I'd like to amend my list to add Winter's Bone as tied with Scott Pilgrim for third(or second depending on how you group it) favorite. Awesome film.
But I'm still in lesbians with Scott Pilgrim. I made the Clash At Demonhead my ringtone and I've been jamming out to Sex Bob-omb. I can't wait for the blu-ray. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "B Smith" <daikaij...@...> wrote: > > 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" <sincere1906@> 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 > > > > > >
