While watching this movie I kept trying to come up with words other than "awesome" to describe it. It's actually kind of tough, though, because this movie really is awesome. It's kind of a live action Dragonball movie that's about a million times better than the actual Dragonball movie (when talking about the actual fighting, which is everything that Dragonball is). Also mix in some great jokes and references to 8-bit video games and comic books and punk music and a story that pretty much everyone can relate to and you end up with pretty much a perfect movie.Of particular note is how this movie is put together. There's a sort of beat (in musical terms) throughout the film, but instead of the thump thump of a drum you've got a joke or funny line. Every x seconds. You're basically moving from one laugh to the next the entire movie. I may have gotten that same experience with Hot Fuzz (the writer, Edgar Wright also wrote Hot Fuzz... and Shaun of the Dead... and others...), but this was better because the humor was closer to my heart (than the action movie/cop humor of Hot Fuzz).
And while looking up Edgar Wright, I found this news nugget that makes me really sad:
Proving once again that films aimed at older audiences have theoretically stronger legs than those aimed at teens, The Expendables and Eat Pray Love both had strong weekend multipliers and both performed at or above realistic expectations. With all the hub-bub regarding 'the guy movie vs. the chick flick', both films posted exceptional opening weekends and both respective marketing teams should be commended. As for Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, its frontloaded and underwhelming debut proves that geek cultures is not mainstream culture, and that hardcore geek interest should not be mistaken for mainstream interest. With films like that, the only real victory should be the fact that it got made and released... -Scott Mendelton, Huffington Post on IMDB
So yes, I think geeks will love this movie. I also think everyone should love this movie because the experience is universal, but barring that, I'm okay if it's only popular with the geeks.
