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It is a shame that Scott Pilgrim bombed money-wise at the box office.  I thought the movie was brilliant, and Edgar Wright deserves to have a massive hit.

#2 on that list certainly doesn't apply to Scott Pilgrim.  The move had a ton of marketing behind it, and it was pretty good stuff too.  While I would love for #1 to be true, that never happens.  #3-#5 are just silly, but sadly heard all too often from internet morons.

In the end, I'm glad that SP got made and that I had a blast with it.  It's my favorite movie so far this year, and it will be very difficult for any other movie to best it.  I am definitely going to get the Blu-Ray once it comes out (SP is visually amazing for sure), and I'll probably see  it again in the theater before it leaves.  If other people don't enjoy it like I do, who cares.

However, I will admit that I got somewhat annoyed at the many reviews of the movie that were more reviews of imaginary audiences than of the film itself.  If you don't like the movie, fine, but don't insult people while you are doing it.  NPR had a great article on this subject.

I haven't read a single really bad review for Scott Pilgrim, which is why the level of percieved failure is such a surprise.

I was really hoping Scott Pilgrim would succeed so Hollywood would stop making crap.

Maybe it is a slow starter.  The reviews say it's good.  People who have seen it say it is amazing.  Maybe it just needs word of mouth to catch and then it'll explode?

It's Serenity part 2. It'll be gone in 4 weeks tops.

Strider wrote:

It's my favorite movie so far this year, and it will be very difficult for any other movie to best it.

Fevrit movah, eh? How dare yew! STOMP! PTOOEY! Why'n if'n yew don' beck down right char, I'm-a sen' ol' Teardrop affer yew, an' he ain' gut no cumpuntion 'bout endin' yew!

Yew go on un say yer fevrit mova uhs Winter's Bone, like'n I sehs yew better'n seh'tis!

PTOOEY!

Which'n NPR criticuh derlin' you'n gun ta stick buhin'? Sum vee-do guhm movah, or ol' Winter's Bone? I ain' believin' you all nuhtice nothin' 'bout no "audence bein' revewed" insteada ther mova 'tillin' NPR gon' plantin' as much in yer noggin. *I* ain' be tryin' suh herd tuh win yer affeshun! You'n go'n walk itoff, yer hear?

Here's a doobie for your walk. An' I bekked uppa squirrel real nice so'n yew din' git tuh hunger sheks.

PTOOEY!

PTOOEY!

PTOOEY!

My favorite line in the NPR article (though I really liked Dinner for Schmucks) was "I hated it like it kicked my dog and sent me an invoice."

Also, Scott Pilgrim was awesome. I immediately messaged my brother after Goiter, Mal and I saw it and told him to go see it, which he did (he also thought it was awesome). I know that I'll be buying it on DVD, and he'll probably be getting it on Blu-Ray.

A teenage boy thought Scott Pilgrim was awesome? No way!

I thought it was aging-an-entire-lifetime-in-a-single-day-ly average.

The Swollen Goi... wrote:

Fevrit movah, eh? How dare yew! STOMP! PTOOEY! Why'n if'n yew don' beck down right char, I'm-a sen' ol' Teardrop affer yew, an' he ain' gut no cumpuntion 'bout endin' yew!Yew go on un say yer fevrit mova uhs Winter's Bone, like'n I sehs yew better'n seh'tis!PTOOEY!Which'n NPR criticuh derlin' you'n gun ta stick buhin'? Sum vee-do guhm movah, or ol' Winter's Bone? I ain' believin' you all nuhtice nothin' 'bout no "audence bein' revewed" insteada ther mova 'tillin' NPR gon' plantin' as much in yer noggin. *I* ain' be tryin' suh herd tuh win yer affeshun! You'n go'n walk itoff, yer hear? Here's a doobie for your walk. An' I bekked uppa squirrel real nice so'n yew din' git tuh hunger sheks.PTOOEY!PTOOEY!PTOOEY!

You don't speak red neck?

No.  Blue balls?

Quasar wrote:

It's Serenity part 2. It'll be gone in 4 weeks tops.

I think this is probably the biggest contributing factor. When you do a ton of preview screenings to the point that a huge portion of your target audience gets to see it for free, the box office numbers are bound to be impacted.

I could translate for you...

I certainly speak redneck.  There are plenty of them around here.  Truth be told, I just didn't feel like wading through Goiter's post earlier.  Now that I have, I kind of wish I hadn't.  My brain is melting.

Strider wrote:

My brain is melting.

I still got it!

The Swollen Goi... wrote:

I still got it!

It's been harder for you though since cartoons switched to CG.

Sean Connery's still got it.

I admit, occasionally, to being a movie snob. I once heard a librarian declare "I want to see the third Mummy movie, they say it's the best one yet." I wanted to know who 'they' were and what trailers they had watched to come to such a conclusion. I raged against public libraries because the staff held such opinions.

So I calmed down by watching Six-String Samurai and began to realize that I had no real room to judge. And one day I did watch that third mummy movie, feeling very much like Sam Neil at the end of In the Mouth of Madness.

That said, I am the Scott Pilgrim audience. It couldn't be more geared towards me had they hired a special theatre to show it to me on my birthday. I think it looks dumb. I'll watch it someday.

jraven56 wrote:

I admit, occasionally, to being a movie snob. I once heard a librarian declare "I want to see the third Mummy movie, they say it's the best one yet." I wanted to know who 'they' were and what trailers they had watched to come to such a conclusion.

Ebert said it.

Well hush my mouth

Whilst reviews are completely subjective, hasn't Ebert had a few strange picks in the last couple of years?

He gives over half the movies perfect scores.

What did he say about "Horso Lives" ?