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Quote: Nat Wicks @ February 18 2011, 10:45 PM GMTYou should try watching it.
I like my opinions fully formed before seeing something.
Quote: chipolata @ February 18 2011, 10:48 PM GMTI like my opinions fully formed before seeing something.
I didn't go and see Paul in the end as the reviews put me off.
Quote: Nat Wicks @ February 18 2011, 10:35 PM GMTI was a little bit worried from the trailers because I generally don't like the idea of a 'wise cracking alien' but honestly the character really made sense. It makes a lot more sense in context.
Quote: Ben @ February 18 2011, 11:44 PM GMTI didn't go and see Paul in the end as the reviews put me off.
But it's had mainly pretty decent reviews. Empire gave it four stars. Plus, if you fancy it, why let reviews put you off?!
Quote: Tim Walker @ February 18 2011, 10:16 PM GMTInteresting. The majority of the reviews/reactions I've seen/heard so far have expressed disappointment. Certainly those comparing it with Shaun Of The Dead & Hot Fuzz.
Comparing it to those is kind of unfair to some extent as obviously one half of the writing team, and the guy responisble for directing those films, isn't involved with this one.
I've heard a lot of average reviews and I'd rather not pay £7 for something average.
Quote: Ben @ February 19 2011, 12:05 AM GMTI've heard a lot of average reviews and I'd rather not pay £7 for something average.
Sheesh. I dunno.
But that'll pay for a high class cocktail tomorrow night!
Quote: Matthew Stott @ February 19 2011, 12:03 AM GMTBut it's had mainly pretty decent reviews. Empire gave it four stars.
I like Empire but they do tend to get carried away by publicists hype and hand four stars out to anything. Sight and Sound's better. Or The Kermode on 5 Live.
Quote: Ben @ February 19 2011, 12:09 AM GMTBut that'll pay for a high class cocktail tomorrow night!
Your girlfriend brought you round to her way of thinking, then?
Quote: Gavin @ February 18 2011, 11:46 PM GMT
Precisely! That's what I was worried about. Thankfully not like that annoying shit.
Quote: Matthew Stott @ February 19 2011, 12:03 AM GMTComparing it to those is kind of unfair to some extent as obviously one half of the writing team, and the guy responisble for directing those films, isn't involved with this one.
I agree, but to the casual moviegoer rather than the hard-core fan, a Pegg/Frost lead pairing makes the comparisons with the previous films inevitable. Also, as Dr Kermode has pointed out, a mainstream budget ($55 million) has led to mainstream compromises in terms of content (by the sounds of it). I'm just a little concerned that if 'Paul' performs commercially as poorly as Edgar Wright's 'Scott Pilgrim' did, then the funding for the last part of the much-vaunted trilogy will be harder to find.
Quote: Tim Walker @ February 19 2011, 5:30 PM GMTperforms commercially as poorly as Edgar Wright's 'Scott Pilgrim' did,
It's a travesty That Scott Pilgrim didn't do better at the Box Office. I imagine it'll do very well on DVD though. It's a terrific piece of work.
Quote: Matthew Stott @ February 19 2011, 5:49 PM GMTIt's a travesty That Scott Pilgrim didn't do better at the Box Office. I imagine it'll do very well on DVD though. It's a terrific piece of work.
Sarcasm?