Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Review

Last night I watched Scott Pilgrim vs. the World with my roommate. The movie is one of his favorites so he highly recommended that I watched it. I looked at the back cover of the dvd case and realized that the movie was directed by Edgar Wright. For those of you who don't know, Wright directed and co-wrote Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. I watched Shaun of the Dead during the past summer and I thought it was pretty funny so I decided to give Scott Pilgrim vs. the World a shot...and I am really glad I did! The movie is an adaptation from the graphic novel series Scott Pilgrim by Bryan Lee O'Malley. The graphic novel and the film is about a young man named Scott Pilgrim who spends most of the time playing bass guitar in his band and playing video games. But when Scott falls for the girl of his dreams, Romona Flowers, he has to "defeat" Romona's 7 evil exes in order to date her.

The film's plot is ridiculous, but for some reason it works really well and it's really enjoyable. The film embraces Scott's interest in video games is reflected by multiple references throughout the entirety of the movie. For example, every time Scott defeats one of Romona's evil exes, they explode into arcade coins as the big letters "KO"pop up on the screen. Also, there is onomatopoeia through out the film such as "smack, blam, and pow." Visually, the movie is really fun to watch! Towards the end of the movie, Scott pulls a flaming katana out of his chest to fight the exes with, which looked really impressive and awesome! The comedy of the movie is the ridiculous things that happen. One of Romona's evil exes is a vegan, which evidently gives him psychic powers so he can fight Scott Pilgrim. You're probably thinking "What the heck???" Let me assure you that these random moments of the movie are really funny and enjoyable. Scott Pilgrim is played by Michael Cera. Cera's performance is unpredictably hilarious, making him the perfect choice for the film's tone. I was surprised to find some famous actors in such a ridiculous movie. Both Chris Evans(from Captain America) and Brandon Routh(from Superman Returns) make appearances in the film as some of Romona's exes.

Edgar Wright embraces the ridiculousness of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World's  plot by using unique visual and editing tricks. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is a fun, unpredictable, odd, and visually stimulating movie.