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Hello once again I am Travis McCollum of The Movie Encyclopedia and welcome to Trailer Talk Thursday where I bring you the latest trailers to hit the silver screen.
I'm just going to come out and say it, I do NOT like Michael Cera. It's nothing personal against him, he seems like a nice enough guy, he just is stuck in this extremely deep rut when it comes to movies and it's starting to piss me off. That being said I DO think he has potential because he CAN be funny but he hasn't found that right movie yet. Well I think that movie has finally arrived everyone. That film that makes me go "Wow Michael Cera was awesome." And that film is Scott Pilgrim vs the World.
Before going any further let's look at the trailer:
Let me count the ways how this is going to be awesome:
1. It's written and directed by Edgar Wright aka the guy who wrote Hott Fuzz and my favorite film of all time Shaun of the Dead.
2. Michael Cera gets his ass deservedly kicked and in epic ways
3. It has that over the top, tongue in cheek, comical violence that I love.
4. Anna Kendrick is in it and any film with Anna Kendrick that doesn't involve sparkly vampires is bound to be awesome
5. BRITISH HUMOR!!!!!!!
6. It's like No More Heroes the movie (all the gaming fans cheer)
7. It has an awesome soundtrack
If that doesn't sell you I don't know what will. It's going to be an awesome film and that's that. I'm even going so far as to say it will be the sleeper hit of the summer. So go check it out when it comes out.
But that's just my opinion. Tell me what you think down below in the comments and I will see you all next week on Trailer Talk Thursday.
I just read Scott Pilgrim Vol. 1 for the first time. Recommended! Double-recommended to Canadians. Triple to Canadians of a dorky persuasion.
ReplyDeleteYeah, this is gonna be awesome. Edgar Wright's involvement is kind of a dead giveaway. Can't wait til August.
ReplyDeleteYeah, as I mentioned on the forum... I just don't get it. The trailer just does nothing for me. It is Michael Cera doing the same shtick that he always does, only this time he is playing some superpowered version of that character?
ReplyDeleteThe story just seems like it is overly weird simply for the sake of being weird. I could be wrong and the movie could be a lot of fun but the trailer just didn't do anything for me.
Several people tell me that I should read the comics and I may give them a shot at some point.
NO MORE HEROES!!!! I'm excited for this one!
ReplyDeleteWell if they had casted Jesse Eisenburg people wouldn't be happy with that either.
ReplyDeleteWell, I like Michael Cera (and am sick of the hate he gets for not being Meryl Streep, while so many other actors get by for basically being guilty of the same thing), but still found myself in Rick's boat. I plan to see it, and I have no doubt I'll like it, but I clearly wasn't blown away like seemingly everyone else not named Rick is.
ReplyDeleteAnd no, I've never read any of the comics.
I like seeing Michael Cera get his ass kicked, this should be fun.
ReplyDelete@Fletch... I think it is a combination of him playing the same character over and over again and the fact that I find the character he plays pretty annoying. Just playing similar characters isn't enough for me to dislike someone, I just don't particularly like his shtick.
ReplyDeleteIt's not British humour. It's Canadian humour... I'm not sure what the difference is, but there is one.
ReplyDeleteThis will be a game changer for Michael Cera. If it doesn't work out that way, this will represent the last time I'll watch him in anything.