So, I Saw SCOTT PILGRIM

Even though I didn’t really want to.  Jill was out of town, and I figured it would be nice to take her kid to see it, since he thinks random references to video games are just always fucking hysterical.

And…

I found it quite charming, actually.  It had more real things to say about young love than 500 Days of Go Fuck Yourself, and Michael Cera really surprised with his performance.  It was quite decidedly un-Cera-like.  There are a lot of laughs, and the comic-book sound-effects and video game shit isn’t at all as irritating or as prevalent as the trailers have suggested.  In fact, a case can be made for the crazier shit happening in Scott Pilgrim’s imagination as he learns to grow up and emotionally deal with Ramona Flowers and her intimidating sexual history.

That’s the way I choose to interpret it, anyway.

It’s a good movie; it deserves to do better.  I overcame my skepticism.  Give it a shot.