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. (2010-09-30)

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% (2013-02-10)

I loved the concept from the start. Combined with Wright's semi-crazy (but really delightful) directorial trademark, a likable and witty script, actors tailor-made (in my opinion) for the target audience, its overall detachment, and its abundance of pop culture references, Scott Pilgrim works perfectly. I really like films made with energy and inventiveness and, if they doesn't overstay their welcome and maintain some reasonable level of taste, they usually "gets away" with a full rating – because the entire running time in such a case passes incredibly quickly, entertains royally, and leaves me wanting to watch it again sooner or later. In short, it's a purely professional work and it's obvious that the creators have the area they set off on very well mastered and studied. That it doesn't feel forced for a moment as a result is just another plus and I really can't help but give it 5 stars. (2011-01-01)

With this film, it really depends on whether you are willing to accept the rules that apply in Scott Pilgrim's world, where funny words fly through the air or spectacular battles between rivals in love take place. Personally, I failed to submit to these wacky rules, which is why this film felt a little too over-the-top and absurd at times. That it is a very original mix of ideas and sequence of images, there is no doubt. But it just didn't entertain me as much as it should or could have. In short, a wild shower of colour, nice scenes and effects, but all wrapped up in a rather strange story that unfortunately didn't engage me. (2012-06-03)

If someone has watched, read, listened, and recorded plenty of things, and they can also film in such a way that it is perfectly entertaining, then we’ve got nothing to worry about. During the screening, I wanted to chant and cheer loudly, and after it was over, I wanted to go back to the box office and do it all over again. This sort of "style geyser" cannot be absorbed the first time around. This is the second film this year where inventive British filmmaking has made an incredible splash for Hollywood money. (2010-10-12)