BenjaminBirdie
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soyboy said:
He also resets Parker Lewis Can't Lose. Truly the critic you love to hate.
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Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (Dir. Wright, Cera, Kendrick, Evans, Schwartzman)
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He also resets Parker Lewis Can't Lose. Truly the critic you love to hate.
WordAssassin
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God, I really like "Garbage Truck" by Sex Bob-Omb. I want to learn this song!
I'm kinda surprised that they didn't actually record "Launchpad McQuack" (that's not the title of the song!) for the movie. I mean, the chords and lyrics are there in the first book, that woulda been cool.
I'm kinda surprised that they didn't actually record "Launchpad McQuack" (that's not the title of the song!) for the movie. I mean, the chords and lyrics are there in the first book, that woulda been cool.
WordAssassin
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HAY GUYS I figured out the chords to "Garbage Truck" all by myself just now:
F, D#, G#, C
The the bridge is A#, then later it's A#, C#.
WHEEEEE!!!! TRUCK TRUCK TRUCK!
Edit: Damn I wish I had figured this out like an hour ago I would have submitted it with my comic in that SP VS Free Swag contest. :lol
F, D#, G#, C
The the bridge is A#, then later it's A#, C#.
WHEEEEE!!!! TRUCK TRUCK TRUCK!
Edit: Damn I wish I had figured this out like an hour ago I would have submitted it with my comic in that SP VS Free Swag contest. :lol
BenjaminBirdie
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FnordChan said:
SHIT YES:
"I saw the book as being the Nintendo era of Billy Liar."
brotkasten
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It looks like the bad reviews are coming in.
Reviews Counted:46
Fresh:34
Rotten:12
Average Rating:7.5/10
The two that really got me:
http://www.brianorndorf.com/2010/08/film-review-scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world.html
http://www.flickfilosopher.com/blog/2010/08/081110scott_pilgrim_vs_the_world_rev.html
Reviews Counted:46
Fresh:34
Rotten:12
Average Rating:7.5/10
The two that really got me:
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http://www.brianorndorf.com/2010/08/film-review-scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world.html
"skip it"
http://www.flickfilosopher.com/blog/2010/08/081110scott_pilgrim_vs_the_world_rev.html
DeathbyVolcano
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That first one, brotkasten, is pretty apt. I greatly enjoyed the movie but it's definitely true.
VeryGooster
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Expendable. said:our interview with Michael Cera and Anna Kendrick is up!
Will put up Edgar Wright & Brandon Routh soon.
Anna Kendrick = Would.
Fun read, and damn, they already recorded the commentary for the DVD? I think that's like standard practice, but I usually tend to enjoy the ones recorded like after the movie's run because I'm weird like that.
Expendable.
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Gooster said:
Thanks!
I love the District 9 commentary, because it was recorded before it came out and Neill Blomkamp was worried it would be a terrible bomb. :lol
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My GF and I are gonna go to the midnight showing tomorrow!!!
PhoncipleBone
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Indeed. I also just noticed that her birthday is the same as mine (six years apart, but same day of the year). August 9th. So that means she just hit 25 this week.Gooster said:
WordAssassin
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I'm going to see this with a group of coworkers at 11:50am on Friday but I'm like, really, really tempted to go to the midnight showing tomorrow night anyway. I want to see it again THAT bad.
polyh3dron
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Does anyone else find it hilarious how Armomd White ridiculed Inception for being an adolescent movie while praising this movie for its adolescence?
PhoncipleBone
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That's the joke.polyh3dron said:
He just assumes this one will not be universally loved by critics, so he is praising it ahead of time.
brotkasten
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I think it's all about expectations. I never expected that anyone could stuff all six books in a two hour movie and from what I've seen (and it feels like I already saw half of the movie), it looked like a really good adaptation. I mean, even BLOM worked with Wright on the movie.DeathbyVolcano said:
BenjaminBirdie
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brotkasten said:
Yeah, I agree. I don't feel short changed at all. It's different enough from the book that it works all the way through. Brilliant distillation of the original across the board.
In other news, I have now listened to "Threshold" 418 times.
This is the beginning of the song.
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Can't help but imagine a giant green-black Sasquatch beating the dang out of two snake dragons while I listen to it,
)BrLvgThrChmstry
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brotkasten said:
Nails it.
DeathbyVolcano
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Okay, now THAT part is bullshit. Cera is one of the strongest facets of the film. What a load of bunk.
