BafflingBeerMan
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Quote:That's how I took it as well.Originally Posted by Marcian Tobay
As someone that didn't know anything but the movie, my reaction was "It might have happened, but whether it did isn't the point. The point is that he's making fun of her."
Don't know if that perspective helps with anything. (And I haven't seen The Animation yet) -
In case you missed it, Scott Pilgrim vs. The Animation
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Quote:I'd argue that Knives isn't a hipster. She's a wannabe hipster!Originally Posted by Marcian Tobay
I don't know how you disagree. It seems rather a statement of fact.
And MAN does Michael Cera get a lot of sexy time!
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Quote:Edgar Wright thinks Scott Pilgrim is The Last AirbenderOriginally Posted by Marcian Tobay
Sure, Scott can take on Gideon Graves, but can he take on Agent Smith?
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Vampire-related projects estimated to bring in about 7 billion dollars to Hollywood
Yes, but what will happen when the first rays of the sun hit Hollywood? -
Quote:Can I be put into an Adrienne Barbeau-bot?Originally Posted by QuietAmerican
Heck, I'll stick to my first idea. Give me an immortal robot body so I don't have to deal with it.
Beep, boop, beep.
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I think the moral of this story, along with 28 Days Later, is never go to a hospital where you may fall into a delirious or coma-like state.
Because when you wake up...ZOMBIES! -
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Quote:I love The Office, but I think I've become a bit of a wimp in recent years because some of Michael Scott's newer cringeworthy efforts has actually got me changing the channel, it is so painful. This past season was the worse, with his breakup with a certain someone and his Scott's Tots.Originally Posted by LunarKnight
Yeah, I've never liked awkward humor. Main reason I'm not a fan of the Situation Comedy either. I can do dark humor well enough, but whenever I hear a laugh track over someone's pain I change the channel.
On the other hand, I remember really liking and watching it without flinching the dinner party episode, which most people point out as the best/worst example of cringeworthy.
I like some romantic movies done in that style. They are fluffy and good for dates and cuddling and romancing. Mindless fun. But movies like Scott Pilgrim and Eternal Sunshine, those "rom-coms" are the ones that stick with me and I consider well made and thoughtful. They are great movies, to me, and will always be great movies. "How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days" is an entertaining movie (and was a guilty pleasure of my friends in college, so I saw it a bunch of times), but I am not going to be talking 5 years from now (unless it is a talk about movies I don't talk about)Quote:Originally Posted by LunarKnight
Did you see that one where the couple gets together via an improbable lie, but then when the lie is revealed they break up, only to realize they care about each other more than the lie and get back together in act 3? I love that one. -
Yeah, Frankencastle sounded like someone made a lame pun in front of Joey Q and he said "Run with it!"
Did they not learn anything from Punisher: Angel of Death? -
Quote:The score gets bonus points for including some of the dialogue in it.Originally Posted by ChrisMoses
The score is really good. I prefer it to the soundtrack.
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I label Scott Pilgrim and Eternal Sunshine rom-coms because that is how I feel real rom-coms should be like. Setting aside the unconventional storytelling of both movies, romantic comedies should be more akin to SP and ES in terms of the actual plot (relationships are never easy) and tone (some grounding in the real world) as opposed to what is the usual rom-com starring Kate Hudson and Matthew McConashirtless in that it is joke-punchline, joke-punchline, awwwwww.
Wacky hijinks and a last minute reunion do not make good movies, nor good romantic movies with comedy bits. -
I posted this on another boards, but my two favorite romantic comedies are Scott Pilgrim and Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind. Both are unconventional, in terms of the relationship itself and how the movie is executed. Both's ending leave the status of the relationship somewhat up in the air.
So, who do you think last longer together after the movie is done:
Joel and Clementine from ESotSM
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You really shouldn't. Especially if you know what the flash-sideways really mean.
SPOILERS
So it is a self-imposed purgatory of sorts. So now we can think about why Sayid coupled Nadia off with his brother. As punishment for selling out the other Losties on the Island for Flocke's promise to be reunited with her? Ben's interactions with Alex and Danielle are now not a second chance for happiness but a second chance at redemption. And so on.
Since we know the what of the sideways, we can look back to the why. And since, ultimately, the series resolved around its characters and not its mysteries, those flash-sideways serve well in the explaining the core motivations and achievements of those characters. -
To be fair, that's the ranking for soundtracks, which aren't terribly high sellers and don't face a lot of competition.
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Quote:Cera doesn't play the hipster. Maybe in Scott Pilgrim. He usually plays the awkward teen. That's why most people don't like him or his roles, the awkward humor that comes from his similar roles grates on people. I find that reaction to awkward humor is usually one of two ways: either you love/can stand the cringeworthiness or you hate being forced to cringe and you find that sorta humor terrible and painful to watch. And when comedy "hurts," it tends to sear a negative feeling into the opinion more so than just bad, lame humor.Originally Posted by Lastjustice
I can see his constant hipster roles grinding people's gears. (Put a can of PBR in his hands and a dozen frat boys would descend on him like ninjas to haze him as he'd be the epitome of what they pick on.)
Jason Schwartzman (Gideon) often plays a hipster, if you want to compare. -
I just find it funny that arguably the three characters that care the least about a secret identity (save for maybe Capt. America) are deliberating on an act that concerns a secret identity.
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Haha, pretty awesome even though the syncing wasn't that great at points.
But they did choose the right characters to use dialogue from the trailer from:
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The first character that died, I guessed was gonig to bite the big one, because they were, unfortunately, the least essential character in the series.
The other character: total [censored] move by Whedon!
My best friend saw an advanced screening of the movie and told me that 2 characters died. I said, does the ship count as a character? He then said, in that case, 3 characters die. -
I read in EW that the Facebook movie will be told in a Rashomon-type style, with its creation being conveyed from 3 different viewpoints.
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Quote:I think the Van is more identifiable with the show than the Camaro.Originally Posted by White Hot Flash
Can't believe a Dharma Van sold for almost twice as much as Hurley's Camaro.
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What is this show called Lost? I dimly remember watching it at some point...
I already ordered it on Amazon and I should get it this week or next. Cannot wait for "The New Man in Charge." -
Quote:Obviously the murder mystery movie "Ask Jeeves" well either have the butler investigating the crime (in a nice twist) or have the detective have a smart butler as his sidekick.Originally Posted by SwellGuy
I don't know. "Ask Jeeves" a murder mystery movie involving a clueless detective and the internet.
