Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

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. (01/01/2011)

An incredibly original visual action ride, packed from beginning to end with directorial tweaks, graphics, and situational and verbal humour; every sentence is a joke. Scott Pilgrim is thoroughbred fun that demands a lot of attention from the viewer if they want to get all the jokes. If you ignore the superficial shiny tinsel, what’s left is a straight line that recycles old clichés with unprecedented vigour, relies on the repetition of one motive and takes place in an internally inconsistent and utterly insane world, but nobody cares. That would be very bad, but the protagonist is an ordinary geek who’s probably never come up with anything original (pick-up line), he only cares about one thing (video games) and his world and life cannot be considered deep or complex. The only question left is whether this film can be considered as a portrayal of the world through the eyes of Scott Pilgrim, or whether I’m just looking for things that aren’t there. Either way, it was a lot of fun. 9/10 (10/22/2010)

So many corpses and not a drop of blood... I hate Michael Cera, his dumb mug and moronic one-liners bother me, so I had a major problem with Scott Pilgrim. On the other hand, there's Edgar Wright, a playful visual magician who turned this unbelievable nonsense into a special effects orgy full of memories of youthful gaming days. And the action scenes are top notch. (06/30/2011)

Unfortunately, it just made me more and more bored... I once tried to read “Scott Pilgrim," but the book seemed pretty useless to me and intended for people about a hundred years younger than me, and I must say that the adaptation is very much faithful in this regard. There are plenty of ideas here, though, because Edgar Wright is a toyer, but the plot didn't interest me at all from about halfway and I felt like the avalanches of all sorts of cool things primarily numbed and suffocated me. (01/20/2019)

A film that I didn't expect anything from and watched it more by chance. I had a great time watching it and I was surprised by what can be created. And then I also came across a comic book that surprised me even more. The film is not a faithful adaptation, but it captures enough of the fundamental elements that make the comic book so unique. A film that I truly enjoyed from beginning to end and I look forward to watching it again someday. (02/27/2014)