[film] Scott Pilgrim vs the World

[inulro]

Very silly, and very funny, film based on a series of graphic novels (which I haven't read).

Scott Pilgrim, a 22-year-old unemployed musician, meets the girl of his dreams, but if he wants to be with her, he has to defeat her seven evil exes in video-game type combat. Increasing amounts of coinage rains down from the sky every time he does. While his band is engaged in a battle of the bands type contest to win a big record contract.

Unlike every movie that's filmed in Toronto, this one's actually set there. I would not be surprised if the scene that's set in the alley behind Lee's Palace actually was filmed there - certainly it's how I would have pictured it!

Comments

[zenithed.livejournal.com]

The comics are very very good, would really recommend them if you liked the film. Each one's quite short though, so might be a faff to get hold of, but I expect there's a lot of Toronto references that probably passed me by.