I have a confession to make first, I had been watching Satantango for most of the day because where I live you get scheduled black outs every two hours and if it wasn't the blackouts stopping me from watching it then it was me falling asleep from that tremendous piece of work and I was finally over 5 hours in when my friend gives me a call to come over...
And we saw Scott Pilgrim vs. The World! I suggested it cuz I always wanted to, it was one of the movies that came on tv on an Arabic channel with Arabic subtitles and the scene that played was when Ramona and Scott are in the bus and she tells him about her evil exes and how he has to defeat them, they kiss and Mary Elizabeth Winstead is so fucking cute in the scene
Well, so yeah now that I have seen it I think I'm even more fond of this movie. It's so confident and realized and Edgar Wright has somehow made this silly, goofy comic-book story with it's ridiculous plot come out in all it's colors and beauty which is just fascinating to watch. I was in awe at most of the action sequences at how well choreographed they are.
The movie is also genuinely one of the most fun times I have had watching a comic-book movie ever, it's very funny in a not-annoying way that is beyond Marvel Studio's ability it seems. Which is what I wanted to talk about a bit.
How is it that we have so many comic-book movies and they all look the same thing, the reason I quit superhero movies once was because it was becoming more and more meh and then there is a property like Scott-Pilgrim vs. The World that brings it's own language to the movie genre with it's comic-book animation in 2010.
It's also a really well-made movie in terms of plot and characters, no side character takes up too much space, the plot has a lot of twists and turns that feel organic because they tease you about these things beforehand.
I want more comic-book stuff like this: original, weird and that accepts it's own ridiculousness without trying to fit into another genre because most comic-book movies are trying so hard to be just another action popcorn movie and it's tiring to look at them
I passed on this movie but I should really check it out. How's the comic?
Movie's fun but misses some of the detail of the comic, particularly the deconstruction of the manic dream pixie girl archetype. I have a feeling the last book wasn't out when they were making the movie though, so they did a decent enough job of the ending without it.
Also Micheal Cera wasn't right to play Scott, who was often filled with oblivious confidence and charm instead of Micheal Cera awkwardness in the books, but I imagine he was selected because he was the most high-profile young male Canadian comedic actor at the time
Looks like the last book came out a week before the first showing of the movie at a festival so it’s possible they could have been working with the creator but it definitely wasn’t out
Just for a different perspective:
I saw the film in the theaters, recognized how original it was (while still very derivative), and I hated every second of it.
The comic is great! A lot of people say it's better than the movie, I'd say they're both their own thing.
The best adaptation of the story is the video game.
Great soundtrack too
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
They're both good!
i loved the comic and thought the movie a faithful, fun adaptation