Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Ty gives ****1/2 stars

Title: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Directed by: Edgar Wright
Starring:
Michael Cera
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Kieran Culkin
Chris Evans
Anna Kendrick
Brandon Routh
and
Jason Schwartzman
Release date: August 13th 210

Where to begin... Well this movie rocked. It was great and I loved it. This shout out goes out to nerds one and all. Whether you're into rock music, video games, or comic books or maybe even all three, go see this movie. Period. What did I like about this movie? For starters I liked that I knew this was a nerd movie before I saw it and since I consider myself a nerd, I went to to it because in some cosmic way I thought it was my nerd duty. I even wore my Oakley Gaskets and Converse, known as geek wear, because I knew I would look like every single ticket buyer, male or female, sitting with me in the auditorium. (I've been recently told that dressing like this doesn't make you a geek anymore, it makes you a hipster. See photos above. And yes that is Megan Fox wearing glasses.)
So what what is this movie about? It starts with a guy, Scott Pilgrim, played by Michael Cera (Evan in Superbad, Paulie Bleeker in Juno, Nick Twisp/Francois Dillinger in Youth In Revolt) who is a 22 year old jobless bass player for the band Sex Bomb-omb. (Emphasis on omb.) He's pretty much a loser who thinks he's awesome. I don't know if any guys out there can personally relate to Scott Pilgrim because if any idiot was watching the screen and decided to point and said, "Hey! That's me!" that probably wouldn't be the wisest thing to do unless you're a complete fool. Why? Because if you watch this movie in it's entirety you would start to realize how much of a loser Scott Pilgrim really is. He starts out by telling his bandmates that he's dating a high school girl. Not only a high school girl, but a Chinese, 17 year old, Catholic school girl (Think Go-Go Yubari but cute) named Knives Chau, played by newcomer Ellen Wong. As the movie slowly progresses, Knives falls in lust for Scott Pilgrim while his band mates, Kim Pine played by Alison Pill (Ella Gerard in Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen), Stephen Stills played by Mark Webber (Dave Ednasi in Drive Me Crazy) look on in disgust, except for Young Neil played by Johnny Simmons (Chip Dove in Jennifer's Body) who thinks that it's kind of cool, while his sister Stacey played by Anna Kendrick (Jessica in The Twilight Saga) and funny gay roommate Wallace played by Kieran Culkin (Igby in Igby Goes Down) watch in complete horror.
Scott continues to date Knives and everything is peaches and cream until he sees her. Her being Ramona Flowers, played by the surprisingly talented Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Gwen Grayson in Sky High, Lucy Gennero-McClane in Live Free or Die Hard). This pink haired all-American girl, (Sidenote, Americans are cool because this movie takes place in Canada) who roller blades through Scott Pilgrim's dreams. Literally. I mean she really roller blades through his mind. It's weird. Americans apparently have powers we're not aware of. Anyways, Scott falls for this mystery girl and his life is so much better, especialy when he's not thinking about Knives, his band or that weird e-mail from one of Ramona's ex's saying that they are going to fight to the death. Yeah... So begins introducing the audience to the League of Evil Ex's. Ramona's evil ex's. From here on out, Scott Pilgrim must defeat all of Ramona's evil ex's in order to continue dating Ramona. One might think, "Ditch the B****" but Ramona surprisingly is actually worth fighting for. All the ex's are weird and strangly enough have super powers for no reason like, I don't know, being Vegan? Don't ask. The movie turns into a fast paced fight, fight, fight! That involves a lot of quarters spilt and if you ever watched or played a NEO GEO game, you know what I mean. The special effects in this movie are amazing and funny. When Scott slams his head against a tree, you literally see the word, "THUNK!" in cheesy Batman style lettering. Yes this movie is crazy, but if you've understood anything that I've written, you'll get this movie. It's supposed to be funny and geeky and it's not to be taken seriously. Have you seen the graphic novel it's based on? Black and white cartoon characters with big eyes that looks like a junior higher had drawn? Yeah, this movie has come along way baby from the comics.
So was there anything that I didn't like about this movie? Scott Pilgrim's a D-Bag. Some people say that Michael Cera is too, but I wouldn't know. I read that a lot of people are tired of him playing the same character over and over and he's always the lead when he does it. True. And personally I think if Michael Cera had produced this movie, the only reason why he would have done it was to make himself look cool by pretending to be an action star. Fail. I mean really, this movie is strange and random and because it's like that you see Michael Cera flying through the air and kicking it Kung-Fu style like he's Jet Li. (Which he's not. Special effects are amazing these days.) Also, the movie is too long. I understand a story needs to be told, but yeah, way too long. Should that stop you from watching this movie? Of course not. That just means watch it on your day off or when you have nothing better to do. Which is what I did, and while one might consider me buying a ticket and seeing Scott Pilgrim vs. the World as a seridipitious moment, I just say I saw one of the best pop culture movies of all time.