Scott Pilgrim [Spoilerish?Not terribly]

If you haven't read the graphic novels yet. Do so. But I'm here to talk movie. And oh, what a movie.

The styling was unique and superb. You have not seen a movie like this. In comparison to the comics, most of the characters were perfect. I particularly loved Kim and Young Neil. Wallace (probably my favorite character in the comics) was excellent, I just can't have a hetero-man-crush on someone from the Culkin family. Mary Elizabeth Winstead is definite nerd crush material. Tasty, awesome-hair nerd crush. I think the only person I didn't care for was Stephen.

Quite a few liberties had to be taken with the plot, and I accepted that. Time constraints and all. They really started twisting things to fit once they hit Envy and Todd. Scott's relations with Kim and Envy were explained as far as "they dated". At no point did Scott get his job or did the band do an album (and therefore no Joseph :< and therefore no awesome reveal right at the end ;_; ). And the awesome fight between Knives and Ramona in the library wasn't there, and I was all "God damn. Why would they skip a perfectly good action scene?" and then they sort of turned the fight with Gideon into a battle royale where Knives and Ramona did fight during Scott's first life. It was a little odd. Gideon had the coolest pineappleing sword though.

And on the subject of action, the fights were beautiful. I also saw the Expendables today (Good if you want to see Sly's self-indulgent half-tarded 80s action baby. Which I sort of did. Oh, and Terry Crews blowing up things that would not normally blow up with an automatic shotgun. pineapple yeah.) and Scott Pilgrim's fights were vastly superior. Good, long shots with great choreography and panache. No stilted, jumpy fistfights like the Expendables.

Sometimes the world-as-video-game aesthetic started feeling a little cheesy, but then they'd slip in stuff like snippets of Zelda and Mario audio and I realized the guys who made this movie really do know and love us. And there was one great, meta, sort of self-referential line in the Scott Pilgrim style from Comeau toward the end. "Sure, I saw it. But the comics were way better than the movie." My one friend I got to read all the comics yesterday and I laughed hard. It only elicited chuckles from the rest of the small audience. I hope more people read the source material.

Tl;dr. I highly recommend Scott Pilgrim. Even more than the movie, I recommend the comics. But the movie was excellent. You really haven't seen anything quite like it. At least I haven't. Right down to scene transitions and giving a sense of passing time, Scott Pilgrim does it different and with style.

I've read the comics, was at the start of the 4th volume when I saw the movie. I played the game the moment it was released and saw the movie at it's premiere. All three things have been awesome. Of course, the comic is above the other two, but they're close behind it.

I've never seen such a visually appealing movie, to me, as a gamer. It was fantastic, I was amazed at everything they added, all the references (thought they left out the Katamari one on the twins' last name) and the way the adapted the comic to the movie.

I really believe they could've pulled off a trilogy, two volumes per movie. It would've been more awesome, but it still is awesome. Something to really go see.

 Friends - 3 (not in picture) and I after the premiere.

I need to get an Xbox already. ._. I want to play the game. Largely for kicking ass while listening to Anamanaguchi.

I need to get an Xbox already. ._. I want to play the game. Largely for kicking ass while listening to Anamanaguchi.

Just beat it. Max level/stats scott is so insanely strong. Seriously there are few games where EVERY song is this friggin good. Crazy part is there is still plenty to do in the game, it's the best 10 bucks you will spend in a long time. guaranteed.

NO JOSEPH? GODDAMMIT NO THIS MOVIE AUTOMATICALLY SUCKS.

HE'S HOTTER THAN THE FLAMES OF HELL YOU B'ITCHES ARE GOING TO.

For all that they cut out/compressed, the movie was still damn good.
It really felt like a comic book and a retro video game wrapped around a movie, I wish more movies had this much style.

Saw it tonight and probably going to see it again with my mom tomorrow... It was awesome. It was very different than I thought it'd be, but I think it's much better for that. There were some problems, and I can see that a lot of complaints I've seen people have are legitimate, but on the other hand, there's a lot that's easier to understand if you've read the comic.

Okay, just to clear things up;

They wrote the movie before the book was written.

Thus the reason why many "big" plot details were left out in the movie "The Glow," the 7 ex girlfriends, and all that jazz.
I can understand why they left out the battle between Envy and Ramona, Ramona and Knives, and when Chau's dad attacked, as they were all semi-minor.

Overall, the movie was amazing and I loved it.

The only thing I didn't love....
I WANTED TO SEE MORE OF LYNETTE GUYCOTT. WHERE WAS SHE. AND SHE HAD NO BIONIC ARM. HER ARM WAS JUST BANDAGED! BLASPHEMY!

Okay, just to clear things up;

They wrote the movie before the book was written.

I did not know this. Makes things even better.

Hell, I liked Lucas Lee in the movie more than the books.

Even if they didn't write the movie before the book I still wouldn't have much of a problem with how they left stuff out. While how they rushed things was a little annoying at times it was no big deal, the only times it would be a problem would be if someone who hasn't read the books saw those parts since they come off a little esoteric. Though I doubt many people who hadn't read the books before saw this movie.

Okay, just to clear things up;

They wrote the movie before the book was written.

Thus the reason why many "big" plot details were left out in the movie "The Glow," the 7 ex girlfriends, and all that jazz.
I can understand why they left out the battle between Envy and Ramona, Ramona and Knives, and when Chau's dad attacked, as they were all semi-minor.

Overall, the movie was amazing and I loved it.

The only thing I didn't love....
I WANTED TO SEE MORE OF LYNETTE GUYCOTT. WHERE WAS SHE. AND SHE HAD NO BIONIC ARM. HER ARM WAS JUST BANDAGED! BLASPHEMY!

Basically, what Yoshi said. They only had Bryan Lee O'Malley's notes and whatever input he gave, since this was filmed about a year ago and the 6th book just came out, so... yeah.