Having read the Scott Pilgrim books, I was slightly worried about Michael Cera playing our hero in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. The movie makers were compressing all 6 books into a 90 minute movie. How would slacker king Cera do in the role of a fighter. It was obvious that Cera could handle the rest of the role (music, slacking, pining for women, stuttering, etc), but could he make the fight scenes come to life. And could the 90 minutes for the movie bring the world to life with all 7 fights, plus Knives, Ramona and the whole gang?

The movie lived up to it’s billing and down to my concerns. The rush of getting all 7 evil exes into the movie and setting up Knives and Ramona and the whole gang made the movie seem a bit rushed. In addition, I couldn’t buy Michael Cera as the fighter that Scott Pilgrim is. Visually, the movie looked good, but it felt rushed with too much packed into the script to let it breathe.

My biggest wondering is whether or not I would have had a different opinion had I not read the books? That’s one of the challenges when seeing an adapted work and I worry that I’m not giving the movie a fair shake. But based off what I saw, I’m not sure I would recommend the movie. There isn’t anything that stands out as being bad. It’s more a case of nothing standing out being good or great. Not Recommended.