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- First reviewNovember 27, 2008
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Fantastic Imaginitive Film
PostedAugust 15, 2010
kiwioflurve
from Dale City, VA
Well, I must say I completely underestimated Michael Cera. He still bothers me, but it was interesting to see him play a different version of the character he always seems to play in all his movies. Don't get me wrong, Scott Pilgrim was still an extremely awkward dude, but he could really kick some butt.
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is probably one of the BEST movies I've seen so far this year. It was so different then anything I'd seen before. The format, the direction, the editing, it was all so well done. It was an incredibly fast-paced comedy.
We have Scott Pilgrim; he's in a band with some of his close friends, lives with his gay best friend Wallace, has an overbearing sister and is dating a 17 year old girl named Knives.
Things are going great between Scott and Knives, he picks her up from school and they hang out at the local arcade and music store. They almost even held hands at one point. Then Scott has a dream about a girl, then he sees her at the library while out with Knives. He believes she is the girl of his dreams.
He sees her again at a party and talks to her. He proceeds to make a complete fool out of himself and then stalk her for the rest of the party while asking everyone if they know anything about her.
Later he tells his roommate Wallace about this girl, Ramona Flowers. Wallace tells him he needs to break it off with Knives if he is going to pursue another girl. Scott says he'll do it, but then realizes that he can't. So he continues going out with Knives and he continues to pursue Ramona and he finally gets her to go out with him.
Once they start dating the problems begin and Scott realizes he needs to fight and defeat Ramona's seven evil exes.
He finally breaks up with Knives, making the Ramona the only girl in his life. Then his ex show up. Envy dated Scott the year before and when her band got signed, she dumped him. She is now dating a guy named Todd, played by Brendan Routh (more on him later :)
We find out that Ramona also dated Todd, so Scott has to defeat him. He succeeds, but this causes a little rift between him and Ramona. The fact that this was the typical boy loses girl moment in any chick flick type film, was almost completely lost. I blame this entirely on Michael Cera and his mediocre acting ability.
Anyways, Scott is back hanging out with his band-mates, who are getting ready for their next big gig, which happens to be against two more of Ramona's exes.
They go and he defeats the two of them and he also meets Gideon, the final ex, who manages to steal Ramona away from him.
Scott is now left with nothing, his band signed a deal with Gideon and Ramona decided she wanted to get back with Gideon. With more advice from Wallace telling him to continue fighting for her, he goes to defeat Gideon.
The final battle has Scott professing his love for Ramona only to be killed by Gideon. Never fear, he had won a free life from his previous battle and returns learning his lesson and finally defeating Gideon with the help of Knives who original came to win Scott back from Ramona.
Ramona apologizes to Scott telling him that he is the nicest guy she ever dated and that he and Knives make a cute couple. As she walks off Knives tells Scott to go after Ramona. He does and we have a happy ending.
Now this movie played out like a video game and a comic book, which is great because it is based on a comic book and video game.
The effects were amazing and well done. The acting was a little extreme, but it worked perfectly for this movie. I LOVED the transitions in this film, they were AWESOME.
All of the characters brought something to the story. The plot was a bit strange, the conflict started as man vs. outside world and then suddenly changed to man vs. self. The transition there was a bit... weird. Once again I'm going to blame this on Michael Cera. (Ha-ha)
So, let's talk about Brandon Routh... and his arms. Dude, I wasn't too fond of his hair, but let's just say he had some arms to rival Jared Padalecki... and that's saying a lot. Hee.
This movie was REALLY Funny. Kieran Culkin brought a lot of the humor. He played Wallace. Wallace and Scott lived together in this little one bedroom basement with one bed, which they shared. Some of the funniest moments were when Scott would wake up then you'd see Wallace pop up and then one of Wallace's many boyfriends... sometimes more than just the one.
Another thing I MUST touch on is the music, it was great, very indie. I loved it. The score and the lyrical songs. They were all really great.
From the characters to the direction to the music this movie was fantastic. Just ignore Michael Cera and enjoy everything else. I'm partially kidding, I did mean what I said, he took his one character and he changed him a bit, he wasn't extremely likable and he was a bit FACEPALM! Awkward at many points, but the character was amusing and I did like him.
Go see this movie. I'd pay to see it again and maybe one more time. This is my favorite movie so far this year. GO SEE IT!
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Awesome!
PostedApril 26, 2010
kiwioflurve
from Dale City, VA
This movie was really really good. I went into it, not really knowing what to expect, what I got was a really funny superhero origins story.
Dave was an ordinary guy who thought it would be cool to be a superhero, so he gives it a shot and is thrown into a world, he is not at all ready for. He learns quickly that being a superhero isn't all like how the comics make it out to be.
This movie has some pretty dark humor in it and is quite gory and vulgar. Most of the gore and vulgarity coming from the 11 year old, Hit-Girl, who is by far one of the coolest characters to hit the screen in a while.
We have the big boss villain, the vigilante ex-cop and his daughter and finally the dorky wannabe superhero. Not to mention the son of the big boss villain who has his own superhero persona that he uses to infiltrate the good guys.
If you're a fan of dark comedy, comic books and good action movies, you should check this one out. It was really impressive.
I give Kick-Ass a 10 on the Dork-o-Meter
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Really Fun Movie!
PostedAugust 29, 2009
kiwioflurve
from Dale City, VA
I was pretty surprised with how much I enjoyed this movie. The 3D was amazing and the death scenes were really creative and disturbing. Didn't really have TONS of character development and the cast was REALLY small. It ended exactly like I expected and wanted it to end and over all I really enjoyed it, it was a really fun movie to watch and cringe at, I would totally see it a second time and take more friends along!!
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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When it comes to Adaptations, this wasn't bad!
PostedNovember 27, 2008
kiwioflurve
from Dale City, VA
The first book in the Twilight Series deals solely on the beginning of Bella and Edward's relationship.I felt like the movie did a great job in capturing what the first book was about. The casting and the acting was great. Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson WERE Bella and Edward. The Cullen's were fantastic, Charlie was amazing. Billy and Jacob, they all were how I imagined them. When it comes down to comparing the book and the movie, you should always do this lightly, the movie is NEVER going to be THE BOOK. It is just an adaptation after all. They put all the best moments in the movie and they were all done very well.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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