Big Screen Blurb: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

Earlier this year, I reviewed a flick that was based on a video game that hit the theatre (Prince of Persia). With Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, it's quite literally a video game hitting the big screen. Actually, it's a what happens when comic book DNA drips into your XBox. It's fun. It's unique. It's comical. It's a comic/video game of Michael Cera doing his Shaggy impersonation without Scooby Doo mulling around; and yeah, it's pretty good.

This one is hard to plot-out because, quite frankly, it's all over the place. The humor is so sarcastically satirical, it's either going to have you rolling in the aisle or rolling your eyes. I did my share of both. The story is your every day tale: Boy has girl. Boy meets another girl. Boy dumps first girl. Boy dates second girl. Karma's a bitch so here come second girl's evil ex's to wreak havoc on Boy. So, here's our hero, kicking ass in video game fashion in between sets of his band, Sex Bob-ombs. There's not just one, but seven of these ex's to contend with and yadayadayada, and after about two or three too many ex's the plot unfolds.

I'll give it 3.0 Stars for it's unique presentation and off-the-chart-I-have-no-idea-what-to-call-this-kind-of-humor play. Direction and editing get cudos here for creating a theatre experience like, well, like watching Fred and Barney stave off Donkey Kong while smoking weed. Acting deserves congrats as well...I guess. Since it's such a unique production, grading the acting is like grading essays while sitting on the ocean floor. In both cases, however, you're left with the feeling of having been playing in the world's biggest and wettest sandbox. With that said, Cera was great. The entire case, and it was a well-together ensemble, was solid.

With that said, go see it and see it BIG. Enjoy the rest of your week and gear up for a great weekend!
True...out!