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post #551 of 1230
8/23/10 at 12:27am
I'm not into that look and all, but I loved it on Winstead. That and her voice... as someone else mentioned above. That droll voice...
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post #552 of 1230
8/23/10 at 12:28am
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Originally Posted by mcnooj82 View Post
I'm not into that look and all, but I loved it on Winstead. That and her voice... as someone else mentioned above. That droll voice...
Yeah, I dug the hair coloring, and her husky voice was pure sex. I found the actual character boring, but she looked and sounding pretty damn hot.
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post #553 of 1230
8/23/10 at 12:46am
Me? I'm a Kim kinda guy.
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post #554 of 1230
8/23/10 at 1:08am
Mmm... Allison Pill had THAT voice too...

One of her deliveries that's playing over in my head is when she says, "Believe it or not, I DATED Scott in high school!"
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post #555 of 1230
8/23/10 at 1:26am
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Originally Posted by JacknifeJohnny View Post
If I wasn't so distracted by that hideous fucking head of hair, I would have probably given Winstead more thought in that area. She was super cute on Kimmel though.
It was Cera's lack of a chin for me.
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post #556 of 1230
8/23/10 at 2:44am
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Originally Posted by mcnooj82 View Post
Mmm... Allison Pill had THAT voice too...

One of her deliveries that's playing over in my head is when she says, "Believe it or not, I DATED Scott in high school!"
"Any embarassing stories?"
"Oh, like you wouldn't believe! (beat) He's an idiot."
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post #557 of 1230
8/23/10 at 2:56am
More love for the other girls in SP!

Love the ominous zoom towards Julie as she points Knives towards the section labeled Clash... at Demonhead?

Thank you, Julie.

Also, did anyone notice Knives' use of T-CAD to refer to Envy's band?
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post #558 of 1230
8/23/10 at 3:01am
There's probably something wrong with me if Julie was the one I was most attracted to, right?
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post #559 of 1230
8/23/10 at 3:03am
When played by Aubrey Plaza? Nothing's wrong with you. I seriously had a crush overload from nearly all of the ladies in this movie.
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post #560 of 1230
8/23/10 at 3:04am
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There's probably something wrong with me if Julie was the one I was most attracted to, right?
You have a thing for rude, over assertive bookish types?
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post #561 of 1230
8/23/10 at 3:05am
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Originally Posted by The Rain Dog View Post
You have a thing for rude, over assertive bookish types?
GregDavid'sfromSeattle. (Must stay in conversation at all cost)

EDIT: Plus, Julie could do that thing with her mouth. That's right.
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post #562 of 1230
8/23/10 at 4:20am
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Originally Posted by mcnooj82 View Post
When played by Aubrey Plaza? Nothing's wrong with you. I seriously had a crush overload from nearly all of the ladies in this movie.
They're all so damn cute. It's unbelievable.
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post #563 of 1230
8/23/10 at 11:22am
I wasn't attracted to a single one of them.
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post #564 of 1230
8/23/10 at 11:27am
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I wasn't attracted to a single one of them.
I feel genuinely sorry for you.
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post #565 of 1230
8/23/10 at 11:30am
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Originally Posted by Ratty View Post
I feel genuinely sorry for you.
Why?

I'll just say I'm looking forward to seeing Portman and Kunis in Black Swan as they are more my "style".
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post #566 of 1230
8/23/10 at 12:56pm
It's cool, Taylor. We all have those movies where something doesn't hit the way it seemed to for most everyone else.

EDIT: Definitely looking forward to Black Swan, but I've come to find myself bored by Portman in terms of appeal/attraction. So, there's my example of something not hitting me as it does others.
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post #567 of 1230
8/23/10 at 1:00pm
Yeah I know I have been the major contrarian on this film and perhaps a "debbie downer", but mostly just to add some balance to the discussion.
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post #568 of 1230
8/23/10 at 2:18pm
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Originally Posted by TaylorF View Post
Why?

I'll just say I'm looking forward to seeing Portman and Kunis in Black Swan as they are more my "style".
Well, I definitely concur with you there.
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post #569 of 1230
8/23/10 at 4:17pm
Devin's (and others') comments about how the film can be enjoyed on a multitude of different levels are really spot on and are most emblematic of what makes Scott Pilgrim so special. It's an amazing and crazy action movie. It's a twenty-something comedy. It's filled with heart and emotion brought forth by amazing performances. It's a picture about how my generation grows up. It's an argument against the superficial nature of elements (or factions) of the fleeting culture of "hip". There's even just the joy of picking out the little details that Wright crams into every frame of his film. I don't know if I'll see another movie this year that's so perfectly energetic and enthralling.
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post #570 of 1230
8/24/10 at 10:02pm
God I hope this hasn't been posted, but I laughed insanely for this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RsZE...layer_embedded

