My review of Scott Pilgrim vs The World

 My review of Scott Pilgrim vs The World 

 

Intro: Word to the wise if you have to fight seven different guys to date a girl, she’s not the right girl. Getting her father’s approval is one thing but this is ridiculous. Also, she’s not good at picking men if she has seven exes.

Scott Pilgrim vs The World: This movie is centered on Scott Pilgrim who is a down-on-his-luck guitarist of a rock band. Things could be looking up for him when he meets Ramona Flowers who could be the girl of his dreams. He reconsiders that when he learns that she has seven exes that want to kill him. So, he has to decide if she’s worth fighting for.   

This movie is a geek’s fantasy! The director did an excellent job of incorporating what works in comics, anime and video games into a film with visual effects. This helps the movie be a good adaptation of the comics it’s based on. There are different genre elements in this movie. It makes you wish Edger Wright (The director of this movie.) would direct more video game and comic book movies. I like the fights in this movie because they are creative. The movie may have a simple story, but you won’t mind it because of how entertaining the film is. You can argue that this movie is a commentary on dating and the type of people you attract. The movie also deals with that you shouldn’t idolize people. The characters being flawed helps reinforce the themes of this movie.   

Scott Pilgrim is a bum who manipulates people. What bugs me about him is that it’s hard to root for him not because he’s fighting the exes (Come on have some self-respect.) It’s because the girl he was with before Ramona is a minor. Show of hands who wants the exes to beat him up for that?

Ramona Flowers starts off as an enigma, but we learn that she can be charming but cold.  

Wallace (Scott’s roommate.) is the best character in this movie. I say that because he’s the only one who isn’t a jerk. He can be sarcastic at times. My gripe with him is that he’s clearly not OK with him dating I minor so why does he still deal with him?  

I don’t have much to say about the rest of the characters because the movie hasn’t done much with them and the evil exes are plot devices.

One of the problems I have with this movie is that it can be hard to suspend your disbelief at times. The romance between Scott and Ramona is one-sided. I mean I can see why she’s drawing to him, but Scott just finds her attractive. That’s a shame because they parallel each other. Some of the dialogue can be cringy and some of the fights are lame. Overall, this is the most entertaining movie I’ve seen this year. I would recommend this if you like Geek culture.

Rating = Worth Seeing