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SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD... 'Nuff Said, Says The Enemy!!!
Hey there people,
Last week I had the opportunity to take in an early screening of this film. Instead of calling myself "press" and showing up about an hour and a half early, bypassing the folks who've been waiting all day, I switched things up. I joined a friend who'd invited me to wait nearly eleven hours for a free showing of the movie.
The last movie for which I did such a thing? Spending the night waiting for THE PHANTOM MENACE when I was 5 years old. I despised that movie and asked my dad to take me home during the first Jedi Council sequence (he didn't). Though I didn't spend the night outside of the legendary Alamo Drafthouse on South Lamar (in Austin), an 8:30 AM arrival for a 7:30 PM screening of a movie I knew little about (not having read the comics) was still a daunting a notion .
Here I'll cut to the chase and say that every second of SCOTT PILGRIM was worth the eleven hour wait. It was one of the most unexpected and completely satisfactory films I've seen in a while. Even at its worst, PILGRIM is filled with cinematic artistry and is brilliantly executed. Its smooth combination of romantic comedy, action/adventure, American/Japanese comic style, and its themes and story telling make for one hellava experience. The closet comparison would be KICK-ASS, if it were Asian made. Disappointingly enough, like KICK-ASS, this is a hard idea to sell to an audience. Both films are fantastic, but the trailers just don't do the deed; thus making it hard for either to succeed at the box office. That is why I fully encourage everyone who is going to see this movie to tell your friends, family, colleagues even your neighbor's dog.
At its heart, SCOTT PILGRIM is a romantic comedy - there's no denying it. Boy (Michael Cera) meets girl (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) and, as in many movies, boy attempts to get the girl. As shown in the commercials, she has "seven evil exes" who challenge the guy from Superbad to fights - action and adventure come into play during their frequent battles. These scenes vary from Street Fighter like combat to Scott Pilgrim's band fighting a two man DJ group (the soundwaves from their music makes animals that brawl with one another). All of these fights are unique in their own way, there's little repetition and a constant sense of organic-ness and freshness.
Much of the movie is heavily influenced by the style we'd see in video games, comics and television from both North American and Asia. Characters are introduced with different graphical pieces of information - i.e. social statistics, personal rating, and skill level. Depending on the scene, even small things like knocking on a door will show up on-screen in word form. During intense battles, characters run towards each other amidst huge, flash like graphics. Other times you'll see 'life meters' and 'side scrolling' shots with the words "KO", "FIGHT", or "SUDDEN DEATH". If you're epileptic, I would avoid watching this - there are many bright colors and a lot of fast flashing throughout the film. But it's little details like this that allow director Edgar Wright (SHAUN OF THE DEAD, HOT FUZZ) to really immerse you in his style and vision - you feel you're in a video game or comic book for the duration of the movie.
I counted a little less than two dozen characters in SCOTT PILGRIM, all of whom have some amount of dialogue. Obviously, some of them speak more than others, but all of the cast is at the top of its game - they feel as believable as they can considering the craziness surrounding them. Even Michael Cera, who doesn't stray too far from the 'nerdy kid trying to get a chick' gag, is still enjoyable to watch. What he does with his Scott Pilgrim character helps him to stand out more here than in his previous films. Mary Elizabeth Winstead is exceptional as Ramona Flowers - she's a very intimate, mysterious, yet comedic person with connections to many of the other characters.
The score is one of coolest in recent memory, and is as badass the movie itself (the Universal Studios logo has an 8-bit introduction for example). Small things like the baseline from SEINFELD make a musical cameo, and Scott Pilgrim's band "Sex Bob-Omb" plays a vital and entertaining roll in the movie - you'll hear their original work, and (as mentioned above) the group is critical in Scott's smackdown against Evil Exes. The skillful use of (and understanding of) music in this film is as important as the movie's propulsive visual style. Creatively, this movie worships many, many of the things that are cool about being young, or being tuned in to pop culture in general. It does this well, and makes Geekiness not only something to be proud of…it makes it seem exciting.
So there you have it. An eleven hour wait in the Texas Summer heat, through about five or six rain showers and a disastrous donut run. Absolutely worth it. This is definitely worth seeing several times over. With THE EXPENDABLES releasing on the same day, it'll be a decidedly rare and awesome weekend at the movies.
In a cinematic abyss of cookie cutter unoriginality, SCOTT PILGRIM truly does stand out from the crowd, amidst only a small handful of other noteworthy titles this year (TOY STORY, KICK-ASS, INCEPTION, and hopeful TRON LEGACY and EXPENDABLES). I've said this several times before in this review and I'll end by saying it again: go see this film.
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Aug. 4, 2010, 2:37 p.m. CST
Five years old when you saw The Phantom Menace?
by KEVIN_COSTNERS_RECYCLED_PISS
Damn I feel old.
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Doubt this will do well or be enjoyed by anyone other than geeks. First?
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Sigh...
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Not gonna be bothering with this one, maybe if I can d/l it and watch it on my pc, otherwise, pass.
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Damn, I don't feel old. I AM old.
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You were FIVE years old when the Phantom Menace came out and you demanded to be taken home during the first Jedi Council scene? You sound like you were the biggest piece of shit kid ever. I woulda smacked you if I were your dad.
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pointless & asinine changes made so often that the entire message of the original story is lost. <p> I'm betting they do the same thing with 'Pilgrim' :(
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The pam and tommy sextape when it came on the pay per view...and lucky me, we had a scrambler...fun times indeed
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You are what? Sixteen now? Of course you love Scott Pilgrim. It looks tailor-made for 16 year-olds.
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...I must say, good review, The Enemy.
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Yep. I said it.
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Aug. 4, 2010, 2:44 p.m. CST
I want to do terrible things to Mary Elizabeth Winstead....
by FilmGuy125
....I'd give my left fucking nut.
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...it's nifty how you can judge a movie without seeing it. Please teach me.
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A new hope came out.
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Back to the Future came out.
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Seems like a credible geek since he loathed the Phantom menace at an early age. Would have sold it better to diss Batman and Robin while you're at it.
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Twas a sneak preview last Monday night in Indianapolis. It did not change too many details, rather truncated and sped up things so it all takes place in one season in Toronto. I think it's every bit as awesome a film as The Enemy contends it to be. And I'm not a sixteen yr old.
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When A New Hope came out. I still think Scott Pilgrim looks cool, though.
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Aug. 4, 2010, 2:54 p.m. CST
Sorry, but I can't take a review from a 16 year old seriously
by Rob0729
I can still remember the crap I liked at 16 and think back to what a moron I was. I loved every crappy horror, teen comedy, and b-movie action movie no matter how bad the acting, direction, or script was. Heck, if he was making movies when I was 16, I might think Michael Bay was a genius director. <br><br> No offense to the reviewer, but I question the tastes in movie by any 16 year old.
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Everyone judges every movie before they see it. You don't have an idea in your head of what a movie is after you see the trailer? I said it 'looks like' it's tailor-made for 16 year-olds (Side note: I don't see how that can be refuted). I didn't make a definitive declamation. To me, it looks like that. <P> You know what else is 'nifty'? How pissy Scott Pilgrim fans get when anyone says that the movie doesn't look that great.
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So that makes you what 16, sorry but I tend not to listen to the opinion of a teenager! That said, I still plan on seeing Scott Pilgrim!
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Let the AICN Edgar Wright ball licking commence!
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My bull shitometer is going into hyper drive. You mean to say that at the age of FIVE you HATED PM and asked your dad to take you home? You are either a) incredibly smart and have a MENSA level IQ or 2) trying too hard to impress and have been caught with your pants down telling porkies.
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I thought Ray Liotta's 'No Escape' was the greatest movie ever when I was sixteen. Literally, I came home from the theater and told my friends it was the best movie I had ever seen. 16 year-olds are fucking morons.
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Your dad must be a puss. If my five year old demanded to leave a movie that I paid good money for, including cost of concessions, I'd slapped him over the head. You clearly were a punk ass brat, so I will dismiss this review.
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Fire the ad men! Hire the Mad Men! The commercials fucking BLOW! <p> The ONLY one I thought was decent was the one that features Chris Evans hitting Scott Pilgrim. He says something like "You don't know about the League of Evil Exes?... Coming to kill you? To control Ramona's love life... ?" <p> Scott's like "No," and then Chris Evans is all apologetic- "Oh! Then here, let me help you up..." <p> Then BOOM! He punches him before Scott has gotten to his feet. Heheh. That's funny. <p> Then they TOTALLY ruin the joke and the great pacing of the ad by throwing up the title card and ending it with this retarded spin-towards-the-camera shot of Scott turning and saying quickly under his breath "I want to take them apart", and I swear the screen is already fading to black in preparation for the next advertisement before he's even finished his sentence. <p> Its so fucking amateurish and goofy, like a college student threw it together at the last second (and maybe that's who did it, so the studio would save money). <p> But really, its bad bad bad.
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...trying to make a point. It's easy to spot liars.
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The studio should have shelved out good money for good ad men to really sell the product, because the ad campaigns for both films are fucking terrible. And if any of you reading this had anything to do with the ads for either movie, know that you failed BIG TIME.
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Aug. 4, 2010, 3:04 p.m. CST
Many 16 year olds like those Date/Epic/Disaster movie shitfests
by KEVIN_COSTNERS_RECYCLED_PISS
Find the trailers on YouTube and it's nothing but "lolz dis is da funniest movie eva!!!%%^^$$"
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For those of you who still haven't caught on yet.
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Aug. 4, 2010, 3:05 p.m. CST
Scott who? Seriously, this stuff ain't on the spinner racks.
by Stereotypical Evil Archer
And when I ask about it I get blank stares. Someone school me.
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I would've loved that shit when I was five. Unfortunately, I was 20.
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You know you were laughing your ass off at JarJar and identified with little Anakin.
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All of my points are still valid. I wouldn't care if it was Scorsese's son, if he's sixteen he doesn't know a lot. It's just a fact. AND if he actually demanded to go home 15 minutes into Phantom Menace he's a bratty shithead. Maybe it was actually Merrick that demanded to go home..