Oh and I liked the film, saw it opening weekend.
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post #571 of 1230
8/24/10 at 10:24pm
Saw it, love it, just pissed the theater I saw it in had stupid ass sound problems, where the sound would just come out of the left speakers for a couple scenes. Like most of the Todd stuff was just coming out of the left speaker, so the bass battle was really mostly Scott playing.
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post #572 of 1230
8/24/10 at 10:41pm
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Originally Posted by agracru View Post
It's filled with heart and emotion brought forth by amazing performances.
My initial comments have been lost amongst the nearly-unanimous love from Chewers, but this one part - having heart and emotion - I just have to disagree with. The "romance" between Pilgrim and Flowers was flat and simply not there; there was virtually no chemistry between Cera and Winstead, and I found both very unlikable. I understood the physical attraction to Flowers, but the film failed utterly to engage me in caring what happened to the "relationship," such as it was.

I felt a LOT more emotion at Chau's heart getting broken by Scott than by Scott's desire for Ramona or struggles in fighting the exes.
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post #573 of 1230
8/24/10 at 10:44pm
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My initial comments have been lost amongst the nearly-unanimous love from Chewers, but this one part - having heart and emotion - I just have to disagree with. The "romance" between Pilgrim and Flowers was flat and simply not there; there was virtually no chemistry between Cera and Winstead, and I found both very unlikable. I understood the physical attraction to Flowers, but the film failed utterly to engage me in caring what happened to the "relationship," such as it was.

I felt a LOT more emotion at Chau's heart getting broken by Scott than by Scott's desire for Ramona or struggles in fighting the exes.
Agreed.

I suspect this is an effect of the film having been structured with an entirely different conclusion in mind. It's been built to support Knives as the "right" girl, and while that ending has some issues of its own, this new ending doesn't really work.
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post #574 of 1230
8/24/10 at 10:59pm
Seen it three times, and each time found something new to love. However I have to get on the "ending felt a little off" train. I really think it's due to the mixed messages the movie gives, and I hope that the DVD contains both endings, I'd love to see how the Knives resolution flows with the rest of the film.
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post #575 of 1230
8/24/10 at 11:01pm
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Originally Posted by Agentsands77 View Post
Agreed.

I suspect this is an effect of the film having been structured with an entirely different conclusion in mind. It's been built to support Knives as the "right" girl, and while that ending has some issues of its own, this new ending doesn't really work.
I really didn't get the sense that Chau was the right girl - I frankly agreed with her that she was too cool for Scott. It's just that the main romance/relationship in the film - the reason for all the fighting - was a big zip.
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post #576 of 1230
8/24/10 at 11:49pm
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I felt a LOT more emotion at Chau's heart getting broken by Scott than by Scott's desire for Ramona or struggles in fighting the exes.
You know, your comments are actually not too far off from how I felt about the characters in the comics. Knives was probably my favorite character for that reason. One of the biggest reasons I love the movie is that it gives Knives a much stronger (doesn't mean better!) sense of closure. Though, I kinda wish she said, "You'll always be my T-CAD!" in the movie. Whatever that means...

Some of the criticisms about the main romance in this thread (perfectly valid criticisms, I believe) have made me wonder... Can anyone recall a movie romance they became invested in IN SPITE OF disliking the characters (for personal baggage reasons)? Was the filmmaking and storytelling so perfect that the movie was able to overcome your distaste? Is this a silly question impossible to answer?

On a completely unrelated note, I just got a new phone. My primary ringtone is now the Zelda save screen. Not because of Zelda itself, but because of this movie.
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post #577 of 1230
8/24/10 at 11:52pm
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Originally Posted by SAIRUS View Post
God I hope this hasn't been posted, but I laughed insanely for this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RsZE...layer_embedded

