This movie is non-stop awesomeness.

Rating: 9/10 (16 August 2010)

This movie is non-stop awesomeness from the moment the time the Universal logo appears at the beginning until "The End" appears at the end. You want to laugh hard? See this. You want a love story? See this. You want kick-ass fight scenes? See this. You want great music? See this.
Director Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and the Brit TV show Spaced) can seemingly do no wrong. The man just doesn't make bad entertainment. He is damn funny (without having to default to humor centered around bodily functions) , has a visionary style and you can just tell that he makes the movies he wants to make, the way he wants to make them, without compromise.
Part comic book, part video game, part dream... the cinematic language here is excitingly unique, daring and fun and reminds me of how I felt about Moulin Rouge, Amelie or Fight Club upon first viewings.
What really makes the premise work is that no one ever questions the impossible reality of what is occurring. It seems as if they should be asking themselves "Why can this guy fly and shoot fire from his hands"... but no one ever does. It's just taken as this universe's truth. It achieves the rare balance (these days) of suspension of disbelief and genuineness, prolific use of CGI FX and retention of character and heart.
The entire cast shines brilliantly. Everything works exactly as it should. You care about the good guy, you like his sidekicks, you fall in love with the girl, you loathe the bad guys.
Some folks may feel they are tiring of the 'Micheal Cera' character, so they may decide to skip this film - and they would be doing themselves a disservice. Micheal Cera has this thing that some actors have in Hollywood which sometimes works for them or against them. Woody Allen is a great example. Woody Allen perfected the 'Woody Allen' character, a character no one else could possibly play, and that character would reliably show up in any movie he appeared in. If you like that character, you are always happy to see him. If you don't, then you'll never like a film he's in, because unlike character actors, he never disappears into a role the role disappears into them.
Such is the role of Scott Pilgrim - which seems to have been written with Micheal Cera in mind, because it fits the Cera character to a 'T'. But I think that is where Cera's talent lies. He has the ability to make every moment seem fresh, every word seem as if they are really his words organically pinched from his thoughts in that very moment. He is like a true Zen master, in which whatever arises in every moment is new to him, like a naive young child experiencing things for the 1st time.
Great indie band soundtrack including a great new song from Beck, and a geekgasm inducing score based on old 8/16-bit video game music.
Go support this movie at the box office so that Edgar Wright can continue to follow his vision wherever it takes him.
This is my favorite movie of the summer, maybe even of the year... maybe even of longer than that.