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The Hemulen 
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Posted: September 04 2010 at 05:41 |
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As a massive Scott Pilgrim and Edgar Wright fanboy, even the presence of the increasingly ubiquitous and one-note Michael Cera wasn't enough to take the edge off my feverish excitement for this movie. I finally got to see it on Friday and it outstripped my already unfeasibly high expectations. Not perfect, maybe, but as near as dammit as a 2 hour adaptation of a 6-volume comic is ever likely to get to perfection. I welcome your thoughts.
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Posted: September 04 2010 at 12:24 |
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Never read the comics, but I loved the movie a lot, it was absurd and high energy, which is good.
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Posted: September 04 2010 at 13:17 |
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I haven't seen it because I'm terrified by large groups of hipsters. D:
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Posted: September 04 2010 at 14:19 |
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Super-duper awesome. Such a shame it didn't do well at the box office.
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Posted: September 04 2010 at 19:52 |
 Man Overboard wrote:
I haven't seen it because I'm terrified by large groups of hipsters. D:
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Posted: September 04 2010 at 21:15 |
Man Overboard wrote:
I haven't seen it because I'm terrified by large groups of hipsters. D: |
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Posted: September 04 2010 at 22:53 |
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I haven't seen it because I find it impossible to care. But even though I haven't forgiven Michael Cera yet for Juno, I still wish him the best.
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if you own a sodastream i hate you
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Posted: September 04 2010 at 23:15 |
Henry Plainview wrote:
I haven't seen it because I find it impossible to care. But even though I haven't forgiven Michael Cera yet for Juno, I still wish him the best. |
What did he do in that that he doesn't do in everything else? He always plays the same character.
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The Hemulen
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Posted: September 05 2010 at 04:26 |
Man Overboard wrote:
I haven't seen it because I'm terrified by large groups of hipsters. D:
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I really don't get this "hipster movie" thing. When we went to see it, my girlfriend and I seemed to be the youngest people in the cinema (she's 23, I'm 24) and I doubt you could accuse either of us of being hipsters. And yes, it's a real shame the box office takings have been poor, but I'm not altogether surprised. It was never going to be a mainstream hit. So many people seem incapable of accepting the idea of a film set in a world where aspects of fantasy and reality are bound together in an organic way. The film lacks any indication that the fantastical/video gamey aspects of Scott's life are 'all in his head" and I think that puts people off, even though they're the same people who won't bat an eyelid at the cast of a musical performing highly choreographed ensemble dance routines and warbling about their feelings for one another then acting as though they'd just had a conversation. People are idiots.
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Posted: September 05 2010 at 09:01 |
I don't get the recent teen-movie trend of putting young women up on these ridiculously high pedestals. Being willing to fight through evil, superpowered ex-boyfriends for a mildly attractive girl, the fact that superpowered exs would even give a sh*t, and then there's the whole Twilight thing in which a single chick can set off a war between two powerful ancient creatures.
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Posted: September 05 2010 at 09:04 |
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I haven't seen it yet, but the trailer was brilliant. I actually lol'd irl.
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The Hemulen
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Posted: September 05 2010 at 10:13 |
manofmystery wrote:
I don't get the recent teen-movie trend of putting young women up on these ridiculously high pedestals. Being willing to fight through evil, superpowered ex-boyfriends for a mildly attractive girl, the fact that superpowered exs would even give a sh*t, and then there's the whole Twilight thing in which a single chick can set off a war between two powerful ancient creatures. |
I think you're misinterpreting Scott Pilgrim here. Firstly, he's pretty reluctant to fight any of the exes but they are constantly trying to fight him. The exes in SP evidently do give a sh*t or they wouldn't have created a "League of Evil Exes", would they? Remember that this is all a conscious reflection of the dramatic but crude and simplistic plots of video games. Ramona represents the "princess" character who must be "saved" by the player. Also, "mildly attractive"?!  Evidently you have seriously high standards. 
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Posted: September 05 2010 at 18:51 |
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if you own a sodastream i hate you
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Posted: September 05 2010 at 20:53 |
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dat sum literary reference, Henners?
Anyway, Michael Cera gets ALL OF MY HATE and I never really cared about this thing and don't plan on caring now so it's whatever.
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Posted: September 05 2010 at 22:04 |
stonebeard wrote:
Anyway, Michael Cera gets ALL OF MY HATE and I never really cared about this thing and don't plan on caring now so it's whatever.
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You don't even like Arrested Development? :(
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if you own a sodastream i hate you
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stonebeard
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Posted: September 05 2010 at 22:35 |
Henry Plainview wrote:
stonebeard wrote:
Anyway, Michael Cera gets ALL OF MY HATE and I never really cared about this thing and don't plan on caring now so it's whatever.
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You don't even like Arrested Development? :( |
No, I do. Ron Howard's voice over makes Cera's stuff 100x better than it would be without. That was the note he hit well, then all this stuff he's doing now is the echo of that worthwhile note. It would be even more apt a metaphor if the note could grow a fragile hipster mustache and somehow attract attractive girls.
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Posted: September 06 2010 at 03:55 |
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Falls a little short of being as epic as the comics but it's still pretty god damned epic. I love the comics and really enjoyed the film.
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Posted: September 10 2010 at 22:39 |
I havn't been lucky enough to see it yet but it looks fantastic. Michael Cera had a good thing, hes got a good style, but the fact hes done it in every single movie bugs me me. And this is from a raving fan of Arrested Development who also liked Juno 
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Posted: September 30 2010 at 17:33 |
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I strarted to watch it yesterday but after 30 minutes I was bored.
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Posted: October 12 2010 at 16:06 |
I wanted to see it, but I never got the chance... 
Not a huge comic fan, but the trailer looked alright.
WHOO! Arrested Development!
Edited by Chela - October 12 2010 at 19:21
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