Scott Pilgrim vs. The World – DVD Review
You know that comic book adaptation/video game flavoured/comedy romance with a hint of Bollywood that you have been searching for? It has finally arrived! And it comes in the form of “Scott Pilgrim vs. The World.” You know it’s going to be good when they turn the “Universal” opening credits into a 90’s style video game intro!
So where do I start with this masterpiece? I simply cannot get enough of it, and do not have a bad word to say against it. It is easily one of my top films of 2010, and probably one of my most played DVDs! It was an utter shame that this film had to come out in the same year as such juggernauts like “Inception” and “The Social Network” which incidentally are both awesome films (like you needed to be told that). You have to give it credit where credit’s due though, it certainly held its own against those heavy hitters. It even came 6th in Empire Magazine’s top films of 2010. Ok, so I’ll start with an overview of what the film is about. You may find various quotes throughout this review, there are just so many classic lines! (Props for anyone who can spot them all)
22 year old Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera) plays bass for the “Sex Bob-Ombs”, an average band from Toronto Canada trying to get a record deal. On the back of his huge break up with “she who shall not be named” Scott starts to date 17 year old high schooler Knives Chau (Ellen Wong). She’s Chinese. With the uniform and everything. Then one day he sees Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) the girl of his dreams, quite literally, and instantly falls in love with her. So now he has the dilemma of whether to break up with his “fake high school girlfriend” Wallace’s words, not mine, or to juggle 2 chicks. Oh, Wallace is Scott’s gay roommate played by Kieran Culkin, he’s gay.
Now if that wasn’t troubling enough for our would-be hero, to be with the girl of his dream he has got to defeat Ramona’s seven evil exes, headed up by the formidable Gideon “G-Man” Graves. Scott knows it won’t be easy, and it looks like he’s about to give up at one point, but he perseveres and fights them all! I won’t give away what happens, even if I did though it’s still worth watching!
The cast is star studded and downright amazing, and the script is very very funny. The film moves at a fast pace which only adds to the awesomeness of the Scott Pilgrim experience! In particular Anna Kendrick who plays Scott’s sister really stood out. Her character doesn’t get much screen time, but when she’s on, she owns it. This is one film that everyone has to have in their lives, and needs to be watched multiple times. Edgar Wright has delivered another masterpiece!
The DVD that I bought was from HMV, it was an exclusive version which included 2 discs and art cards of the seven evil exes. The art cards have pictures of them, along with a rating for each character. The bonus disc is packed full of extra material, such as deleted and extended scenes.
Overall it is one of the best films I have ever seen, and it’s going to be the first 5/5 I have given! Rush out to the shops and buy this now!!!
Well it was nice meeting you, tell your gay friends I said bye!
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