1. The movie is basically written in pop-culture language. Grungy music, comic books, video games, ex-boyfriends, awkward teens, martial arts...I just can't seem to hate any of that.
2. Unpretentious. Though the script and dialogues are very shallow (as expected) but Scott Pilgrim does not try to preach nor teach you any lesson, which is great. I hate movies who has things blowing up on the screen but try to cram lessons down your throat at the same time. Scott says what needed to be said and does what needed to be done. No extraneous, exhaustive dialogues.
3. Visually daring. It's very colorful and there's always something cool to grab your attention that pops onto the screen every couple of seconds. A stylistic approach that is so bizarre but works surprisingly well. That's the reason why we love our video game and animes...right?
4. Quirky. From mystical powers that involves evil hipster chicks to vegan with psychic powers, the movie keeps us wondering what will Scott fight next and the thing he does in order to defeat the evil exes.
5. It's frenetically fun. This is the movie where all rational thoughts are dead. It's perhaps the closest any filmmaker has come yet to translating comic book material directly to the movie screen. No logic required...because it is just comic book, when does comic book ever need logic. That's why they invented them in the first place...for the fun of it.
Those are my top 5 reasons why I like Scott Pilgrim.
Have you seen it? Do you love it or hate it? Post a comment as I love to hear what you guys think.
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