Scott Pilgrim: The Film of the Game of the Book (Spoilers, Once More People See It?)

[Magus]

Oh, I saw some guy who looked like he might be Indian get in the elevator, I've heard Shymalayn starred in one of his other ones I luckily managed to skip (I THINK it's the only one I haven't seen, Lady in the Water), tried to put two and two together and thought he was starring in this one, too.

Also, yeah, Ramona didn't seem to have to work through some of her issues like in the books, although the books also took place over a year or more whereas the movie is two hours long, obviously it's only going to manage to get the protagonist's epiphany in for the most part.

[Lumenskir]

Also, yeah, Ramona didn't seem to have to work through some of her issues like in the books, although the books also took place over a year or more whereas the movie is two hours long, obviously it's only going to manage to get the protagonist's epiphany in for the most part.

Yeah, I think I'm going to attribute like 85% of my meager disappointment to being in a state of mind the movie's framework wasn't really exploring.

Also, for those wanting to get the full experience of the soundtrack, they're streaming it for free now. Included are all the Beck-penned, Sex Bob-Omb performed songs, as well as the full version of Anthems for a Seventeen-Year-Old Girl as opposed to the blue-balls inducing quasi-snippet actually used in the movie.

[katiuska]

Originally Posted by Magus

EDIT: Also there was this trailer for this movie by AND starring M. Night Shymalayn on before the movie started that takes place entirely in a demon-possessed elevator or something, so I got some laughs even before the movie started!

I liked how everyone in the theater laughed as soon as they saw the words "a new nightmare by M. Night Shyamalan," because any movie by M. Night Shyamalan is indeed a nightmare.

[Magus]

Yeah, what with the movie probably being mostly inspired by that recent news story about the guy being stuck in the elevator for three days, and probably being better off being called "Elevator to Hell!" than "Devil", I don't see it being a staggering success, but enough Shyamalayn fans will like it to make it a profit, probably.

The Scott Pilgrim soundtrack probably is pretty funny if it includes the actual Garbage Truck song or whatever, I'll have to have a listen.

[Arcanum]

Just got back from the movie. Loved it. I used to hate Michael Cera, but he did a great job as Scott Pilgrim, and he's redeemed himself slightly because of that. Now it's just a matter of convincing the rest of my friends that the movie doesn't suck in the slightest, and get them to go see it.

And yeah, I saw the preview for the M. Night Shamwow movie too. The best part was that everyone in the theater was basically saying "what the hell is this??" and then when Shamwow's name popped up on the screen everyone let out a resounding "Ohhhhhh." Whoever keeps giving M. Night money/jobs needs to stop.

[Azisien]

It was pretty good.

Like the comics, the start through middle were extremely hilarious, but it petered off b y the end.

So basically, it's a great adaptation. I preferred Kick-Ass as a comic book turned movie, but then I'm really not disappointed in this. Both will probably be blu-rays on my shelf in the (not too distant) future.

[Lumenskir]

The Scott Pilgrim soundtrack probably is pretty funny if it includes the actual Garbage Truck song or whatever, I'll have to have a listen.

Good news, everyone. It does!

I preferred Kick-Ass as a comic book turned movie, but then I'm really not disappointed in this.

I haven't read the Kick-Ass comic book, but the movie was just way too tonally inconsistent to do anything for me. Actually, I think the bigger reason is the fact that I have some sort of anti-Hit-Girl-glamour eyes going and the movie's only real attempt at eliciting the wow reflex was to throw more Hit-Girl at it.

Compare that to SP where you're sort of permanently stuck in the wow reflex throughout by the editing and fights and jokes and whatnot. It's a little breathless, but worth it.

[Token]

Fuck every other song on the soundtrack, "I'm So Sad, So Very, Very, Sad" and "We Hate You Please Die" are on this shit. Now I have no choice but to see this movie as quickly as possible.

[Azisien]

Originally Posted by Lumenskir

Compare that to SP where you're sort of permanently stuck in the wow reflex throughout by the editing and fights and jokes and whatnot. It's a little breathless, but worth it.

Well, wowed until about the Twins, which is right around when the comics started getting weak too. Unfortunately the shaky ending weakens the whole thing a little bit, and I would have liked Scott Pilgrim waaaaaaay more above most anything else if it had been what it was in the first hour, for the whole thing.

I had my fingers crossed from square one that the guy behind Hot Fuzz could pull together something better than O'Malley could, but aside from the Nega Scott thing, he couldn't really.

[Lumenskir]

Fuck every other song on the soundtrack, "I'm So Sad, So Very, Very, Sad" and "We Hate You Please Die" are on this shit.

While I have to give a majority of the credit to Broken Social Scene for writing the actual music*(and here's a very short interview where Brendan Canning of BSS talks about the influences for the songs), the actor who sang them just absolutely killed his three lines. His delivery of "This next song is called We Hate You Please Die." instantly rocketed its way into Never-Not-Funny territory for me.