What? I know loads of people who saw Scott Pilgrim at the theater and even more who have it on DVD! And here I was thinking that it had been a huge success when actually all my friends are just geeks. Damn.
Mmmm, except more annoying than the 'hipster' fanboys are the 'Same again please,' guys.Sylveria said:I said before and I'll say it again; the most damage to Scott Pilgrim was done by fans of Scott Pilgrim. Every self proclaimed "geek/gamer" and their cousin was spouting how it was this masterpiece of cinema from the rooftops (while also saying how the characters were flawed, the first part of the movie was boring, and the main hero had no redeeming qualities.. still not sure how that qualifies as a masterpiece) in the most obnoxious manner possible.
To top it all off I had to listen to those same people give me shit for seeing and getting some pop-corn-fun out of The Expendables. Was it some great cinematic revolution? Hell no and it was cheesy as Kraft factory explosion, but I had some laughs, saw some decent action, got to see some of my old favorite action guys on the big screen again, and got to relax in a comfy chair for a couple hours.
I hope you realize just how dumb you made yourself sound. Yes, the director of Terminator, Aliens and Terminator 2, a person who came to the top through hard work is a worthless director and should be out of a job. Try and tell me that he is bad at his job after watching the making of Aliens. Just try.Bluecho said:The man is right. If this WERE a perfect world, only good films would make money, only good actors would become famous, and the likes of Uwe Boll and James Cameron would be out of a job.
But we're not living in a perfect world. And do you know why good films get snubbed while mediocre ones make millions? It's because of all of us! We're the problem, always going with the "safe" or "familiar".
YES! Please do.A Gray Phantom said:I'll admit it. I saw The Fast and the Furious," but only as a rental, that someone else rented, (same story with the Expendables). I haven't even seen, nor want to see, the sequels.
And yet I've seen Scott Pilgrim a few times in theaters, dragging my friends with me, and I own the DVD, and the whole graphic novel collection.
So I'm always skeptical when I hear these box office statistics and I question their accuracy.