actually discussing the movie!!!
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..but not to see bullshit like Scott Pilgrim.The Movie, Michael Cera and especially SCOTTPILGRIMFAN can suck it.And swallow!!
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how about a nice, steaming hot cup of TOTAL FUCKING DESTRUCTION?
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Not just people who "aren't into it" or don't like anything about it...but people who FUCKING HATE this movie already. People who think that everyone involved should be publicly executed. People who think that anyone who likes this is a "homo" who should kill themselves.
To hear this movie called "gay" by so many people speaks to how many backward people there still are in this world. You don't have to like it, but you don't have to call us all "fags."
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Lemme guess, A Michael Cera fan eh?for a troll You're actually kinda funny.Keep up the good work.
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You're right, tons of actors play themselves. Jennifer Aniston and George Clooney come to mind. I think the difference is it you like the "self" the actor plays.
And I am just sooo sick of Michael Cera's self. I am actually resistant to this movie because he's the lead, and I got really sick of him about halfway through Superbad. (McLovin is another story. I can deal with McLovin in KickAss, role models and as many other movies as he wants to pop up in.
This movie does sound and look good.
But Michael Cera... Nooooo! And I think a lot of the public is equally sick of/put off by him.
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Jul 23, 2010 2:38:59 PM CDT
The trailer made this look like a spastic 60's Batman TV show
by hey_kobe_tell_me_how_my_ass_tastes
And that aint a good thing. I hope the movie is better than the trailer though.
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Jul 23, 2010 2:42:32 PM CDT
And This TB shows the problem with equating "gay" with "lame"
by homer sexual
As an honest to goodness gay person, I can say that there is NOTHING gay about this movie. It is so NOT GAY!
These people are saying it looks lame. Probably because Michael Cera is so very, very lame. But not gay, not at all, not in any way.
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So damn excited for this movie, and I don't get the hate at all. Come on, disregarding your feelings on Michael Cera, it's EDGAR. FUCKING. WRIGHT. (That's on his birth certificate.) The guy is an great writer, and a fucking fantastic director. This movie is gonna be awesome.
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So damn excited for this movie, and I don't get the hate at all. Come on, disregarding your feelings on Michael Cera, it's EDGAR. FUCKING. WRIGHT. (That's on his birth certificate.) The guy is an great writer, and a fucking fantastic director. This movie is gonna be awesome.
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Come on.
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Well, Wallace Wells is gay. And awesome.
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I really hate it in here. Hope it gets better later on.
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Jul 23, 2010 3:03:20 PM CDT
Edgar Wright is hit big(Shaun of dead) or miss Hot Fuzz
by hey_kobe_tell_me_how_my_ass_tastes
Hot Fuzz was boring as hell, but Wright was given the (early) fanboy Shyamalan love treatment in that he could do no wrong. We saw how that turned out. Scott Pilgrim may be Kick Ass (which was a damn good movie) but the trailer looks retarded and the subject matter even more so.
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Every person I know has commented that it looks "retarded". I just don't see non super geeks being interested.
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After hearing that, I probably wont be back. An expert troll is not only awful, but inspires the reader to see what they'll do next. I'm afraid that you're not quite there yet.
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from non-geek sources, before I'll care about this. I'm willing to give Wright the benefit of the doubt, but only to a point. This looks TOO quirky for its own good.
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Stick around, man. There's some good discussion to be had.
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On the trek thread, he copy and pasted a post from rogueleader66 about ideas for next trek movie and credited himself for it. Fortunately rogue let me know this, I researched it and posted what I found out.
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What do you make of Scotty Pilgrim here?
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Part of me can't stand him with either his gay hate or scott pilgrim movie posts. Just says the same stuff, nothing new or interesting. The other part feels sorry for him to have such a life as his.
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but I wanted others to know what choppah did.
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What's your take on the hype? You looking forward to the movie, etc.? Let's try to get some real discussion started up again.
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I know a lot of people have problems with Cera. I don't. He's good at that role and delivers. The movie obviiously isnt meant to be reality heavy but a love story first and formeost. Everything sceams over the top and whats wrong with that? And no I don't think its gay.
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some people have a problem with. At this stage of his career its what makes bankable. Not huge money but reliable and cheap. Once he gets older then challenge him to do new roles.
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you never had a chance with in school with. Which is why I think they cast her. One she knew the hero she was hot was really puny Peter Parker (Ooops), she was over him. Whereas the girl Scott wants is the seemingly geek type girl that stands out because she doesn't want to fit in. And by not hot I don't mean ugly. I was just doing a comparison is all. Also by geek, I don't mean that in a deragotory way either. I'm one.
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If you use the word "gay" or "retarded" to convey how you feel about a movie, you are probably a lower-life form that shouldn't be taken seriously anyway.
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Because RT counts average reviews as good.
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I still want to see it. And if no one else does that means I can go a theater without whining babies, Texting teens, Jock Douche bastards, and "The Hood". and see it in peace.
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I'm clueless, but still, Metal Gear Solid is the greatest video game ever made.
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he always looked like he was about to bust out laughing every time he delivered a line.
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CHOPPAH is SCOTTPILGRIMFAN.
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I thought his Superman and clark were played very straight. I think Rouths Superman was very good very realistic in his emotions, but his clark had nothing to do.
