One of my most anticipated movies of the year, "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World", opened in the US and fizzled in the box office. Something that I question really. Methinks that the movie is one of the bests so far and has got to be one of the most entertaining.
Comic book adaptation rarely gets justice when put to screen, and I must say, being a fan of the comic book series, that the makers of the film really enjoyed and put every ounce of hard work in to the movie. The results paid off, the movie is ruckusly fun, it was highly entertaining, it stayed true to its source material. Even the actors seem to be having fun whilst doing the movie. The actors were all aces, even if they had the tiniest of screen time. Michael Cera was born for the role and I think that he gave his work yet in a role that I think that he could do in his sleep. Here's me hoping that he be given a role, different from what he usually does, that certainly would prove that he truly is one of the best actors of his generation. Even if she was seen rather shortly, Anna Kendrick for me was very memorable as Stacey Pilgrim. I like her in comedic roles, and I think with a better role she could excel more. My other fave performance came from Kieran Culkin as the gay bedmate Wallace Wells. Ellen Wong was quite a find in her role as Knives Chau. I find it even fun to watch Brandon Routh as the vegan psychic Todd Ingram. It was nice to see him loosen up.
How it was put together and how it was finished was pure energetic joy. If there is going to be a template for making comedic comic book adapatations, "Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World" should be it. The fight scenes would remind us of the hours and days we spent playing video games, which was nostalgic in a way. The effects were put to good use as it was not hindrance to the eyes, in fact, they were all eye candy. Edgar Wright surely knows how to make a comedic movie without going overboard, and he continues to prove that he is one helluva director.
The delivery of the lines were perfect. The movie was like "Devil Wears Prada" as it was highly quotable. But my favorite line has got to be Mae Whitman's Roxy Richter line "You punched me in the boob, prepare to die obviously!". Her other quotable quote was the "bi-furious" bit, which I think was really funny.
"Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World" should have raked in heaps of moolahs, well it kinda did, but there should have been more. I was expecting that people would gang up to see this movie which I think was better than the ones ranking number 1 in the box office. I do think that the movie would have a massive cult following, but I think it deserves a better audience.
Cache
Yossi and Jagger
Children of Men
Adela
Tirador (Slingshot)
Inland Empire
Me and You and Everyone We Know
Heima
The Royal Tenenbaums
Road to Perdition
The Hours
Mean Girls
Devil Wears Prada
Hesus Rebolusyonaryo
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Triplets of Belleville
One of my most anticipated movies of the year, "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World", opened in the US and fizzled in the box office. Something that I question really. Methinks that the movie is one of the bests so far and has got to be one of the most entertaining.
Khavn is my new hero in filmmaking. For me, he is a modern day Renaissance man. He sings, he writes, he makes his own movies. "Paalam Aking Bulalakaw" is one of my all time favorite movies, and probably my pick as the best Filipino film of the past decade (the list I think I will get to post late this week or early next week). His works may come a plenty, but we do not get to see them like mainstream films. "Cameroon Love Story" was shown two weeks ago in Bonifacio High Street. It was a very cold night. It was raining, I got wet, I went in the screening a little damp, and the airconditioner was blasting like I was in Alaska that made the movie going experience quite interesting.
Watching "Valhalla Rising" was quite an experience, it was not ground breaking or anything but it surely was one heckuva experience. There were moments in it that tested my patience. The advertising of the movie as an action movie really was not spot on, it was more than that, but really, it is definitely not an action movie.
