Scott Pilgrim gets dominated.

[FaceFaceFace]

Seriously?

Cmon guys that's a bit much, sure there is a decent amount of people who are idiots but to say they are "drugged monkeys" or something so dumb that it'd be offensive for them to compared to them is a bit much.

Not every film you see needs to have a deep plot, intricate characters etc.

Surely you guys enjoy watching a cheesy action film every once in a while.

OP: As has been said, Scott Pilgrim was aimed at a specific audience whereas The expendables was aimed for the majority, plus it's got almost all the big action guys.

Yes it is a bit harsh.

I do enjoy mindless action movies and watch them fairly regularly, and I have no problem with other people enjoying them. What I have a problem with is when people only enjoy mindless things and consider them to be examples of real quality entertainment. I enjoy the Call of Duty series, but to say it is of better quality than say Shadow of the Collossus is ludicrous. More entertaining to you personally? Fine. But it's not better. Similarly, it angers me to no end when people say that mindless action films are comparable in quality to, or worse, better than, really good meaningful movies. It's like the people who consider Twilight to be quality literature.

 

[FaceFaceFace]

Edit: Sorry for the double post, my original didn't show up as being posted until I posted the same thing again.

 

[captaincabbage]

Bleh. The Expendables looks like just another b-grade action movie, with a bunch of big name actors whose careers are receding faster than their hairlines.

This is sad too, because I saw Scott Pilgrim yester day and it was incredible. It's such an awesome study of relationships and the 7 evil exes are a great analogy for the stages of relationships.
Plus, everyone he kills explodes into coins, which is fucking hilarious.
*Scott defeats his first evil ex
"Aw awesome money! 2.50? Thats not even enough for the bus home"

 

[RobCoxxy]

I would see Scott Pilgrim, but Michael Cera's faux awkwardness prevents me from doing so. However, I'm looking forward to the Expendables. Dumb, yes, but fun.

Anyway, I'd say it'll make it back in DVD sales. Those films popular with the indie crowd usually do.

I hate that guy too. I think practically every film he's been in has suffered for it... Well in my opinion.

This, this, a thousand times, THIS.
My friend Connor still insists that he deserves those "Best actor/supporting actor" awards.

No he doesn't. He just wanders onto stage, delivers lines in a pathetic little mewling voice and gets paid handsomely.

 

[lewism247]

Seriously?

Cmon guys that's a bit much, sure there is a decent amount of people who are idiots but to say they are "drugged monkeys" or something so dumb that it'd be offensive for them to compared to them is a bit much.

Not every film you see needs to have a deep plot, intricate characters etc.

Surely you guys enjoy watching a cheesy action film every once in a while.

OP: As has been said, Scott Pilgrim was aimed at a specific audience whereas The expendables was aimed for the majority, plus it's got almost all the big action guys.

Yes it is a bit harsh.

I do enjoy mindless action movies and watch them fairly regularly, and I have no problem with other people enjoying them. What I have a problem with is when people only enjoy mindless things and consider them to be examples of real quality entertainment. I enjoy the Call of Duty series, but to say it is of better quality than say Shadow of the Collossus is ludicrous. More entertaining to you personally? Fine. But it's not better. Similarly, it angers me to no end when people say that mindless action films are comparable in quality to, or worse, better than, really good meaningful movies. It's like the people who consider Twilight to be quality literature.

I do agree with you there, that pisses me off too.

 

[Dapper Ninja]

OBJECTION!

The question of the movie's flawlessness is irrelevant to this case! Scott Pilgrim vs. The World is targeting this court's forum's audience, but that is exactly the defense's point! This crucial piece of evidence proves (dramatic close-up)... that the members of this forum would enjoy the movie if they gave it a chance!

It doesn't matter how much the story's premise revolves around computer gaming - I still do not like romance in the vast majority of movies. I do not watch romantic comedies, I resent a lot of romantic engagements in other genres, and making it a "geeky hipster gets the girl" angle to the romance makes things even worse!

