Scott Pilgrim VS The World.

I came out of Inception saying I couldn't possibly think how I could see something better this year.
Well I just did.

I did know that Scott Pilgrim was coming up and it had this label "movie made for me" slapped firmly on it. But although I expected it to be good I was far from expecting the kind of pure awesomeness it actually delivers.
To give an idea, I was already wanting to clap only a few minutes in.

It's a movie that succeeds on just every level. And it has many.
It is a (not dumb) teen comedy, an action movie, it is about music, video games and blends everything in a way that is unique and completely natural.
It's completely over the top of course, but it all makes sense.

I, of course, loved Spaced & Shaun Of The Dead & Hot Fuzz and Wright already showed through these that he's the ultimate geek, but here he also shows how much he's digested all his references and shows what he's capable of doing his own thing. As a matter of fact, Shaun & Fuzz were tributes to other movies and therefore the way they were shot in the same way of their models. Pilgrim shows Wright unleashed, proving the true virtuosity his capable of. I knew he was good, that he was THAT good.
The integration of the special effects, the way he films the fights and the rest, it's just incredible.

And that's just the surface.
Because the universe of the original comic is also quite excellent. I mention the comics here, because, not having read them, I don't know to who the credit should go.

The leads are likeable, but just, which only makes them more interesting.
And all the others manage also to be clearly fleshed out, even if there on screen only for a few minutes.
Kudos to the cast for this. You could single out Michael Cera, Mary-Elizabeth Winstead and Kieran Culkin, but all the others rock all the same.

And then there's the music.

It's one of those movies where you have 1 genius idea per shot.
It rocks. If not it's cool. If not it's funny (and weeeell funny).
Every moment is awesome. Every line is quotable.

And it's so radical, that there will ever be only one. That's also a deeply satisfying thing.
Instant cult classic doesn't even qualify here. Because this is an instant cult classic made for ME.

Funny how for Inception, I would just go and recommend it to anyone. Like "if you like cinema, you have to enjoy this".
For Pilgrim, this is a way more personnal thing. Because it is not for everyone. Some people won't get in all the references and in-jokes (I'm not saying I got them all here, as an example I noticed in the credits that I didn't recognised a Sonic & Knuckle track somewhere, I'm quite annoyed at that actually). Some people will bail over the visual overload. So I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. Just the handful few I know will enjoy it truly, as much as I did. I find this precious.

Edgar (and the team!), I love you man.