So I was at the Scott Pilgrim vs. The World panel at Comic-Con and Edgar Wright was moderating his own film with twelve members of the cast along with the creator of story, Bryan Lee O’Malley. The panel was hilarious and they gave out these little buttons to the crowd. At the end of the panel, Edgar Wright asked if we would like it if he screened the movie to fans tonight (after he asked us if we liked chocolate). Obviously, the crowd went crazy, but only people who got white buttons could see the screening tonight. I had a white button 
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The movie was AMAZING. It’s a fresh and different feel of film for a unique and wacky story. If you like any alternative culture like comics, video games, or rock music…you’ll love this movie. It combines all three together to make a movie that you’ve been wanting to make with your childhood friends forever. The movie where you would say, “wouldn’t it be cool if when you punched something it would show the sounds in words like in a comic,” or “when people got into a fight it would like it was a Tekken match,” or even “when i played my bass, you could see the music waves.” Well this movie has all of that fun stuff and more!
Scott Pilgrim dealing with one of Ramona Flowers's exs
The story follows a 22 year-old guy living in Toronto with his gay roommate. This guy has a dream about a girl and then suddenly sees his dream girl in real life. There’s one problem however…well seven problems. In order to date her, he must fight her seven evil exs. What!? Yup, that’s the storyline…and it’s AWESOME. The movie moves so fast cutting from scene to scene that you kind of feel whiplashed and that you should be confused…but it does this so well and so funny that you’re going along with it and getting all the back-story you need to understand what’s going on in the movie in record speed. When other movies would bore you with the particulars and mundane scenes like calling a girl on the phone, Scott Pilgrim mixes in outrageous humor and non-stop scene shifting to move you through the story. It’s shot as if it were a video game itself, so as Scott progresses through the exs, we’re all progressing through the levels of the movie with him…it’s brilliant!
The Seven Evil Exs
I mentioned the comic book pizazz, video game fights, and banging music right? The way this movie is shot makes you feel like you’re in the graphic novel without being a cheesy gimmick like we’re used to seeing. It actually creates its own medium which just hasn’t been done like this before. The fight and action scenes are spot on with great visual effects and jaw-breaking stunts. You won’t believe your eyes when you see Michael Cera do some of the things he does. Each of the 7 exs have their own fighting styles as well so you’re not bored with the same repeated fighting style. It moves from mythical bollywood, to skateboarding, to music battles, weapons (like a big ass hammer and glowing swords), and straight hand to hand combat…a little bit of everything to please your violent side.
Michael Cera kicking ass and taking names with a special sword
The style of writing and lingo used in the script is spot on. Anyone from middle school age to late thirties is going to be cracking up and repeating the lines for months to come. You’ll hear things like “hasbian”, “earholes”, and phrases like “you kicked my heart’s ass”, and “I lesbian you”, and stuff. The writing is just half the credit. All the actors were great in each of their roles. They not only delivered their lines but delivered on their personas. The movie is very quirky and needed quirky actors to do it justice and do it right.
Scott Pilgrim with some of his friends
My favorite element of the film is the sound effects. They really set each scene with the music and/or sound effects that were used. You’ll hear sound effects from video games like Tekken, Sonic, and Final Fantasy as well as a segment with the Seinfeld theme and backtrack (you know when you hear the audience laughing and clapping). There are a few running gags thrown in to make you laugh even more as well as some great cameos! This movie really does have it all and I hope you go see it because more movies like this should be made and only you purchasing a ticket will get that done!
(We’ll have more advance screenings posted closer to the film’s release date which is August 13th…you can find the Scott Pilgrim vs. the World advance screening list here!)
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Tags: Alison Pill, Anna Kendrick, Brandon Routh, Bryan Lee O'Malley, Chris Evans, Edgar Wright, Ellen Wong, Jason Schwartzman, Kieran Culkin, Mark Webber, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Michael Cera, Satya Bhabha, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Matthew Fong created advancescreenings.com and is the lead contributor. He watches every type of movie and will try almost anything twice. You can follow him on twitter here: @matthewfong
