”Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” reviews seem to agree: the hyper-stylized comic book and video game world is a hoot. It’s a world with which veteran video game players – particularly fans of fighters like “Street Fighter” – are well familiar. Those who do not relate to the augmented reality of “Scott Pilgrim” are typically the exact same critics who had difficulty tolerating the ultra-violent comic book film “Kick Ass”. However, fans of both have usually had even more favorable things to say about the Pilgrim.
’Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ reviews trumpet the wild mix
New artistic forms are born from the fusion of a dizzying array of popular influences in “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World”. Slacker musician Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera) is on the make for a lovely lady. He finds it in delivery girl Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), but there’s a problem – seven problems, to be specific. Scott must take down Ramon’s exes before he can “win” her love. It’s a simplistic plot ripped straight from a video game, and “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” pays constant tribute to such games, comics, television shows and other pop-culture artifice in a dizzying fusion. Plot is secondary to the visual style. Critics in favor say we should sit back and enjoy the ride as it washes over.
Review fusion for the Pilgrim in you
The New York Daily News loves the stylistic blur of the simple Pilgrim’s tale. It is a surreal mix that Film.com rightly tabs and on-the-mark for its intended audience of 20-somethings. Michael Cera channels his trademark nerdiness to fine degree within the film, says the L.A. Times, and its entirely appropriate to the film’s series of influences.
Not the destination, but the journey
Scott Pilgrim rocks on, and “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” reviews typically seem to understand the film. ”It’s the playing that matters,” not who wins the skirmish of exes, says the Los Angeles Times reviewer. But on the other side of the fence are reviewers like Kyle Smith of the New York Post. He writes that “the movie just skitters this way and that (and) has a love affair with itself”. But perhaps that ride captures its target audience’s personality all too well. ”All games, no joystick” is the Post’s verdict, yet judging by box office receipts, people are lining up to play.
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Films.com
film.com/features/story/review-scott-pilgrim-takes-us/39953185
Los Angeles Times
latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-scott-pilgrim-20100813,0,4279497.story
New York Daily News
nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/2010/08/13/2010-08-13_scott_pilgrim_vs_the_world_review_music_and_videogame_visuals_take_this_tale_for.html
New York Post
nypost.com/p/entertainment/movies/all_games_no_joystick_LiPc4JHjB5HPqyv4vSD4AN
