Though moderately to extremely childish, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World was an incredibly entertaining film. The film broke boundaries in different ways than I've yet seen in a feature film, and brought both pop culture and classic gaming past-times to the screen in very innovative ways. The film was humorous throughout, but generally maintained the teen form of over-the-top awkwardness that Michael Cera has come to epitomize. I wonder if he can play another role, but so does everyone else... The cast was full of fairly inconsistent characters (though the females, in contrast to the male roles, were fairly well acted), led by the female lead, Mary Elizabeth Winstead. Technically, Scott Pilgrim was a surprising blend of motion graphics, visual and special effects, and great cinematography, but coming from the cinematographer of the Matrix series, I wouldn't expect anything less. Edgar Wright, writer and director of both Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead, also wrote and directed this, his first American film, bringing himself closer to forming an auteuristic style of film that so few directors ever achieve.
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9/2/2010
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