Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (2010) is a comedy film starring Michael Cera and Mary Elizabeth Winstead and directed by Edgar Wright. The movie is based off the Scott Pilgrim graphic novels by creator Bryan Lee O'Malley. The story takes place in Toronto, Canada and it revolves around the life of Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera) and his friends and band-mates on their band, Sex Bob-Omb. In the beginning of the story we are introduced to the cast: Kim (Alison Pill), Stephen (Michael Webber), and “Young” Neil (Johnny Simmons) where Scott announces to the rest of his friends that he is dating a 17 year old High School girl named Knives Chau (Ellen Wong). One night while having a dream, Scott dreams of a girl who he madly becomes obsessed with after finding out that the girl wasn’t just in his dreams, but that she was real. That girl turns out to be Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) and once he meets Ramona, he begins to pursue a relationship with her and soon she decides to give him a chance. This is when Scott realizes that in order to continue to date Ramona he must defeat her seven evil exes’ which include Gideon who is known as G-Man Graves the person who has signed the Sex Bob-Ombs to a contract and has forced them to sell out. After defeating Gideon, Scott and Ramona continue to date and are very happy with each other.

Scott "dreaming" of Ramona for the first time.

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World is perhaps an excellent example (besides Star Wars) of The Hero’s Journey. At first Scott was living in the ordinary world until Ramona appeared in his dream which was the call to adventure, which Scott at first wanted to refuse. Wallace portraying the part of the mentor convinced to chase after what Scott really wanted which was Ramona. Scott got put through tests which were fighting her seven evil exes’ and defeating Gideon, the allies were his friends: Kim, “Young” Neil, Stephen, Wallace, and his sister Stacy. The enemies were of course the seven evil exes’, Julie who warned Scott to stay away from Ramona, and Envy Adams, who is the ex girlfriend who broke Scott’s heart in the past. Scott approached the inmost cave where he went through an ordeal when he fought Gideon and unfortunately died. Luckily for Scott he had earned an extra life after one of the previous fights and Scott returned and this time managed to defeat Gideon and get the girl. This film is amazing and it appeals to a broad audience. Kids could enjoy it due to the video game type feel it has to it, young teens could enjoy it due to the love story between Scott and Ramona, young adults through adults could enjoy it due to the fighting scenes. The director did an amazing job with this film. The camera shots were amazingly done, the soundtrack and score went perfectly with the movie. The editing was done extremely well.

Scott and Knives taking on Gideon

I am a huge fan of this film that I would recommend anyone see it. This film is amazingly done, the cast fit in perfectly with the characters that they portrayed. I give this film a 5/5.