So this weekend I went to see possibly one of the best movies ever!!! I might even go so far as to say that this is the best book-to-movie adaptation I have ever seen. But before I start fawning over it I will give you a quick background. Scott Pilgrim vs the World is based on the Scott Pilgrim books by Bryan O'Malley which I have blogged about before. Like all the classics this is the story of boy-meets-girl. 23-year-old Scott Pilgrim lives in Toronto, Canada. I am not sure that "lives" is the right word...he resides in Toronto but he is not really living. He has no job, no ambition and the only things that seem to occupy his time is his new 17-year-old girlfriend, Knives and his band, Sex Bob-omb!
That is until he meets Ramona Flowers, our technicolor heroine. Ramona is everything Scott is not, she is popular, gorgeous, appears to be intelligent and gainfully employed by Amazon.ca as a delivery girl. However, Scott and Ramona's relationship gets off to a rocky start, not helped by the fact that she is rather apathetic about Scott, when she reveals that he will have to defeat her seven evil exes to date her. Hilarity ensues.
Like I said, the books are deliciously wonderful, but the movie exceeded every expectation I could ever have!! It was beyond awesome. Complete with textual sound effects (like being in an old Batman episode) and tons of opportunities to geek out, especially if you have ever played a video game, this movie has it all: romance, action, comedy, conflict and awesome music. I can't recommend reading the books and seeing the movie, but if you can't wait you won't be disappointed. In fact, what are you doing still reading this? Go out and see it RIGHT NOW!