Oh and I liked the film, saw it opening weekend.
Patrick posted it in the Youtube thread, and it is pretty awesome. But it certainly belongs in this thread as well. Wright's surely got a kick out of it if he's seen it.
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post #578 of 1230
8/25/10 at 12:03am
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Originally Posted by mcnooj82 View Post
On a completely unrelated note, I just got a new phone. My primary ringtone is now the Zelda save screen. Not because of Zelda itself, but because of this movie.
If the 16-bit Universal fanfare isn't a ringtone yet, it should be.
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post #579 of 1230
8/25/10 at 12:10am
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Originally Posted by Hammerhead View Post
If the 16-bit Universal fanfare isn't a ringtone yet, it should be.
Obviously, I'd considered that. But I figured it was too obvious (AND THE ZELDA ONE ISN'T!??!). That, and I wanted my primary ringtone to be something less in-your-face. The Zelda save screen is, as Wright described it, like a lullaby.
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post #580 of 1230
8/25/10 at 12:12am
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Originally Posted by Kush View Post
just pissed the theater I saw it in had stupid ass sound problems, where the sound would just come out of the left speakers for a couple scenes. Like most of the Todd stuff was just coming out of the left speaker, so the bass battle was really mostly Scott playing.
If you knew the science, you'd know that only vegans can hear a vegan's epic bass solos.
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post #581 of 1230
8/25/10 at 1:56am
Watching it again, showing it to a friend, man this movie fucking plays.
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post #582 of 1230
8/25/10 at 2:19am
I think a huge part of my love for the Battle of the Bands against the Katayanagi Twins is the fact that it reminds me a LOT of Ghostbusters. Scott, Stephen, Kim, and Young Neil might as well have been crossing the streams with their proton backs as they were being blast with dragon breath. Sex Bob-omb's green-eyed monster representing a HUGE Slimer.


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post #583 of 1230
8/25/10 at 2:23am
The funny thing is that I listened to the soundtrack, and I didn't care for it as much as I cared for the cues in the movie. This is a musical, for sure. And Alison Brie doing Emily Haines sends me.
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post #584 of 1230
8/25/10 at 2:35am
I had a similar reaction to the soundtrack (at least the score album) as well. This was before seeing the movie. After seeing the movie, I generally feel the same way with the exception of a couple select tracks.

It's music you need to see.
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post #585 of 1230
8/25/10 at 3:31am
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Originally Posted by Andre Dellamorte View Post
The funny thing is that I listened to the soundtrack, and I didn't care for it as much as I cared for the cues in the movie. This is a musical, for sure. And Alison Brie doing Emily Haines sends me.
Dre, you got your hotties jumbled.
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post #586 of 1230
8/25/10 at 4:21am
Brie Larson. I'd love a brie sandwich... terrible me.
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post #587 of 1230
8/25/10 at 4:57am
Yeah, Larson's spot-on. Credit too, to wardrobe for getting the boots right.

Meanwhile (third viewing last night), "Has-bian!" is my current favorite line.

Minor complaint: Anyone else feel that the FX drop the ball when Scott and Ramona are walking in the snow? Judging by the dialogue, it's supposed to be a blizzard they can barely see through by the time Ramona finds the door.
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post #588 of 1230
8/25/10 at 7:01am
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Originally Posted by Hammerhead View Post

Minor complaint: Anyone else feel that the FX drop the ball when Scott and Ramona are walking in the snow? Judging by the dialogue, it's supposed to be a blizzard they can barely see through by the time Ramona finds the door.
I actually thought something similar when Scott says "I can barely see you." I was clearly able to see both of them very clearly. But I immediately assumed that they decided to not obscure one of the few quiet moments between Scott and Ramona.
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post #589 of 1230
8/25/10 at 10:50am
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Originally Posted by mcnooj82 View Post
I had a similar reaction to the soundtrack (at least the score album) as well. This was before seeing the movie. After seeing the movie, I generally feel the same way with the exception of a couple select tracks.

It's music you need to see.
Ha. I actually love the soundtrack. I've been playing it pretty much daily since seeing the film. And, as for ringtones, I'm currently rocking "Threshhold (8 Bit)", which pleases me to no end.

With regard to the snow scene, the comic plays it as though Scott and Ramona are caught in a blizzard. In the film, I took Scott's "I can barely see you" to mean that the snow flakes were hitting him in the face and eyes, because, yeah, it clearly was not a whiteout.
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post #590 of 1230
8/25/10 at 2:59pm
Something else I noticed about the jump-door sequence is that we never actually see them in subspace, only approaching it. This despite the fact that they're already floating in that one shot.

Speaking of subspace, anyone else unreasonably bugged that Ramona's handbag isn't better established in the film? I don't think we ever even get a good look at it-- there's just the one part where she pulls out the hammer.
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post #591 of 1230
8/25/10 at 4:11pm
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Something else I noticed about the jump-door sequence is that we never actually see them in subspace, only approaching it. This despite the fact that they're already floating in that one shot.

Speaking of subspace, anyone else unreasonably bugged that Ramona's handbag isn't better established in the film? I don't think we ever even get a good look at it-- there's just the one part where she pulls out the hammer.
They are in subspace. There are doors at both ends of subspace, The idea is that the door you see them floating to is the one on the other end.

