I'd say that this is my third favorite movie of the summer. Inception and Toy Story 3 are 1 and 1a for me.
I enjoyed it first go round but the more I thought about it the more it stuck in my head. I'm going to watch it again. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "sincere1906" <sincere1...@...> wrote: > > I am in "lesibans" with this movie... alongside Inception, one of the best > sci fi flicks on the big screen I've seen this year. > > Sin/BG > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Kelwyn" <ravenadal@> wrote: > > > > http://articles.latimes.com/2010/aug/17/entertainment/la-et-scott-pilgrim-20100817 > > > > For Amy Berciano, this was the moviegoing weekend of the summer. > > > > More than a year before "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World" hit movie theaters, > > the 20-year-old UCLA junior became a huge fan of the graphic novels that > > inspired the film. At July's Comic-Con International in San Diego, she > > waited more than an hour to meet the cast and filmmakers; "I even kissed > > [director] Edgar Wright on the cheek!" she bragged. > > > > After attending the debut midnight screening of the movie Thursday night > > while dressed as one of the characters Knives Chao, Scott Pilgrim's > > obsessive ex-girlfriend Berciano declared herself eminently satisfied. > > "They got the tone of the book just right, especially the way they brought > > to life those fighting scenes," she said. "I couldn't get enough." > > > > Her enthusiasm was shared by nearly everyone who saw the film in its > > opening weekend, particularly those younger than 35, who gave "Scott > > Pilgrim" an average grade of A, according to market research firm > > CinemaScore. Universal's internal exit polls were equally strong, and the > > film attracted scores of positive reviews. > > > > But as last weekend's box office numbers rolled in, all that hardly > > mattered at all. > > > > The movie sold only $10.6 million worth of tickets, a disappointing figure > > given that Universal Pictures spent about $85 million, before tax credits, > > on production and tens of millions more on marketing. > > > > Comic book hits: > > (since 1978) > > The Dark Knight, $533,345,358 > > Spider-Man $404,706,375 > > Spider-Man 2 $373,585,825 > > Spider-Man 3 $336,530,303 > > Iron Man $318,412,101 > > > > Comic book misses: > > > > Sheena $5,778,353 > > Batman: Mask of the Phantasm $5,617,391 > > Tank Girl $4,064,495 > > Barb Wire $3,793,614 > > Steel $1,710,972 > > >
