Pajiba

In the words of Ice T: DAMN, that's HATEFUL!

Not saying this to be contrary but I think it looks like a load of wank.

I refuse to believe that she is true ginge until I see incontrovertible proof.

Posted by: admin at June 1, 2010 9:48 AM

I'm really confused on this whole hipster thing... What qualifies an individual as a hipster?

Wow, I am getting incredibly sick of nerd-gets-impossibly-hot-girl movies. And I don't even watch those movies. And I am a nerd.

As for the geek sites creaming their pants, fear not Dustin: they all loved Kick-Ass and the rest of America proved them wrong.

They also all loved "The Dark Knight", "Iron Man", "Spider-Man", and the LOTR movies and the rest of America (and the world) proved them right.

Just look at all those comic movies coming down the pipeline. Sure, there are bumps in the road and some of smaller, less well-known properties like Kick-Ass aren't going to make major bucks, but the well is deep and plentiful and there are no signs of slowing down.

So, stay on the Fear Train, "Cool Kiddos". This aint over by a damn sight.

I've said it once, I'll say it again: It's a Geek's world and you're all living in it.

As for this particular movie... Edgar Wright has earned the benefit of the doubt. I am not as anti-Michael Cera as most, probably because I haven't really seen enough of this films to be sick of him. I likely wont see it in the theater, but it will be worth a rental.

I'm sorry. Since when was Kick-Ass, a rated R comic book film with a curse word in its name featuring a child murdering people with sweet abandon, supposed to be the biggest hit of the year at the box office? Did I miss the memo that an independently financed feature film was supposed to be the next Iron Man? The film did great for what it was: an uneven indie action film laden with dark humor and shock value. The title alone alienated a large portion of the potential audience, and all the "pray for their souls, a child is a murderer" articles and reviews knocked out another big chunk. I mean, really: who could look at the fire scene in that film and think this was a big budget feature meant to be a box office sensation?

Also, Kick-Ass was average. So very average.

Posted by: admin at June 1, 2010 10:59 AM

I agree. Hit-Girl was awesome. Whenever she and/or Big Daddy were on screen the film was a lot of fun. When they weren't, not so much.

Did I miss the memo that an independently financed feature film was supposed to be the next Iron Man?

And yet you'd be remiss into thinking that was the case if all you saw was Aint It Cool.

So now the spambot is not only copying comments, it's copying them...ACROSS DIFFERENT POSTS.

We're doomed. DOOMED.

Oh, the trailer? Don't give a shit. Just wish people everywhere would shut up about it.

What I'm seeing from the trailer is a true attempt to adapt the visual style of the source material which in terms of doing something interesting with cinema could really be something to see - and be really worth seeing IN a cinema.
Its less the Nolan Batman films and more Sin City looked to do but with a more rounded plot and less slavish aesthetic.

I've always feared Cera will be the weak link in the chain as regards this project as a film and an adaptation. Nothing in the trailers have shown him to have the unwise spunk and energy that Scott has as a hero in the books which is a real shame as most of the truly epic laughs come from Scott's deflation after somehow managing to overcome his insecurities but always always pushing it too far.

All of the suck in Kick-Ass seemed to stem from the moments where the whole production wussed-out of what made the comicbook so awesome, particularly the resolution of the romantic sub-plot which required MTV reality-show levels of retarded credulity from its audience even from within the context of the on-screen narrative.
I could see how such a hard-fought and hard-won production would make those compromises to a more studio friendly take on the story - but it was still a gods damnable shame.

The last volume of the tale comes out just before the film and Bryan Lee O'Malley has said they have different endings.
My innner Aristotle-sense tingles in the direction of the film getting the happy ending whereas the book will get the bittersweet life-lesson ending, a la The Wackness.

If the film sticks true to the best of what the story within Scott Pilgrim has to offer in terms of dynamism, wit, self-awareness, and tragi-comic truth of falling utterly head-first into early 20s love with a pretty girl you have convinced yourself is too cool/hot/good for you it really could be an epic of epic epicness.
The potential to fall into epic fail is also huge but would certainly make the result a more interesting film than one where the talent on screen is somehow ill-used and let down into a merely meh product.

Scott Pilgrim is also very far from a fanboy product as far as comics go. It has a built in irony and humour that it took RDJ to inject into the Marvel canon.
Its a true geek book, its market will span fanpeople, smart teen girls who treat Twilight as their guilty pleasure (and certainly don't describe themselves as team anything), people who like Mr Wright, culture-geeks, and gamers - but all those are ultimately meaningless marketing wank.

Aubrey Plaza. Anyway, was that Ann from Arrested Development I see there?

The whole "fan boy"/ainitcoolnews thing is no great revalation or stricly limited to "geeks". Wasn't this lessen learned when "Snakes On A Plane" was released? Crazy internet buzz does not equal commercial success in a theater. The same holds true for TV shows as well.

Forbiddendonut, don't forget that "Snakes" was profitable, so plenty of Hollywood types probably feel fine with "internet buzz".

Also, reading the comments, MAN do some of you have Cera hate. I mean, holy shit, calm down! Did he rape you? If he did, call the authorities. See a professional. But fucking christ, he's not out to murder you in your dreams; he doesn't need to be destroyed in order for your survival. Just chill. You don't want to see the movie, you don't have to. RELAX.

C'mon Pajiba, just admit you liked the trailer and stop bitching at it for once its tiring. Sometimes you're like a Time Period Film.

I was actually surprised by the annunciation and non-mumbliness of Michael Cera in this movie and it made me really happy. Although he's still a bit sammy, he's a bit different and you know it. I can tell your completely commenting on his past character roles.

It may look a bit annoying, but at least it's different. I really don't need another explodey/war Iron Man-style comic-book movie.

Fredo - You know, with the way Hollywood runs now, your last sentence actually probably has a pretty fair chance of coming true. And when it does, I will cry and cry and cry and then never step in a movie theatre again.

Vermillion - nah, you're not missing anything. The actual Scott Pilgrim comic is drawn with those exact "80s-90s video game" flourishes so this is kind of like Sin City wherein there's a lot of direct panel-to-screen translation. The "K-O!!!" call (which doesn't really make an appearance in this trailer) makes that a little clearer, I think. Even though this whole movie is based on a comic...based in a video-gamey land. Hmmm!

There is no way it's going to be mediocre. Either it will be horrible and impossible to sit through or some kind of sublime joyful crossbreed of Crank, Sin City and Kill Bill Vol. 1. Those are the movies that come to mind for me.

Geeky as I am, I've never read the comic book and was entirely unaware of it's existence. I'll look it up later.

As for the trailer, I like it. Style-wise it goes from standard issue mumble mouthed nebbish rom-com to something approaching Kill Bill levels of gleeful violence minus the high pressure blood sprays. In short, it's old school fun and cartoonish video game violence.

And as far as Michael Cera goes, I hate him sooooo much. But this movie seems to have fixed that. It looks like they've turned his mumbling into a mere character trait instead of his defining character trait. Think of Jesse (Cera 2.0) Eisenberg in Zombieland. Sure he was a geek, but he could take care of himself for the most part. In this movie, Cera doesn't look like some bumbling mumbler. He can handle a flaming sword of death, work a mean combo, and play in a band.

I'll go see it.

it got my geek up

This trailer looks awesome, but I'm not sure how this will translate into a full-length movie.