Do I even have to say it? *Sigh* alright...
this post may or may not contain a ton of spoilers for one of the coolest movies on the planet, just warning you cuz I know I should. Proceed with caution.
Fact: Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World is like... the coolest movie on the planet. Well, one of the coolest movies.
Fact: The League Of Evil Ex's seemed strangely familiar...
Fact: If you haven't seen Scott Pilgrim, you need to. Or you shall die. A horrible, tragic, painful death caused by lack of raucous laughter which can only be remedied by exposure to Michael Cera's portrayal of Scott Pilgrim.
Fact: The Vegan Police. Complete and total awesomeness. Also: if I go back to being vegan can I have superpowers too?
I know I'm a little behind on my review of what is probably the most laugh-out-loud film I've seen since... forever... but I was a little busy.
So here goes:
I saw the film in Seattle, out at Southcenter in the OLD theater (not the new one at the mall, for anyone from 'round those parts who understands what I'm talking about). Just for reference, I was drinking a blue ICEE while watching, which had strong potential to have made the film even more amazing.
But that's just a theory.
Anyways, we sat down, and when the movie started, it started with a bang.
Or, you know, an old-school Mario throwback in the form of the opening sequence (the Universal logo all pixilated and junk).
It then went on to involve all sorts of amazing.
Scott Pilgrim (for those not familiar with the comic/movie/amazingness) is a 23 year old resident of Toronto, and the bass player for "Sex Bob-omb" (in a handful of scenes that flash me back to Nick And Norah's Infinite Play List) which is a band that has (in the movie at least) very catchy yet instantly confusing music. Read as: everyone would probably want to put it on the radio. Side note: Go out and buy the sound track even if you don't see the movie.
Scott Pilgrim has incessant dreams about a girl who he later finds out is Ramona Flowers. He finds this out - and meets her - right after he starts dating 17 year old high school student Knives Chau, she of the incessantly perky disposition and childish conversation topics.
Disregarding the fact that he's dating Knives, he starts dating Ramona, and finds out about the league of evil ex's.
These evil ex's are:
Matthew Patel, the first evil ex. He dated Ramona for a week. Has mystical powers. Oh noes!
Lucas Lee, the second evil ex. Skater turned actor who Scott's gay best friend/roommate has a crush on.
Todd Ingram, the third evil ex. Also the boyfriend of Scott's only evil ex, Natalie aka Envy, singer of Clash At The Demonhead (once again, fabulous band). He has special powers because he's vegan and is defeated when the vegan police show up and take his powers away because of three infractions on his vegan diet.
Roxanne "Roxy" Richter, the fourth evil ex. She's the reason why Ramona keeps correcting Scott that it isn't "evil ex boyfriends" but rather "evil ex's". She's kind of the one you have to "meet" to understand.
Kyle and Ken Katayanagi, the fifth and sixth evil ex's, twins that Ramona dated. Also famous Japanese pop stars. Just cause they can.
Gideon Gordon Graves, the seventh evil ex. He's the one who thought up the league of evil ex's, as well as Ramona's not-quite-current-then-current boyfriend, who controls her with a microchip. He's also the record producer that Scott's band is trying to impress through battle of the bands. He's also a lot of other things. Including a complete asshole.
As in most video games, Scott is able to gain extra lives, which he can use to re-do certain things. Like the fight with Gideon.
Take one: profess love to Ramona, gain the power of love, get ass kicked.
Take two: own up to faults, gain power of self-respect, kick ass, beat gideon, get told by Ramona to stay and date Knives, have Knives tell him to go and follow Ramona... happily ever after. Kinda. That's left pretty open-ended.
Anyways, I kinda mega adore this creation that is Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World.
So I thought I'd share.
Anyways... *thinks about my own personal league of evil ex's* art imitates life, doesn't it?
Well, whatever.
I've got to go. Work in the morning.
XO
Freak
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