Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World - The Movie

I almost waited too long to see this movie in the theater. The day I decided that I had to see it was the last day it was at our big Regal Cinema, and I missed it. Luckily, it had moved to the older, smaller Regal, so we saw it the next day. As my earlier post says, I greatly enjoyed the graphic novel series, so I was really looking forward to how it would translate to the movie screen. When books are turned into movies, there are always scenes or even plots that are left out due to time constraints. With Scott Pilgrim, the fast, jumpy pace of the graphic novels lent well to the time limits of a movie.

I love Michael Cera, and though I'm not sure if he was the perfect Scott Pilgrim, he did a great job as the character. Kieran Culkin was a great Wallace as well, loved that portrayal. I think Kieran may be around for a while, as he's proving to be a pretty good actor. As for the other characters, I think most of them were pretty believable in their parts.

The movie didn't disappoint. It was pretty close to the actual books, though some of the scenes were changed a bit. I think that Ramona and Knives' big fight scene was separate from Scott's final battle with Gideon in the books, but it worked in the movie. It did reflect back on the earlier scene, where Scott and Knives show off how in tune they are with one another during their video game dance sequence. There are only two other things I can remember them leaving out - Scott getting into Ramona's star bag to hide, and Stephen Stills' later romantic angle - but leaving these things out didn't take too much from the story. Oh, I was also a little disappointed to see that in the very first battle scene, it is only Mathew Patel and his ladies that actually dance and sing, while in the book, Scott's friends back him up for the dance off. I was looking forward to that scene!

Overall, it was a fun movie that stuck close to the books. As we were walking out of the theater, there was a young teenage guy, probably 13 or 14, with his mom that had also just seen the movie. We could hear the guy tell his mom "That was the most epic movie ever. Nothing else can ever be that epic!"

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