Scott Pilgrim vs The World (Michael Cera, Edgar Wright) : Movie Review
August 20, 2010 by Tony Montana
Filed under Movie Reviews, Movies
Every time someone complains that movies are just the same old crap, make them see Scott Pilgrim vs The World.
Unfortunately, most people like going to see the same old crap – movies are both expensive and time consuming, so why risk seeing something you might not like – therefore you might not have too much longer to see this on the big screen.
It’s kill or be killed in Hollywood, and sadly – Scott Pilgrim is being murdered at the Box Office worldwide, destined to be ripped off screens quicker than you can say It’s Pat!
Sadly, the big screen is exactly where you should see Scott Pilgrim vs The World, preferably more than once, because there’s that much going on here one viewing simply isn’t enough.
The story is simple : Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera) is a Canadian who plays bass in a shoddy three-piece band (The Sex Bob-ombs) and falls in love with the mysterious Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) after she roller-skates through his dreams.
Unfortunately for Scott, if he wants to date her he’ll have to defeat her seven evil ex’s, and what started out as a quirky rom-com suddenly becomes something of an action flick.
Scott Pilgrim vs The World
The first thing to note is that Scott Pilgrim vs The World is funny from start to finish. Sure, a lot of the jokes and references are related to video games, but even non-gamers will get most of them and there’s plenty of every other kind of comedy going on here too.
Director Edgar Wright (working from a series of graphic novels by Bryan Lee O’Malley) keeps the pace at breakneck speed, so you have to pay attention but if you can keep up you’ll notice that – for a video game influenced action film – this actually has a lot of heart to it.
“Metaphor” isn’t exactly something the movies do all that well these days, but Scott Pilgrim vs The World gets the idea of having to get over your partner’s past before you can move forward (and how frustrating that can be when they have a lot of past) down perfectly. Plus the fights are cool, the whole film looks brilliant, the casting is spot-on in every case and the whole thing is just plain more fun than anything else you’ll see in cinemas this year.
So why are you still reading this? Vamoooooose!
WATCH OUT FOR | RATING : 4.5 / 5
