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What to make of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, the latest from Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz director Edgar Wright? On the one hand, Pilgrim is an audio/visual feast drawing vast inspiration from videogames and comic books, with a healthy dose of Japanese Manga thrown on top. But one man's audio/visual feast is another man's loud, obnoxious hate-fest. Which camp will you be in? Depends: How old are you and how many riffs on gaming culture can you endure? I was good for about 60 minutes. Scott Pilgrim runs 108.
This article appears in Aug 5-11, 2010.