First of all, I would just like to say that I am shocked that Scott Pilgrim vs. The World tanked. After that huge marketing push and all of the tremendous buzz surrounding it, and the fact that it absolutely lived up to expectations, I cannot believe it was not #1 with a bullet. So disappointing. Please go see it if you haven't because it's so worth it.
On to our review. Our only concern going in to it was that it wouldn't be able to sustain the premise that has been heavily advertised: this slacker kid needs to defeat this hot girl's seven evil exes if he wants to date her. So, obviously we anticipated that the movie was going to follow him through his journey to do just that. The creative manner in which the fights were presented quickly quelled those fears, and we were immediately sucked in. We loved the cartoony, video game styled violence of the fight scenes and really enjoyed all of the little bits thrown in like the power up and the points achieved after each victory. The only fight scene we didn't really care about was with the twins, mostly because it was kind of boring, was over too quickly, and we didn't get enough back story as to how their relationship came about. We were also kind of taken aback by the fact that Michael Cera played Scott as kind of a dick. Of course, the story lends itself to that, and we actually enjoyed seeing him not be the sweet little pathetic puppy dog for a change. His "growth" or whatever is a bit on the cliched side [spoiler] he finally defeats his biggest foe by realizing he should be fighting for HIMSELF! awwwww! [/spoiler], which is a teeny bit disappointing. Otherwise, it was a great little movie with a spectacular supporting cast (can we please put Kieran Culkin in EVERY movie??? WE LOVE HIM!!), lots of fun action, and awesome music.
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