Scott Pilgrim vs The World
- Jul 25, 2015
- 2 min read
Comic books, video games, music, and Canada. Who knew these topics could be brought together to make such a great movie? The story of a 22 year old from Canada who cheats on his 17 year old girlfriend when he falls in love with the reality bending Romona Flowers is surprisingly fun. While Michael Cera continues to play the perpetual man child that he is, the characters that he interacts with all feel just as meme worthy as him and the chemistry works.
The entire film is paired with what could have been cheesy comic book bangs and pows overlapped on key fight scenes, but it comes together well. Instead of the obnoxious comic book styles of the first Hulk movie, these scenes actually look good. It is difficult to describe the difference between being overwhelmed by reminders that this is a comic book movie, and being subtly reminded that it is a comic book movie, but this movie found that balance.
Scott Pilgrim is a character who you enjoy as much as his friends enjoy him. He makes poor relationship decisions that are glaring, but at the same time you don’t hate him for it. The way he comes about cheating on Knives isn’t malicious it is spineless and there is something about that difference that allows Scott to be lovable even when he hurts other people.
The only part of the movie that really drags is when the 4th Evil Ex takes the screen. Romona is constantly trying to help Scott understand how she feels about him and Scott just becomes too whiny and needy. Romona takes over during this time as a powerful lead but the Scott pulls the entire mood down until the big fight with the Katayanagi twins. After that the characters all come together to remind you why the movie is a fun watch.
7.8/10
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