Review thing. Go see Scott Pilgrim.

If this looks like a wall of text, here's the tl;dr version: Go see scott pilgrim, it's awesome and it's different from any other movie you've ever seen.

Anyways, as someone who totally thought this movie was going to suck balls, I was blown away by how fucking awesome Scott Pilgrim was.

This MAY go into spoiler territory, though it's so mild that watching a trailer would spoil just as much so read on.

The basic premise of Scott Pilgrim is that the protagonist (whom the movie is named after) is some slacker douchebag who is a complete dick to everyone, and some girl he doesn't know named Ramona literally starts showing up in his dreams. This causes him to become instantly infatuated with her when he finds out she actually exists. Turns out, said girl has 7 evil ex boyfriends, and from there the movie turns into what is an extremely awesome cinematic experience, formatted in a retro videogame style context.

I was very "eh" on the premise too, but trust me, it's nowhere near as gay as it sounds. Once you get past the lame first 20 minutes or so, it's nonstop concentrated kickass.

There are three major things that really stand out in this movie.

First of all, it's EXTREMELY well done. There are fight scenes that are so well choreographed that they make the matrix look like pussy shit. The cinematography, special effects, and script are all awesome. It's funny, the characters are great, and all the actors played them very well, even Michael Cera, who I usually hate. Also, I've seen comic book effects and crap in movies, but this is the first time I've ever seen videogame elements added to the mix, and definitely the first time I've seen either done well.

Second, the whole thing has this very satirical undertone. When put into retrospect, Michael Cera (possibly the scrawniest looking human being in existence) flipping around with insane dragon ball z powers and beating the crap out of ninjas and shit is so improbable and retarded that actually seeing it happen is fucking funny in and of itself. It's very similar to Master Chief: War in this sense. It's over the top, it's cool, and it's so fucking stupid that watching it is just plain fun.

Lastly, It's different from any other movie you have ever seen, ever. This is a one of a kind experience. It's completely original in its presentation and style, and that really holds so much value to me. This is why I saw Scott Pilgrim instead of "The Expendables." Also, from what I heard "The Expendables" kinda sucked anyways, so I suppose I dodged a bullet on that one.

The reason I even bothered to do this review is because the movie is flopping at the box office. It's situations like this that are the reason almost every movie out recently has been a remake of an old movie or a lame cash in sequel. The only way we're going to start seeing good, fresh ideas in Hollywood is if we actually go and see the movies that offer something original.

Also, rest of the world, when everyone on the planet is going to go see a movie, can you please inform me, because I've yet to see inception and I don't really feel like going to the movies by myself.

Actual review ends here.

In relation to the comics
To give you an idea of how good I thought this movie was, I actually toerr- borrowed the comics from a friend and read through them all, as I heard that the movie left a lot of stuff out. I've never read an actual comic book in my life, so the fact that I was interested enough to pick up the comic is saying a lot in and of itself.

All I have to say is, almost everything that's good about the comic is in the movie. Everything lame about the comic was cut out. 90% of the great moments from the comics where recreated word for word in the movie. The other 10% where jumbled up and applied in different contexts. for example, they took one of the comic's most boring "ex battles" (#4) and substituted in some of the dialog/situations from a fight that was cut out, which made it a bit less faithful but much better.

Most of the stuff that was cut was lame "rocky relationship" drama between Scott and his Girlfriend or completely irrelevant filler of people hanging out with each other. The only real loss in transition is the final battle, and even then, the movie version wasn't worse, just a bit different.

One thing that I DID get out of the comic that you might want to know was something that was in the movie but wasn't really explained. Basically, the weird shit with the doors and crap, those lead to an alternate reality called "subspace". Ramona uses a subspace highway that happens to lead through Scott's mind, which is why she shows up in his dreams.

Hope that helps if you where confused about that.

If you liked the comics, see the movie. If you've never read the comics, see the movie and if you're REALLY interested pick them up, just know that you aren't going to get much more out of them.

Alright, I'm sure I've sufficiently bored the fuck out of the two of you that bothered to read all this. Peace.

Oh yeah and there are some new SNIs and stuff out since my last post.