Overrated reviews and 15 years too late

Rating: 2/10 (28 November 2010)

I went to the video club to get a movie I hoped would not disappoint. I usually check reviews on IMDb on my iPhone if I do not know to much about a movie. So I did about Scott Pilgrim. When I saw an average of 8 stars I immediately grabbed the Bluray thinking it would be great. Unfortunately, as I sat through the show I kept wondering how Pilgrim got such high marks; it's an OK flick but nothing to get excited. I suspect the producers paid people to write positive reviews on IMDb and other boards to improve DVD sales.
This film would have been innovative if done 10 or 15 years ago, but today it's bit too late. For the Scott Pilgrim comics books aficionados maybe this is a great movie but for the rest of us it does not impress much.
The story is a bit flat; it's about a guy who must kill the exes of the girl he is dating. The killing happens in a video game fantasy world that is set in reality. That's it! Video game arcade world is so passé! The movie takes a bit from several films of the genre like The Matrix, Hero, etc, it' a melting pot of ideas that other movies rendered with much better results and inspiration. There is nothing profound to be discovered here and apart from the few funny moments, it's insufficient reason to justify renting that movie.
'Kick-Ass', similar in style and genre, is a much better and funnier movie than Pilgrim, a pale imitation of the genre.
For this one, one can wait for it to play on TV.