Scott Pilgrim vs The World

There's so much going on in Scott Pilgrim vs The World it's hard to know where to start - like my friend Simon noted you almost need to have A.D.D. to watch it.
Or maybe be drunk.

That may be going a bit far since neither of us were affected by either issue while watching the film. That said, you've got to keep up with what's going on because it's so busy.

Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera) is a 22-year-old bass player living in Toronto and dating (though they've never kissed or held hands) a high school girl Knives Chow (Ellen Wong).

Constant updates on the screen tell us all about Scott's friends and disposition. He lives with (and strangely shares a bed with) his gay best friend Wallace (Kieren Culkin), who seems to have a habit of turning Scott's sister's boyfriends.

Anyway, Scott meets the striking Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) and after an awkward conversation about the origins of Pac Man and an internet order they hang out.

Once it is established they are now dating, much to the dismay of Knives, Scott must fight Ramona's seven evil exes to win her heart, or something like that.

The exes are an eclectic bunch and include an actor (Chris Evans), a chick, a vegan with superpowers (Brandon Routh), twins and a grown up geek (Jason Schwartzman).

The only place where this movie falls down is they drag out the battles between Scott and the exes for far too long. We get the point early, it took away from a few far more interesting subplots having to get through the increasingly strange fights. It's a good thing, though, that Scott is an expert at video games since the fights don't seem to take into consideration the fact that Scott is a wiry deep with no obvious upper body strength yet he can defeat much more athletic opponents.

It's a very busy film but it is wonderfully weird, funny and innovative. It just goes on too long and that takes away from the brilliance. Good fun if you like the likes of Kick-Ass from earlier this year.
An 8 out of 10.