As this is pretty much the trend with all upcoming comic book films that aren’t Marvel or DC properties, I have not read the source material for Scott Pilgrim. Basically I just didn’t know about it. Did I miss the boat? No. These days, when filmmakers shoot these adaptations they (thankfully) take the mentality of moviegoers like myself into account. So with that said, I didn’t know squat about Scott Pilgrim but Edgar Wright (read Genius) made me feel like I’d been a fan of the comic all along. PLOT: Now I know this isn’t justifiable since I haven’t seen Inception yet, but my current opinion is that Scott Pilgrim vs.…
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Random Film Thought of the Day…08.11.10
Ignorance can be a funny thing and it sure as hell was to me last night. Last last evening I attended an advanced screening of Scott Pilgrim (review coming later today) and the movie was replete with all the trailers that come right before it. Well one of them just so happened to be the trailer for Devil. If anyone reading this doesn’t know about it, follow this link to the trailer we posted. Anyway, keeping up on movies before they premiere is something fan boys have been doing since the dawn of time. Sometimes there are unexpected perks that come from knowing things about movies in advance; this was…
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Off the Shelf…'Steamboy'
This may fly in the face of anime buffs around the world but I just don’t care for Akira. Conversely I am just so enamored with Katsuhiro Ôtomo‘s other famous property Steamboy that I am nearly at a loss for words to describe it. Sure it is not as iconic as Akira but to me, this is the superior effort. Aside from the work of Studio Ghibli, this is probably the most gorgeous animated film I’ve ever seen. Steamboy really delivers the goods and ends on such a high note that any minor issues are all but forgotten in the awe of the finale. Masterpieces don’t come along very often…