BenjaminBirdie
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Dead said:
Except he's not at all, not in this movie. Finding it hard to agree with that review on a whole host of levels.
BrLvgThrChmstry
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DeathbyVolcano said:
Thats where I disagree. His performance was passable at best, overall the least interesting character in the movie. The supporting characters were the glue that held this movie together for me.
BenjaminBirdie
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Dead said:
*shrugs* Glad I'm in the camp I'm in. I like liking things way more than I like hating things.
Littleberu
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maharg said:
Yeah, sounds like he's reading Scott Pilgrim as if it was Shakespeare. There's no depth to the character except the one brought by the characters surrounding him. He's shallow and incoherent.
BenjaminBirdie
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DoctorWho said:
Isn't it grand?
BenjaminBirdie
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big ander said:
:lol
Bishop to Queen's Knight 4.
DeathbyVolcano
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big ander said:
Mediocre marketing, are you fucking joking me? This has by far the best marketing for any Wright movie, and I see commercials for it almost every commercial break.
And I like the commercials too. But I feel like they don't 100% tell the audience what the movie is going to be. Every person I've shown a trailer/tv spot has not responded well. They think it's a straight up romcom with some lame fights in it.
I also had a friend who, from the marketing, thought it was a musical.
I also had a friend who, from the marketing, thought it was a musical.
butter_stick
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big ander said:
I want to see that movie.
BrLvgThrChmstry
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butter_stick said:
You can! just bring your favorite MP3 player (i.e. iPod, Zune lol) along with you and listen to the Official Scott Pilgrim vs The World OST while viewing!
XiaNaphryz
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So do those animation clips air on CN tonight? They said between 12 and 12:30 AM on Thursday, which is in an hour or so here on the west coast.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
But wouldn't that be Friday at midnight then?Foob said:
AgentOtaku
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Dead said:
my fears =/
Still lovin' the game though and dug the first book (haven't bought the rest yet)
WordAssassin
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I'm wondering if the people saying that after seeing this movie have actually watched anything Cera has ever been in, because he is not fucking playing the same character he always is. Ever since AD he has played a clumsy and socially awkward teenager that is unsure of himself and that is not what he plays in Scott Pilgrim, at all, period. There are points in the movie AND the book where Scott is whiny, and lazy, and doubts himself, but in the movie Cera's Scott is also cocky, funny, witty, self-assured, loud, smooth, tough, and brash - all things that "Cera playing Cera" do not entail.AgentOtaku said:
Scarecrow
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Just came back from it. I really liked it, but Cera just isn't Pilgrim. Every once in a while, Scott would threaten to break through, but the majority of the time it's Cera playing the exact same character.
The rest of the movie was pretty stellar, though, if you've read the comics. I have a nagging feeling there's some stuff in here lay audiences will be lost on for not having read the books.
The ending was
ps, Ramona is gorgeous. Hot damn.
The rest of the movie was pretty stellar, though, if you've read the comics. I have a nagging feeling there's some stuff in here lay audiences will be lost on for not having read the books.
The ending was
better than the book, too.
ps, Ramona is gorgeous. Hot damn.
Poimandres
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Saw this yesterday, having not read the books.
Quite enjoyable! Rather funny and visually inventive, but perhaps trying to be a little too cool. Still, good film all round.
Quite enjoyable! Rather funny and visually inventive, but perhaps trying to be a little too cool. Still, good film all round.
AgentOtaku
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WordAssassin said:
That's nice to hear then.
And yes, I've seen quite a bit of Cera's movies and have never watched AD actually.
I dig the guys work sometimes ...it just seemed obvious and lazy to cast him as Scott as well, for one, he doesn't strike me as someone in their 20s, but I guess that's something else entirely :lol
WordAssassin
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He does a fine job. Something they changed from the book to the movie to illustrate what a different character he is playing then "Cera being Cera" is that, in the comics, Scott can not think up good comebacks to save his life. He flounders with them, often simply giving up before he completes the thought. It's a running gag throughout the series. In the movie, Scott is actually very clever with comebacks to all the evil exes. He is very wiley about how he fights Lucas Lee and tricks him into grinding the rail. He is fuming angry before fighting the twins. Cera is not playing Cera in this movie again. He just isn't. I've been rewatching Arrested Development all week, I just rewatched Superbad today, he is not the same character.AgentOtaku said:
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