Originally Posted by Nateman742

Is it just me or did this movie get a lot of entirely unnecessary hate because it had Michael Cera in it? No, it's not. A hell of a lot of people have their heads squarely up their asses. What's all this about "pretentiousness?" What? I don't sense any, you're lashing out against a teen fad that will die out in less than twenty years and it's making you look stupid.


I doubt any of you bothered to see the film, lest you suffer the almighty awkward of Cera. To be honest, while he tried his very best to be grating, the character was written with bold decisions that really made him likable. If you can't see past one goddamn actor and just start slamming the movie left and right for little things you quite probably only read about on the internet because you never actually saw the damn thing, and then you come here of all places to blab about how awful the movie is when it was the most inspired and risky film I've seen in a decade, and beautifully executed on top of that, you're a cretin and a moron, bottom line, no denying it. You know who else in Hollywood has one thing they bring to every single movie they're in? EVERYBODY. Morgan Freeman, John Travolta, Edward Norton, Woody Harrelson, Clint "I Am Movies" Eastwood, pick anyone. Get the hell over it, it's not going away until Cera gets older. It isn't time for him to be cast in a role that demands a range beyond awkward to sad-awkward to sexy-awkward (ugh) to disgustingly-sweet-awkward, but I honestly think this movie is about as close as it's gotten to something new. And sure, the plot's very condensed, but they handled the fights really, really well and it did not drag on even once. If you absolutely can't get past your own petty issues with an actor, don't bother to judge. Just say "I dislike Michael Cera so much that I won't even try to appreciate this film," and move on. Good god.


Also, Bob isn't saying it's the second coming of Christ. He's saying that it's probably going to be a serious gateway for video game tropes in films to come, maybe for a long time. I agree and I'm excited. And since when is number five in the box office several weeks after release not pretty good? Are you trying to say any movie is worthless unless it's number one for the entire summer and makes 100 times what it cost to make? It wasn't trying to be just Triple A, it was trying to be a great film with production values, and it succeeded. People like you put it where it is, and maybe its marketing campaign had a hand in it, too, because the ads did not do it any sort of justice. Nevertheless, Scott Pilgrim is going to be influential to somebody out there with a budget, just like every other risky film that catches on even a little bit. Too bad, so sad, go bash it on Rotten Tomatoes if you for some very worrying reason can't contain your rage about teen fads, originality, and fun.


This movie blew me the hell away. I was not at all expecting it to be as incredible as it was. The camera, the effects, the transitions, and pretty much everything else was really out there, and combined in fresh ways that made the whole thing a very fun ride. Anyone who hasn't seen it, do yourself a favor and watch it while it's still in theaters.