{"id":30528,"date":"2022-11-29T10:31:27","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T16:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/?p=30528"},"modified":"2022-11-25T16:37:33","modified_gmt":"2022-11-25T22:37:33","slug":"on-scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/29\/on-scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"On Scott Pilgrim vs The World<\/em> (2010)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BookQuick, what is the first comic book movie starring Chris Evans and Brie Larson? If you pick one of the Marvel movies, you’re mistaken–they both appear in this film based on a comic book series. I’d hoped that that would have come up on a trivia night the night after we watched this film, but it did not–2004 films fall into the dead zone of trivia these days. I might have a post for a later time about trivia nights in the 2020s, but that’s for another time.<\/p>\n

In this film, Scott Pilgrim, a nebbish in Toronto, lives in a garage apartment with a gay roommate who is actually paying for everything. Scott is the bassist in a band called Sex Bob-omb. He’s 22, but he’s dating a girl in high school. And then he sees Ramona, the, well, not manic pixie girlfriend archetype but something simliar–the girl with the colored hair with a mysterious past and a jaded attitude. I mean, this was an archetype even when I was going to college a decade before the comic book appeared. To date her, he must defeat her seven evil exes he discovers. They include a Vegan bassist in the band fronted by Scott’s successful pop star ex, a professional-skateboarder-turned-actor, twin Japanese DJs, and a half-Ninja woman amongst others.<\/p>\n

The film has a great look-and-feel that combines elements of film, video games, and comic books to great effect. The first time I watched it, it took me a couple of sittings to get through the movie, but I bought the soundtrack and have listened to it since. This time, I watched it with my oldest son, and we both enjoyed it.<\/p>\n

And what’s not to enjoy with a cast like this?
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Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Ramona
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Ellen Wong as Knives Chau
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Mae Whitman as Roxy
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Brie Larson as Envy Adams
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Anna Kendrick as Stacey Pilgrim
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Allison Pill as Kim
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Aubrey Plaza as Julie
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As a former nebbish myself, that is a nebbish wish fulfillment set of girls Scott Pilgrim has dated.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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