BUY OF THE MONTH!

Could Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World be the best film ever made, a lot would say no, but I would definitely say hell yeah! It has everything you want in a film. Humor, good acting, great music, out there visuals, and ass pounding action that borderlines insanity. Sprinkled with some old school video game nostalgia on top, and comic book gung ho, to me that is the perfect movie. I can understand that this might not be everyone’s cup of tea, just as The Big Lebowski was when it had its first run; it was highly underrated and misunderstood. Now it has become a cult phenomenon and they even have Lebowski fest all over America. Scott Pilgrim will get the same accolades and understanding in time, thanks to Blu-Ray, NetFlix, and of course the vintage DVD. The film is based off of Bryan Lee O’Malley’s graphic novel series, the film gets most of the material from the original source right, but of course there are just certain things you have to leave out, for time reasons. In film you can only add so much and are allowed so little, so these minor flaws should be forgiven, because the movie is almost better in every way. This is the type of film you can watch by yourself and crack up at, it is also the type of film you can watch with your gal, and it is also the type of film you can watch with the guys, or just have play in the background at some random party. That type of film is what I consider a classic, at least among my ranking status. Edgar Wright has already directed two comedy classics, Shaun of the Dean, and Hot Fuzz. If you haven’t heard of those films or saw them you are what I would consider the lowest of the low, humorless, and to have a soul, you have to be able to laugh. This director is at the top of his form with this film, the humor is just right, and the editing makes the gags even funnier. A lot of people have been throwing a fit that Michael Cera was given the title role, but to me he was perfect. He wasn’t the same loser that he was in super-bad or all the other films he has been in, here he is a complete zero that has to rise from the ashes of being nothing, to get the woman he loves. Plus he actually kicks a lot of ass in this film, besides that he is also a really good actor. I can see him becoming the next Tom Hanks if he plays his cards right, or maybe even better, time will tell. Mary Elizabeth Winstead has been in this or that, but this is her break out role. She oozes with cool every time she is on the screen, her character is a real bitch of sorts, but also has some heart. This is a actress who will go places; she’s just to cool not to. Kieran Culkin shows up and steals almost every scene he is in, but the one actor I am most impressed with was Ellen Wong. This was supposedly her first film, and being that she did a great job at being the very young and naïve Knives. If ever a heart was melted so bad to the point of almost wanting to shed a tear, she hits it out of the park. The funniest and I think the best of the evil exes was Chris Evans as Lucas Lee. He just has that macho attitude that comes across with so much hilarity you cant help but laugh when he is finally handed the skateboard by Wallace Wells aka Kieran Culkin. The visuals are out of this world and if you have a Blu-Ray player I am sure they will pop your eye balls out. This films has the best visual effects this year outside of Inception. Yet the music is what really makes the movie flow like an adrenaline rush to the head. The music was produced by Nigel Godrich, you know the guy that produced all those great Radiohead albums. Yet the music is performed by Beck and cast. I can not recommend this film highly enough, it is well worth the cash. Even if all you have is a DVD player, the extras and quality are just as good as the Blu-Ray, but we must be real, nothing beats Blu-Ray.

THE JUDGEMENT CALL: This is my buy of the month, you can do no wrong with picking this up. If you buy it and feel a little deceived on my position of the film, I have this to say to you. “This is impossible, how can this be?/Open your eyes, maybe you'll see!” That quote was taken from the movie above.