"A epic of epic epicness"

Rating: 9/10 (2 May 2012)

Scott Pilgrim must defeat his new girlfriend's seven evil exes in order to win her heart.
Read that description. Now read it again. Sounds crazy right? Sure, I can agree on that but is it contrived? No, not at all. Instead of going the path it could've gone in, it separates from what it could've been. This is the reason why I liked the film so much. It was never borderline cliché, never cheesy, never too much. They blended all the right stuff in will knowing what to put in and what to put out.. So instead of creating on big, long paragraph on why I liked the movie so much, I'm going to just tell you why Scott Pilgrim does it, and why it separates from most movies today...
The editing. Okay, that sounds a little silly. Most people never pay attention to stuff like this. They just sit down and enjoy whatever they watch. But with this film, it's quite obvious what they did. When someones phone rings, the words 'rinnng' show up on the screen, describing what happens. Even in an hilarious scene, when Scott goes to the bathroom, there appears a pee bar, that plays out like a video game. That reminds me, this whole movie is like a video game. Everything about it, it's not just a movie. It's like an experience. Which leads me to...
The references. If your a video-game buff (like me) this movie will be the ultimate treat. Each line contains a reference to video games or even our society. The whole movie is constructing as if it were a video game, and that's pretty awesome. The film, again, makes fun of our society and our fads. In one classic scene, they show a vegetarian losing his power, when the vegan police show him and strip him of it. The movie is just all cleverly done. Which leads me to...
The music. Yeah, the music. Some people didn't even like it, but you like alternative rock music, this is your movie. The best thing is that this band doesn't even theoretically exist, so the music they made was just made for the movie. And for that reason alone, I give major kudos for whoever did it. It was funny but also awesomely epic as well. And the people in the band, which I purposely said that so I can say this leads me to...
The cast. You know who completes this film? Michael Cera. He plays the same exact role in most of all his films, but that's okay, because he completes this one. His fast-speaking, his awkwardness, and his hilarity just make this 100x better than it could've been. Okay, not JUST him, the rest of the cast just teams up and marks this film as their own. Each character contains their own attributes, and they all combine like the perfect smoothie. Which totally irreverently leads me to...
The heart + soul. Yup, even through all that craziness, the movie still contains this. The movie is a romantic story but with all this epic stuff going on, your not going to realize it. By the end, your going to know how it contains it. I rate films low with no heart and soul, because I think that this completes a movie. It surely does. And with Scott Pilgrim, the heart + soul is right there in front of your eyes. Maybe YOU don't see it, but I see it. It has it. Which again, irreverently leads me to...
The epicness. Read the tagline, read it again. Watch the movie. Nod your head in agreement. The movie is just totally EPIC. The cleverness, the hilarity, the epicness all combine to make one hell of an inventive movie. It's neither cliché nor overdone, it's just epic. Right? But it's for a certain crowd. I see lots of people who disliked it just because they found it to be a mainstream, hipster movie. But if they looked deeper in it's cleverness, I'm sure of you they would find it something special. But most people cannot look deeper, so I recommend it for people who can. Scott Pilgrim is one of the most unique movies I have ever seen..
9/10.