So why should you rush out to rent or buy Scott Pilgrim vs. the World? For starters, the performances by all of the actors are solid, from the lead all the way through to the extras in the background. Michael Cera played Scott with the kind of geekish charm the part called for, Mary Elizabeth Winstead nailed her role as Ramona, Scott’s dream girl with the set of seven deadly exes while Kieran Culkin and Alison Pill stole almost every scene they were in as Wallace and Kim respectively. Visually, the movie reveled in its comic book source material and also paid homage to the numerous video games it referenced throughout the screen time. This meant that the fight sequences were a thrill to behold as Scott and his foes used insane moves (which can usually only be accomplished via impossible button combinations on a PS3 or Xbox 360 controller) to fight for the love of Ramona. Beyond all of that, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World was just a fun movie to watch for the story not only entertained the audience, but gave them a set of characters to emotionally connect with.
This film could have easily just focused on the numerous fight sequences, gone sophomoric in its humor and unleashed hip pop culture reference after pop culture reference or delved into bad toilet humor but (under the watchful eye of director Edgar Wright, the man responsible for Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, two films you should also check out after this one) instead, it blazed a trail of originality with its fully developed story that came complete with a hero in Scott who grew throughout the film and changed for the better by the end of it.
Grade: A
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