"Scott Pilgrim vs. The World" can be described in only three words: Just Extremely Epic. It takes an amazing graphic novel, which was quoted by Joss Whedon as "the best book ever", and turns it into a movie that stays fairly true to the concept of the books. I like to think that this is a movie everyone should see.
Synopsis - Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera) the bassist of the band "Sex Bob-Omb" has met the girl of his dreams, literally. But, like any relationship, Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) has some baggage. If Scott wants to date Ramona, he must defeat her seven evil exes. Helping Scott against the League of Evil Exes is Wallace (Kieran Culkin) his cool gay roommate, Stephen Stills (Mark Webber) the lead guitarist of Sex Bob-Omb, and Kim Pine (Alison Pill) the drummer, and Scott's ex-girlfriend. For a full synopsis, as always, see Wikipedia.
Key Points - If you have read the books, like me, you know that they changed a lot of stuff, and left out 50% of other important, yet non-essential items. Other than that, this movie was terrific. There are many references to 8-Bit and 16-Bit video games of the 80's and 90's. There are songs and sound effects from Zelda, including music for a dream sequence that they needed permission straight from Nintendo to use. Plenty of this stuff was Canada-related, which is awesome because I am Canadian. Somethings relevant to Canada are Scott and Michael Cera are both Canadian, the film and books are set in Toronto, and the author of the books, Bryan Lee O'Malley, is Canadian. I also think that Edgar Wright did amazingly with the movie. I feel that it had a certain vibe to it, and that it was caused by the sheer awesomeness of Edgar Wright.
Final Verdict - I give "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World" 5 out of 5 stars. Even though there are less plot point in the movie than the books, it makes up for it with an amazing story, and characters to help it flow along into it. I definitely recommend this to anybody. This masterful experience is a Highly Recommended Film
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