Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Scott Pilgrim offers up a deluge of ideas, likable eccentricity and “fight” scenes that are easier to follow than those in most typical action movies. If today’s teenagers loved this more than superficial flicks in the vein of Twilight, the world would be a better place. (30/09/2010)

A film that I didn't expect anything from and watched almost by chance. I had an incredible time with it and was surprised by everything that unfolded. And then I also got to the comic, which surprised me even more. The film isn't a faithful adaptation, but it adequately incorporates the essential elements that make the comic so unique. A film that I truly enjoyed from start to finish, and I look forward to watching it again sometime. (27/02/2014)

A story built completely on its head, cool fight scenes, even better editing and Edgar Wright, aka "the guy who made Shawn of the Dead and Hot Fuzz"? Why the hell not? I had a lot of fun and I guess the fact that I've never read the comics and don’t get very excited for computer games, which are paid homage to in a big way, had a lot to do with my experience. Scott Pilgrim is truly a visual treat with an extremely original story coupled with some excellent ideas (the deveganization) that managed to get me properly excited as a viewer, but at the same time with a lot of places and twists that somehow I just couldn't adjust to and their wackiness and pointlessness bothered me. Yet the film does not contradict itself at all, on the contrary, it is clear from the first scenes what direction it will take, but you know, I must have taken a wrong turn somewhere along the way and didn’t find Wright again until the end. I was expecting a lot more, with Pegg and Frost things work clearly better for Wright. 60% (10/02/2013)

An incredibly original visual action ride, packed from beginning to end with directorial tweaks, graphics, and situational and verbal humour; every sentence is a joke. Scott Pilgrim is thoroughbred fun that demands a lot of attention from the viewer if they want to get all the jokes. If you ignore the superficial shiny tinsel, what’s left is a straight line that recycles old clichés with unprecedented vigour, relies on the repetition of one motive and takes place in an internally inconsistent and utterly insane world, but nobody cares. That would be very bad, but the protagonist is an ordinary geek who’s probably never come up with anything original (pick-up line), he only cares about one thing (video games) and his world and life cannot be considered deep or complex. The only question left is whether this film can be considered as a portrayal of the world through the eyes of Scott Pilgrim, or whether I’m just looking for things that aren’t there. Either way, it was a lot of fun. 9/10 (22/10/2010)

There are films that mature over time and there are those that never change. When this movie was being made, I couldn't wait for a film based on comic book themes complete with punk, rock, a bunch of appealing actors, and settling scores with your lover's exes in a video game style. I persuaded my friends to go to the cinema and it turned into a nightmare for every viewer from my country. While my friends who had been somewhat put off by the trailers were entertained, and even thanked me for the tip, I could only scratch my head, and I barely managed to justify an average rating based on the irresistible Kieran Culkin and the huge number of visual ideas. I couldn't understand what such a collection of beautiful girls led by Envy and Ramona could or can see in the wimp devoid of charisma as portrayed by Michael Cera. I was also disappointed by how repetitive the fights were and the ethically problematic ending; I just couldn't stop grumbling. Every time someone mentioned Scott Pilgrim in the years that followed, often in enthusiastic recollection of an unbridled spectacle full of fun, I wondered why I wasn't meant to join the fray. That's why I gave it another try thirteen years later – and it turned out exactly the same. I can't stand the main character, I don't understand the role of Knives in the plot, and those stars just getting their start, who would go on to become much more famous in the future, I understand maybe even less. I'll take the rewatching as an unexpectedly necessary preparation for the animated series, which tells the same story but fortunately in a completely different way, but fortunately I won't be coming back to this live-action version anytime in the future. (06/12/2023)