Why I loved it and others might hate it

Rating: 10/10 (24 July 2011)

Mostly it's style is different because of the comic series it was based on. I usually get irritated with most new movies, and I really didn't think I'd like this movie at all. I caught a piece of it, and loved it. As I watch more, it seems to be growing on me.
I think this movie is for anyone tired of repetitive movie love-stories, or any of the movies that basically tell this same story but in a very different way.
Best way to broadly describe this movie is that it is your traditional boy meets girl but instead of showing a couple arguing about each other's baggage the movie shows these emotional conflicts and thoughts in a visceral way. The fighting is symbolic of the emotional struggles to conquer the confidence people use to feel strong about themselves to knock you down and dispose of you. It is about battling your own ego, and everyone else's. Instead of battling Ramona's baggage in her mind, Scott is literally fighting her baggage to stay alive as the nice guy he wants to be for himself, and for her. His own ego, and the expectations of the man he wants to be for her, and for himself is his biggest conflict. Very original style on the traditional love-story.
Some people are not going to get this movie because it really demands that a person step out of the traditional narrative formulas we've all become so accustomed to, and to use your imagination. The pacing is very fast, and you really have to pay attention to even some of the smallest of subtleties. Some parts of the movie parodies itself as a hero story. Most people bored with traditional story narrative formulas will most likely love this film. Others that don't think much about story structuring might hate it. The film demands that you use your imagination to understand the context of what it is really trying to say about people's egos, and what people use to feel socially confident about themselves.