Saw Scott Pilgrim tonight. Really liked it. Like ita, I also hated Scott for a lot of it, but since it was a coming of age film, and the point was that treated people disrespectfully because he didn't respect himself, it worked for me.
My heart expands / 'tis grown a bulge in't / inspired by / your beauty effulgent.
William ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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Scrappy - Aug 15, 2010 9:04:04 pm PDT #10679 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Tom Scola - Aug 16, 2010 2:24:46 am PDT #10680 of 30000
hwæt
§ ita § - Aug 16, 2010 6:12:28 am PDT #10681 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Problem with hating Scott for a lot of it was that it made the story boring. There was a guy I didn't like chasing a chick I wasn't interested in. Meanwhile, people I liked didn't seem like they were going to get anything positive.
Steph L. - Aug 16, 2010 6:15:25 am PDT #10682 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Polter-Cow - Aug 16, 2010 6:16:09 am PDT #10683 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I saw Scott Pilgrim again last night, and I liked it even more this time, as I could view it with an objective eye and pay attention to all the little details. It's really well constructed, and the pacing is perfect; there's never a slow moment or a point where you want to look at your watch. And I actually don't mind the Knives vs. Ramona fight at the end since Scott and Gideon keep on fighting, and the cheating revelation is part of Scott's earning the power of self-respect. As for Ramona, she does get in her "Let's both be girl" kick, so that's something, but I still wish she did more during the fight. But this time around, I really appreciated Mary Elizabeth Winstead's work as Ramona. She's really, really good, and she gives her more of the depth she has in the comics than I saw the first time around.
§ ita § - Aug 16, 2010 6:28:16 am PDT #10684 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I really appreciated Mary Elizabeth Winstead's work as Ramona
I very much did. Because it took me a while to realise that Ramona hadn't actually been written very interestingly, and I was just working off of Winstead's expressions. She gives good gaze.
I, on the other hand, did look at my watch. Especially when I was wondering when he was going to break up with Knives. I couldn't believe that lasted that long, and really sunk all hope of me caring about Scott.
DavidS - Aug 16, 2010 4:59:37 pm PDT #10685 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I wrote a piece on Nicolas Roeg for HiLo.
Polter-Cow - Aug 16, 2010 6:11:37 pm PDT #10686 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I just watched Fast and Furious. Man, Michelle Rodriguez just can't catch a break, huh? It's a wonder she survived the first movie.
In between the parts where it was boring, the movie was indeed fast and furious.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 17, 2010 3:31:41 am PDT #10687 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I wrote a piece on Nicolas Roeg for HiLo.
Nice. Very nice.
Daisy Jane - Aug 17, 2010 4:10:02 am PDT #10688 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I plan on watching The Last Unicorn at lunch. That is all.