Scott Pilgrim vs. the Robo-Spine

[justwalker]

On Sunday I went to see Scott Pilgrim vs. the World with Andy. He confirmed that it is indeed made of awesome. I, like everyone else, was undecided whether the casting of Michael Cera was perfect or entirely too predictable. Having seen the film now, I can't imagine anyone else in the role. He didn't go over the top awkward like in Superbad. He

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[whitebikertrash]

September 18th...we'll be there.

[justwalker]

Thanks, amigo.

I do not get the Scott Pilgrim love

[bredon]

Granted, I didn't stay for the whole thing, since my wife got ill around Evil Ex #3, but everybody on my flist is raving about this, and from the bits I saw, my reaction was a distinct "meh". In fact, parts of it were so awkward to watch, they were causing me actual physical pain.

And you would think this would be right up my alley- I am the largest video game/comic book/TV geek among all of my friends.

Just didn't do it for me. At all.

Re: I do not get the Scott Pilgrim love

[justwalker]

First off, major points for the Middleman t-shirt.

Scott Pilgrim didn't have the same mass quantity of pop-culture references as The Middleman, but I think it did well to work in all kinds of geeky video game tidbits.

It took me a few minutes to get used to the way scenes were cut together. What felt like a weird dream sequence at the beginning turned into a very smooth transition style.

I loved the music, too. That adds a lot to the film for me.

What was it that you didn't like?

Re: I do not get the Scott Pilgrim love

[bredon]

Pretty much EVERYTHING that wasn't a boyfriend fight that involved Scott.

I've never understood this trend that developed a few years ago where other people being stuck in awkward situations invoked laughter instead of sympathy. (As a side note, this is why "The Office" makes me cringe instead of laugh.)

I guess I just expected a lot more fights and a lot less of Scott being stuck in awkward situations.

My own fault for only making through the first book because the art was so bad; though the fact that the people in the book looked so little like actual people probably made me notice the awkward less.

[jeweldevil]

Yeah, we usually wind up talking for another hour after the first 'goodbye'.

[justwalker]

You, me, Delaney... It's hard to get me on the phone in the first place, but then all the best conversations start when someone has to go. (heh)