I have to admit ive been looking forward to seeing this one! unfortunately i missed it in the theater. Having some spare time on my hands i headed to the video store this morning to get it. for some reason none of the local shops i went to had it (sold out? wow popular movie) I was about to give up and just go home and go back to sleep when something caught my eye. some guy i was walking by was selling new releases on a rug. wow! interesting business model. guess he wont have to worry about paying overhead. smart guy
needless to say i bought it and rushed home to watch it. pretty fascinating movie. The plot is Scott Pilgrum (Michael Cera) has to versus the world. turns out the world consists of 7 of his girlfriends exes? does that mean the rest of the cast is from outer space or mars? little bit confusing but this wasn't a normal movie so i suspended my beliefs. it doesn't really get into it much but i think his girlfriend Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) is Clementine Kruczynski from eternal sunshine of the spotless mind making this a prequel? I guess she ended up going back to new york later? I don't know but why does hollywood keep making prequels? (i assume it's a prequel because Jim Carry's character Joel doesn't show up which means they haven't dated yet)
It's also impossible to ignore the visual design of this movie. Some stuff was really cool while some stuff i just didn't get. Like all the weird russian writing all over the movie? was this movie made for russia? no wonder it didnt do very well in theaters.
what does this say? i don't want to have to pause the movie and run out and buy a russian translation book!
Most visual effects were really cool and some were just confusing. every now and then there would be a silhouette of someone walking across or something. i know its supposed to be a very stylized movie but that just doesn't make sense.
who are these people? are they allusions to upcoming exes scott must fight? i don't know maybe this movie is too arty for me.
I had high hopes for this but unfortunately hollywood has put out another dud. Another unnecessary prequel and weird and distracting special effects leave me no choice but to give this my lowest rating ** two stars
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