A 2010 comedy directed by Edgar Wright, director of the cult comedies Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. This is based on a comic book and stars Michael Cera. It's a weird mix of teen angst love story with action and other weirdness. Stars Michael Cera, Jason Schwartzman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Anna Kendrick, Brandon Routh, Chris Evans, Brie Larson, and Ellen Wong.
The story: Scott Pilgrim falls in love with a beautiful girl who falls for him too, but then he must fight off her ex-boyfriends who have pledged to take Pilgrim down. And by fight I mean literally fight, like over the top kung-fu action fighting.
Was it good?
Almost. I can see why a lot of people would like the movie. There's a lot of comedy and it is a love story, but twists and turns differently than most romantic comedies. In fact, the rom-com aspect is probably the best part. For instance, at the start of the movie Scott is dating a high school student, then he meets the main girl and falls for her, so now he has to break up with the high school girl who wants to get him back. It's a plotline you just don't see that often and it's a nice complication...as opposed to the idea of Scott fighting off the evil ex-es which is kind of amusing, but it's stuff we've seen before (plot-wise). Even MEET THE PARENTS had Stiller competing with the girl's exes who wanted her back, and it's hard to be cool or edgy when you are copying from M-T-P.
So for the first half, even though a lot of the humor didn't hit and a lot of the I'm-so-hip style was annoying instead of endearing, there was enough good stuff with the characters that I was onboard. However, by the second half they veer more toward action with long fight scenes and the relationships became cliche and I got bored.
If you want a guy's version of JUNO that tries even harder to be hip and has over the top action, then this movie might be for you. Otherwise...
*** AVOID ***
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