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...my neighbor's dog hates Michael Cera as much as I do, otherwise I might invite him. I doubt this movie's gonna change my mind about "mister monotone" but I'll plop down my cash for 2 hours of Winstead.
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seriously, people are comparing The Enemy with the semi-retarded YouTube doofuses who can barely write?<p> "In a cinematic abyss of cookie cutter unoriginality, SCOTT PILGRIM truly does stand out from the crowd, amidst only a small handful of other noteworthy titles this year."<p> seriously? if you can write like that, you're not a moron. verbose, perhaps, but most smart 16-year-olds are. please stop with his age. see the movie yourself, or don't, but give it a rest with all the hyperbole.
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Aug. 4, 2010, 3:15 p.m. CST
The cinematography on Kick-Ass should've been gritty.
by Stereotypical Evil Archer
It was far too crisp & clear when it should have been dark & grainy.
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Aug. 4, 2010, 3:17 p.m. CST
When I was 16 I could write very eloquently...
by KEVIN_COSTNERS_RECYCLED_PISS
But I still had absolutely shit taste in movies.
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"Instead of calling myself "press" and showing up about an hour and a half early, bypassing the folks who've been waiting all day.."<p> Fuck kid... if I saw your pimply 15 year old face proclaiming 'press' and pushing to the front of the line after i'd been queueing i'd probably switch things up on you too.<p> Glad you liked the movie... but you'll like sex more. When it happens for you.
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It's annoyingly verbose AND the whole review reads like he just cherry-picked from OTHER reviews, possibly of different movies entirely. When I say sixteen year-olds are dumb as shit, I don't mean they 'can't write good'. I mean they plain ol' don't have the life experience to give sound advice, on films or anything else. Maybe Pokemon or something, I don't know. <P> Also, I think Scott Pilgrim looks like a two-hour migraine put to film.
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Aug. 4, 2010, 3:23 p.m. CST
Does anyone know when to que November Rain in Kick-Ass?
by Stereotypical Evil Archer
I read so many reviews that said it was such a brilliant use of November Rain, and it's not on the over-priced Blu-ray that they're pimping on this site.
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The Enemy, you waited 11 hours outside the theater to see this?<p> Okay, I know your dad might be reading but admit it. You got stoned didn't you? And not just a little bit. A LOT.<p> It's the only explanation for why you're elevating this lightweight Cera-thon to the level of INCEPTION and TOY STORY.
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always quick to prove themselves as cooler than a 16-year old. don't get me wrong, i'm jealous that this kid has the coolest job in the world too but c'mon folks cut him a break.
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Good review. I was waffling on this one, but now I'll check it out. Keep up the good work. I hope the slash & trashers don't get to you. If your Merrick's son, I'm sure he's given you a good 'sticks and stones,' conversation about the smack talkers on here.
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just as SNAKES ON A PLANE
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Why do you have to be some kind of douchnozzle and cry out 'fag'? at the guy who wrote the review? It just makes you look lame to people who don't know you, and confirms your jackassery to those that do. Congrats. And, just 'cause someone's young who reads this site, or posts a review, don't think he doesn't have the chops to do so. Come on, haven't you seen ALMOST FAMOUS? And... if he reviews it as paramount to existence and worth standing around all day and night to get in, who are you to tell him he's wrong? I can't stand all the assholeyness simply for the sake of oneupsmanship. I hope that Wright and Co see this, and feel that they've done what they set out to do... make an entertaining film from a good comic series.
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just as SNAKES ON A PLANE
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if i waited all night outside a theater for a film my 5 year old wanted to see there would be no way in hell i would be walking out of that theater until the film was over.
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you might as well compare rocky to the next karate kid. no comparison.
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you've got your whole life to be too good for stupid movies. enjoy them while you still can. when you are 30 and still enjoying stupid movies like transformers then you have a problem.
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No offense, but why am I listening to a teenager about movies? Even I didn't know shit enough about them when I was 16 to review them properly. And I was a pretty hardcore movie watcher (thanks mom for taking me to see JAWS when I was 3).<P>THAT SAID, I still don't get the hububb about Scott Pilgrim, it looks like Wes Anderson doing Mortal Kombat. That's really that interesting? Really? Love the director though (and Wes Anderson for that matter)
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Yep--almost 40.<BR><BR>That's stated, don't let the TB shit-kickers get you down, kid. You're doing good.
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Just jingling your keys in front of a five-year-old can keep them entertained for hours on end.
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How come no one does it in this case? It can't be about skin color could it?
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It reads look a book report and tells me nothing about the film I couldn't gather from the ads.
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Barry Lyndon, Benji, Death Race 2000, Escape to Witch Mountain, Funny Lady, Jaws, The Man Who Would Be King (man, I love that movie), Monty Python and the Holy Grail (holy shit!), One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest (oh yeah, baby), The Motherfuckin' Rocky Horror Picture Show, Rollerball (yeahr!), and Young Goddamned Frankenstein. <BR><BR>What a year 1975 was!
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And that was episode FOUR! That means I'm WAY younger that you if you were 5 when ep ONE came out. ...chronologically speaking...
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Sorry the rest of you poor schmoes apparently didn't and feel the need to use that as a criticism against this reviewer.
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please elucidate us, Vader. What films were you liking and disliking as a 16 year old. Not being a sarcastic ass--I'm genuinely interested.
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Aug. 4, 2010, 3:54 p.m. CST
OK, D.Vader, what was your favorite movie when you were 15
by WickedJacob
OK, D.Vader, what was your favorite movie when you were 16? Mine was "Wayne's World." And I was considered a bright kid.
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I'm exactly twenty tears older than the reviewer. Therefore, this review means absolutely nothing to me, or probably anybody else reading this site.<br><br>I think this was supposed to be posted on IGN
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No movie is worth sitting for 11 hours outside in a line. No movie EVER. Was there even a line to wait through at the t minus 11 hour point?
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About a week ago I got 'Daniel Dravot' and 'Peachey Carnehan' tattooed on my right forearm in an elegant cursive script. THAT'S how much I love that damn movie. And short story. <P> D.Vader, it IS petty and snide. My main thing is I really, really don't think Scott Pilgrim looks any good. I shouldn't have lambasted the kid just for his age. But still, I'm sure you loved many classic movies as a 16 year-old, but are you really prepared to say you didn't like ANY movies that you look back on now with shame? I bet you did. I loved tons of great, quality movies as a kid but I also loved tons of bullshit too.
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When I was 16, two new releases that I was raving about were Goodfellas and Miller's Crossing.
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Aug. 4, 2010, 4:01 p.m. CST
I had pretty good taste in movies when I was 16, sure.
by ColonelFatheart
But I also remember liking INDEPENDENCE DAY a whole lot at the time, too.
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Nobody owned a woman the way Clark Gable did. Get off my lawn.
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"makes it seem exciting."<p> Yes. SEEM exciting. Because if you just sit down and ask "wait, why is the band name Clash At Demonhead which was also the title of an obscure shitty NES game funny?" then you'll realize that there's nothing badass about making things in an 8bit style "just because". I really wish the nerd set would accept that old pixellated graphics were a byproduct of technical limitations, not an intentional and desired "art style".
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target audience. That's good to know. And if this is Merrick's kid, he's probably seen a shit ton more movies than the average 16-year-old. Still ... a critical response from a 16-year-old?
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Fact. When I was sixteen I thought I knew it all. I thought Independence Day was greater than Star Wars. I thought everyone over 20 was old and jaded and knew jack shit about life. You grow some hairs and voila you think you've seen and done it all. The advice I'd take from a 16 year old is whether I should order the luchtime special deal at my burger joint.
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But every review here on AICN has been positive. I think we could find other reasons to trash the review other than the fact that the guy is 16.
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...still..I was 6 years old when A New Hope came out, and it takes more than a movie that tries to look like a videogame, and has a plotline about some teenage schmuck trying to battles some girl's exes so he can date her, to impress me. In fact, take away the video-game gimmick, and this sounds like just any other teen movie. I might be more interested were this animated. Some of the 'edginess' of the comic book comes from the pseudo-realism of the situations juxtaposed with the complete lack of realism of the art. Michael Cera is the everyteen of the moment. I'm going to see this, but I'm not getting my hopes up--new or otherwise.
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It was JAWS. And I'm not meaning to insult everyone. I just find it funny that a website full of movie geeks and most are admitting they had shit taste when they were 16. I've thought I always had good taste in movies, as subjective a thought as that might be.
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I thought Benny and Joon spoke to my inner angst. I thought Madonna's Body of Evidence was actually sexy. I thought Cliffhanger was better than Die Hard. Ghost in the Machine was actually scary. And I thought Hearts and Souls was affectual. But I did appreciate some amazing shit too in 93 - Groundhog Day, Dazed and Confused, and In the Line of Fire.
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...I hate young people.
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I think that was the general consensus back then. It was before Will Smith always played Will Smith. It had great effects for the time. It was a fun summer movie.
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Thank you, thank you, thank you...finally someone who doesn't spell 'voila' as 'whallah.' You made my day.
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A true Pebrew through and through. <p>Still, let the kid finish high school before he gets to review a big release on a supposedly major movie geek site. <p>This is really going to rankle Sixies, though. A 16-year-old's review of SCOTT PILGRIM up before Harry's reviews of either KICK-ASS or INCEPTION.
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ID4 sucked balls then and still sucks balls now. I saw it in the theater (because my girlfriend at the time wanted to). Between what they stole from "V" and what they stole from War of the Worlds, and what they stole from every bad action film made to that point in history, that was a gi-normous piece of shit. Maybe if you were in high school at the time. I was in grad school.
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...QT was my man.
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It would be funnier if a website full of movie geeks strutted around saying they thought Cabinet of Dr. Caligari was the best movie ever made when they were 16. <P> But you didn't answer my question. There was NOTHING you liked in your teens that you now know to be terrible? NOTHING??
