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It's Edgar Wright. Shaun of the Dead. Hot Fuzz. Both hilarious and awesome movies. That's all I needed to know to want to see this.
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Scott Pilgrim vs The World
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Kilometers Davis said:
Not really. The Seven Evil Exes are the basis of the plot. The Subspace is just a pointless way to move along plot when he couldn't think of anything else.
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The part where he holds up the drawing of her hair pretty much sold me on this.
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Having never heard of the books, the trailer for this before the A-team made my eyes roll, while my geekier buddy was jazzed. I'll take the pass as I don't read fictional books generally and nothing in the trailer made me want to learn more about this tale.
/not trolling, just my $.002
/not trolling, just my $.002
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New trailer:
Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World | International Trailer
And a trailer for the game:
Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World Game Trailer (E3 2010)
Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World | International Trailer
And a trailer for the game:
Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World Game Trailer (E3 2010)
Just bumping this up since the movie is out and I bet many of us have seen it.
My thoughts are pretty much of the NERDGASM variation, so I'll save the gushing and say that it's the most visually intense and bizzare mainstream film to come out of Hollywood in a long time and Edgar Wright is the man. Acting was good across the board, kudos to Culkin, Evans, Wong, and Routh for stepping up to steal the show.
****1/2 out of *****
My thoughts are pretty much of the NERDGASM variation, so I'll save the gushing and say that it's the most visually intense and bizzare mainstream film to come out of Hollywood in a long time and Edgar Wright is the man. Acting was good across the board, kudos to Culkin, Evans, Wong, and Routh for stepping up to steal the show.
****1/2 out of *****
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How did it compare to the books? I just saw it and loved it. I'm interested in picking up the books now. In the movie the music played such a big part, I wonder how that translated in text.
I flipped my shit when Mayonegg showed up. Did they make a 'her' joke with that? If not, they should have.
Everything is fairly similar, except for some extra characters and plot that was in the books, right up until the
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Then, things in the movie get different, but that's to be expected since Book 6 was being written when production of the movie began.
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Then, things in the movie get different, but that's to be expected since Book 6 was being written when production of the movie began.
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Fucking solid, solid, SOLID movie. Easily the most fun I've had in a theater in a long time.
I saw The Expendables Friday night and loved it, Scott Pilgrim Saturday afternoon and loved it, and I'd be totally willing to go back out and see either one again.
I saw The Expendables Friday night and loved it, Scott Pilgrim Saturday afternoon and loved it, and I'd be totally willing to go back out and see either one again.
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I agree with all of the praise. I don't know what else I could say. It was pretty cool to see all of this shit from my city on the big screen - and not in a Resident Evil 2 filmed in Toronto, but it's not really Toronto it's Raccoon City, way either. 
Culkin really stole the show, IMO - easily the more talented brother, that's for sure.
Culkin really stole the show, IMO - easily the more talented brother, that's for sure.
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This was a very enjoyable movie and one of the most original and innovaive ideas for a movie ever. The throwback references to old NES video games (The Zelda sounds at the beginning) were great and everything from the imaginative fight scenes to the editing were spot on. I also loved when
The acting was pretty spot on too with Culkin and Wong stealing the show.
Cera headBUTTed Brandon Routh to oblivion and when Ramona started blinking red at the end when she was hit signifying that her life bar's running out
The acting was pretty spot on too with Culkin and Wong stealing the show.
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Yes - I loved that Zelda "title screen" sound from Link to the Past being included!
100% Zelda A Link to the Past in -
(just before the title comes up)
100% Zelda A Link to the Past in -
(just before the title comes up)
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Edgar Wright personally wrote a letter to Nintendo in which he stated the Zelda theme was the lullaby of a generation in order to get it cleared for use in the movie.
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I'm glad I saw this with a nerd tonight. I don't think my usual movie companion would understand why enemies dropping coins or Zelda music / sound effects playing are awesome things.
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Really sad this has bombed so bad. Probably has to do with people getting fed up with Cera. It really looked like it was going to be him playing the exact same character again. That being said, I still think he was the best guy for the role.
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Shooting Star said:
Besides Cera, this movie was really made for a niche audience. I don't think anyone who hasn't read the comic really wanted to see this badly. A lot of times movies like this don't do that well.
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Eh, I think your wrong. It's not that it's made for a niche audience; it's not. The movie has a lot more appeal than just Scott Pilgrim fans, considering I saw it without ever reading a single comic. The problem is that people think it'll only appeal to a small crowd. And the bigger niche people probably assume it's a kids movie because there is a lot of video game imagery and such.
And I really loved it. Great action, great characters, great jokes. Only real problem is that I never felt Ramona was particularly special. The bigger problem is probably that Emily Wong completely over shadowed anyone on screen.
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We saw it a second time on Saturday just for the hell of it and still loved it. I agree that Ellen Wong was great and totally overshadowed most of the other actors. In a good way, for her, though. I think she's going to get a ton of work based off of her performance in this movie.
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I was surprised that the girl who played Ramona was also in Sky High.
...random observation, yes, but Sky High is an underrated flick.
...random observation, yes, but Sky High is an underrated flick.
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Sky High really is an underrated movie, you're right about that.
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Corey_Lazarus said:
This is a very true statment.
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Tuxedo Venkman said:
With that said, she still enjoyed it on it's own merits when I saw it again on Monday. I liked seeing it again knowing Knives was important - outside of some friends in TO telling me, "Dude, the comic is sweet and it takes place in TO! Video game references too bro, you'll love the movie!" way back in May, I only knew what the trailer told me. The trailer told me nothing about Knives Chau, therefore when I see her introduced in the movie I just assumed she would be a throw away character until Ramona came along. As such, I don't think I gave much care to her character the first go round (though I still thought she was great).
Also played a bit of the game off XBLA before work - right off the bat the game starts with a "Winners Don't Eat Meat" start-up screen with the Vegan Police seal.
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Corey_Lazarus said:
I love how everyone remembers her in Sky High, but forgets shes John McClain's daughter.
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Sabre said:
That's because Sky High was awesome, and Live Free or Die Hard wasn't.
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LFoDH had a motorcycle blowing up a helicopter. Best popcorn movie of 2007, probably.
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Tuxedo Venkman said:
It had good stunts and was enjoyable at the time, but I have no interest in seeing it again, at least for the time being. I love the series, but this one really didn't feel like a Die Hard movie to me. I don't hate it, but it's kind of middle of the road for me. Probably my least favorite of the series.