SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD

SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD. Edgar Wright, director, co-script with Michael Bacall. From the Oni Press graphic novels by Bryan Lee O'Malley. USA, UK, Canada, Japan: Universal Pictures, 2010; see IMDb for details of production and distribution.[1] Michael Cera, featured player.

The film lacks "the look and feel" of SF film, but is relevant.[2]

Reviewed by Greg Conley, SFRA Review #295 (Winter 2011): pp. 20-21.[3]

The video game connection explains the world of Scott Pilgrim. The movie’s primary SF hypothesis is, simply, what would the world be like if it were a video game? The idea drives everything from the progression of the plot [...] all the way to villains so difficult Scott has to expend an extra life and level up just to survive. The story, in either form, never attempts to explain why these characters can do these things — with the exception of Todd, the psychic vegan. Much of it is played for humor, sure, but what’s really happening is a form of what, in a different context, critics such as Ōtsuka and Azuma have called “anime realism.” We might term it “video game realism” here. 

RDE, finishing, 3Ap21