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Wallace is gay and Im not sure if he's in the movie but Mobile is gay.
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Nothing in the trailer makes me want to fight traffic to go and see it. Granted I don't know the story, but shouldn't a trailer appeal to everyone in the audience, not just those in the know?I don't have any dislike for this movie but I just don't see it being a hit.
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so stop the hate.
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Now there's a movie I want to see. And Michael Cera is just the man for the (inside) job!
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Scott Pilgrims totally homosexual Room mate who one might the very description gay with the whole man love thing and his boyfriend Mobile who again would be gay seeiing as how they like men.
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maybe an hour and a half?
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we at 4chan support this movie. it is definitely cool. we will all be seeing it. edgar wright is like a god to us and we admire michael cera a great deal.
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Done in OMalley's anime/manga-ish style. The comic is fun, btw, for those who haven't read it. I've only read the first vol thus far, and recently, but it seems to me that Scott was the role Cera was born to play.
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Jul 24, 2010 10:23:54 AM CDT
Ok, Pilgram, we get it.............................. ...........
by gotilk
This movie is going to be a blast.
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he'd win that contest easily. He'd either be telling everyone how gay they are or how so-and-so is gayer than-fill-in-the-blank. Don't forget talking nonstop about the scott pilgrim movie. Maybe if they do a sequel, Scott can be one the schmucks.
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or the kool aid man. Oh yeahhh!! Hell, maybe Randy Savage in his prime but don't be afraid to mix in an occasional serious post. I know you can do it. The trek one showed it. Am still pissed your plagarizing of rogueleader but if you man up and give a serious apology all is forgiven.
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Twitter is going wild for Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World. Film of the year, no question. It's unbeatable!
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Not that there's anything wrong with that. Just an observation.
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Jul 24, 2010 12:18:30 PM CDT
It’s constantly riding that fine line between ground-breaking an
by mjs_cold_dead_pale_corpse
It's just fucking stupid and Cobra-Kai is a biyotch. I'm having a great time at Comic-Con! Where's Conti?
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Still owe rogueleader an apology though. Like Nick Fury said:Grow up and grow a pair.
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Same group that goes to the funerals of our soliders who died in Iraq and Afghanistan. Say their deaths are because Gods angry at homosexuals. Now their at comic con because our enjoyment of supers falls under worship. And we're worshipping false gods. Maybe choppah can zip out there and open a can of whoopass on 'em.
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british low budget horror in the vain of shaun of the dead, any one interested in helping out it would be most appreciated
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out of the way peck! Here comes THE_CHOPPAH! Haters gone hate.Pathetic.
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GIT EM!
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Nah I didn't those fuckin sociopaths, I was inside the convention center most of the time....with the other sociopaths/geeks. I'm sure it wasn't a big deal though, security has really been beefed up at comic con over the past few years. It's almost too secure.
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Jul 24, 2010 4:09:49 PM CDT
I'll be posting comic con pics when I get back next week
by mjs_cold_dead_pale_corpse
stay tuned
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I'M NEVER WRONG. UNLUCKY LOSERS. SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD IS THE FILM OF THE YEAR.
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Effortlessly the star of the show. Biggest film of the year, easily. Just have a look at the response to the film on Twitter. People are going wild for this flick. Everyone is talking about Scott Pilgrim. Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World is the must-see cinematic event of 2010. I'm never wrong.
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SCOTTPILGRIM SUCKS MY BALLS!
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Al-Qaeda go no problem with that!
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Jul 24, 2010 7:59:54 PM CDT
What the fuck is SCOTTPILGRIMFAN talking about?
by mjs_cold_dead_pale_corpse
Pulled this off of wiki: "After a screening at the San Diego Comic-Con International, the film received two negative early reviews. Variety gave the film a mixed review, referring to the film as "An example of attention-deficit filmmaking at both its finest and its most frustrating" and that "anyone over 25 is likely to find director Edgar Wright's adaptation of the cult graphic novel exhausting, like playing chaperone at a party full of oversexed college kids."[34] The Hollywood Reporter wrote a negative review, stating that "What's disappointing is that this is all so juvenile. Nothing makes any real sense...[Michael] Cera doesn't give a performance that anchors the nonsense." and "Universal should have a youth hit in the domestic market when the film opens next month. A wider audience among older or international viewers seems unlikely."[35] IGN gave the film a positive rating of eight out of ten calling the film funny and offbeat as well as noting that the film is "best suited for the wired generation and those of us who grew up on Nintendo and MTV. Its kinetic nature and quirky sensibilities might be a turnoff for some." It only has 6 reviews on RT, most likely given by SCOTTPILGRIMFAN posing as a critic. They had a huge set up outside the Comic Con with a band I think, but no one gave a shit and just headed into the convention center.
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and Michael Cera is a type casted cunt
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you should see the joystick,its huge!
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and 3 days til scottpilgrimfan stops posting on any sort of basis. Then Scott will go back to music collection of Jim Nabors, Liberace, Slim Whitman and Little Richard while dressing up as Lady Gaga and playing with his special sock "Little Scott Pilgrim"
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Eat shit and die, you spamming, piss-ant twat of Hades.
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Wow this has to be shit. Just wow. No one's going to go out and watch this anyway. What was I talking about again? It's that forgettable.
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