"Seven." - Scott Pilgrim
"Oh that's not so bad." - Stacey Pilgrim
From being a title of a Plumtree song to being the star of his own film, Scott Pilgrim has gone far since the beginning of his graphic novel origins back in 2004 with Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life. What I loved about the books is that it was something I never expected. Along with Megatokyo, it was a twist on the story of finding your true love and realizing that everything you've done whether it be dating other people to see who can be the other half or dreaming about that perfect person and finding out that she/he has a lot of baggage coming into a growing relationship, you've never had a fun time than this.
Even if your head's hurting from being smashed against brick walls, thrown against a castle, or sent through the sky by a superpowered Vegan, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World was great. Sure it'll be another Kick-Ass judging by its small audience and six showtimes in my theater compared to the 12-13 showtimes of The Expendables and Eat, Pray, Love, but the film, when announced, made fans of the books worried about the casting of Michael Cera as our lovable jerk should worry no more. He knew how to play the character from the behavior to the fighting, even with stunt doubles, he was someone who grew from his repetitive character from Superbad and Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist. Edgar Wright knew how to use him as being a parody of himself in being a film that didn’t play out like an average teen flick. The rest of the cast was solid from Allison Pill donning the red wig to play the drummer of Scott's band and former flame with back story separate from the film to Ellen Wong who delighted me as a beautiful girl who will do about anything to gain the love that was thought to have been stolen by Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Ramona Flowers. I’ll even give props to Anna Kendrick who has shown that she can do no wrong in any of the films she has been this summer, this being having the most fun. This won’t be the straight-through adaptation people wished it could be but I loved every single minute of it with more love towards the boss battles with some jokes sprinkled throughout.
Even if your head's hurting from being smashed against brick walls, thrown against a castle, or sent through the sky by a superpowered Vegan, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World was great. Sure it'll be another Kick-Ass judging by its small audience and six showtimes in my theater compared to the 12-13 showtimes of The Expendables and Eat, Pray, Love, but the film, when announced, made fans of the books worried about the casting of Michael Cera as our lovable jerk should worry no more. He knew how to play the character from the behavior to the fighting, even with stunt doubles, he was someone who grew from his repetitive character from Superbad and Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist. Edgar Wright knew how to use him as being a parody of himself in being a film that didn’t play out like an average teen flick. The rest of the cast was solid from Allison Pill donning the red wig to play the drummer of Scott's band and former flame with back story separate from the film to Ellen Wong who delighted me as a beautiful girl who will do about anything to gain the love that was thought to have been stolen by Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Ramona Flowers. I’ll even give props to Anna Kendrick who has shown that she can do no wrong in any of the films she has been this summer, this being having the most fun. This won’t be the straight-through adaptation people wished it could be but I loved every single minute of it with more love towards the boss battles with some jokes sprinkled throughout.
It's hard to choose the best battles but I loved the insert song with Satya Bhabha as Matthew Patel with his Demon Hipster Chicks and Mae Whitman putting on a Southern accent and whipping out her elastic metal belt as Roxy Richter. Even the final battle, a mix of Ramona and Knives battle in the library in Volume 2 and that of Volume 6 was fast and quick with Scott redeeming himself in front of his friends and Knives. I have to say near the end, I thought that the way Scott and Knives took out Gideon was so beautifully choreographed after the training from Ninja Ninja Revolution, I wouldn't had minded them trying again to be a great couple without Scott having to be forced to break things off with her. Even if it would make fans upset that he didn't end up with Ramona, again applauding Winstead for training for the stunts to pull off that great girl fight with her and Roxy again, Scott and Knives would had worked. It might also because Ellen Wong was cute portraying everyone's favorite Chinese high school stalker girl.
My gripes, more in my mind than what’s written here, with the film is that it's a shame that the drummer of The Clash at Demonhead, as mentioned before had nothing to do but be in the background even with the conversation between Todd Ingram (Brandon Routh), Envy Adams (Brie Larson) with Ramona, Scott, and Knives interrupting inbetween exchange of words. Another gripe is that Envy and Scott didn't get closure like they did at the end of Volume 6. Once the fight with Todd was over, Scott and Ramona walked away without Envy realizing that she still had a great friend in her former flame. Also, what's with Scott being stabbed by Gideon and not bleed? I know about his 1-Up and the film having all of the villains transform into coins but to some people, it would come off as a 'No, that wouldn't happen in real life' scene. I can see where it was going since most animated shows would have a main/central character die without having blood anywhere to show that he/she was heading to the grave. Everything else missing from the books, hopefully, will make it to the 'Deleted Scenes' section on the inevitable DVD/Blu-Ray release. Would I see it again? Yeah I would. It may not be as many times as I saw Kick-Ass, but it's a film that should be seen on the big screen. If the film doesn't fit your tastes, it's alright and I understand. The summer movie season's about to end and this was one film that definitely put a cap to it.
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World receive 4.5 stars out of 5.
Also, I think Chris Evans deserve to have a movie spin-off as Lucas Lee. I don't know if Universal would be keen to the idea but I wouldn't mind. It would probably be better and funnier than Get Him to the Greek.
My gripes, more in my mind than what’s written here, with the film is that it's a shame that the drummer of The Clash at Demonhead, as mentioned before had nothing to do but be in the background even with the conversation between Todd Ingram (Brandon Routh), Envy Adams (Brie Larson) with Ramona, Scott, and Knives interrupting inbetween exchange of words. Another gripe is that Envy and Scott didn't get closure like they did at the end of Volume 6. Once the fight with Todd was over, Scott and Ramona walked away without Envy realizing that she still had a great friend in her former flame. Also, what's with Scott being stabbed by Gideon and not bleed? I know about his 1-Up and the film having all of the villains transform into coins but to some people, it would come off as a 'No, that wouldn't happen in real life' scene. I can see where it was going since most animated shows would have a main/central character die without having blood anywhere to show that he/she was heading to the grave. Everything else missing from the books, hopefully, will make it to the 'Deleted Scenes' section on the inevitable DVD/Blu-Ray release. Would I see it again? Yeah I would. It may not be as many times as I saw Kick-Ass, but it's a film that should be seen on the big screen. If the film doesn't fit your tastes, it's alright and I understand. The summer movie season's about to end and this was one film that definitely put a cap to it.
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World receive 4.5 stars out of 5.
Also, I think Chris Evans deserve to have a movie spin-off as Lucas Lee. I don't know if Universal would be keen to the idea but I wouldn't mind. It would probably be better and funnier than Get Him to the Greek.
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