Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)

Based on the graphic novel series by Bryan Lee O’Malley, This movie is a love story/romantic action-comedy with a pop art feel to it that I thought was very entertaining to watch while I was in the theater. It’s called SCOTT PILGRIM vs. THE WORLD. Directed by Edgar Wright (Shawn of the Dead, Hot Fuzz), the film tells the story of Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera – Juno, Superbad), a 23 year old slacker from Toronto and bass guitarist for his friends’ rock band “Sex Bob-omb”, meets the girl of his dreams in the mysterious American Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead – Live Free or Die Hard, Death Proof). As he gets closer to Ramona, Scott learns that he must defeat her seven evil exes who are coming to kill him: first evil ex Matthew Patel (Satya Bhabha), skateboarder-turned-action movie star Lucas Lee (Chris Evans – Fantastic Four, Captain America: The First Avenger), base guitarist/psychic vegan Todd Ingram (Brandon Routh – Superman Returns), self-conscious half-ninja Roxie Richter (Mae Whitman – TV’s Parenthood), Japanese Pop stars Kyle and Ken Katayanagi (Shota and Keita Saito), and the evil mastermind Gideon Gordon Graves (Jason Schwartzman - Rushmore); in order to win her heart before they defeat him. The film also stars Kieran Culkin (Home Alone 1 & 2) as Scott’s gay roommate Wallace Wells, Alison Pill (Milk) as the miserable Sex Bob-omb drummer Kim Pine, Brie Larson (TV’s United States of Tara) as Rock star and Scott’s ex Natalie V.“Envy” Adams, Johnny Simmons (Jennifer’s Body) as the self-proclaimed “Young Neil” Nordegraf, and Anna Kendrick (Up in the Air, the Twilight saga) as Scott’s sister Stacey. I really enjoyed the humor and the action sequences that this film had to offer, including how the film was like a video game, and who would’ve thought that it featured the actors who played The Human Torch aka Captain America and Superman make special appearances as some of the evil exes. I think the best fight scenes would have to be with Cera fighting Evans and Schwartzman. It’s a shame it got #5 at its opening weekend on August 13th, 2010, with mixed negative reviews from movie critics and a total domesticated gross of $31,524,275, but I don’t care. With incredible visual effects and great comedic humor, I consider SCOTT PILGRIM vs. the WORLD a definite must-see for all movie lovers to enjoy and it’s one of the best movies I’ve seen in 2010.