If you know me, you might think it’s strange that I like a screen adaption of a graphic novel, since I have never read any of those things. When I saw Scott Pilgrim vs. The World I was amazed because I have never seen anything like it. The movie starts out showing the house in which the story begins by panning down from the sky to the side of the house in Canada. The clever narration and explanation of the fact that Scott Pilgrim is dating a high schooler, while simultaneously explaining the relationship between him and his band mates is done through close-ups and over the shoulder shots on each band mate and/or friend is cleverly labeled with: Name, Age and Rating. For example: SCOTT PILGRIM, 22 YEARS OLD, RATING: AWESOME.
The director, Edgar Wright uses short clips to hold the attention of the young viewer and keep the flow interesting. He uses this one effect in which he elongates a room by backing up from the band and the scene ends up looking very trippy.
Other effects included are: smoky words explaining sounds like the doorbell sound and arrows shooting out the musical instruments to accompany the sounds. Eventually he uses the effect of coins falling to the floor with every defeat of every evil ex-boy/girl friend. The director uses split screens for television conversations which falls in line with the rest of the retro feel of the film.
I love the fact that this movie feels like an old video game and a comic book. I would recommend this film to anyone who might want to watch an extremely creative and witty film.
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