scott pilgrim vs' teen comedy

Rating: 4/10 (3 November 2010)

Although i had only heard good things about this film I was half expecting it to come across as a typical teen 90s teen comedy and was expecting something quite childish. I tried to push these thoughts aside as I am a huge Edgar Write fan, and also a massive geek.
As a film I think It was very well done, if not just a few minutes too long. Although a younger cast and a story line that relates to younger people there is a very 80's feel to it with the big reference to the old snes games in the fight scenes and the the special effects as well as sticking very close to the old school comic books and typical manga style of the hand drawings to accentuate certain parts of the film and characters, even going to the point of have writing about whats happening or what people are thinking/saying appear on the screen. It is well written, subtle but funny, although only if you are into that kind of humour. A lot of the humour revolved around old computer games and consoles. Plus, the film was very visually pleasing, something that I have always found edgar wright to be very good at. It did touch into crappy teen comedy but was made as if this was being aimed at a more adult audience.
On to my second point: Despite all of this, I found the film a bit all over the shop. Although there was clear plot it just didn't feel concise as if they had just done a half assed job with the screen writing.
I love edgar Write and I'm sure he will produce some brilliant stuff again in the future but overall, I found scott Pilgrim underwhelming and disappointing.