I'm not quite sure what to make of it but I had fun!

Rating: 9/10 (4 August 2010)

Slacker Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera) falls in love with Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winsted). However, to get her, he must battle and defeat her 7 exes.
I expected the worst when I saw how this was advertised (An Epic of Epic Epicness) but I had a free pass so I thought "What the hell?" I was surprised (actually kind of shocked) to find myself enjoying it. I'm not the target audience for this (I'm in my 40s and most of the kids in the theatre were in their 20s) but I still enjoyed myself. It's bursting with ideas, jokes, action...you name it. There are constant times that little words or phases pop up on the screen to tell us things...but they'll all funny and had me laughing. For example: at one point somebody says "You don't think I know what that means?" and the words "He doesn't" appear next to him. Also there are plenty of fight sequences but they're non-bloody and go so far over the top that you can't take them seriously. Also when people are killed they dissolve into coins! I know that's obviously pointing towards video games--in fact a LOT of this plays like a video game! When Cera kills somebody points appear on the screen and when he goes off to face the final and 7th ex "Level 7" pops up. Also Cera has a gay roommate (played to the hilt by Kieran Culkin) who is shown in a positive way and even has a fairly hot guy on guy kiss. He also sleeps in the same bed as Cera and WITH his boyfriend.
The acting is good across the board. I never really liked Cera but he's perfectly cast here. Winsted is charming as Flowers. All her exes are well acted but my favorite had to be Brandon (Superman) Routh with blond hair as a mighty vegan. So I'm not quite sure what the point is here (if in fact there IS one) but I was never bored and found myself laughing quite a bit. I give it a 9.