Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

Rating: 10/10 (10 December 2010)

Note: The original text is in Portuguese. I use the Google Translator to translate. I revised the text and I think there are no problems.
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is a unique experience. A metalinguistic film, based on a metalinguistic HQ. Everything happens so fast, and a slower blink is enough for the viewer to lose information.
The script (the director himself Edgar Whright and rookie Michael Bacall) is a great adaptation, the whole essence of comics is there, the rest was dried to fit into a movie of almost 2 hours. The story basically it is a "hero" facing "villains" in order to get the girl, a perfect game plot.
But what is striking is the fact that Wright created a film technically very sophisticated. As an example, the ellipses. Especially those after Scott see Ramona for the first time. First he is in the library, then in the band's rehearsal and ends in the street on their way to a party, all in just seconds. These type of passages of time are very recurrent in comics, but in the film are at a level above the more conventional ellipses. Another interesting technical device is used in a sequence where a breakup occurs, and all around is black, focusing attention to the characters. This black background is clearly based on the comic by Brian O'Malley, creator of the comic Scott Pilgrim. But cinematically is also an interesting alternative to conventional blur.
Michael Cera, star of the new crop of teen movies, which was also lambasted for being always playing the same character, shown here to be an excellent choice as Scott Pilgrim. Mary Elizabeth Winstead is Ramona Flowers, Pilgrim's new girlfriend and ex-girlfriend of the villains, three of them lived by well-known Brandon Routh, Chris Evans and Jason Schwartzman.
Besides the references to games and comics (energy bars, game score, pixelated character, soundtrack of classic games, onomatopoeia), there are also references to the fun of the 90s sitcom "Seinfeld," the movie "Superman Returns" - which happens when the character of Brandon Routh (actor who played Superman in "Superman Returns") has withdrawn its powers through a gun that shoots green rays (Superman loses his powers when exposed to Kryptonite, a stone that emanates light green) . And it is worth mentioning also a tribute to Bollywood in the first fight of the movie where the evil ex-boyfriend, played by newcomer Satya Bhabha, who is an Indian, fight and dance at the same time.
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is one of the most exciting films of the year and should be revered by every nerd that values himself.