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After all, biggest topic of contention here is always fucking STAR WARS, and everyone knows you have to be a full-blown adult to really appreciate those movies.
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thought it was "perfect." Now, 11 years later, I can't bear to fucking watch it.
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"It was one of the most unexpected and completely satisfactory films I've seen in a while. EVEN AT ITS WORST, PILGRIM is filled with cinematic artistry and is brilliantly executed."<pr><pr> I don't think the reviewer's age has much to do with it. If you wait eleven hours on line, the Experience transcends the movie itself, and enduring the boredom of the wait has the side-effect of making ANY entertainment you recieve as your reward seem spectacular. But the reviewer does seem to be aware that flaws exist. But what were the "worst" parts, I wonder?
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And reread Kipling's oeuvre en masse. <BR><BR>Lesson that should be learned by THE ENEMY (aka Merrick Jr): when you're a 16 year old critic, don't mention your age, even obliquely. I'm not being snide. Just friendly advice. Oh--while I'm at it--THE ENEMY is a boring pseudonym imo. Choose a new one. <BR><BR>Otherwise, keep up the good work. You're doing a hell of a lot better than I would've done at your age.
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Lucky me...bet I didnt walk out of that classic!!
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I do. I saw it at BNAT. Lemme buy it today to think about exactly when/where that is.
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Now, it's like watching fucking Looney Tunes, except without the funny. I was a dumbass as a teenager.
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The Thing (saw it in the theater, almost crapped myself), The Shining (saw it in the theater, pretty much DID crap myself), Aliens, Back to the Future, Amadeus, SW:ESB, Platoon, Spinal Tap, Stand by Me, The Terminator, Ferris Bueller, Better off Dead, The Fly, Scanners (saw it in the theater, got my babysitter in trouble), The Hitcher, Escape From NY, Halloween, etc.
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Even great writers aren't fully formed at such an age.
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This is like his 3rd or 4th review for AICN. Its not the first. Last one I remember him writing was for Toy Story 3.
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Because that's what the band called the 16 yr old reporter/protagonist of "Almost Famous".
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to trash this review. It's boring to read. It provides very little information beyond what the ads already tell us. It's loaded with cliches. It's high on hyperbolic praise but very low on specific reasons for that praise. Basically, it lacks either new information or new perspective. Those are the main goals behind any review. Therefore it fails.
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... any of these positive reviews of this film with banner ads right beside them. I mean, let's face it, the preview is terrible. It looks like a complete mess. But, who knows, I could be wrong... maybe.
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But its not a reason to go easy on him either.
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My fave films at 16 were a mix of highbrow and lowbrow, and many have survived on the list to this day. Favorite film, then and now..The Rocky Horror Picture Show..I still say those who ridicule it don't know the difference between a bad film and a satire on them. Also loved Blade Runner (which I saw in the theater), The Thing, Metropolis (introduced to me by Forry Ackerman's Famous Monsters), The Godfather, Gone with the Wind...Fast Times at Ridgemont High...Labyrinth...the original Star Wars trilogy minus Jedi.. and the list goes on. I was always a reader, and never much for dumb comedies, then or now. So maybe the tastes were a little developed.
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He and his dad know what kind of scrutiny his words are exposed to.
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I missed the question. To be fair, there are lots of shit movies I liked then and lots of shit movies I liked now. I'm having a hard time thinking of a movie I liked a lot back then that now I'm not so into but also know isn't great to begin with. <p> I think I'd have to marinate on that for awhile and say ID4 for now. Wasn't close to being a favorite but I enjoyed it a lot.
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Aug. 4, 2010, 4:29 p.m. CST
I'm sure I would have loved Scott Pilgrim if I was 16...
by Turd_Has_Risen_From_The_Grave
Actually, I wouldn't...When I was 16, I was enjoying Commando and Robocop and all that good stuff, not this whiny hipster garbage that seems to have infected the youth of today and its spoiled culture. The Expendables will trounce Scott Pilgrim, which will bomb hard and hopefully teach AICN a lesson about their readership - that we will not be force-fed whatever nonsense we, as supposed 'geeks', are required to 'like'.<p>Also, this Enemy fellow...if he really is Merrick's son, then Merrick should be ashamed that the kid can write far better than he can, at least in prose, if not in substance, though he certainly seems to have acquired his old man's tiresome snarky attitude (which is laughable when you claim that you wanted to walk out of TPM at 5 years old). No, I'm not convinced - this is merely Merrick writing in character, much like Moriarty used to write reviews as 'Neil Cumpston', professing naivete when folks outed him.
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I was merely responding to the reactions that ranged around the opinion of "Well, you're 16 so what do you know?" as if 16 year olds can't appreciate good movies.
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wouldn't have thought to watch any Bergman.
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boring (i.e., the ALMOST FAMOUS reference and ALMOST FAMOUS as a movie in and of itself imo). I'll give a nod to the kid for the accurate age association, but--of course--that won't stay accurate for long.<BR><BR>My first Bulletin Board System pseudonym (on a BBS called Pep's Data System) was THE WARRIOR. Pretty bad, huh? I was 12 years old at the time, but still...
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Does The Enemy hate cats and believe in ghosts like his old man?
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a delightful romp. Now it terrifies me, and I appreciate it all the more for it.
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All the way back to Hesiod complaining about it in Ancient Greece.
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... shut the fuck up.
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This is the name I picked when I was 15, and I've still got it =P.
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Anyone over 18, who wants to see Scott Pilgrim, is fucking retarded.
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I was dating a 16 year old chick when I was 15. No need to break her in.
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if I was a gay 16 year old.
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Is eggsalad. An old troll.
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I'm lucky if I remember what I had for dinner last night.
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Aug. 4, 2010, 4:42 p.m. CST
ColonelFatheart, he wanted to walk out of a SW movie at 5?
by MattmanReturns
My guess is he was preoccupied with Barbie dolls. He'll discover his true nature in a couple of years.
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Maybe its just the crochety old man in me, but I really do feel this generation is spoiled and apathetic beyond even that - too many distractions, too much useless technology (ipods, ipads, games consoles, twitter social networking, etc.), disposable junk culture (reality shows, endless cinematic reboots). There's no attention span, considered opinion or just plain ol' damn passion anymore. The internet has ruined these kids - in my day you absorbed movies and art slowly, and it truly meant something. You could only discuss it with a small group of people - usually face to face. The online world has contributed to this - its all glib throwaway nonsense. Therefore, I can see why The Enemy and his ilk would go ga-ga for shallow nonsense like Scott Pilgrim - it's the perfect film for their throwaway generation.
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...Clueless. still love it now though . early genius of the rudd. still trying to think of a film i loved then but know is shit now.
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Talk about wasting a full day!
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Starting to get sick of hearing about this movie. Alright, alright, I get it! Its about a skinny geeky kid (played by the predictably annoying Michael Cera) kicking the crap out of much cooler jocks and douchebags in the name of nerdy geekdom.<p> Thanks for trying to appeal to my geeky side, but you don't have to shove this fucking thing down my throat. Same thing happened with Kick-Ass. When that movie was constantly being advertised and hyped up, I got so sick of hearing about it that I couldn't be arsed to see the fucking thing.<p> Hollywood, if you want my dollars, keep producing original modern classics like Inception, instead of churning out crap because they're "geeky movies."<p> Hollywood: "Hey everybody we've got a 12 year old girl called 'Hit Girl' who says cunt a lot and kicks some ass! Plus, we've got a teenage geeky superhero who calls himself 'Kick-Ass' which is the same name as the movie! Plus we got that McLovin' guy too! Isn't that awesome??? We love geeks!"<p> Me: "Shove a cock up your collective asses!"
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Feeding the trolls, I know. But its true.
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That's retarted!
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Gay Power.
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Jesus fucking Christ!!! It's like you're being lazy just to spite me. This kid just scooped you on Scott pilgrim and you sit there talking about a fucking trailer. I mean my god, he got a pretty coherant review up before your reviews of kick ass and inception.<p>I'm sure he wouldve beaten you to the punch on those films too had he been of age!!!! Shame motherfucker shame!!!
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In his defense, that trade federation shit was pretty boring. I can't imagine a five-year-old getting into the political intrigues surrounding trade embargoes.
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but at least you're not a faggot.
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I'll watch it cuz I'm hot for Chris Evans but this movie ain't no thang.
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Aug. 4, 2010, 4:48 p.m. CST
This generation is spoiled. So is mine, so was the one
by ColonelFatheart
before that.
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Older people have though that throughout all of time. I *know* I had people saying the exact same things about me when I was a kid. So I can't help but give the next generation the benefit of the doubt. I hate generalizations, including making assumptions about people based on their age. That's why I don't feel bad about picking on the review -- because I see him as a person just like any other person, not a part of some faceless "generation."
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i just threw up a little in my mouth.
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I've always enjoyed ID4, thought it was and still is good summer blockbuster fun. Unlike a lot of movie geeks though I have always and will always enjoy some shitty blockbuster type flicks. I know the difference between a good movie and an enjoyable movie and I do not confuse the two. All that was just to say I liked ID4....lol As far as this review, I think a lot of people need to get off their high horse with discrediting a review due to the reviewers age. I've never read Scott Pilgrim and have mixed feelings about the previews. What I know is Edgar Wright has yet to disappoint me and I will eventually see this flick, though Expendables is first in line.
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He's DJing a bat mitzvah and has awesome hair. Also wearing a yellow blazer, black shorts, and combat boots.
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Chris Evans is, indeed, awesome.
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Sorry about the big blob on that last post, I forgot this site requires HTML to seperate paragraphs.....
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Couldn't be bothered, huh? Your brush with the grim reaper taught you absolutely nothing, didn't it? I'm sure we will be getting a Scott Pilgrim review, though. Let me guess - will it be two thumbs up? Yep...thought so.
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Aug. 4, 2010, 4:50 p.m. CST
I have no idea why this flick is engendering such nerd rage.
by Grammaton Cleric
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...especially because most people here are trashing the youth of today for being impatient and having short attention spans.