I understand your complaint, I hate pretty much all romance in fiction. I still love this movie and think it's one of the best of the year. Scott Pilgrim is about as much of a romantic comedy as Shaun of the Dead. The romance is at the center of the plot, but it doesn't take over the plot, which keeps the movie as an action-comedy. If the romance is the only thing holding you back from seeing this movie, just go see it.

 

[SomeBoredGuy]

Hmm... Should I see Scott Pilgrim or The Expendables?

Ah, to hell with it! I'm just gonna go see Inception again, that film kicked ass and had an intelligent plot!

 

[acosn]

This line says a lot; I do resent the nerd community becoming marketable, but what I resent even more is the suggestion that nerds in general are any good at romance.

Something inside me died when I discovered that you had to wear the right t-shirt to let everyone know you were nerdy.

What, we weren't the easiest group of people to pick out of a crowd in high school already?

 

[The_Puppy_Prince]

I agree with some past comments
Expendables had big name actors blah blah blah
But Id much rather see a movie that tries something different,
I guess the majority would rather see something blatant and something that colors inside the lines
Than something that tries something different and frightens the majority.

 

[child of lileth]

All I know about that Scott Pilgrim movie is that, "It's Twilight for boys." That was enough for me to never even care if I found out anymore beyond that.

 

[Sightless Wisdom]

Well, this big mass of hatred that was formerly a thread is certainly a good advertisement for the movie if noting else. I may actually watch it now... The expendables however, maybe not. I like seeing things blow up just as much as the next guy but I'm not paying to see explosions and an average plot.

 

[stubbmann]

All I know about that Scott Pilgrim movie is that, "It's Twilight for boys." That was enough for me to never even care if I found out anymore beyond that.

...What.

So someone told you it was Twilight for boys... and you were instantly turned off forever? By one comment? One... really weird comment?

 

[child of lileth]

All I know about that Scott Pilgrim movie is that, "It's Twilight for boys." That was enough for me to never even care if I found out anymore beyond that.

...What.

So someone told you it was Twilight for boys... and you were instantly turned off forever? By one comment? One... really weird comment?

I had no interest to begin with. I was turned-off from it forever, when it was confirmed there was no reason for me to have interest in it to begin with anyway.

 

[Nurb]

The Critic cartoon in the 90's accurately predicted the outcome of the Expendables.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMSPNaakm4A

 

[sketch_zeppelin]

That does suck. I really enjoyed scott pilgrim. I didn't hate the expendables as baddly as movie bob but i do think it was overated.

 

[Diver Down]

Michael Cera is not a terrible actor, its called being "typecast". That's when an actor is written into the same sort of character in several roles. You know, actors like:
Sylvester Stallone - action guy
Arnold Schwarzenegger - action guy
Jim Carrey - wacky, white-friendly funny guy
But yes, I will concede that he's made some terrible films.
i.e. - Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist

 

[lyfeindeyth]

Weren't both budgets both about 90 million?

 

[G-Force]

OT: Scott Pilgrim felt like it stopped every five seconds to wink at you and say "Hey remember this video game, aren't we clever?!?" or "Hey we're breaking the fourth wall, isn't that imaginative?!?", Expendables looks a lot more straight forward, and less pretentious

Curious, how do you define the word pretentious?

 

[OceanRunner]

So a film is successful just because they dump in a bunch of celeb actors? That just isn't right.

 

[Paradoxrifts]

I think that more than a few people have made a grave mistranslation concerning the seething, belligerent but much justifiable rage that has sprung up right across the Geekdom in response to Micheal Bay and his Transformer flicks. You don't butcher a much beloved and cherished childhood memory without getting a fair amount of backlash the original audience. Movie Bob does have a rather nasty habit in his reviews of trying to associate with transformers every big budget Hollywood flick he finds exception with.

It doesn't work, so here's the straight dope.

The majority of us just would not care if Michael Bay was making squillion-dollar movies about anthropomorphic robotic lifeforms from space, provided they had nothing to do with the transformers brand. It'd just be just yet another disappointing, quickly forgotten summer blockbuster among many.