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Scott Pilgrim vs. The
World (2010)
  
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Directed
by:
Edgar Wright |
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COUNTRY
USA |
GENRE
Action/Comedy/Fantasy |
NORWEGIAN TITLE
Scott
Pilgrim vs. The World |
RUNNING
TIME
112
minutes |
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Produced
by:
Edgar Wright
Marc Platt
Eric Gitter
Nira Park |
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Written by
(based on the graphic novel by Bryan Lee O'Malley):
Edgar Wright
Michael Bacall |
Review
For anyone who grew up with the now-vintage computer and video games of the late 1980s and early 1990s,
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World is a tour de force of cheap nostalgia
and creative moviemaking, from the Universal theme of the opening
credits right up to the boss fight that leaves our protagonist Scott
Pilgrim with $7,777,777 coins. Based on the graphic novel series
Scott Pilgrim by Canadian Bryan Lee O'Malley, this
movie/computer-game hybrid creates its own universe and its own set of
rules, as director Edgar Wright utilizes a combo of bygone and modern
visual effects to weave the two mediums together. The result is often
hilarious, even if the story that unfolds is as dumb as the stories from
the computer games it draws inspiration from, and even if the
performances, even Michael Cera's in the lead, remain one-note. Some
great dialogue and a well of funny details keep the pace and fun up for
an hour and a half, before it all drains away in the final part. The
filmmakers should have known that this kind of film is doomed to become
overlong at nearly two hours, but that doesn't mean the first three
quarters of the film can't be viewed again and again, as this is
potential cult material.
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