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If Scott Pilgrim came out today would it be a hit?
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Bobby Roberts
Banned
TriniTrin
war of titties grampa
Why do you think it would be better now? Do you feel the story or the visuals better align to audience tastes today?
I am not sure it would do any better now then its previous release because it is kinda of an niche IP.
Killer Queen
Banned
Its hard to say, I think it would've done better but nowhere near a billion. It's still a bit of a niche thing. But it's one of my all time favorite properties. Really excited that Bryan Lee O'Malley's next work looks similar.
jasminlovesyoux
Banned
I loved it. It was a hit to me then and it'd be a hit to me now. Weird question though, I don't feel like it's that old or much has changed to make it seen differently.
smokeymicpot
Beat EviLore at pool.
Basically. It would probably do the same. Maybe if it wasn't released in the summer.
Six years is a short amount of time now? It's half a decade.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
It was out during a time when everyone hated Michael Cera.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
I'm still surprised it did so poorly. I went to a midnight showing at a theater in suburban Wisconsin and it was jam packed
Pop-O-Matic
Banned
Any time?
Wanda/Wander
Member
One of the greatest films ever made.
Has that changed?
It was executed really well, almost perfect adaptation imo. Guardians of the Galaxy was a niche property (even moreso than Scott Pilgrim I'd say) and look where it's at now....
Guardians also benefits from being a Marvel property.
Into the Light
Banned
I thought it was such a cool movie. So different. Also Mary Elizabeth jesus.
smokeymicpot
Beat EviLore at pool.
Guardians had that Marvel name attached to it.
lol, what? Why do you think that?
King Gilga
Member
andythinkpad
Member
People still don't understand why SP bombed. Michael Cera has zero charisma.
Massive Duck. C.M.
Banned
They shoulda let Ramona stab up Elliot
Merchandise
Member
I do think it bombed way harder than it should have, but IDK. Like it bombed especially hard. Wasn't it in a random throwaway August release though?
I don't have any beef with Cera, but Scott and Ramona's castings stick out badly when every other choice of actor does a mind-blowingly perfect job of capturing the comic characters.
Crimson_Echidna
Banned
It was during that time that he was definitely "oversaturated." It's the same sentiment that people express about Kevin Hart currently.
I think the only thing that they could have done differently that would've resulted in it making more money is casting someone other than Michael Cera, but then I thought he was perfect in the role.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
I think your confusing him with Jesse Eisenberg.
He hasn't been in a lot of stuff lately. Back then it felt like an oversaturation of him.
True but in the same sense Marvel has opened the doors for other films of a similar nature. Surely they could've capitalized on that.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Yeah, that's not very long. It's just a couple of years longer than someone spends in college.
IrgendwasmitRot
Member
I don't know what they could have done better. I love the movie.
I still wish for an animated adaption of the comic, it is so good.
I still wish for an animated adaption of the comic, it is so good.
I mean Scott Pilgrim came out not too long after Kick Ass, which was similarly a niche comic based film that had zero Marvel push behind it. Yet Kick Ass was a much more successful film, and even got a sequel.
Yup. It was smart to make it while the comic was still being worked on. Anecdotal I know, but me and all my friends were really into the comic at the time so we were really hyped for a movie that year. I doubt some of my friends would care if it took so long and they were already able to read how it ends.
Darth Pinche
Member
She is great, but Knives Chau is amazing.
TriniTrin
war of titties grampa
That is what I was going to say, maybe if you gave Scott Pilgrim Disney influence and money it would be closer to success but even then Guardians is a super hero movie which is hot. What kind of movie is Scott Pilgrim if you wanted to re-market it to audiences?
Chris Pratt as a lead also helps I feel over Cera, who isn't really a star that brings in everyone.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Kick Ass had shock factor and an R rating. Scott Pilgrim was looked at as some weird indie hipster movie.
Knowing nothing of the source material at the time, even my takeaway was the movie was wonderful except for the two leads that brought much of the allure down.
It was a hit to me. I saw it at midnight after hopping onto the graphic novels the year before and had no idea why no one would think this was the best thing ever made and make a zillion dollars
That weekend I learned the definition of "niche"
It is a short amount of time. What's changed in that time to make Scott Pilgrim more successful today?
smokeymicpot
Beat EviLore at pool.
Kick-Ass came out during the Winter/Spring season nothing else is really out. Scott came out in August. The same weekend as The Expendables and Eat Pray Love.
Plaza wasn't a big name, Evans didn't do the first Cap yet, and Anna was only in Twilight movies.
petethepanda
Member
Maybe it'd have a slightly better shot in 2017, but I still doubt it'd land with general audiences.
Love the everloving hell out of it, though.
Love the everloving hell out of it, though.
Yeah, same. Eugene, OR. Full theater.
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