A movie that created its own insane world and loved every second of it

Rating: 10/10 (27 November 2011)

Scott Pilgrim vs the World is one of those rare movies of today that actually tried something new and original in today's movie market of formula and repetition. It may not be a film everyone may enjoy but for those who can get by the ridiculous idea will have one of the most enjoyable movie experiences out there.
The plot behind this bizarre tale is based on the seven volume independent developed graphic novel series by Bryan Lee O Malley in which Scott Pilgrim runs into the girl of his dreams Ramona Flowers but Ramona is carrying more baggage then Scott is used to. Baggage in the form of seven evil exes; ( I say exes since Ramona had six ex boyfriends and one ex girlfriend this is the 21st century after all) So Scott must defeat all her exes in order to be with Ramona and this is where it gets weird.
For reasons unquestioned and unexplained by anyone Scotts world seems to inhabit the world of video game logic. All said characters seem to have some sort of super power or magical weapon, they go head to head in video game boss fight / fighting game style, with a system that keeps score gives one ups and where the loser bursts in a shower of coins.
All this may sound like it panders to a certain audience, and it does on top of the evil ex fights the movie is filled with references and sound effects thrown in from a generation of video games. But I still feel that this a movie that people outside the video game trend can watch. What I find to be Scott Pilgrims biggest strength is how self aware it is with its absurd premise; It continually knows through out that this is a silly prospect for a movie so it plays more for laughs then to be taken straight faced. Almost every line of dialogue is building up to a punch line or just being intentionally funny, even the fights are there for comedy rather then tension. But I don't mean to undersell the fight scenes they are still awesome to watch amongst all the hilarity going on.
My only real problem with this picture is while good taking a seven volume graphic novel and condensing it to just under two hours really doesn't do the work justice. Some of the characters don't get as much screen time a lot of the story has been cut down not to mention the change in the ending. However even with these flaws I still give the movie a perfect 10 cause the scenes and characters we do see are still well developed. Besides I don't think you can do much better for a seven volume comic book condensed into just two hours.