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but thank god it's going to bomb. maybe they'll stop making stupid, silly movies like this and Kick-Ass. Seriously fuck these 4th tier lame-ass comic books.
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Please, there is no perfect generation. The current generation is pretty tame.
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Aug. 4, 2010, 4:53 p.m. CST
Well, I'm sure it doesn't apply to all the kids...
by Turd_Has_Risen_From_The_Grave
Just ones like The Enemy, who have appropriated the worst kind of geek douchebag faux-blase attitude from their elders. Like father, like son...<p>If you were 5, you sure as fuck didn't comprehend enough about TPM and what it meant (or didn't) to want to leave, and Jar Jar's antics were certainly enough to amuse you.
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Aug. 4, 2010, 4:54 p.m. CST
I don't know if this movie's going to be good or bad...
by Le Vicious Fishus
But I do know one thing:<BR><BR>Michael Cera is so fucking ugly that I have a tough time looking at him let alone believing that attractive young girls/women would give him the time of day in any form of reality. Cera looks like a terribly homely, middle-aged, cross dressing lesbian trying to pass as a hip, teenage dude. I can only guess that the gorgeous Mary Winstead must've had a hard time filming make out/sex scenes with that hideous mug (which only a Jonah Hill could make look decent in relief).<BR><BR>Proviso: once girls/women mature, most grow out of their revulsion towards horribly ugly males as long as they have something else (e.g., brains; financial stability) to offer. <BR><BR>OTOH, we men--straight or gay--rarely grow out of our juvenile aversion to ugly folk.<BR><BR>And before you guys slam me for implying that I'm good looking myself, think again. I grew up into an awkward, rather unattractive teen and young adult. I look much better now and never hit Cera depths of hideousness, but--as a formerly ugly kid--I know that even many (even most) ugly boys/men have an aversion to ugly people in general. Hell, the guys I've known who have been pickiest about female looks have often been the ugliest.<BR><BR>Digression complete.
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That movie actually cast a spell over first time viewers. It was only after repeated viewings that we saw it for what it was - bantha fodder
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why did you agree to wait 11 hours to see it?? Makes no sense to me.
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I'll be in the Expendables line. Most likely laughing at the emo whiny hipster bitches walking in to see Scott Pilgrim.
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Geez, when I was 16 my favorite film's was A Clockwork Orange, well anything by Kubrick actually, Schindler's List, The Wicker Man, Apocalypse Now, and The Wild Bunch. Those are still on my top film list plus others of course. Don't tell me a teenager can't have a decent critical response to films. I do have to say kid, 5 when you saw that crap, man you do make me feel old.
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I call shenanigans about the 5 year old's alleged TPM "walk-out" request. If true, it's because most 5 year olds have the attention span of an ant. Who knows? Maybe he had to potty or maybe he just wanted his daddy to pay attention to him.<BR><BR>Again, this review is much better than I could've done at Merrick Jr's age, but it's hard to swallow that part of the review.
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Aug. 4, 2010, 5:02 p.m. CST
Most people are barely cognizant at five years old
by Turd_Has_Risen_From_The_Grave
Some sugar filled candy is enough to content them, while they chatter excitedly throughout Star Wars and get their fathers to help read the subtitles for them. But no, The Enemy apparently was aware that TPM was an event decades in the anticipation, and actually camped out overnight, only to be disgusted at Lucas' leaden dialogue and the finer nuances of taxing trade routes. The kid must be a prodigy...
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So I got to see the movie. It was a fun and different. Got to see a special concert with Metric afterwards. The best part was seeing all those actresses in the movie there all not looking like their parts in the movie wearing mini-skirts and high heels.
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Aug. 4, 2010, 5:08 p.m. CST
When I was 3, I demanded to be taken home
by Turd_Has_Risen_From_The_Grave
from a screening of Barry Lyndon. I declared to my paternal guardians that Kubrick had sold out and that this represented a marked decline in the quality of his output, and also that his work was a mere bastardizaion of the original Thackeray novel (which I had read whilst still in the womb, along with the collected works of Tolstoy and Jmaes Joyce). To my pre-school eyes, the mis-en-scene was also a little lazy....
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JFK got elected...shit, I have jackets older than this kid...
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Before it was "Episode IV, A New Hope." <p> Now THAT'S old.
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But he can write somewhat literately, which is more than can be said for his boss. Rock on, leaders of tomorrow.
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I also championed Edward Scissorhands when I was 16. which I'll chalk up to hormones and angst. Which is why I only partially defended this reviewer. Hormones and angst can do really crazy things to judgement.
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He's hardly a gorgeous specimen, yet he is now a leading man. Talent wins over looks sometimes.
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Even at 20 I didn't know Phantom Menace sucked... until I saw it again.
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is the movie that my mom into labor with me. Saw ESB at 5, Raiders at 6.
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Does it mean that I too am getting told, or does it seem ridiculous that we are getting movie reviews of a person who was 5 years old when Phantom Menance came out? I mean, how could you have any "fanboy" identification with Star Wars at the age of five, that was so "sophisticated," the fucking Jedi-counsel sequence is what did you in? Ha!
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Monty Python Holy Grail was incredible in that it wasn't an american style movie. There wasn't the predictable pattern in mainstream movies. At first I was confused trying to make sense of it but I was laughing so hard, I stopped trying. Deathrace 2000? Drive in theatre and the perfect type of movie for that venue. Killing people for points-whoa. Stallone (unknown then) as an over the top 30s gangster style driver. Lots of 70s style explosions and violence. Rollerball? combining roller derby and spiked gloves. I thought football was vicious. ou know the 70s had a lot of fads but the movies really were original. The decay theme of society and the human spirit in movies such as warriors, death wish and other vigilante movies, straw dogs, network even cuckcoo nest all touched the theme of breaking of the human spirit. Another reason those movies hold good memories for me is seeing them in old theatres. Yeah they were dirty, hot and old but they had an ambience you don't get in todays sanitized version. Last, the 70s movies were gritty and not afraid to take chances on subject matter (Dog day afternoon, All the presidents men) unlike majority of todays play-it-safe movies where authority is not to be challenged or questioned.
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Hahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!
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and loving every fucking second of it!! ok. i was 6, but close enough. god i loved that movie.
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He gave a well written and thought review. If you didn't know he was 16 would be ripping what he wrote? By that I mean, do you think gave a credible critque of the movie? I think he did and feel that as he gets more experienced, we'll start paying attention to what he writes and not his age.
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Willow!!!!! With my old man. a LATE screening, even. Great night!!!!!
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while the fortress(?) was being stormed by the bad guys and chasing after the girl professing hs love? That and a bad wig he wore are what I remember about the movie.
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I won't defend it or pretend it's the greatest movie ever, but I saw that around 10 and have loved it ever since. Hell, I even liked the love/hate romance element, at a time when I wasn't into that stuff at all.
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i still remember watching Splash! when i was around 10 or 11. breasts were suddenly more than just bumps on the front of women.
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Even at that young age, Anne Bancroft in bra/panties laying on her daughters bed with Dustin Hoffman in the back made me feel something I only got when catwoman (Julie Newmarr) was on batman. Strange.
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on Beta.Talk about the big hair days
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I was about 5 when I saw it, and it had me enthralled. Sure Lucas was ripping LOTR but it was a good kid's fantasy movie.
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Ron Howard I think made it and had decent budget for its time and subject. Movies of that genre included: Krull, Jim Hensen Dark Crystal, Tom Cruise in Legend and the king of them all:EXCALIBUR!! Blew my mind with 2 rapes, nudity, real looking knights in combat, great cast and visuals. 2 rapes were at start of movie with Arthurs father and then I consider Arthur to be raped by his sister Morgana (played by a young Helen Mirren). If you go to IMDBB and look up the movie they have the original trailers for it.
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How long has this been going on? I don't really trust reviews from anyone outside my demo - it's illogical.
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SHE WAS PRINCESS LESBIA IN DILDO WARS
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but Willow still sucked ass.
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$18-20M opening, gone in two weeks.
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He has to "defeat her 7 evil exes"? Does this story take place in even the remotest form of reality? (Maybe all the whacky cinematography is my answer...)
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In Little China, or Army of Darkness. Going back futher, Cannonball Run! All of these I still love, but I bet I must have liked some real tripe as well.
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Aug. 4, 2010, 6:32 p.m. CST
The closest comparison would be KICK-ASS, if it was good
by TheGhostWhoLurks
KICK-ASS was pure garbage, and complete waste of my time. A modern day MYSTERY MEN. A bad, unfunny joke.<p>SCOTT PILGRIM, on the other hand, looks hilarious, fun, exciting and well-worth the price of admission. I can't wait! :)
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I strongly approve.
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I love how this site just ignores people's input. I emailed an advanced screening review a week ago, and was completely ignored, but you post this guy's review? What the hell is your criteria over there anyway?
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Should I even give this review a looksie?
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Aug. 4, 2010, 6:37 p.m. CST
Craiggers, the criteria is nepotism first, then cash.
by TheGhostWhoLurks
If you're related to "The Regulars" AND have cash, you're ACES. :)
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over the top positive (or negative depending on the general disposition of the upcoming film of the powers that be), from Austin, are you in anyway connected to the business and was it filled with promises of swag?</p><p>No you say? Well sir/ma'am I think you have your answer.
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The original one, not the crappy remake starring The Rock. :P
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i recommend buying a ticket to the Expendables and slipping into Pilgrim, hopefully no one sees you and points and laughs.
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I knew this site was going to the toilet after I realized the pattern that movie productions that invite an AICN staff member are the ones that are ensured to get a glowing review, but it's pretty retarded when a 16-year-old kid's review of a movie takes precedence over someone who has vastly more experience and knowledge about film (not to mention life... the world... girls). Not that it really matters. It's not like I get paid for this shit, but still, would have been cool to contribute and maybe get some readers directed to my blog.
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Aug. 4, 2010, 6:50 p.m. CST
Here's a real review from someone who was 18 when Phantom Menace
by Craiggers
http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=17172417&blogId=537657317 Yeah, yeah, I know, "Myspace? You still use Myspace?" Hey, it still has a great blogging feature, so sue me. Anyway, as to my review: professional? Nah. Honest and entertaining? I'd like to think so.
