An epic of epic epicness - Scott Pilgrim absolutely delivers on its tagline!

Rating: 10/10 (1 September 2013)

I hadn't seen the Scott Pilgrim comics before and completely missed the marketing and launch of this movie and therefore had no idea what to expect before seeing this film. All I can say is that I was blown away when I finally got around to watching this masterpiece. I absolutely adore this movie, Edgar Wright is a definitely a director whose films I seem to love wholeheartedly.
It's a heavily stylized film so it's definitely not going to be to everyone's taste but here the style definitely helps with the substance. If you're older or don't have any history with video games, you'll more likely hate this film. It has a very distinctive style and you're either going to love it or hate it, it definitely hasn't been toned down for mass audiences. I thought it was fantastic, funny, charming and full of energy. It has a freshly inventive and boldly unique approach to film, there definitely isn't anything like this out there. From the very first shot of the SNES Universal logo and midi music playing, you know you're going to see something special. The editing and the effects were superb and appeared very seamless. The movie is endlessly creative and delightful with an impeccable focus on detail, I was grinning like an idiot the whole way. The fight scenes are brilliantly over-the-top and hilarious. The movie's pace was relentless, Edgar Wright sure knows how to use transitions properly and keep the movie going. For pretty much any other movie he pacing would likely feel way too ADD but here it fits perfectly.
The visuals aren't of course everything and this movie combines it with a really clever script. The jokes are very funny, there's a lot of them and they come at you fast. The dialogue is hilarious and witty. Michael Cera and Mary Elizabeth Winstead were very good in this and they had some good chemistry together. Cera's character was very awkward but you could really tell he means well. The love story is also very nice and sweet in a way and you could really see growth in Michael Cera's character by the end of the movie. Ellen Wong was also adorable as Knives Chang, a girl who is obsessed with Scott Pilgrim. The supporting cast is also uniformly excellent, the evil exes were especially memorable.
This movie gets a definite recommendation from me and gets a full 10/10.