MTV of the 80s addicts, Nintendo boys tie your shoelaces, bring on your rock guitars and get ready to jam with Scott Pilgrim! Yes, I get it, only a few will quite get the attention deficit, frame turning life of Scott Pilgrim. One minute it ventures into realism, the next minute you're transported into an out of this world comic book. Yes, it is literally a moving graphic novel, complete with the kapow! and kabaam! This what makes it special. More on this later.
The Plot:
Scott Pilgrim, young bassist player for a band based in Toronto, Canada, finds the girl of his dreams but to conquer her he has to defeat her seven evil exes. See, it is as simple as that!
The Good:
1. Mary Elizabeth Winstead. Yeah I said it, she was the driving point for me personally since I always had this schoolboy crush on her. From the sweetiee damsel in distress in several slasher films, MEW transforms into this pained broken character whose spontaneousness is a mystery. She changes her hair color once every one a half week for no reason at all and she has this poker faced look that still puts out a warmth that I can't explain.
2. The Seven Exes. A wide range of great actors to choose from here, there's Captain America himself in Chris Evans in one exhilarating skateboard from the top trick, the Man of Steel himself in Brandon Routh who is oddly enough is still a Vegan with powers and Jason Swchartzmann who reminds me of his obsessed self in Slackers.
3. The Soundtrack. The songs used in the film are original and catchy. I hope to download the album illegally over the next few days. Even the logo of Universal has very cute monotone to it.
The Bad:
1. Made for a crowd film. This will not appeal to people who have not grown up with MTV and Nintendo games cannot actually appreciate the 1-up and coins gained references. And some viewer may be lost in the shuffle of this attention deficit film. And yes, it is unreal, which to some point is tiresome and predictable.
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