Personally, what i have seen of the film so far, i think it's all over the place and it doesnt really appeal to me. Scott Pilgrim was released in summer 2010 and flopped big time at the box office with only just scraping up half of the its total on the opening night, which isnt encouraging when hoping to earn back a $60 million budget.
In my opinion , one of its biggest downfalls would be the references to anime, manga and comic books. Having references like these means a smaller audience. If you dont fully understand and know about references to comic books i think the film comes across as very boring and all over the place. Things like boxes in the corner with writing in describing the character on screen are very annoying to a "standard" film viewer who just likes to sit down and watch a "boy meets girl" film. In addition, even before the film starts you are given references to gameboy/computer games with the universal logo being changed and being took over by music that sounds like its from the introduction to a computer game. People who aren't used to this also may find that slightly annoying.
In my opinion , one of its biggest downfalls would be the references to anime, manga and comic books. Having references like these means a smaller audience. If you dont fully understand and know about references to comic books i think the film comes across as very boring and all over the place. Things like boxes in the corner with writing in describing the character on screen are very annoying to a "standard" film viewer who just likes to sit down and watch a "boy meets girl" film. In addition, even before the film starts you are given references to gameboy/computer games with the universal logo being changed and being took over by music that sounds like its from the introduction to a computer game. People who aren't used to this also may find that slightly annoying.
This film is made to appeal to kids. But, in some cases kids might not even like or even get some of the on-screen references that are made, because they are too young to know or understand them. You could also say that the film was more aimed at geeks than anyone else because they are more likely to read comic books and understand what's going on in the film. However, when thinking about this the supposed "geeks" in the film arent actually living the life of a geek. Geeks sit at home all day, playing computer games and reading comic books whilst not having two attractive girls to choose from and hanging around with friends from their band. Therefore, the characters in this film are infact nowhere near "geeks" in reality.
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