Scott Pilgrim vs The World

[Dr Kain]

Jelly, I said the exact same thing about the previews and it turned out to be really good. Not as good as Kick Ass, but almost there.

[king_ghidorah]

[Mac]

[kiryugoji04]

[MekaGojira3k]

[MouthForWar]

I just saw it and I enjoyed the hell out of it! This was this years Inglorious Basterds for me. I thought the trailers looked dumb and I didn't really even want to see it and I've come away thinking its one of the best films of the year.

Chris Evans and Brandon Routh were especially hilarious and Thomas Jane's cameo was a show stealer for me.

Its really all video game references. Edgar Wright is almost doing with video games with this film, what he did for zombies in Shaun and action movies in Hot Fuzz. Not only that, but the fight sequences are INCREDIBLE. How is a comedy comic book adaptation the best video game movie ever made? How come Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat didn't have fight scenes like this?

Better yet, how is it that this movie has some of the best action sequences I've seen in ages? Aside from the spinning hotel fight in Inception, its by far the best action I've seen all year. How did a Michael Cera comedy have better action scenes than Iron Man 2 and the Expendables?

Edgar Wright really is one of the best directors working today, IMO. If he can make this movie (which I probably should have hated) as fantastic as it is, I'm sold on him for sure (as if Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz weren't proof enough).

The only problem is that if you're over 35 and under 20, chances are you aren't gonna understand anything in this film. Its pretty much tailor made for the 21-30 age group, which is very limited... but for those of us who grew up in the 80s and early 90s, its got everything.

[lhb412]

I think I might have to read these comics. I like the evolution Scott's character goes through, from a loveable, soft-spoken loser who is really a bit of a selfish pr**k into a more assertive and moral character - which is more explored in the books (according to people).


And everyone heard the Super Mario 3 sound effect, right?

[MouthForWar]

[kiryugoji04]

[MouthForWar]

In case none of you who saw the film were already big enough fans of Lucas Lee:

http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=28575

This is the best one:

[kiryugoji04]

Awesome.

[MouthForWar]

As much as I really liked the movie, ever since I've seen it, I couldn't help but think something was just a bit... off about it. Something was keeping me from LOVING it like everyone else. After a few days of sitting on it, I've finally figured out what it was that was bugging me. And its really the two main characters. Let me break it down.

Scott Pilgrim- First off, I feel that Michael Cera is miscast. Now I haven't read the comic, but I feel like Scott Pilgrim should be a bit more cocky and confident. A geek with a lot of enthusiasm. Making him just Michael Cera doing the awkward Michael Cera kinda makes the way he talks and acts contradict the way the character really is... because Scott Pilgrim's actions don't feel like the actions of a mumbly and awkward guy like Cera. Edgar Wright should have done what Terry Gilliam did with Bruce Willis when they made 12 Monkeys. Gilliam made a list of the "typical Bruce Willis things" that Bruce does in every movie and specifically told Willis "don't do ANY of these things."

Secondly, the guy is just a giant d-bag. He's extremely selfish and cruel to those around him (especially his ex-girlfriend). He doesn't give 2 sh*ts about his band... I really found it hard to sympathize with his cause... especially when...

Ramona Flowers is a cold, cast iron b*tch. I was actually rooting for Pilgrim to get with Knives Chau (the most sympathetic character in the movie) the whole time. This makes the whole conflict of the movie (winning Ramona's heart) hard to get behind because you have a jerkoff main character fighting for the heart of a mean b*tch whose reasons for being the way she is are middle school drama.

Sorry, I had to that get out since I spent so much time commenting on the things that work in the film earlier. But those are the things that really hurt the story in my eyes. I think (aside from Cera), the problems are mostly things that stem from the source material. Fact is, if anyone else made this film, it would have stunk... this is one of those cases where the director makes the film what it was. If Wright didn't direct it so cleverly, with so many cool in-jokes, do such great action scenes, and inject so much of his brand of humor into it, it would have been an outright disaster. Wright is talented enough to where he made a film that subverts the source material to make a truly creative and original film.

But as it is, its simply a really good movie, while Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz are great ones. I'd give both of those 5/5 easily, while I'd probably give Pilgrim a 3.5/5 (maybe a 4 if I'm feeling generous).

[kidnicky]

[jellydonut25]

[MouthForWar]

[jellydonut25]

[MouthForWar]

[jrichreturns]

[MouthForWar]

[ryuuseipro]

Just came back from Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World. I loved it!!! If you love comic-books and video games, this is the film for you! Unless anything better comes along, it's the best movie I've seen all year!

I'm also well aware that this film is quite the box-office underdog, with a whole glut of other bigger Summer blockbusters and other "fine cinema" muscling in on each other for theater space, which I found really unfortunate, as this film was full of wild fun and fast-paced excitement a minute, and is very true to the look and feel of the comics. As far as I'm concerned, a cult camp flick is all I truly needed, so go and see this film before it disappears! I'm really glad I saw it.

[MouthForWar]

[jellydonut25]

[MouthForWar]

[jellydonut25]

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