Scott Pilgrim gets dominated.

[Jodah]

I saw The Expendables and enjoyed it. Though, I did go in expecting nothing more then a blood and guts, everything gets blown up, action movie. I was pleasantly surprised in a few places at the realism that went into it. Plus, how can you argue against seeing Randy Couture fight Stone Cold.

 

[theultimateend]

Also, it's a rom-com starring Michael "I can't act" Cera.

Personally it looks to me more like he gets type cast.

I'm not convinced he can't act, he hasn't been allowed to be in movies outside of one Genre yet. There are plenty of folks who seemed absolutely terrible but once they were out of their type casted rolls they started to show their real talent.

I know DiCaprio seemed like a terrible actor to me when he was in romance films, but I thought he did a much better job when the center focus of the story wasn't that "he is cute".

Just my thoughts of course.

 

[Crais]

I can think of something very good from coming out of Scott Pilgrim not opening very well: no shitty knockoffs from studios trying to make a quick buck. Can you imagine how annoying that would be, having a bunch of studios trying to make a movie that appeals to the same people without any understanding of what they were doing? I'd get sick of it so fast and they will have ruined the original gem for a lot of people.

 

[diddykonger]

why "expendables" did better at the box office this weekend what would your average movie goer go to an action movie with every big name action hero of 90s/2000s or movie based on a comic book that very "few" have heard of. You don't need to be genius to figure that one out, which is I think moviebob said a couple weeks ago.
And @wrecker77 about the figures they are opening weekend figures. I don't know many films that earn the their production "cost" on opening weekend, if that makes any sense of any kind to anyone.

 

[Vrach]

Well Scott Pilgrim hasn't been shown yet in a lot of countries I think, while Expendables has. So I don't think it's a really 'fair' comparison in the first place, give it some time.

I don't know why anyone would see Expendables btw. The fact they've thrown a bunch of major action stars (most of which has had their share of shit movies) just screams "this is gonna suck" louder than Vader's 'nooooooooooooooo'. Hell, Jet Li alone is enough of a "don't watch this shit" mark for me...

And just look at the poster. 60% of space used by main actor names. then 30% of space used by said actors standing around. Then 10% space used on name of the movie. Can't you just tell that's all it has to offer? x.x

 

[SirDerick]

The lack of Samuel Jackson automatically renders the main selling point of The Expendables invalid.

My theory was that someone wanted to make a movie about Chuck Norris and Chuck said no, so he got all the other actors to replace him.

Would have rather seen a Chuck Norris movie though, so I rented one and stayed home.

 

[diddykonger]

The lack of Samuel Jackson automatically renders the main selling point of The Expendables invalid.

My theory was that someone wanted to make a movie about Chuck Norris and Chuck said no, so he got all the other actors to replace him.

Would have rather seen a Chuck Norris movie though, so I rented one and stayed home.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AN2Bx_LK2io
thought I just add this in for fun

 

[BrownGaijin]

Well what say you? Scott Pilgrim vs. The World = Cult Classic?

 

[mrdude2010]

I'm hardly surprised. The entire set-up of Scott Pilgrim never grabbed me as particularly public-friendly, let alone any good. Not many people actually want to see a film with a nerdy main protagonist, particularly one which is fighting for a fantasy girlfriend, whereas there's still a lot of nostalgia for the action stars of The Expendables.

Hell, I wasn't even around for the hey-day of the characters in the latter, yet I'd still be a lot more interested in it. It strikes me as a lot more fun than the offensively unrealistic portrayal of a loser getting the girl in the end.

the expendables really is just every action star ever except chuck norris and samuel L jackson put into one movie which is appealing in its own way... i was planning on waiting for the DVD for scott pilgrim

 

[ExplosionProofTaco]

Well, Yeah, what the hell did you expect? There is no way a largely unknown geeky film starring Cera would ever do better than a movie staring almost every action movie badass ever in the opening weekend.

 

[WolfThomas]

It's been four days damnit, can we start worrying when it fails to make a profit when it stops showing in theatres. Scott Pilgrim is very much a word of mouth film and it's also the sort of film people (except comic fans) don't get super-motivated to see as soon as it comes unlike The Expendables, but I can see it slowly snowballing over the next few weeks, while the Expendables viewings drop to a trickle. But really it's not a competition, I hope they both make money.

 

[RobfromtheGulag]

At the theatre I saw it at the only film that was actually sold out was Eat Love Pray or w/e that Julia Roberts flick is.

 

[Thedayrecker]

I don't like Cera, but I'm actually going to see Scott Pilgrim, and I don't plan on seeing the Expendables, until it's on Pirate Bay cable.

 

[hottsaucekid]

I honestly didn't see the appeal of either movie.

Whoo. An awkward kid played by Michael Cera (again) who meets a beautiful girl who's undoubtedly out of his proverbial league and somehow convinces her to be in a relationship with him by using his charmingly awkward social skills (again).

But the twist is that there's music and superpowers involved. And fighting.

Whooptedy dee. A movie with all of the action movie actors from the eighties and nineties about blowing stuff up and killing dudes. Again.

Really, I don't see the "wow" factor of either movies, maybe I'm just being ignorant with a huge pine-cone up my ass, but I seriously don't see the appeal.

with michael cera i just think if it aint broke dont fix it. its what he does. and most people wouldnt care about the expendables if it wasnt for all the actors.

 

[mattttherman3]

My opinion as to why this is: people are sick of Micheal Sarah, he doesn't really act, he's like that in real life. He's kind of like Stallone in a way, they both cannot act

 

[Flying-Emu]

Because the terrible acting of Michael Cera was over shadowed by his acting superiors Arnold Swarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone.

The irony is PALPABLE.

 

[blank0000]

I guess it was to be expected, it had some tough competition opening weekend. Expendables has an infinite amount of Star power street cred, and Eat, pray love is based on a book Oprah advertised.


STILL for those who are reading this, I highly recommend you give Scott Pilgrim a chance, It's a genuinely unique premise that has had A LOT of effort put into it. The movie has a lot of visual spender you wont see anywhere else, it's funny, and has some of the best action sequences I've ever seen. It's an experience worth having and well worth the money for the ticket.

 

[Zap Rowsdower]

Meh.

Scott Pilgrims premise sounds horrible in my ears. I'm getting a lot of Spy Kids 3D vibes here!

The Expendables on the other hand was by far the best film this year.

My thoughts exactly. Even if Arnold was only in for 2 minutes...