Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Review

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

A-

A review by Frederick Cholowski

    Fun, something that has been sorely lacking in the films of the summer. That is until Scott Pilgrim vs. the World comes around. A film that is just as cool as an action film as a comedy Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is great fun and this year's Star Trek.

 

    Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera) is dating a high school girl. Her name is Knives Chau (Ellen Wong). They haven't kissed and almost held hands once. Then Scott finds the girl of his dreams (quite literally) Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) at a party. After a happy little first date Scott finds out that in order to continue dating Ramona he must defeat her seven evil exes. He must also face his past and look at his life and evaluate his problems.

 

    Scott Pilgrim vs. the world has a quirky story. The whole movie is played out like a video game, with each character's actions exclaimed with otomatapia like in the old Batman comics (words like bang pow etc.). The script is just as funny as it is filled with action with several laugh out loud moments. The big thing with the story though is that you actually care about the characters and the relationships that are happening. The one problem I have with this film is that even at 1:55 minutes long it feels too long and some parts of the movie loose steam compared to the fast in your face pace that the rest of the film is. As well considering that this is a video game and comic satire this will not appeal to every one. There are a lot of nerdy references that a lot of people won't get.

 

    The action scenes are fantastic. The fight scenes are played out like a one on one fighting game. They use no gravity or logic and there are a lot of both hilarious and totally awesome moments in each scene. The effects and camera angles work really well. Also there is no 3D version (thank god).

 

    Acting wise Michael Crea is doing the Michael Cera role. The nerd jerkish character that goes after the girl. Both Ellen Wong and Mary Elizabeth Winsted are both good as the girlfriends. There are many good secondary characters but the role that truly stands out to me is Scott's gay roommate Wallace played by Kieran Culkin who is really funny and cool.

 

    Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is a really fun film. It may not be on par with my favourite films of the Summer Inception and Toy Story 3 but it comes close. A quirky and fun film that is right down my ally Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is also one of the best this summer has to offer.