A hilarious/awesome/intriguing movie

Rating: 9/10 (12 January 2012)

Though this film is clearly meant for viewers of the generation of video games and crazy, whacked out anime, I felt that of the dozens (if not hundreds) of comedy movies I have seen it has a sensibility of storytelling not found in the general comedy genre. This laudable usage of strong thematic connections, when added to the eye-popping visual effects and clever camera work (including some inventive cuts that fluidly transition the action of the film throughout its many locations), makes for an exciting and surprisingly fulfilling movie that manages to perfectly blend video game classics and clichés, music allusions, and almost non-stop comedy together in such a way that it still manages to tell a good story that is not as dumb and flighty as the vast majority of comedies. Overall, I have to give it the level of respect I would normally never grant to comedies.