Scott Pilgrim VS The World Blu Ray Review

The Start of Awesomeness

Before the movie, there were 6 graphic novels that kept geeks and comic lovers alike entertained with the fantastic "8-bit" themed Scott Pilgrim. The film, Scott Pilgrim VS The World (actually the title of the second book) is based on the 6 book series (albeit not following them fully, obviously as the film is just 112 minutes long).


                                    
Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera) is an unemployed 23-year-old bass guitarist in an up-and-coming garage rock band, Sex Bob-Omb, who is dating a cute 17-year-old high school girl, Knives Chau (Ellen Wong). He is having fun in life and rolling along at a nice even tempo until one day Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) roller-blades into his life. Ramona moved to Toronto from New York City to find peace and quiet and leave her past behind. No one knows what her past is, but Scott will find out very soon as he tries to make Ramona his new girlfriend. Before Scott can begin dating Ramona, he must prove himself by defeating the league of her seven exes who controls her love life. They will do anything to get rid of and destroy any new boyfriend Ramona may consider. If Scott wants to find true love with Ramona, he must defeat all seven.
As far as special effects are concerned, Scott Pilgrim is packed of the stuff. The whole "comic" feel really comes off well, and the fight scenes are some of the best in a while. But what really makes the film (other than the great story, awesome soundtrack, cleverly written script) are the actors. 
The cast is excellently picked, with Michael Cera and Mary Elizabeth Winstead bringing the characters of Scott Pilgrim and Ramona Flowers to life with little ease, seemingly perfect for the parts respectivly.

7 Evil Exes, 112 Minutes Of Awesomeness


But it's Kieran Culkin who steals the film, playing Scott's "cool gay roomate" Wallace Wells. Kieran is funny, egotistical and ludicrously homo erotic in his portrail of Wallace; exactly as he is in the books. Knives Chau, Scott's 17 year old schoolgirl girlfriend, is brilliantly played by Ellen Wong, who captures the excited, smitten and downright crazy feeling of said character from the books. 

Kieran Culkin (far left) as Wallace Wells, Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Ramona and Michael Cera as Scott


Although I feel the film should have been made into different movies, as to follow the books more closely, the film does a great job of bringing said books to life; the comic style "pop outs" that occur when the phone rings, or the zany Manga inspired emotion effects (those who have read the series will understand the "pop outs").

As mentioned, the fight scenes are very well presented, and truely give the film it's comic book feeling, each ending with Scott earning EXP and coins (very cool).

In a nutshell, Scott Pilgrim VS The World is a remarkable film, but, the in your face, video game feel and seemingly fast pace of the movie will not appeal to everyone (but if you're like us, you'll be too busy LOVING it to care), but for those that allow themselves to get sucked into the genuinely honest, downright geek esque affair, then Scott Pilgrim VS The World is deffinatley worth a look.