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Rating: 9/10 (26 August 2010)

Scott Pilgrim vs the World An epic of epic epicness
Scott Pilgrim vs the World is a film adaptation of the graphic novel series Scott Pilgrim, The film stars Michael Cera and Mary Elizabeth Winstead. It's directed by Edgar Wright of Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz fame.
Scott Pilgrim vs the World follows Scott Pilgrim as you would have guessed It begins with Scott dating a 17 year old girl Knives, Scott is happy for the most part and is enjoying this cute little relationship. Scott then starts having these strange dreams of this girl. Scott starts seeing this girl called Ramona Flowers around town and then falls in love with her. But there's one little catch. Scott must defeat Ramona's seven evil exes.
That is the basic story of the film. Edgar Wright done well into all 6 books into a 114 minute time slot. We also get a different ending from the 6th novel. This film is a geeks dream come true, Edgar Wright has cleverly made the film into an actual moving comic book. This idea works really well for the whole film and makes you feel like your watching a comic book unfold onto the big screen. The film is packed to the brim with references to video games, movies and culture altogether. Hell there's even one scene composed of Legend of Zelda music. You can tell Edgar Wright really wanted to appeal to everyone. Comedy wise everybody in the theatre was laughing. The jokes are like Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead, they're built upon and thought about before they throw them out. There are a lot of Recurring gags, but the way these are executed make you enjoy them. The fight scenes against the exes play out like a video game boss fight and are done very well. These fights are over the top and just plain epic. A lot of the fights have been changed for the big screen, if these were just copied out of the graphic novel straight out then it probably wouldn't have worked well. Michael Cera delivers a excellent performance as Scott Pilgrim, this is a first that he's played a different character and if film makers gave him a chance to play as a different character then his usual nerdy type persona then people would stop hating on him. Mary Elizabeth Winstead does Ramona just as you would want her to be.
The problems of the films are the things it cuts out. For example the whole Eve and Scott flashbacks were cut out and you never really got the sense of them going out. The Katayanagi twins get no dialogue in this film and while the battle felt epic it just felt like filler before the final battle. Scott and Ramona's relationship never got much screen time near the end and that's what I didn't like.
The film is one the most faithful adaptations I've ever seen. It's ranked as probably one of the best if not the best adaptation you'll see.
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