Pat Benatar said love is a battlefield. In SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD, love is a battle as Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera) must
defeat the seven super powered evil exes of his new girlfriend Ramona Flowers
(Mary Elizabeth Winstead) to be with her. Meanwhile, Scott deals with breaking
up with his 17 year old girlfriend Knives Chau (played to perfection by Ellen Wong) and playing with his band, Sex Bob-Omb,
who are entering the battle of the bands to get a record label contract (which is less of a big dream these days given internet
distribution and iTunes).
The film is a love story done as
a video game with levels and evil foes to vanquish. Director Edgar Wright
continues to impress with this kinetic mix of humor, action, and romance. Every
character in this film is fun to watch from Scott’s gay roommate to Scott’s ex-girlfriend who has her own band
to his sister. I can’t forget the woman who says the F bomb that
it gets bleeped and blacked out every time she says the F word. Brandon
Routh is amusingly arrogant as Ramona’s ex-boyfriend who is an evil vegan band member of Scott’s ex’s group. SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD is a movie
that I dug from the first frame to the last frame. The only thing missing is
a cameo or part for Simon Pegg. Its hyper reality video game world is a fun one
to visit and watch. It might just end up as a cult film that the mass public
might not be able to absorb and yet I frikking loved this one.
This DVD review is ©8-18-2010 David
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