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i don't see the problem here
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Same with Twilight and Hanna Montana.</p><p>If you are over 18, have a full time job or career, have had sex with a woman who actually knows how to give proper head instead of just slobbering and sucking like a clueless 14yr old with ill fitting retainers, own a house, don't self mutilate when you don't win free tickets to a concert, remember when eyeliner was something only women wore, wear your AC/DC concert shirt because you like the band not because it is reto "cash" and on sale at Hot Topic, and have something to do with your evenings other than play video games until your parents go to bed so you can masturbate in private....then this movie probably isn't for you.</p><p>Then again..maybe it is geeky fun and worth watching drunk some night at home. But...there is no way I'm waiting in line nor paying 12.50 to see it.
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Phantom Menace? Shit, I was getting head from my g/f Jesse Vigorito in the back row of the cinema. She swallowed and said "Fuck its cold in here".
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Let's get one thing clear right off the bat. When you were five you never demanded to be taken home during the Jedi Council scene of the Phantom Menace. What I mean by that is that that never actually happened. Clear?
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I'd have that tattoo'ed on my arm as a momento. Swallowing a hot load and then instantly changing the subject to something completely unrelated to the act or the relationship is The Mark of a quality chick.
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In every movie than John Wayne played John Wayne. So his characters in "Hancock", "Seven Pounds", "Ali" "Pursuit of Happyness" and "Bagger Vance" are the same guy? Bullshit.
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Your posts never fail to crack me the fuck up.
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i think you just wrote the plot of kick ass right then and there. full disclosure though... it's sitting right here next to my macbook pro waiting to be watched. :)
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Maybe that's a good reason to see it. I'll be surprised.
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if you print out your review, you could use it as a tissue to cry into...
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thinking to myself where the heck is Lex Luthor? Why did the fake Krypotonite turn Superman into a Douche, and did Richard pryor robot just turn a broad into a robot.
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sorry about that.
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How did that broad become a robot?
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...Transformers came out. <p> Mentally.
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JAWS came out, and Pink Floyd released "Wish You Were Here" Top that, scumbags!
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Preach brother, preach.
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...I needed to get the shit kicked out of me. I championed movies like Kiss of the Spider Woman and Return of the Secaucus Seven and thought I was oh so clever for being such a pretentious little prick. <p> But back then the world wasn't nearly as geek friendly and I did want to have a girlfriend.
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did Richard Pryor's Super Computer just turn that Broad into a Robot.
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Aug. 4, 2010, 7:34 p.m. CST
I was 5 when my nanny's breasts popped out accidentally
by Hey_Kobe_Tell_Me_How_My_Ass_Tastes
That's nanny not nana you preverts. And my 5 year old mind was blown at the size of those things. It is still my happy thought when shit gets rough. Top that.
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Long time no see.
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Aug. 4, 2010, 7:39 p.m. CST
Wonka, that 's just plain mean, probably true, but stil
by Hey_Kobe_Tell_Me_How_My_Ass_Tastes
Just mean.
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I don't trust any review written by a 16 year old. That said, I have a 5 year old at home who loves The Phantom Menace. Lucas was right when he said he made the movie for little kids.
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Yes, you picked out the only movies in which Will Smith didn't play Will Smith. Good job. But you have to admit, for awhile there, the movies were just Will Smith, not individual characters. I'm talking ID4, MiB, MiB II, Bad Boys, Bad Boys 2, Wild Wild West, Enemy of the State, etc...
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Good to see you!
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And I didn't think this film could get any better. Curious as hell to see the context of this.
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I can't hate on Will, he can't act, and ID4 was epically retarded, but it delivered as does mots of his stuff
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Scott Pilgrim does not appeal to me at all.
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Will you be lining up at midnight, wearing your best Pilgrimgear and carrying an extra bottle of clearasil while twittering and tweating to your grounded and epically bummed buddies about 180 pound hottie in front of you?
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...he's got his riff, he's got the charisma and he's been pretty good (there was Wild Wild West) at picking big projects that showcase him well. Nothing wrong with that. And I've got a certain fondness for the MiB movies, which aren't even movies, really, but just big dumb spectacles. <p> Plus, he is both my kids favorite movie star.
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Burton's Batman, and Ghostbusters 2. Even at 16 I thought GB2 sucked balls.
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...I don't get to do that anymore, even for the movies I might want to. <p> And sadly, I'm getting to the point where I might be needing an extra bottle of Rogaine. <p> But I've got to say I'm moderately interested in seeing this. At this point I can't stand Cera but outside of that I'm relatively glad that the boy is excited enough to "make" us go see it.
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Aug. 4, 2010, 8:22 p.m. CST
Since I started the whole crappy movies I liked when I was 16
by Rob0729
I figure I would give some of the "awesome" movies I loved at 16: <br><br> I absolutely loved Maximum Overdrive (probably the worst movie Stephen King ever had his name attached to starring Emilio Estevez, do I need to say more?)<br> I was a huge Chuck Norris fan and put "Lone Wolf McQuaide" up there almost to with Die Hard.<br> I actually thought Hudson Hawk was funny<br> I used to quote Can't Buy Me Love<br><br> Do I need to go on. Yes, not all 16 year olds have horrible taste, but most do. It is 16 year old boys that make movies like Transformers 2 monster hits. Without know this reviewer's background in movies, I just automatically assume he is a typical teenage boy who likes loud, dumb movies. I admit I could be way off.
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No wait, I was 5 when Network came out. Actually, I was 5 when Barry Lyndon came out. Maybe it was when Chinatown came out. Maybe it was the Muppet Movie. ...Coulda been Citizen Kane.
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Then again, I have only seen him in Superbad - which I liked. Still, I have had zero interest in this movie since I heard about it, and that has not changed.
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...my only excuse is I've got some kind of summer flu right now. Let me do that answer again. <p> Clearasil makes for the very best lubrication, hoss, and a hundred and eighty pounds of sex on the hoof needs an awful lot of <p> Nah, I'm just not feeling it. And that was an easy throw. I got no excuse.
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...year one that pushed me over the line on Cera. I would suggest you not see it. Actually I would suggest that everyone not see it.
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<p>to Enemy's. There is one crucial difference. I believe it's not a great assumption to say that YOUR parents aren't movie reviewers who spend most of their days watching movies. With his father being Merrick, I'm sure he sat through almost as many movies by the time he turned 16 that many of you have by the time you hit your 30's.</p> <p>The kid's got credentials and one thing that many of the other reviewers on this site DON'T have. He can actually form cohesive sentences!</p> <p>I believe he wanted to walk out of TPM when he said. The politics angle of the movie was boring as fuck. And I also believe that Scott Pilgrim, while not being on EVERYBODY'S "MUST SEE" list, looks like a great film that I'm looking forward to myself. (However, part of that is because it takes place here in Toronto AS Toronto and not as the backdrop to some US city.)</p> <p>In any case, another good review TE. I like your work and think you should keep it up.</p>
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Can't stand Jack Black
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Is she goth?
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Aug. 4, 2010, 8:42 p.m. CST
No matter how much aicn tries to cram this down my throat...
by Mel_Gibsons_Nazi_Dad
I will never pay to see it. It looks fucking awful
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maybe Jar Jar, etc just made him start crying and going into fits of convulsions.
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Aug. 4, 2010, 8:49 p.m. CST
Yeah, she's wearing a Morticia Moo Moo
by Hey_Kobe_Tell_Me_How_My_Ass_Tastes
And purple lipstick and eating a chunky
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Aug. 4, 2010, 8:49 p.m. CST
Will Smith plays the same role in each film
by BP_drills_america_a_new_asshole
He plays himself. Wise cracking, jocular, egotistical tough guy/smart ass. It doesn't take much talent to play yourself, does it?
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Bullshit, sorry don't buy it for a minute. 5 year old kids don't walk out on movies, it just doesn't happen. I have kids, I know. TPM is a kids dream, no scene lasts more than a few minutes, the "boring " stuff is never drawn out. But I am supposed to believe that a 5 year old wanted to walk out on it.....yeeeeahhhhh.
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Now I come to think about it. It was around that time I first saw The Wild Bunch, got into Hong Kong cinema, film noir and some other stuff.<p>Now I'll watch any old shit. I've probably seen as much of IMDB's bottom 100 as I have of its top 100. Boa vs Python? Frankenfish? Pure gold. I even own Doom on DVD.
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Ok ok the kid is 16, does that really make his review null and void? I mean if he's Merrick's son than even at 5 years old he probably had a better idea of movies and structure and what not than the average 5 year old. BTW everyone saying that they didn't realize how terrible TPM was upon 1st viewing i call shenannigans on! I didn't admit how terrible I thought it was for a while, but I didn't have much positive to say when I walked out. So he could've, as a discerning lil 5 year old geek said, No man, this isn't for me, what the hell's a trade embargo? Also why do we have to lump a whole generation together? Not every 16 year old is a lame emo kid, a lot of'em, but not all. And finally, I thought the review was very well written and I am actually looking forward to this. Then again I actually like Michael Cera. And Kick Ass and any number of people & films that the heralded talkbackers at AICN say suck. Guess I'm not cool enough... who cares?! :p Oh yeah, I was 5 years old when ESB came out ;)
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Merrick and his wife are movie reviewers?<BR><BR>Do tell...<BR><BR>Fact: Merrick despises felines and fantasizes about killing and torturing them much like your common, run-of-the-mill redneck.<BR><BR>Fact: Merrick is a great believer in the supernatural like your common, run-of-the-mill teenage high school kid.<BR><BR>Fact: Merrick's work on AICN usually consists of cut and paste jobs regarding typically stale movie "news." They clock in at very few words per article. <BR><BR>How many actual movie reviews have you read by him and was he writing them professionally in '99? <BR><BR>But I'll give Merrick this: the couple of times I've read a REAL substantive article penned by him (like his ESB retrospective not long ago), I've been impressed by his writing ability. He should do it more often, even if I do think he's a superstitious, cat-killing redneck piece of shit. He's a good writer, and that's what counts.<BR><BR>And--to be fair--I do believe it's possible Merrick jr wanted out of TPM during the boring shit, but you and I both know the Enemy included that bit for one reason: so that 30-40 something fan boys like many of us here would feel a common indignation and sense of SW geek-betrayal at the oft perceived travesty and disappointment of the SW prequels. Sure, the kid might of been bored at times, but was he seething with fan boy wrath at Lucas at the tender age of 5? No.<BR><BR>It was a disingenuous move.<BR><BR>All that stated--I like the kid and think he's a pretty good writer. May be really something one day when he's older.
