Edgar Wright tweeted about this last night. I love Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. I love Avatar: The Last Airbender. So it was obvious I'd love this great little mashup.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Daisy
A few people have put me on to this little film by Ro Rao who has worked with Curious Pictures producing shorts for Amnesty International and music videos.
This short is a little on the gruesome side so be warned.
Scott Pilgrim vs. Keanu Reeves
It's time for yet another Scott Pilgrim related post and it's all thanks to the incredible work of AEmovieguy. By splicing the soundtrack to the Scott Pilgrim trailer with clips from the Matrix trilogy AEmovieguy has created something incredible - a short film that makes the Matrix sequels look okay.
Do check out all of AEmovieguys other trailer mashups - my personal favourite is the Toy Story 3 / Clash of the Titans - pure genius.
Monday, August 23, 2010
I am an idiom
jump the gun - to do something too soon, especially without thinking carefully about it
Ode to Royal Mail
This time last week I posted, by 'First Class' mail, my entry to the Birmingham Zine Festival Mail Art Exhibition. It has so far failed to arrive at it's destination.
I am somewhat unhappy.
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Scott Pilgrim vs. The Animation
Well folks, it's time for another of my seemingly endless Scott Pilgrim related posts.
This time round I want to show you a short animation produced by Adult Swim that fills in some of Scott Pilgrims back story.
It's a really nice piece of animation so I hope you enjoy.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Scott Pilgrim vs. Me
Scott Pilgrim the comic book has been a master class in storytelling. Bryan Lee O'Malley created an incredibly believable world. It is a world that reflects the dreams and ideas I had when I was a 22 year old, finding my way through life and love.
Edgar Wright began bringing his Scott Pilgrim vision to the screen before the comic version had been given it's ending. And although the two diverge slightly when it comes to wrapping up the story, Edgar and his team have managed to bring the snowy world of Scott's Toronto to the big screen just as it appears in the comic. Some scenes are perfect matches for their black and white counterparts. Edgar has also transferred the sounds of the comic to the screen, by taking some of O'Malley’s soundtrack suggestions (in each volume of the comic Bryan Lee O'Malley recommends a set of music tracks to accompany that volume) along with some of his own. It all works flawlessly, the perfect melding of sight and sound.
I'm not going to give you a full synopsis of the film, you can find that in most other reviews, but in essence the film is about finding the girl of your dreams and overcoming not only the physical barriers to making that relationship work but the mental ones we all put in the way of our true happiness. As an added bonus we get high octane video game/anime style fight scenes, fantastic acting, great music and a director at the top of his game, who understands his source material and his audience.
In fact, Scott Pilgrim has a lot in common with Spaced, the Channel 4 show Edgar directed over 10 years ago (it was written by and starred Simon Pegg and Jessica Hynes). Much like in Spaced there is a character somewhere in this film we can all wholly identify with. And as in Spaced, the film understands the complexity of relationships and how we deal with them.
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World may seem like an all out fantasy action film with all the pop culture bells and whistles, but the film, like the comic that inspired it, is really about people. It’s about how we deal with growing up, taking responsibility for our actions and dealing with the consequences. It’s about life and that is something that Edgar Wright has placed at the heart of his film.
I cannot recommend this film enough, its charm and wit shine. It wears its heart on its sleeve and it certainly walked away with mine. Go see it as soon as it opens in the UK on 25th August.
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
Directed by Edgar Wright
Produced by Edgar Wright, Marc Platt, Eric Gitter & Nira Park Written by Edgar Wright (Screenplay), Michael Bacall (Screenplay)
Based on the comic by Bryan Lee O’Malley
Narrated by Bill Hader
Starring Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ellen Wong, Kieran Culkin, Chris Evans, Anna Kendrick, Alison Pill, Brandon Routh, Jason Schwartzman
Music by Nigel Godrich
Friday, August 06, 2010
Scott Pilgrim vs The World iTrailer
It's almost here - the cinema event of the year - Scott Pilgrim vs The World. If your not already convinced this will be the greatest film of all time then let me introduce you to the wonder that is the 8-bit interactive trailer. Introduced by director Edgar Wright the trailer takes you behind-the-scenes of the movie. Filled with easter egg, video game references and more, this is all the over excited geek fans of the film could want.
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