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Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is the most comic book-y comic book movie I’ve ever seen. Director Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz) uses every trick in the book to make the screen come alive with BOOM! POW! WHAM! awesomeness.

Few moments in film this year have packed the exhilarating punch of the scenes where bassist Scott Pilgrim and his band mates tear into some garage band grunge and the room literally quivers with visible electricity.

Wright is working with an audio-visual palette that feels brand-new and award-worthy. It’s not often I watch a film that seems like the first of its kind, but this one does.

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Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist

Shortly after this movie ended, Alex said to me “That’s the first movie I’ve seen since I was a teenager that made me want to be a teenager again.”

I know exactly what she means. The film is smart without being pretentious, funny without being absurd and touching without being overly sentimental. Mostly it’s a good time spent with two of the most endearing young actors I’ve seen in years, and ultimately that’s what makes it a real success.

Set on a wild night in New York City, Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist follows Michael Cera and Kat Dennings, two high school seniors with a shared love of indie music and, eventually, each other.

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