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I totally remember now. She was blowing me when that little shit Anakid was talking to the Jedi Council, I popped my wad into her mouth, and one of the Jedi's asked Anakid how he was doing and Anakid said "I'm cold, Sir" and right then she swallowed and said "No Shit!" really loud. All these people in the theater laughed because it was kinda cold. I blame my faulty memory on the coronal mass ejection that hit Earth today. And I would never have dated a Quality girl at that time in my life, I was too messed up in the head and knew it. No sense in dragging someone else down with me. :(
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http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/scott-pilgrim-interactive-trailer.html
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What did we learn? What insight did we gain? What argument did he propose? What evidence did he provide? Anyone defending this reviewer is just as much of an age-bigot as anyone who hates him because of his age.
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Aug. 4, 2010, 10:07 p.m. CST
I second the 16 year old faggot post from earlier....
by MJs_Cold_Dead_Pale_Corpse
looks like SCOTTPILGRIMFAN has finally come out.....what a faggot!
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Aug. 4, 2010, 10:19 p.m. CST
This kid hasn't even stroked his first cock yet....
by MJs_Cold_Dead_Pale_Corpse
and I'm willing to bet that when he finally does....it won't be his....and it won't be with his hands either.
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Having not seen it, I can't say, it may very well be as bad as he says, but I doubt it. Seems the vast consensus is that it's good / fun. Nice kooky endosummer moviefilm. <br><br>is it just me, or does it seem like Edelstein is completely outta touch with the rest of the universe. He was baffled by The Dark Knight and didn't like Inception either -- easily two of the top ten best "Summer movies" of the decade -- and now he doesn't "get" this either. Maybe wanna sit this zeitgeist out grandpa? I think it dun passd ya bye.
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and why should i give a shit.
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MJs_Cold_Dead_Pale_Corpse...That cock stroking riff it fucking top notch funny.
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I speak from the heart
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www.prisonplanet.com
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www.infowars.com
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www.infowars.com
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Aug. 4, 2010, 11:07 p.m. CST
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by janefar
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janefar & Spazatronik_2000 Please die of AIDS you souless fucks. You both gargle goat sperm and spit it into each others red swollen assholes
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JESUS! I usually drunk or stoned or working the razor like Edward fucking Scissorhands or my girlfriends noonie then trying to coax her into a bit of light anal play in my uni dorm room when Phantom Menace came out... I'm so fucking old... where has my life gone??... :'0(
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I remember loving Pulp Fiction and hating Stargate. 16 year olds may lack life experience but they can tell when a movie is special and when it's a waste.
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Only I didn't have to convince your girlfriend... she practically begged me. <BR> Anyway... I remember being right here in AICN when Phantom menace came out and the wave of betrayal that flowed over the TBs. I couldn't pay too much attention because in her excitement your girlfriend hit the back of her head on my computer monitor, but I only was a lurker back then anyway, so I just closed the window, and took her back to her dorm room. those were the days
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here's some info on the spammers. Don't break the law, but fuck with them. Their host, godaddy, doesn't put up with that shit. We could put 'em out of business. http://tinyurl.com/34jpo9m
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Look it up on one of your conspiracy nut websites. He's UBER IMPORTANT! He's, like, the Hellish Hand of Fiery Retribution! The King of Theives! THE LORD OF CHAOS! HE ENGINEERED EVERY CONSPIRACY!!! Look it up on jackassconspiracynut.com
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host.
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beat up that skinny mumbling lesbian<p> Isn't that a hate crime?
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The robot lady scared the shit out of me but I thought the evil superman/clark kent fight was epic. The physics of superman seperating into two versions of himself seemed illogical even way back then. Though the movie as a whole was shit, I still love the evil superman scenes. Way better than anything in Superman Returns.
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If it hadn't been hyped and slathered with so much grease. The idea is cute... it's a niche movie and the studio obviously wants to make it something bigger<BR><BR>Don't make up a fake following for a film... i will just ring so much more hollow than a smaller but real following. Now every movie can be TDK, or District 9, not every movie will have a cult following. Just let it be what it will be.
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and I thought it was a pile. My favorite movie at the time was GOODFELLAS. But I also thought Kevin Smith had profound things to say about relationships in CHASING AMY. Then I actually experienced relationships.
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ESB was the first movie I actually remember attending. I remember we waited in a line that wrapped around the building, and all outside posters were different ones for ESB. We waited so long but i didn't care... I just stared so long at those paintings and I was happy.
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LOL! So you're the guy that gave me this?? *looks down his pants at Jabba the Hut type growth hanging from his cock* Nice work mate... nice.
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There's no way it can live up to this hype. No way. This is approaching "Phantom Menace" levels.
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I think We both got it when we got raped by George Lucas. There was a part of me that liked feeling like I was one of Uncle Georges "special" friends, but for the rest of my life, I can't pee like a normal person.
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kick-ass was great fun and i know scott pilgrim will be more of the same.
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I've seen tranny hookers with more crossover appeal...the fans will rejoice, nobody else will give a shit. KICK ASS, get ready for company.
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that maybe The Enemy isn't 16. Maybe hey wrote phantom menace, but really meant write, return of the jedi?
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Seriously? The guy is horrendous to watch. I know there's an insane ammount of Wright/Pegg/Frost love on this site, but I couldn't give a monkeys about this film - I'll maybe see it on dvd/blu-ray. Cinema is way too expensive these days to go see a film "just cos I liked Spaced". And Chris Evans - STOP BEING IN COMIC BOOK MOVIES!!! You did it, okay?! You beat Ryan Reynolds' score.
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These movies glorify loser/underdog/geeks and the haters feel the if they can distance themselves from such characters it will solidify their rank above others. Sorry, but hating on the underdogs of cinema just makes you narcissistic dwarfs terrified of your own mediocre achievements. Social climbing insects.
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STAR WARS opening day. Close Encounters of the Third Kind opening day. Saturday Night Fever opening day. Annie Hall opening day (and didn't appreciate it). Oh yeah - and PETE'S DRAGON - and I can remember thinking DAMNATION ALLEY was awesome. I was 5. Ok.
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Dang, that movie freaked me out at the end when Reinhardt gets trapped inside his robot for eternity.
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NOT TO FUCKING SEE THAT SHIT OF A MOVIE ABOUT SOME NERDBOY SEXIST IMAGINARY FIGHTING TOURNAMENT
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best movie ever! not kidding it was totally awesome
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I don't get your joke.
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C'mon guys, inception was trash. Boring, boring boooooorwing Trash. <p>hey harry, you hated it right? don't put down your lack of interest and falling asleep to being anything other than BORED <p>And don't tell me it was 'intellectual' -- dreams within dreams within dreams within dreams, and considering the 'it was ALL a dream' in another fucking dream concept. this is what you fuckers are screaming for in modern film?? <p> at best, this film was a total missfire and you all know it. it has no rewatch value except to scrutinize the terrible direction, the horrible acting and the over trying to be a 'classic' <p>Ok, so you think you still like it...... lets hear why this film is so good? lets hear what makes this film a star above all the rest of the films it derived itself from. <p>I feel bad for hating watchmen so much now, at least that film looked good and had some killer performances. Inception was just a big wank <p>Nolan exposes himself for the poor marksman he is. <p>where's the inception talkback - i really need to let loose on it's scenes and outragous premise. and it's sheer neglect for people who actually DO THINK and not the ones who toke and then pose the question "wow, like, what if you could fall asleep in your dream and have another dream..... wooooooah"
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what if you could fall asleep in your dream your having while your dreaming of yourself falling asleep and having a dream..... double wooooooah
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What if, you'r dreaming and you wake up, but you're not sure if you've woken up because you've been dreaming your dreaming while you dream.
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...you could walk around continually upwards on a stair case? "but it's not actually going up there's a big drop" "shut up bitch!! what if, damnit??!!??"
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because i love sean of the dead and hot fuzz. But I hated inception.
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Nope, not even close...although actually trying to hit on why the loathing towards this project started early isn't your point, of course. You're just an easy sell, and hoping that if you belittle all the other folk who aren't, you'll feel better about being such a blatant target consumer.<p> Which is why all the eye-rolling and groaning. Both movies (and their related comics...but especially PILGRIM) reek of a desperate, pre-packaged "coolness" designed to appeal to the narcissistic youth market, who fancy themselves some sort of "interesting" outcast, even as they spend every extra dollar they have on trying to conform to what all their equally "interesting" outcast friends are doing.<p> You feel flattered by this movie's pandering, and are thus chomping at the bit to surrender your money to it. And upset at those of us who are immune to its wiles...we "social climbing insects", whatever the fuck that's supposed to mean. I suppose that refers to people who don't shop at Hot Topic for all their mavericky, outcast, "unique and special" needs...
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I'm not only going to never see SCOTT PILGRIM, I'm also going to cancel my order for KICK ASS on blu-ray (didn't get to see it in cinema). Fuck. Remember when movies were about people. These guys should be making MIDNIGHT RUN, not some lobotomised shit for crack-babies.
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Inception....but did you like it? What is your favourite movie of the year is so far?
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I loved Fight Club, The Coen Bros and David Lynch films. I think I was alright taste wise. My taste in music on the other hand....
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which is why I'll watch Scott Pilgrim and anything else with Wright's name attached to it.