Not only is the bag basically unexplained, even subspace is pretty vague. Do people really understand what's happening? I read the comic, so I know, but I was wondering if any newcomers were thrown by that bit; I wonder if a brief scene (like 30 seconds) of them walking out of the subspace door at the other end would have "explained" it more thoroughly.
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I think a huge part of my love for the Battle of the Bands against the Katayanagi Twins is the fact that it reminds me a LOT of Ghostbusters. Scott, Stephen, Kim, and Young Neil might as well have been crossing the streams with their proton backs as they were being blast with dragon breath. Sex Bob-omb's green-eyed monster representing a HUGE Slimer.
I mentioned this in my review. It's that lightning that pops out when Scott hits the bass pedal; that's the lightning I know from so many 1980's films (Back to the Future and Big Trouble in Little China come to mind too). It's such a great, exhilaratingly cinematic moment: the actors, Wright's direction, on-set effects like wind machines and flying bits of snow-like debris, and CG all combine to make this perfect moment. The shot of Kim behind her drum kit, determined look on her face, as that debris whips past her, may be my favorite shot in the film.
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post #592 of 1230
8/25/10 at 5:15pm
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Me? I'm a Kim kinda guy.
Me, too! The pout, the love of rockin' out, the freckles, and - yes - the voice... dripping with sarcasm. There aren't enough hummana's.

This finally came out here today and it's a massive relief to find the flick more than lived up to my expectations. It's irresistible from start to finish. I was buzzing every time Sex Bob-Omb came on screen (how amazing are the songs, by the way? Just perfect!) There are simply too many great performances and touches across the board to gush over all of them now... so let me just say Mark Webber is the absolute Mutt's Nuts. The boy done good. Great, in fact.

I wish Alison Pill was my girlfriend.
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post #593 of 1230
8/25/10 at 5:41pm
What were the crowds like over there?
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post #594 of 1230
8/25/10 at 5:49pm
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What were the crowds like over there?
Very receptive. They were laughing loud and long at all the right times (which, to be fair to the film, were frequent) and engrossed during everything else. You could practically hear the smiles. I was delighted.
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post #595 of 1230
8/25/10 at 5:52pm
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Very receptive. They were laughing loud and long at all the right times (which, to be fair to the film, were frequent) and engrossed during everything else. You could practically hear the smiles. I was delighted.
That's awesome. I saw it this past Sunday on a very rainy afternoon. There were 8 other people in the theater and I was the only one who laughed. If the movie didn't leave me so elated, I would have been depressed.
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post #596 of 1230
8/25/10 at 6:05pm
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That's awesome.
Sure is, mate! I should also have mentioned that I've not seen a theatre so packed in a long time.

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I saw it this past Sunday on a very rainy afternoon. There were 8 other people in the theater and I was the only one who laughed. If the movie didn't leave me so elated, I would have been depressed.
I know that feeling. Reminds me of my Sunday watching The Expendables - I was the only one who laughed when Dolph blasted that guy in half during the opening sequence.

The more I think about this, the more my favourite thing about it is Wright's faithfulness to the graphic novels but refusal to become a slave to them. Everything felt right. Omissions were sad but ultimately necessary. Sure, seeing Kim at No-Account Video would've been nice, but ultimately unnecessary. It made sense in the book just the same way it made sense to have other stuff in the movie (like Scott and Nega-Scott's lovely little moment at the end.) And I love it for that.
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post #597 of 1230
8/25/10 at 6:21pm
Having watched the Watchmen director's cut last night, I have to say that Scott Pilgrim vs the World is how you adapt a comic book, and Watchmen isn't. Part of adaptation is knowing what not to use. Wright knows that. His choices were perfect.
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post #598 of 1230
8/25/10 at 6:23pm
I'm puzzled by the earlier discussion of subspace. I'm not sure how you could possibly feel that you understood it better for having read the comic. The comic didn't explain it at all. Just like the movie.

And really, why does it need to be explained any more than the fact that people explode into coins when Scott hits them?
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post #599 of 1230
8/25/10 at 6:36pm
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Having watched the Watchmen director's cut last night, I have to say that Scott Pilgrim vs the World is how you adapt a comic book, and Watchmen isn't. Part of adaptation is knowing what not to use. Wright knows that. His choices were perfect.
That was the first thing I thought of, too. I still like Watchmen and didn't wanna bring that up lest it seem like I didn't, but this just shows it up all over the place in the adaptation department.
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post #600 of 1230
8/25/10 at 6:37pm
I was in a packed UK crowd this evening and it killed. Everyone laughing and cheering. One guy at that front applauded as Routh was depowered by all that green. No one ever applauds in the UK.

I may have to hand in my new shiny Chewer card... I didn't love it. I so desperately wanted to love this. I couldnt connect to it on anything than a (admittedly staggeringly beautiful) visual level. I feel broken.Am I banned?
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