Scott Pilgrim may be have, at best, a mediocre story, but, the way the film was made, mostly with its transitions, makes up for this. Scott Pilgrim is a movie about video games, not a video game movie, but a movie about video games. It follows a stereotypical early college guy, played by Michael Cera, who is an absolute nerd. While I find this relatable, the problem is that his character is really the only one who has actual progression throughout the story. One could argue Knives went through a somewhat similar transition, but, when you stop and think, she’s just the same high school girl throughout. Also, while the concept of evil exes is a lot of fun, I feel that it didn’t work having seven. The way it was all spaced out made it seem that the fighting took up 90% of the movie, which, personally, I don’t really care for. So much of this movie was fast paced, which made a fun film, but not a truly good one. That being said, Edgar Wright’s direction of the source material was genius. Adapting something like this to film is no easy feat. In typical Edgar Wright style, the way everything is edited is amazing, in Scott Pilgrim, the transitions are what stand out to me. Ever shot is accompanied by a creative way to move to another location, or even another set of characters. While I have enjoyed all of Edgar Wright’s movies thus far (I only have one left with Baby Driver), it seems like he relies on the fun way he edits to make a compelling story. So, while this is easily my favourite of Edgar Wright’s movies, I wouldn’t rank it as high as some of the previous times I have watched it. 8/10
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