Scott Pilgrim Takes Off was released in its entirety last Friday. I was a teenager when Scott Pilgrim vs. the World came out, so—like any fifteen year old who was even remotely into video games—it became my whole personality for a couple of months. And why wouldn't it? For all its flaws, it's a bombastic, funny action movie directed by Edgar Wright, based on a pretty great graphic novel. I'm still fond of it to this day.
So when I heard Scott Pilgrim Takes Off was happening, I went 'Oh, that makes sense'. The Michael Cera-fication of the graphic novels had always seemed, to me, more a byproduct of marketing than a natural fit. The source material should've been animated to begin with, and I was glad comic fans were gonna get the faithful adaptation they always wanted. Bryan Lee O'Malley, the comic's creator, was heavily involved—and Edgar Wright was back to serve as an executive producer alongside BenDavid Grabinski.
