Scott Pilgrim was another great film from 2010. It's just a shame hardly anyone went to watch it. Based on a comic book, Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera) is a aimless 22 year old who plays in a band called sex bob-omb (reference to the villian bob-omb in Mario games) Scott is dating a 17 year old school girl when he meets Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) and falls head over heels for her. But to win Ramona's heart he has to defeat her seven evil exes. This is Edgar Wrights first 'hollywood' based film after the success of Shaun Of The Dead and Hot Fuzz. It's also the first time he hasn't worked with his best mates Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. However, he has assembled a great up and coming cast which as well as Cera and Winstead also include Chris Evans, Brandon Routh and Anna Kendrick. I say up and coming because none of them could necessarily hold a film on their own (we shall wait and see how Chris Evans does in Captain America) But never the less it's still a great group of actors.
The great thing about this film is the style. With the help of Edgar's editors Johnathan Amos and Paul Machliss, cuts in the film are seamless and actually add the humour of the film. It's probably the closet film to Spaced in terms of the editing and style of the movie. It's possibly unlike an film out there right now and we'll possibly see a few copycats trying to mimic the style. People have talked about why video game based movies don't work and the simple answer is don't base them on actual video games. Edgar uses loads of little references from some classic games including Mario, Zelda and Final Fantasy. Even if you're not a gamer, you may not get every in game joke but you will still find this movie very funny.
The seven evil exes Scott has to fight include Matthew Patel (Satya Bhabha), Lucas Lee (Evans) and Todd (Brandon Routh). All the exes play good roles but Brandon Routh is the scene stealer as he nails the Vegan Psychic with super powers. But all the cast seem fully realised even though they may only have a few minutes screen time. Cera and Winstead are both good with Cera playing the dumb Scott (which is the complete opposite of the roles Cera normally plays) but still manages to convince the audience that he can win Ramona. This is a hilarious film which you could argue is Edgar Wright's best work to date. you don't have to be into video games to enjoy this movie because everyone can relate to growing up which this film shows perfectly.
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