Scott Pilgrim gets dominated.
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your really surprised? really?
I like the comic, but honestly from what I saw in the previews, it looked really bad.
then agian I'm abit older then the movie's 13 year old target audience...
I intend on seeing it, but I'm not expecting much, personally I think it should have been left alone.
I like the comic, but honestly from what I saw in the previews, it looked really bad.
then agian I'm abit older then the movie's 13 year old target audience...
I intend on seeing it, but I'm not expecting much, personally I think it should have been left alone.
One big problem may be that most of the people who would've seen it, have already seen it in special showings at Comic Con and other places. The Nerd audience who head of to Cons and such may have already seen it and thus feel no incentive to go a see it again in theatres when it actually comes out. It's what happened to Kick-Ass to an extent. This is where doing such things may acutally backfire as you're core audience has already been tapped.
Let me just sum up a lot of what I've seen in this thread: "We don't like Michael Cera because he can't act/plays the same character all the time. Instead we're excited about The Expendables, a movie starring Swarzenegger, Stallone, Statham, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, and Bruce Willis."
Yeah okay.
Scott Pilgim was a fun, clever little movie. Clever in some obvious comedic and video game referencey ways, but also clever in the way the unrealistic video gamey parts serve as apt metaphors for the emotional states/turmoil of the characters. It was fun, witty stuff.
Expendables is lame macho schlock aimed squarely at the typical brain dead American moviegoer, starring macho douche bags blowin' stuff up real good. This movie will do well for the same reason that Larry The Cable Guy does well. For the same reason that the "*Insert Genre* Movie" franchise is still thriving.
So yeah, can't say I'm surprised. But god there's no fucking accounting for taste, that's for damned sure.
Yeah okay.
Scott Pilgim was a fun, clever little movie. Clever in some obvious comedic and video game referencey ways, but also clever in the way the unrealistic video gamey parts serve as apt metaphors for the emotional states/turmoil of the characters. It was fun, witty stuff.
Expendables is lame macho schlock aimed squarely at the typical brain dead American moviegoer, starring macho douche bags blowin' stuff up real good. This movie will do well for the same reason that Larry The Cable Guy does well. For the same reason that the "*Insert Genre* Movie" franchise is still thriving.
So yeah, can't say I'm surprised. But god there's no fucking accounting for taste, that's for damned sure.
Yeah, I don't understand the appeal of The Expendables, either.
All the greatest action stars of the past 20 years, in one action movie, as a culmination/parody of all the big action movies of the 80's?
Yeah, that's much less interesting and appealing than ANOTHER MOVIE about a hipster douchbag chasing a "bi-curious" chick with crazy hair. Oh, and it's based on an incredibly obscure comic book. Because indie comics have huge mass appeal.
I'm not saying that these descriptions are the actual nature of these movies. I'm just saying that it's how they've been advertised. I'll probably see both of them, but if you're actually surprised that The Expendables made more money on opening weekend than Scott Pilgrim, you might want to schedule yourself for an appointment with a neurologist. Why, you ask? Well, if they realize that you're brain dead early enough, they may still be able to harvest your organs to save a life.
All the greatest action stars of the past 20 years, in one action movie, as a culmination/parody of all the big action movies of the 80's?
Yeah, that's much less interesting and appealing than ANOTHER MOVIE about a hipster douchbag chasing a "bi-curious" chick with crazy hair. Oh, and it's based on an incredibly obscure comic book. Because indie comics have huge mass appeal.
I'm not saying that these descriptions are the actual nature of these movies. I'm just saying that it's how they've been advertised. I'll probably see both of them, but if you're actually surprised that The Expendables made more money on opening weekend than Scott Pilgrim, you might want to schedule yourself for an appointment with a neurologist. Why, you ask? Well, if they realize that you're brain dead early enough, they may still be able to harvest your organs to save a life.
The Expendables has a hook, it's the most known action stars in Hollywood getting together for one big action packed block. The action demographic is much higher than the hipster demographic that went to see Scott Pilgrim.
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Pretty much what I feel. Though I will end up seeing it despite my dislike of Cera since it could be good.Furburt said:
Since you speak from such an authoritative position on the content of The Expendables, I would assume you've already seen it?AgentNein said:
Because to speak with such vitriol about something which you have yet to even bother seeing would be... well,... kind of pompous and douchey.
So, since you are not a pompous, elitist, know-it-all, horse's ass, dipshit, douchebag, I'll just go ahead and assume you've already seen it.
Girlfriend manages at a local theater, saw them both for free. Expendables only cuz today was rainy and there was nothing else to do.PhiMed said:
After seeing Pilgrim however, I did buy a ticket post-movie to show my support.
I resent you implying that I'm not a pompous elitist know-it-all though, these are badges I wear with pride.
