Great action/comedy with a love story thrown in. All for the Nintendo generation.

Rating: 10/10 (25 January 2011)

I, for one, was not impressed with the trailer for this movie. I had never heard of the graphic novel at the time. Basically, I never planned to go see it at the theater. I don't know if it was the lack of marketing or maybe bad timing.
I will never base another movie off of just the trailer alone. This is an amazing movie and I feel like I missed out on an amazing experience by not seeing it in a theater. Edgar Wright(Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz) does an amazing job while completely changing gears from his normal style of directing.
At the beginning, the story itself isn't that unique. Scott Pilgrim(Michael Cera) has a girlfriend and he's in a band. He's kind of a jerk. He finds a new girl that he likes better. It's when he goes out with this new girl, Ramona(Mary Elizabeth Winstead), that things start getting interesting.
I'll admit, it starts off fairly slow at the beginning. That changes all too quickly as the usual stumbling, bumbling Michael Cera(Superbad, Juno) turns into a martial arts expert that has to fight off Ramona's seven evil exes. The visuals are extreme, as well as the soundtrack which revolves around a lot of the band's songs. Anyone from the Nintendo generation will get a kick out of these, as there are multiple times when various scenes will include an homage to classics such as Mario.
These fights are all done in a unique manner and surprisingly well choreographed. Each of the evil exes are type-casted perfectly, in my opinion. From Chris Evans(Fantastic Four, Captain America) playing the over-the-top bad boy, to Brandon Routh(Superman Returns) and Jason Schwartzman playing their roles perfectly. Great supporting roles done by Anna Kendrick(Twilight) and Kieran Culkin(who is hilarious in this). Ellen Wong makes her major motion-picture debut and impresses.
If you are a member of the Nintendo generation(or just a fan of video games in general), or if you like music, or if you like comics, or are a fan of pop culture, or if you want to just have a really fun movie experience done superbly by the director, Edgar Wright, then you need to check out this movie.