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Saturday 10 August 2013

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)

To continue dating the girl of his dreams Scott must first defeat her seven evil exes. That’s pretty much all there is to it. There’s some character growth buried under the pop culture/video game mash up clusterfuck that would've been more poignant had I developed any emotional attachment to the surface deep characters, but that didn't happen.
I'm usually a fan of Edgar Wright’s humour, but it threatened to kill every brain cell I had left; after forty minutes it felt like I’d been watching for hours. I was desperate for it to end, but it just kept on going. He deserves credit for the visual flair, transitions, sound effects and for being faithful to the source medium by including speed lines and text, etc, but it's one pilgrim’s journey that I’ll never be taking again.

2½ levels out of 5

4 comments:

cuckoo said...

I feel the same way about the film. We are probably so very alone on this one.

I really don't like the characters in it.

Disappointing from Edgar Wright.

2 1/2 from me too.

cuckoo said...

I feel the same way about the film. We are probably so very alone on this one.

I really don't like the characters in it.

Disappointing from Edgar Wright.

2 1/2 from me too.

cuckoo said...

A post so sexy it posted twice.

Feck yeah, bitches.

Dr Faustus said...

I'm so sexy I read it twice.