I can only remember bits and pieces of “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.” However, the first time I watched it: I liked it enough to watch it again the day after. The movie is based on a comic book series, which as of date, I have yet to read. It proved to be good independent of any understanding of the comic’s world.
There are a good instances of storytelling where you can see that this came from a comic book. First, a lot of the characters have colored, or bleached hair. Second, a lot of the conversations seems a little bit like a hack. More of the characters are outrageous than normal, and situations are a little bit too contrived. Even so, it more than makes up for it with playful humor.
The special effects in the movie make the characters appear to be in a video game world. The characters get coins, lives, and after a fight sequence the letters K.O. appear. As far as video game movies go this goes a good distance in showing the kind of finesse needed to create this.
This movie reminded me of other movies with the main lead “Michael Cera,” but it is still worth noting his progress in the lovable nice guy role. This character seems to be a little more boy-like than other Cera counterparts.
This was a good comic book movie. It played off of other previous roles of Cera. It had good story,and heart. This was definitely a re-watch.
I think you can plump up and really give layers of textuality to this post by adding the name of the comic book series and the author and providing some background data to position the comic in relation to the movie. As it reads now, it's slightly vague, right?
ReplyDeleteAnd how are the conversations "hacked"? An example would help to clarify/support your points. I've not seen the movie, but I don't get a good sensory description of it quite yet.