Scott Pilgrim...WTF??
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Maybe you just don't like it? Those things are known to happen.
In my opinion, Scott Pilgrim is expertly drawn, the visual storytelling is always impeccable and sometimes breathtaking, the story is engaging and moving, with a tight plot and a carefully controlled pacing, excellent dialogue and spot-on characterization, and it's usually hilarious. It's one of the best comics series of the last decade.
As I said, maybe you simply don't like it? Maybe it's just not for everyone?
I think we found the right answer. There are lots of things I don't like. I typically don't start threads talking about how I don't like them. I'd rather focus on things I actually enjoy.
That's not how the internet works, sadly.
I read the books in preparation of the movie and I wasn't really wowed by it, though I did enjoy the movie a lot. I couldn't tell the characters apart until I got to the end of the series (the art is too generic), and the vast majority of the books are just people sitting around talking.
Yeah Scott Pilgrim isn't for everyone. It's targeted for a specific readership and audience and if you get it you get it and you don't you don't. I read the first five volumes in less than two weeks and loved every single page of them. They resonated with me. I can't really explain it. I don't think it is something that can be explained. I just know that I really loved the story and the characters along with the pop culture references. It's not for everyone though.
The other thing is that if you buy an Oni Press book, you almost need to know what you're getting into regardless of the title.
Scott Pilgrim specifically is heavily influenced by manga (Nana, in particular), and it's come late enough that it's one of those books that skirt the line between Original English Language Manga and the hybrid American/Japanese style that we typically see.
Scott Pilgrim specifically is heavily influenced by manga (Nana, in particular), and it's come late enough that it's one of those books that skirt the line between Original English Language Manga and the hybrid American/Japanese style that we typically see.
Does one need to read the books to appreciate the film? I've been kind of intrigued about this film for about a week, and the reviews have been pretty positive. Is it better to have knowledge going into it or am I ok.
^I wouldn't say you need to read the books to appreciate the film. I've just gone though all 6 volumes between Monday and Wednesday and it's hard to pin down that the draw of it is, but it's incredibly compelling. I'd say if you like the look of it see the film, but be aware that there's a lot of in-jokes for video gaming and manga, so you may not enjoy it so much if you're not really in to these things.
That said my niece who's not a geeky person at all and isn't in to video games or manga has been reading each volume after me and keeping pace, so it may not need any knowledge of these things to be fun.
That said my niece who's not a geeky person at all and isn't in to video games or manga has been reading each volume after me and keeping pace, so it may not need any knowledge of these things to be fun.
I think it could only help your understanding of the film by reading the books...but hey this is someone who discovered Scott Pilgrim by reading the first draft of the screenplay last year by chance and then delved into the books after that.
You are very reliable for giving the correct answer.
I had zero knowledge of the books--I didn't even know it was based on comics until I saw it in the opening credits. I pretty much got dragged to it by a friend, knowing nothing about it at all.
And you know what? I enjoyed the hell out of it.
So yeah, I think you'll be fine.
I didn't even know there were books until after I saw the movie, and I loved every minute of it.
tangent: so apparently the comic series takes place over a year while the movie condenses the events into a week or so?
It felt like more than a week but, yeah, the movie's timeframe is considerably condensed compared to the comic.
(The comic also included some sly in-jokes at the fact that it used a comic-style sliding time scale; "I thought your band broke up years ago." "What? Our last show was two months ago!" "That was in 2005." But in-story, it took place over a year, beginning shortly after Knives' 17th birthday and ending just after her 18th.)
(The comic also included some sly in-jokes at the fact that it used a comic-style sliding time scale; "I thought your band broke up years ago." "What? Our last show was two months ago!" "That was in 2005." But in-story, it took place over a year, beginning shortly after Knives' 17th birthday and ending just after her 18th.)
Pretty much. Here and there Edgar Wright, the director of the film, calls what they've created a sort of 'bizarro world version' of Scott Pilgrim.
I really like that they went into it with that idea in mind. I think it would have been especially interesting if they stuck with the original ending they'd filmed (and the direction O'Malley was originally going, if I heard correctly) despite the comic ending differently.
^ Yep...and yeah the comic would constantly reference previous events has having taken place in another volume.
Seems I'm not nerdy and geeky enough. I just don't get it.
Nobody's perfect.
No offence to anyone who didn't like it, but if I had a friend who didn't like it I would punch them in the face and tell them that I am only friends with people who have taste and not liking that movie is a pretty damned good barometer.
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