Well. How to describe Scott Pilgrim? At its core, it's your basic boy-meets-girl, boy-loses-girl, boy-fights-obstacle-for-girl kind of story. First, though, you have to get past some wicked cool, uber geek chic stylizing so lollypop bright and wait-what-just-happened quick and trippy, that if you can follow it at all, you leave the theater feeling just a little dazed, confused and stoned.
Now, I originally wasn't sure I wanted to see Scott P vs anybody, but circumstances led me there. (Note to self, gps the Gateway before getting lost downtown.) So it was I found myself enjoying this picture as a belated birthday gift from my partner in crime, Jon. I figured, at least I was out of the house, sans 7 year old for an evening. Let's just make the best of it. Settling down into plush reclining seats, vat of soda in one hand, I had nothing to lose but a couple of hours.
Scott Pilgrim starts with a very cool old school knock at 80's video games before the credits even roll and is nonstop, whip fast to the closing credits 1 hour and 53 minutes later. I was pleasantly surprised to find I had a great time at this pic. The music had me banging my head and remembering mosh pits of days past. The video game/graphic novel/japanime chibi cartoon stylizing might be off-putting or hard to follow for some, but I felt it was done in a smart and funny way that I enjoyed. It could easily have gone down hill to a low common denominator, or taken itself too seriously. This felt more like the filmmakers and the audience were all in on the joke, with a wink and a nudge. My favorite thing was that there were a good mix of pop references both to current media and 80's kitch that kept all ages in the audience involved.
So, overall what's my bottom line? Well, I have to split myself into for a moment. As a mom of the aforementioned 7 year old boy, there was a little too much liquor, sex, gay humor, and violence for me to allow him to see it for several years. No to this one for the kiddies.
However, as a person who grew up in the 80's, there was liquor, sex, smart gay humor(which I just know Jon will pan, but whatever), and violence! I had a good time and left laughing and rocking out. Go see or add to your netflix que now.
3 out of 4 Yellow Gold Bricks, since a movie should march you down the yellow brick road to somewhere over the rainbow.
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