Well, the tale of epic epicness is finally upon us. I am of course talking of “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.” When I first saw the trailer to this movie many months ago, I immediately became very very excited to see this film. I have enjoyed the director Edgar Wright’s past two films (“Shaun of the Dead” & “Hot Fuzz”) immensely and I’ve been a fan of Michael Cera since he was on “Arrested Development,” so I definitely thought that film could hold up to it’s tagline “An epic of epic epicness.”
Well, a few weeks ago, I traveled to San Diego Comic-Con, and while there I was surrounded by promotion for Scott Pilgrim. The Scott Pilgrim Experience they held at Comic Con was amazing, being able to preview the soundtrack, get a free t-shirt made, meet Bryan Lee O’Malley, make a pretty cool flipbook with Cory & Dane, and test out the demo of the video game. Later that same day, Dane and I decided to go and get in line for an advance screening they were holding for the film. The waiting was a bad experience (sunburn and bad line management), but once we got inside the theater, all was forgotten.
Continue to read my review after the jump!
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