Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World Review

Many of us nerds have longed for the fabled, "Good Video Game Movie." After many catastrophic failures such as the Super Mario Bros. Movie, or any non-animated Street Fighter movie, the movie industry finally came to a conclusion that you cant make a good video game movie without CG or some kind of animation. Final Fantasy: Advent Children is a prime example of this, (though I did think that film was a little too realistic, and extremely confusing, to say the least.) After all, How can you condense 40 hours of Awesomeness into a 2 hour movie?
Scott Pilgrim did just that. Based off of the graphic novel series by Bryan Lee O'Malley, "Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World" tells the story of Scott, played by Micheal Cera (Shocker, Micheal Cera in another indie movie!) who must fight love of his life's evil ex's to win her heart.
Micheal does a great job at portraying the awkward, lost, video game fanatic, and the the supporting cast did an awesome job too.
The effects personally blew my mind. From the climactic battle scenes, to even the small bits, the effects stayed true all the way through.
Many of these effects included music and sound effects from real video games, making this, a true "Video Game Movie"
My personal favorite part of the film is Scott's second encounter with Roxy, one of the Evil Ex's. Some of the lines are a little corny, but the efffects are amazing. Shattered glass makes for a cool reflection effect, and Roxy's weapon, some kind of potinted belt thing, reminiscent of Gogo Yaburi from Kill Bill with her meteor hammer.
Overall, i thought it was an amazing film.
My rating: 9/10

Dispicable Me Review

Recently I watched, Despicable Me, an animated movie. If you're not familiar with it, (but who isn't: there were about a million commercials for it) Steve Carrell voices a stereotypical villian with henchmen, a scientist, and a horrible accent to boot. The plot surrounds his scheme to use 3 little girls, (yes i said use) from an orphanage, to steal a weapon from one of the most disappointing arch-enemies I've ever seen. Yes, I know this is a family flick, supposedly ripe with comedy, but let me tell you, I smiled twice throughout the entire movie.
Most of the comedy was slapstick (which I appreciate when it's good) and stupid humor. I know I'm acting like a jerk about a kid's movie, but since when are hip- thrusts, so bloody hilarious?
I may note here, that the orphanage caretaker is an EXACT COPY of the main antagonist from Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix, right down to the pink sweater.
My rating? 3/10
If you have kids, go ahead, but it's like watching a rock for 2 hours.