Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

[UnSub]

This reminds me of a situation today where I read an article speaking about the popularity of Female Shepard from Mass Effect only to have the numbers come out and show that 80% of people who play Mass Effect play Male Shepard. (Article is here.)

Those stats may be misleading: you'd need a stat that showed how many / proportion of players played male only, female only and how many played a character of both genders. There would be some overlap.

[LK]

Sure, but I think even taking that into account, a clear and massive majority of players picked the godawful Male Shepard.

Soldier outweighing all other classes combined was probably more damaging to the game as previously mentioned.

Where were we? Oh yeah. Scott Pilgrim is a oneshot for the fans and there won't be anything like it for a long while and I think low box office is the least important factor compared to lack of interesting video game culture based IPs / stories.

[Samwise]

Luckily, Scott Pilgrim doesn't want or need a sequel.  The movie managed to cover the entire story pretty well, and a sequel would only diminish the brilliance of the first movie.  And I'm pretty sure Edgar Wright is going to keep making awesome stuff no matter what.

[Hoax]

This movie wasn't that good. It wasn't that bad either but its amazing you guys managed to care enough to talk for six pages about if it was good or not. It was a fairly average movie that had funny parts and lots of who cares bits.

Certainly it wasn't something worth seeing in a movie theater for ten bucks.

[Slyfeind]

And yet you posted!

[Hoax]

I only watched it because I figured if it had generated this much response there had to be a chance that I would really like it. I liked it but how anyone could have strong feelings one way or the other baffles me. Some I'm posting to complain that such a big deal was made, what of it?

[HaemishM]

You are a horribly broken person. 

[Slyfeind]

And you're excalating things further, Hoax. That's why we have a 6-page thread! PEOPLE LIKE YOU! YOUUUU!

[Reg]

The director should have just stuck to tried and true movie themes like in Dancing with Wolves.  That's what all the popular movies do!

[Samwise]

The director should have just stuck to tried and true movie themes like in Dancing with Wolves.  That's what all the popular movies do!

Think how awesome Dances With Wolves would have been if the Confederates had had mechs.  With giant knives instead of guns!

[Rasix]

Could you improve that with giant tree hugging smurfs?  I think you could!

On topic.. I just saw this.  I wasn't really blown away, but I just suspect it was built up a little too much.  Still, it was quite enjoyable and worth seeing.  First movie I've seen in a theater in 15 months and I was all alone (one showing in all of Tucson).  

[Slyfeind]

Truth be told, almost all discussions I run into are whether or not the movie is important, and to whom.

[schild]

Read the comic book. Hated it.

Watched the movie. Still bad.

Michael Cera is just unbelievably godawful.

[Samwise]

You're crazy.  This movie only gets more awesome each time I see it. 

Michael Cera is probably the weakest actor in it, though.  It's really all about the supporting cast.

[schild]

Schwartzman sucked in it and I was most looking forward to his stuff.

Cera is so bad in it (and everything) that he makes the rest just completely unenjoyable.

Brandon Routh was the high point.

BRANDON ROUTH WAS THE HIGH POINT.

BRANDON ROUTH WAS THE HIGH POINT.

BRANDON ROUTH WAS THE HIGH POINT.

That means the movie is shit.

[LK]

 

It's not for you?

[WindupAtheist]

Final box office stats.

Production budget: $60m if you believe Mojo, $85m if you believe Numbers
Total worldwide gross: $47.5m according to everyone
Home video projection from Box Office Spy: "With what it took in this past week, it could very well earn anywhere from $14-$19 million from hard-copy sales in the first six months of release, but that will be contingent on just how front-loaded it turns out to be."

If you believe Mojo, which is the lowest estimate around and certainly doesn't include marketing costs, then this movie might eventually begin turning a small profit somewhere around the middle of 2011. However, it's more likely that the production of this film was functionally equivalent to taking several million dollars cash and setting it on fire.

If you want to tell me you enjoyed the movie, then good for you. I've never seen it and have never attempted to argue it's merits or lack therof. But next time I call a flop, don't any of you chucklefucks try to argue with me.

[Slyfeind]

I figured it'd flop about halfway through reading Vol 1. 

