I'll try to sum up the plot quick because you really just need to see it. Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera nailing it) is a 22 year old in Toronto. He sees Ramona Flowers (A great Mary Elizabeth Winstead) in his dreams one night and finally gets to talk to her at a party. He'll manage eventually to get a date with her. Things start to go well with the two and then enter the League of Evil Ex's. Seven individuals bent on controlling Ramona's love life. Scott must fight all of them to win Ramona hopefully once and for all.
What is so marvelous about the movie is it's style. Taking visual aids and ideas from video games, comic books, music, anime, manga, saturday morning cartoons and a myriad of other things. The fight scenes would be like watching a live action Street Fighter game (let's forget that there is actually a "Street Fighter" movie). Combo points, onomatopoeia, bright lights, rocking music and physic defying events make this something to watch. This movie keeps moving forward and never seems to have a slow period. It's kinetic in it's motion. This does not mean it's race to the finish trying to one up it's self. Scott is dealing with real emotions here. His problems with Ramona and his other girl Knives Chau (Ellen Wong having the time of her life) seem real. Scott is having epic battles while having normal girl problems on the side. This creates heart and the characters like the film are wisely built. There wasn't a single second I was bored in this movie.
Edgar Wright seems to be a prophet of sorts. He has three feature films and all three are 10/10 in my opinion. From the director of "Shaun of the Dead" and "Hot Fuzz" why should I expect his third film to be anything less than perfect. Scott and I have similar minds. We like to spell out useless trivia, have an interest in music, games, comics and what have you. There is a small scene where Scott is so proud about learning the bass theme to Final Fantasy II (IV for americans). Oh how hard I laughed. Ramona is an interesting character as well. She's not just the idol of Scott's dream but her own person. She is completely unique. I was instantly reminded of Clementine from "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind". I once said Clementine would be the dream girl for me. So Scott's passion for Ramona is very believable to me. Throw in that film's soundtrack was contributed by from Beck, Metric, and Broken Social Scene. So of course this move will be a delight to the ears.
Outside of the characters I've already mentioned there are still plenty of live wires left. There is Wallace (scene stealing Kieran Culkin), Scott's gay roommate who shatters and resonates stereotypes at the same time. There's Scott's feisty sister Stacey (Anna Kendrick having a blast), sassy Julie (Aubrey Plaza, a comedic goldmine) and Scott's old flame Envy (bombshell Brie Larson). Scott's band and friends all are terrific characters that pass the plain of background scenery to being genius assets. Well what did you expect from Mark Webber, Alison Pill and Johnny Simmons. The evil ex's are all hilarious and hate filled. Chris Evans, Jason Schwartzman, Brandon Routh, Mae Whitman, and Satya Bhabha all have unique styles and keep the fights fresh. This a a fantastic cast of characters and actors.
"Scott Pilgrim vs. the World" is as hilarious as it it action packed. The humor is quick but more than enough to have you rolling over laughter. The action will get your blood going in the best of ways. This may be the greatest style meets substance film I've ever seen. The style is so outrageous the fact the film still has it's strong emotions is a miracle. Zack Snyder must be kicking himself in the head because he's never made a movie this good. If there was ever a movie to make you feel alive it would be this one.
10/10
Recommendation: I highly recommend it to anyone. Video game, comic book and anime fans this is a must see. However I think anybody would be intoxicated with it's energy.
Note: It needed two pictures because it's that awesome.
No comments:
Post a Comment