Amazing

Rating: 9/10 (24 February 2014)

After seeing some bad reviews, I thought this movie needed more good reviews to offset it.
I am a 48 year old person, so not a kid. I grew up with video games though. I mean, from Pong to the latest Tomb Raider game, I have played countless games. This would give the movie a favorable bias to me vs. someone who is not into video games.
It's not a teen movie, IMO. Remember, the guy is like 22.
Is is a movie about relationships gone bad, emotional baggage, insecurity and other important topics. Is the plot good? I thought so. Just assume the movie is a bit allegorical, and it makes sense, at least to me.
The main character is probably not to everyone's taste. The love interest is a bit blah - not sure why they did not give her more personality. But some of the support characters are amazing. His roommate was amazing - loved his character. The female member of his band did such a great job and had such a good character, I can't imagine her being better.
The fights are of course stylized and influenced by video games. You just have to accept that the movie is a fantasy of sorts. Don't try to insert logic into it.
There's some very funny scenes. Not all the dialog is amazing, but a lot of it IS amazing and funny.
The characters in many cases responded to situations realistically when the situation was something we all may have experienced. In cases where the situation was completely different than reality, the characters usually acted like this was totally normal - I found that to be a great approach. Their world was normal, except for the occasional video game style battle - why not?
I could understand some people won't get the humor. The movie dares to be a bit different, and as such won't fit into some people's conceptions, and that will result in them hating the movie. I don't think you can blame the movie.
There's a few things that didn't make too much sense to me, but didn't hurt the overall movie.
I found it thoroughly refreshing and enjoyable. I dare say there were even some lessons to be learned from Scott's journey.