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go fuck yourself
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I've got nothing. Just wanted to join the fun.
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they always give themselves away by saying 'go see this movie'
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Sorry, I don't take advise (be it on movies or anything) from someone that neither shaves, can't drink or has never been laid. Just simple rules I live by.
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you said: "Sorry, I don't take advise (be it on movies or anything) from someone that neither shaves, can't drink or has never been laid. Just simple rules I live by." <p> --- so you dont read harry's reviews then? why are you here man?!
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Aug. 5, 2010, 7:36 a.m. CST
re: Many 16 year olds like those Date/Epic/Disaster movie shitfe
by Darth_Von_Stroheim
Ain't that the truth. Has anyone seen the trailer for Vampires Suck? It looks like that one is going to be as terrible as the other dozen or so shitfests by those talentless hacks Friedberg and Seltzer. Satire can be so much more than just scenes from contemporary movies strung together with references to pop culture, celebrity gossip and current events peppered with dick, poop, and fart jokes. It's a shame Hollywood and stupid cinema-goers haven't figured that out...
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Still my personal favorite out of the bunch even though Empire is the best one followed by Sith. I really dug Sith since its basically what I thought would happen anyway. As for this review, I think opening up by saying you hated Phantom Menance in order to get some sorta nerd creed is weak. Also, any movie that has Cera as a bad ass is doomed to fail. Should have got the guy from Zombieland at least, he had some good action moments as opposed to Cera who was in an overrated TV show and in his biggest film, SuperBad, he was a closet homo. Nothing about this film interests me unless we actually see Roma bang the bi-furious chick straight up ass to ass. Plus, as offensive as Jar Jar was in Episode I, the gay roommate in this film looks worse.
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they should hire Michael Cera to play Justin Bieber. They are both equally prepubescent!! :-D
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Aug. 5, 2010, 8:12 a.m. CST
STAR WARS XXX is happening! NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!
by DioxholsterReturns
i dont like porn versions of my favorite movies!!!!!!!!!
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And she grabbed her stomach and said "OH! I feel really weird!" Turns out she was preggers. Holy shit, thank you Durex, I dodged a bullet that time! Turns out she was seeing some other guy at the same time and letting him bareback her because, well, she was a little slut I guess. Thats why I will always remember the Phantom Menace. There is no way I'm going to see Scott Pilgrim.
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This is a scarey though, young MoFo. If you were 5 when TPM came out, then that means I have been coming to AICN since before you were ALIVE!!! Fuck!!!!
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I'm an old man. A dirty old man. <BR><BR>And I love it.
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You know, Jon Amiel directed the best TV show ever, THE SINGING DETECTIVE - but that doesn't mean that I have to like THE CORE. Or, indeed, ENTRAPMENT.
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I think is that no non geeky type person is even vaguely interesting in this movie. Well none I know anyway. oh and the trailer just makes it look lame and try hard. I'm even having trouble getting interested in it myself. Oh and having a kid review it makes me think eh its just a kids movie.. I'm gonna feel like a creepy old man if i watch this.. sooo no sale. Oh and I was 5 before the 80s started ...yeah! I'm old.
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will fail in the box office.
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Nice review<p> "The closet comparison would be KICK-ASS, if it were Asian made". Thanks for the tip. Now I KNOW it sucks. Its the style that drives me nuts, not the substance (although the substance doesnt seem too great either). I'll be spending my time trying to catch "Get Low" and "The Expendables".
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you know it was only a matter of time before SW was in their sights Dixon.
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When I was 16 I was BLOWN AWAY BY HOW AWESOME JUDGE DREDD WAS. And I don't believe for a second that you wanted to walk out of the Phantom Menace, nobody did when it first came out so stop trying to look cool. Still want to see this film though...
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This film gets good reviews. Glad about that and i'll support it by going to see it in the cinema instead of supporting bullshit like that G.I. sequel or Transformers 3.
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With his boldly naive showing of age, he has prompted many other readers to reveal same. Looks like the average age on here is mid 30's to 40...none of whom want to see Scott Pilgrim but all of whom are bitching about it. And I thought whiny little fanboys grew out of that. Makes me glad I didn't catch SW till the special editions or I might have become one too.
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when i read the whole "wanted to walk out of phentom menace" i also stopped reading, that kid needs a lesson in humility. Phantom Menace was a cool ass movie especially if you were a kid. and if you have a thing against George Lucas let me tell you, the guy changed movies and hollywood forever but you, your greatest achievement will be some dumb college degree and get a girl knocked up.
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"...your greatest achievement will be some dumb college degree and get a girl knocked up."<BR><BR>The latter is definitely what I consider MY greatest achievement. <BR><BR>For me, fatherhood has been amazing--indescribable really.<BR><BR>But I see your point.<BR><BR>Admitting your young age in a movie review when your core audience is 30-40 years old on average: rookie move.<BR><BR>But--hey--the kid's only 16. When I was 16, I was writing some of the worst poetry in the English language and obsessively reading mediocre Stephen King horror novels.<BR><BR>However, this TB would've been kinder to "The Enemy" if he hadn't taken on the faux-outrage of the 30 something SW geek whilst simultaneously admitting he was only 5 years old. <BR><BR>Live and learn, kiddo.
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For foreign language movies, I prefered dubbed movies over subtitles because I didn't want to read a movie. That is if I would even watch a foreign language movie.
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Won't go see it but had a the werewolf guys t-shirtless singing "Its raining men".
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Is the kid getting properly compensated?
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on line for 11 hours?
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but the only thing worth seeing in this is MEW.
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my semen my rules!!!!!!!!
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After all, I waited till I was almost 40 to father a child. <BR><BR>Each to their own. I thought for many years I never would want a kid. Now I can't imagine life without her.<BR><BR>[cue sappy violin solo]
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in game of death. Talk about david v goliath. As a kid just blew me away. Like a lot of kids at that time, couldn't get enough of those kung fu films.
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Yeah his life changed but now she's old enough to go on the vacations they used to, spend entire day being active, etc. And no, he wouldn't give her up for the world.
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mickey one came out. talk amongst yourselves
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SCOTT PILGRIM SUCKED MY BALLS!
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Night of the Living Dead when i was 8,bitch fucked me up good!
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SCOTTPILGRIMFAN sucked my balls!
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and suck my own balls!
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it's called SUCK MY BALLS!
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Aug. 5, 2010, 1:32 p.m. CST
Harry, Faraci, McWeeny, etc. accuse blogger of "blackmail"
by ColonelFatheart
over SCOTT PILGRIM screening access. <p>http://tinyurl.com/32574mv
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Aug. 5, 2010, 1:36 p.m. CST
sorry guys but I rather cut my dick off than have kids
by DioxholsterReturns
children of men is a really good movie!
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Scott Pilgrim will get lucky to take in $12 million.
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it to good use with the ladies. Nicknames for the dick are dumb but a funny one would be: the truth. As in, "you can't handle the truth!!". Bad joke I know. Stay thirsty my friend.
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for scott pilgrim's ball's
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Aug. 5, 2010, 2:03 p.m. CST
just coz I dont want kids doesnt mean I only fuck for fun
by DioxholsterReturns
and I dont go around fucking anything that moves either. I just dont want little dioxholsters around. too much responsibility and will ruin me mentally.
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Very interesting article. Also very hilarious considering websites like AICN built their reputation on fear that they would expose a studio's secrets (ie Scott Pilgrim screening), consequently receiving perks and such from studios themselves so the websites would shut up and play nice.<p> Besides, I'd hardly call this blackmail. Its not like the studio lost anything or would have lost anything substantial here. "Ohs noes! Teh website wil1 expoze Scott Pilgrem screeneng! Must give ticket too him!" So people find out there's an advanced screening. So what? That's hardly a nuclear bomb in the movie industry.<p> If this were truly blackmail, then that's for Universal to deal with and none of Harry's or Drew's business.
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This little feud has given Billington some publicity. I had no idea firstshowing.net existed until now. I'll be sure to check it out regularly.
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you have got to be fucking kidding me! this guy is a total tool/plant for scott pilgrim's ball's He's getting paid to suck the ball's!
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by a bunch of nerds who were BLOWN AWAY by seeing a spaceship fly over their heads back in '77. Yeah, I like SW too, all of them, they're fun, but man! And considering the age range here is around 35, it's even sadder to think that all of you come on here just to whine about these new modern movies about computer games. Moral of the story: if you don't like it, DON'T. FUCKING. CLICK. ON. IT. Then those that ARE interested can enjoy an intelligent talkback. Fucking nerds.
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In fact I feel so good that I'm going to hunt down Make It Happen on Lovefilm.
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Eat, pray,love and expendables WILL kill scott! bet on it
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just a lot of sucking
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What would have been awesome is if Universal had done the following<p> "(reprint of Billingtons letter). We at Universal consider ourselves and the movie press to be professionals. However when some journalists try to do things that are clearly illegal, not fair to real fans, or blatantly childish, we will not participate. We did not want to ruin the surprise screening by cheating a fan out of a spot or opening ourselves to more demands, nor have the surprise ruined by Mr. Billington. Thus, todays surprise screening of Scott Pilgrim for everyone in Hall H has been cancelled because of Mr. Billingtons threat to ruin what we saw as a really great surprise. Apparently he did not agree. The screening will be rescheduled. Thank you." <p>I would have laughed as the rage of a million nerds descended upon Billington.
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Aug. 5, 2010, 2:21 p.m. CST
Scott Pilgram will die a quick death!!!!! yeah me so happy!
by DioxholsterReturns
fuck yeah Stallon will slaughter it!
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Scott Pilgrim is going to do good business. Early word is good, hype is good, trailers look good, and Edgar Wright is respected in filmdom. Those who don't accept this are probably still hoping that music comes back on those big, black plastic discs someday. SCOTTPILGRIMFAN is still a twat, but his heart's in the right place.
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....my netflix que......in a few months from now.
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I'm taking names now to see which of you nerds WILL actually go and see this - so as not to be left out - and will then come back on here and bitch about it. You're all funding the sequel, keeping repeating that to yourselves.
