re: Any fans of Lucky Number Slevin (2006)?

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Slevin was marketed really weird. They teased it as a slapstick Josh Hartnett comedy

Did they? What’s weird is I honestly don’t remember any of the marketing for it. I’m not even sure I ever knew what it was when it was in theaters.

And I remember not liking Hartnett’s character the first time I watched it. I was like why is this idiot waltzing around like he doesn’t give a shite about anything. And then at the end I was like oh okay, nevermind.

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Yeah, it was marketed weird. I remember the TV spots highlighting the Harnett-is-a-hunk aspect and the comedic aspects of the movie.

It wasn't until a year later when I started learning about Sergio Leone (I was a teenager at the time) and someone told me that Lucky Number Slevin was a modern take on Yojimbo/A Fist Full Of Dollars that I went back and watched Slevin and really enjoyed it.

Edit: To be fair, the movie really leans into the comedic/hip/post-modernistic/Tarantino-esque style. Perhaps somewhat to the movie's detriment because you have a movie that is one half comedic rom-com and one-half A Fistful of Dollars. The people in charge of marketing it are definitely going to aim for the date-night crowd even though the Sergio Leone-fanatic crowd would probably enjoy the movie a little bit more.