This is pretty much the reason I'm not going to see Scott Pilgrim. I knew absolutely nothing about it until just recently when people started talking up the movie, and it seems sort of interesting, but do I really want to go and see another awkward dude chasing the girl? Or would I rather see the action heroes I grew up with together in one film kicking arse? With a Jet Li fight scene, no less?PhiMed said:
I'll try to see both, but The Expendables seems like the better choice from where I'm standing.
So you're a teenager/uni student that thinks they're one of the few people that thinks for themselves? Where is that old picture of all those people on the train thinking the exact same thing again? I really should save that for future reference.AgentNein said:
Also, you seem to have forgotten the vitally important parts from what you quoted. You know, the horse's ass, dipshit, douchebag part of the title that goes with being a pompous, elitist know-it-all?
It's sad that Scott Pilgrim doesn't have more success, but i really don't care, honestly.
I love the Comics and i cannot wait to see the movie, but there is nothing really for me at stake here.
There is no possibility of a sequel, and i don't really need a bunch of special editions of it thrown at me.
I don't really care if Michael Cera gets so much hate either. I've seen 1 1/2 Movies with him (Youth in Revolt, wich was kinda fun, but got a bit annoying with it's pseudo Indie Appeal, and the half one is Superbad, wich i found to be Super-Not-So-Good) so i am not exactly sick of him and even if i did, i never refused to see a movie because of an actor, wich is good, because if i did i would've missed Movies like Tropic Thunder (Ben Stiller did not do anything decent since Mystery Men, and Tom Cruise is a prick), Inception (DiCaprio tries REALLY hard to destroy any evidence of his "pretty boy" past by looking like he needs to take a shit in every movie hes in nowadays) or Inglorious Basterds (Till Schweiger is a douchebag and Eli Roth is pretty much the King of Douchebags), wich i still liked.
Granted, it sort of annoys me how the movie is bashed in downright idiotic ways, but if they hold movies like the Expendables (wich is according to the Trailer and the Reviews pretty much the exact same thing as a chessy B-Movie Action Film wich i can watch pretty much late-night on every weekend on TV, just with higher paid actors) in such a high light, i can sort of see why they would easily bash movies that are colorful and kind-of cute-ish, so i don't care about that either (I'll pass on the Expendables because of RED, wich is also a "classic" action film with great actors with the difference that it looks awesome).
In the end, it's about whether i'll like the film or not. I probably will, and probably be very very happy about it, and even if it will be never successful, that still does not change my opinion about the whole thing.
I love the Comics and i cannot wait to see the movie, but there is nothing really for me at stake here.
There is no possibility of a sequel, and i don't really need a bunch of special editions of it thrown at me.
I don't really care if Michael Cera gets so much hate either. I've seen 1 1/2 Movies with him (Youth in Revolt, wich was kinda fun, but got a bit annoying with it's pseudo Indie Appeal, and the half one is Superbad, wich i found to be Super-Not-So-Good) so i am not exactly sick of him and even if i did, i never refused to see a movie because of an actor, wich is good, because if i did i would've missed Movies like Tropic Thunder (Ben Stiller did not do anything decent since Mystery Men, and Tom Cruise is a prick), Inception (DiCaprio tries REALLY hard to destroy any evidence of his "pretty boy" past by looking like he needs to take a shit in every movie hes in nowadays) or Inglorious Basterds (Till Schweiger is a douchebag and Eli Roth is pretty much the King of Douchebags), wich i still liked.
Granted, it sort of annoys me how the movie is bashed in downright idiotic ways, but if they hold movies like the Expendables (wich is according to the Trailer and the Reviews pretty much the exact same thing as a chessy B-Movie Action Film wich i can watch pretty much late-night on every weekend on TV, just with higher paid actors) in such a high light, i can sort of see why they would easily bash movies that are colorful and kind-of cute-ish, so i don't care about that either (I'll pass on the Expendables because of RED, wich is also a "classic" action film with great actors with the difference that it looks awesome).
In the end, it's about whether i'll like the film or not. I probably will, and probably be very very happy about it, and even if it will be never successful, that still does not change my opinion about the whole thing.
Well, I can easily see why that is.
The Expendables really appeals to a much broader audience - that of people who love the 80s action flicks and those who just don't think too much about movies. I'm one of the latter and I loved it.
Scott Pilgrim appeals to geeks, and not even to all of them.
The Expendables really appeals to a much broader audience - that of people who love the 80s action flicks and those who just don't think too much about movies. I'm one of the latter and I loved it.
Scott Pilgrim appeals to geeks, and not even to all of them.
I can see why that would happen, I was weary about scott pilgrim originally, but when I watched it, i loved it.
Very strange and very funny, just my cup of tea.
Very strange and very funny, just my cup of tea.
From what I hear of it, Scott Pilgrim's appeal should be to everyone who's had a pulse during the existence of anything electronic and has even the vaguest idea of what anything video game related is and quite surprisingly, even if they don't get the references, it's apparently quite solid underneath all of that, anyway.Axolotl said:
But hey, I'll have to go see for myself once I can.