[Selby]

Half-watched it this weekend.  Movie for dorks and nerds who play video games, didn't disappoint as I didn't have high expectations or know anything about it except for what I'd read on threads like this.  I thought it was amusing, but I had to explain to the geeks I watched it with that, no, it was NOT a box office hit despite them thinking that it was the best movie in years when they wouldn't shut the fuck up about it.

[WindupAtheist]

I had to explain to the geeks I watched it with that, no, it was NOT a box office hit despite them thinking that it was the best movie in years when they wouldn't shut the fuck up about it.

You dick. Even I only do that on the internet. 

[Selby]

You dick. Even I only do that on the internet. 

It was my ex's new boyfriend who I dislike.  He deserved it ;-)

[HaemishM]

I think anyone who saw the trailer could tell it was going to do shit at the box office, mostly because people wouldn't "get it." I would have expected it to break even at best. Still doesn't change the awesomeness of it, mostly because it's not my money going up in flames.

[Tannhauser]

Watched it.  Enjoyed it.  Like a live action anime.  Lead actress sucked, Cera was pretty good with his one-note acting.  How can the guy be an 'awkward youth' even when in combat?  I liked how it was in Toronto, not a lot of mainstream films about our overly polite neighbors to the north.

[Oban]

Just watched the movie and my main take away was, how did they find such an ugly asian actress in Toronto?  That seriously takes skill, congratulations on scraping the bottom of the casting barrel.

Ok, hiring:  makes up for part of the fail. 

Some great lines though...:

"What's that from?"
"My brain!"

"Kick her in the balls!"

"I gotta pee on her."

Brandon Routh, ve-gon, fucking awesome, lol... punched the highlights out of her hair...      Just awesome, lol.  Fun?  In Toronto?!  Chicken isn't vegan?   

Overall, not a bad movie and I even liked the music.

[Samwise]

I was shocked by how much I liked the music in this movie.  I'm pretty sure that in an objective sense it's crap, but there's something I really dig about that rough garage band sound.

[voodoolily]

I was shocked by how much I liked the music in this movie.  I'm pretty sure that in an objective sense it's crap, but there's something I really dig about that rough garage band sound.

You have Beck to thank for that. 

[MuffinMan]

Just watched the movie and my main take away was, how did they find such an ugly asian actress in Toronto?  That seriously takes skill, congratulations on scraping the bottom of the casting barrel.

If you're talking about Ellen Wong then your definition of ugly confuses me.

[Samwise]

I was shocked by how much I liked the music in this movie.  I'm pretty sure that in an objective sense it's crap, but there's something I really dig about that rough garage band sound.

You have Beck to thank for that. 

Yeah, I've been thinking I need to pick up a CD and see if I like the rest of his work.


That Ellen Wong looks waaaay better with long hair.  Damn.

[Teleku]

Yeah, I think they had her look the way she did as a style choice, and I liked it.  She looked normal, like what an average nerdy asian High School girl running around Toronto (no matter what Oban says) would look like.  I think it would have thrown things off if they had him dating some Asian super model.

[Tebonas]

The soundtrack is by Beck? Damn, another Scientology stooge that tricked me into giving him money.

[Oban]

So it's ok for him to date... never mind.

[Teleku]

So it's ok for him to date... never mind.

Other chick wasn't suppose to be a desperate high school nerd.

[LK]

Woah. That's Knives Chou? Dayamn.

The movie rendered everyone in the same realistic, grungy, high school style fitting the manga. Dawson's Creek and other "everyone is BEAUTIFUL" it ain't.

[Merusk]

I was shocked by how much I liked the music in this movie.  I'm pretty sure that in an objective sense it's crap, but there's something I really dig about that rough garage band sound.

You have Beck to thank for that. 

Yeah, I've been thinking I need to pick up a CD and see if I like the rest of his work.

   You've never heard Beck before?  The song "Loser"  "Where It's At" or "Devil's Haircut"?  Never seen the episode of Futurama that had him in it?  Am I just watching the joke fly over my head? 

[Tarami]

Woah. That's Knives Chou? Dayamn.

The movie rendered everyone in the same realistic, grungy, high school style fitting the manga. Dawson's Creek and other "everyone is BEAUTIFUL" it ain't.

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