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Aug. 5, 2010, 2:58 p.m. CST
THIS FILM WILL CHUG THE COCK OF ISLAM!
by ScottPilgrimFan_And_TheChoppah_Tongued_My_Rectum
Frankly, it'll be lucky if it makes it's money back.
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... that 'American Werewolf in Paris' was an awesome fucking movie. I said, "You mean 'American Werewolf in London', right?" He replied, "There's an 'American Werewolf in London?" .... *facepalm*
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Those crazy Killer Sharks!!!!!!
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As if i'm the only one thinking that.
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Hey, I'm 35, far from a teenager, and I saw this at the fantasia film festival in Montreal, surrounded with people from all ages, mine, older and younger. The crowd went insane for the movie. Insane. This movie will obviously please a lot of teenagers, but really it's aimed at that generation that grew up with videogames, that played Zelda and Mario when we were kids, and went to arcades to play Street Fighter. Before the big consoles were around. Edgar wright is around my age, so is the series creator Bryan Lee O'Malley (admittedly he's a bit younger then me, around 31 I think). I'm fairly certain this movie will speak to anyone around those ages. I hope so anyways, it's a great flick. Here is my review, if anyone's interested: http://robot-things.livejournal.com/4605.html
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I got THREE! <p> Jealous much?
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I got FOUR!<p> Don't be hatin'!
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Aug. 5, 2010, 3:16 p.m. CST
A 16 year old told me.....................
by ScottPilgrimFan_And_TheChoppah_Tongued_My_Rectum
THE_CHOPPAH tried to coax seed from his shwantz.
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they need to make one
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I own seven identical 360s! I NEVER use the same console twice in one week!!!<p> Yeah, haters gonna hate!
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1.) Endless remakes or 2.) Stupid sequels then you better get your ass to this AND Expendables next week.
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Thats how much the trailers and SCOTTPILGRIM FAN have turned me off to this movie. Sorry FAN but you did more damage than good with your posts about this movie. That and all the GAY posts you were doing everywhere else. To your credit, a couple of posts were good and shows you have potential.
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Like I said, you have potential.
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But everything I've seen so far from this reminds me of some fucked up, 21st century Emo hipster version of Howard the Duck.
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Aug. 5, 2010, 3:43 p.m. CST
SCOTTPILGRIMFAN is a 13 year old kid with erectile dysfunction
by DioxholsterReturns
hes got lots of issues and it shows
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I realize that I’m adding this long after everyone is now done with the subject, but when I was his age (back in the mid-80’s) I was into a wide range of movies, not just the stuff you’d expect. Along with the Star Wars Trilogy, Jaws, Alien and the rest of the usual teen movie suspects, some of my favorites were Herzog’s Fitzcarraldo and Auguirre The Wrath of God (hence the moniker) and Schlondorff’s The Tin Drum.
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I asked the Bosses 17yr old computer geek, just got laid the first time last year, Wo playing typical teenged son what he thought of Scott Pilgrim..had no fucking clue who or what that was.
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without his hand. But you're right conspiracy on an important point, that outside fans of the comic no one has a clue who Scott Pilgrim is. I went to Kick Ass not because I knew of the comic but because the ads showed some girl kicking ass with Joan Jett song blaring in the background. And I went opening weekend to help movie open with $20 million. I'm not seeing this movie and a lot of the kick ass crowd won't either I bet. Think it'll take in $12 million tops.
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It's going to be a success, but keep bitching anyway - knowing that there's nothing you can do about it.
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Why would a 17 year old computer geek know about this film? It started out as a graphic novel and then became a film. Hello?
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Not everyone reads comics, but EVERYONE goes to the cinema. Plus this will appeal to those who played 8/16 bit games onwards. That's a fat demographic AND the key age of cinema goers. Word of mouth spreads...
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If only because it looks cute and not ultra-violent..and thus might attract the teen girl and their gay friend crowd. But it will be gone in 2 weeks.
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Colecovision and Atari...I was wired at age 13 with an Apple IIe and a 2400 baud modem..I've been online since before GUI existed. I watch Kung Fu flicks..I watch some anime...I had a fucking band in highschool and let me tell you that THIS FILM hold no appeal at all for me.
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I didn't say it would appeal to EVERY SINGLE gaming/movie nerd...just a lot of them.
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Scott Pilgrim is like Hot Tub Time Machine because it references old shit.
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it isn't that they relly like the shit...it's just been sold to them like Kool Aid in Jonestown. Hot Topic sells the Shit out of pre faded AEROMITH t-shirt to people who are too young to have ever even lit a bowl..and would panic if they did.
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I wanna go home.
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Way to go, champion
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with the points you've brought up. But look at Kick Ass and how it failed commercially. I think you're taking a giant leap of faith on the target audience and word of mouth pulling in large numbers but we'll see.
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and teenage girls. People like The_Choppah. But teenage girls don't like comic movies, and this movie has no pale, sexy vampire boys. So it is going to be a mega-flop, 9 million tops opening weekend.
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Couple of things: Leonardo Di Caprio was eyecandy to women of all ages while Cera the cutoff is 18 (And I'm being generous). Kate Winslet was someone a female could relate to and want to be while a purple haired geeky girl, well I'm no female over 16 fantasies herself as. The movie Titanic itself about doomed love on an epic scale with first rate production scale and Scott Pilgrim is about some battle of the bands. The music of Titanic vs garage rock band, nuff said. This movie has no demographic over 16 and is going to fail miserably.
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Yeah mate, nicely spotted. I DID eventually realize, but failed to spot the mistake until after I’d posted my comment. All I can say in my defense is that I’m crook as a dog at the moment and the ol’ brain is a bit fuzzy. So, this is my last comment as “Auguirre”. I’ll be back folks, right after these messages.
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Or Spencer's Gifts the movie.
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Adventures in Babysitting came out. I asked my dad to take me home during the first Daryl playboy scene.
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Scott Pilgrim vs The World gets best movie review ever by AICN!
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on his own behalf. That WOULD be humorous,<P> and slightly retarded. But humorous nonethelass.
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nonetheless! godammit
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http://tinyurl.com/228o3q
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And it was a really fun movie. It's full of little geek references: At one part when Scott's dreaming, the "fountain" music from Zelda played. I remember thinking if it shows Ramona as a fairy from Zelda, it wins at everything, but alas, it did not. I loved the vegan police as well. That said, it was a shallow movie and could use character depth and development (and possibly a stronger lead). Definitely worth watching though. I give it an 8.5/10.
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Aug. 6, 2010, 2:29 a.m. CST
And if it helps with the whole "Age Demographic" discussion on h
by Pteramandadactyl
I'm 24, and I still enjoyed it.
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Aug. 6, 2010, 3:59 a.m. CST
And for the people that like bitching about everything....
by Pteramandadactyl
The "win at everything" line in my review was an exaggeration and was not meant to be an accurate reflection on the movie or scene itself. I've read AICN for a while now (although this is my first time posting), and I know how serious talkbackers take every little phrase.
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It might have something to do with this new abortion of a generation that wants to play Jackass on YouTube while watching quick edit movies with bright shinny things around due to their ADD. Yet, I just think the casting is the wrong. Cera doesn't have that "It" factor to be an action hero or a hero on any level. He is better off being the gay roommate, which really did we need that to be advertised in the commercials. The girl playing Romana is cute in the girl next door kinda way, but not in the fight off the world way and I like the girl next door type, loved Willow from Buffy. The other problem I have with Romana is that she seems like a cocktease. Double standard, I know, but I am not sure I knew anyone in their early 20s that had seven exes. One Night stands sure, but seven somewhat serious relationships, I don't know she seems like a girl that will just dump Scott at the end of all of this anyway. One of those bitches, you do a lot of things for to the point where it ruins your relationship with other people then out of the blue, she dumps for no reason other then she is bored. I can just tell by the preview that I am going to hate both leads and the only person I am going to care about this the female drummer that will get fucked in the end.
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However, I did see ROTJ in the theatre when I was 8.<p> That might be why I'm one of the few people on Earth that doesn't hate Ewoks. I saw ROTJ before I saw ANH or ESB.
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Aug. 6, 2010, 2:51 p.m. CST
RPLocke: The ending to The Black Hole never freaked me out.
by Royston Lodge
I just thought the ending was cool.<p> Maybe it's cuz I was raised in one of those weird relatively liberal-minded churchgoing families, so the idea of Hell in a sci-fi movie didn't seem that out of place.<p> Then again, I'm from Soviet Canuckistan, where David Cronenberg is a national treasure. Maybe we're just different...
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It's a post-teen male fantasy is ever I saw one.<p> The main character heroically defeats challengers who are objectively superior to him in nearly every way, thereby winning the girl even though she can clearly do better, just because he's a "nice guy"?<p> That sounds EXACTLY like the sort of retarded fantasies I had when I was still a virgin.<p> Luckily, I finally saved up enough money for a hooker a few months ago, so I'm a man now.<p> I'm not dissing Scott Pilgrim. I'm totally into this shit. But I acknowledge that it will likely appeal in no way to the average female human being.<p> Pilgrim's a whiny little bitch (like me!). Most girls don't dig whiny little bitches (like me!).
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THe ending of THE BLACK HOLE never scared me too because it's so out there and demented that it caused me suprise and disbelief at what I was i watching. I just couldn't believe it, so crazy and out of left field that was. But the thign that suprised me the most about THE DARK HOLE is that how dark the movie is, and not just about the cinematography. I can't believe that Disney, of all studios, made that movie. That in about the same timeframe Disney released THE BLACK HOLE, DRAGONSLAYER and TRON, those movies must represent the most daring moment in the whole history of Disney, when, in a rare moment intheir history, they actually dare take chances.
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Oh, girls can dig whiny litle buitches like you... as a friend. They always like the type as friend. "Let's us just be friends", "I like you as a friend","you are my best friend","i don't want a lover, i just want a friend", "you are like a brother to me", blablabla... bitches!
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... what the Twilight movies are for girls and gays.
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