The Expendables is simply the better movie. You guys are giving Scott Pilgrim way too much credit just because there's a video game related to it. The comic is good, the game is good, but the movie is terrible. The Expendables was awesome.
Scott Pilgrim gets dominated.
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A lot of people here are Scott Pilgrahm fans apperantly so as someone who saw The Expendables this week and not Scott Pilgrahm I can say The Exbendables was wildly entertaining and I'll be bying the blu-ray day 1
I've seen Scott Pilgrim, but not the Expendables and I agree with points from both sides.
Michael Cera isn't an amazing actor, he's decent, but he started getting typecast a LOT from his earlier roles like Arrested Development which he was pretty darn good in.
The plot is thoroughly ridiculous, but it's in the context of a world where thoroughly ridiculous stuff is a common occurence, or at least possible. Also, the word "hipster" is thrown in at least twice, but the film is aimed more at a gamer/fans-of-the-comic crowd, and with no knowledge of the comic, I have no idea what kind of people that is.
Overall I thought it was a great movie, well written, good action, visually impressive, and the supporting cast prevents Michael Cera from dulling down the rest of the movie.
Michael Cera isn't an amazing actor, he's decent, but he started getting typecast a LOT from his earlier roles like Arrested Development which he was pretty darn good in.
The plot is thoroughly ridiculous, but it's in the context of a world where thoroughly ridiculous stuff is a common occurence, or at least possible. Also, the word "hipster" is thrown in at least twice, but the film is aimed more at a gamer/fans-of-the-comic crowd, and with no knowledge of the comic, I have no idea what kind of people that is.
Overall I thought it was a great movie, well written, good action, visually impressive, and the supporting cast prevents Michael Cera from dulling down the rest of the movie.
Yea that bothered me a bit. Willis and Arnold I knew were gonna have VERY small roles but I'd wished Rourke and Li were in more. Hopefully sequals focas on someone else each time so Li Lungren and Crews will have a bit more time to shine.chaos order said:
I went to a packed midnight screening and barely anyone laughed, there were a few chuckles, and a very few moments that people actually seemed to really find funny. The only parts to get reactions was Scott jumping out the window to avoid his ex, the part when the girl gets the "blue slapped right off her" and the whole vegan police high fiving.Notere said:
I saw The Expendables and enjoyed it. Though, I did go in expecting nothing more then a blood and guts, everything gets blown up, action movie. I was pleasantly surprised in a few places at the realism that went into it. Plus, how can you argue against seeing Randy Couture fight Stone Cold.
Personally it looks to me more like he gets type cast.Mr.Squishy said:
I'm not convinced he can't act, he hasn't been allowed to be in movies outside of one Genre yet. There are plenty of folks who seemed absolutely terrible but once they were out of their type casted rolls they started to show their real talent.
I know DiCaprio seemed like a terrible actor to me when he was in romance films, but I thought he did a much better job when the center focus of the story wasn't that "he is cute".
Just my thoughts of course.
I can think of something very good from coming out of Scott Pilgrim not opening very well: no shitty knockoffs from studios trying to make a quick buck. Can you imagine how annoying that would be, having a bunch of studios trying to make a movie that appeals to the same people without any understanding of what they were doing? I'd get sick of it so fast and they will have ruined the original gem for a lot of people.
why "expendables" did better at the box office this weekend what would your average movie goer go to an action movie with every big name action hero of 90s/2000s or movie based on a comic book that very "few" have heard of. You don't need to be genius to figure that one out, which is I think moviebob said a couple weeks ago.
And @wrecker77 about the figures they are opening weekend figures. I don't know many films that earn the their production "cost" on opening weekend, if that makes any sense of any kind to anyone.
And @wrecker77 about the figures they are opening weekend figures. I don't know many films that earn the their production "cost" on opening weekend, if that makes any sense of any kind to anyone.
Well Scott Pilgrim hasn't been shown yet in a lot of countries I think, while Expendables has. So I don't think it's a really 'fair' comparison in the first place, give it some time.
I don't know why anyone would see Expendables btw. The fact they've thrown a bunch of major action stars (most of which has had their share of shit movies) just screams "this is gonna suck" louder than Vader's 'nooooooooooooooo'. Hell, Jet Li alone is enough of a "don't watch this shit" mark for me...
And just look at the poster. 60% of space used by main actor names. then 30% of space used by said actors standing around. Then 10% space used on name of the movie. Can't you just tell that's all it has to offer? x.x
I don't know why anyone would see Expendables btw. The fact they've thrown a bunch of major action stars (most of which has had their share of shit movies) just screams "this is gonna suck" louder than Vader's 'nooooooooooooooo'. Hell, Jet Li alone is enough of a "don't watch this shit" mark for me...
And just look at the poster. 60% of space used by main actor names. then 30% of space used by said actors standing around. Then 10% space used on name of the movie. Can't you just tell that's all it has to offer? x.x
the expendables really is just every action star ever except chuck norris and samuel L jackson put into one movie which is appealing in its own way... i was planning on waiting for the DVD for scott pilgrimRAKtheUndead said:
Well, Yeah, what the hell did you expect? There is no way a largely unknown geeky film starring Cera would ever do better than a movie staring almost every action movie badass ever in the opening weekend.
It's been four days damnit, can we start worrying when it fails to make a profit when it stops showing in theatres. Scott Pilgrim is very much a word of mouth film and it's also the sort of film people (except comic fans) don't get super-motivated to see as soon as it comes unlike The Expendables, but I can see it slowly snowballing over the next few weeks, while the Expendables viewings drop to a trickle. But really it's not a competition, I hope they both make money.
At the theatre I saw it at the only film that was actually sold out was Eat Love Pray or w/e that Julia Roberts flick is.
I don't like Cera, but I'm actually going to see Scott Pilgrim, and I don't plan on seeing the Expendables, until it's on Pirate Bay cable.