I am a die hard fan of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World by Bryan Lee O'Malley, but, I did not become a die hard fan of the graphic novel series until after seeing the film meticulously created by one of my favorite directors, Edgar Wright. This man single-handedly stopped me from making many regrettable decisions with his television show "Spaced", during a very dark period in my life. After seeing his film "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World", I fell in love with it (seeing it twice in one night, 3 time total in the same weekend, and one last time a week after its release). Of course after the first viewing, I progressed to blow 50 U.S. dollars (67 C.A.) on the graphic novel series, and as time drew closer to a home release, a DVD rip slipped my way from a friend of mine. But I am a true fan, so this weekend, I dropped 80 bucks on a Blu Ray player, and a copy of the film in Blu, just so I could delve into the extras, commentaries, all of that bullshit. I refuse to review the film for the blog, primarily because I feel it would be unfair and unbiased, but for those who are interested, or those teetering on the edge of whether to drop the cash on this film in BD, I will give you a breakdown of what this 25 dollar disc has to offer.
The deleted scenes granted are mostly great, stuff that really should have made the original film to be a little bit closer to the source material, but it is understandable that they were left out to cut a time on what was already a close to 2 hr long film made for viewers with ADHD. These scenes have optional commentary with Edgar Wright which is always nice. In terms of commentary, the film itself has 4 separate tracks, 3 of which obviously are cast and crew, but the most notable is the one with just Wright and Lee O'Malley. It is interesting to hear the novel's creator delve into the films little subtleties that only a hardcore Pil-geek like myself would enjoy to hear.
Most impressive in the set of extras definitely has to be the 2 centerpiece documentaries. The main documentary clocks in at close to an hour and fifteen minutes, and covers pre-production to action choreography, and the second just focuses on just the music from the film that was created for the fictional bands in the movie. This piece really explores how the whole cast was trained professionally to play their tracks, which after viewing, I hold even more respect for the cast.
The rest of the extras a tid bits that still add justification to the purchase of the film; marketing archives; bloopers; and mini-docs that focus on visual effects and costume design. If you haven't seen this film though, get the hell out there and at least rent it, but if you have a BD player, watch it in hi-def, the transfer is damn near flawless, and it is really meant to be viewed in at least 720p. In an interview with Guillermo del Toro and Edgar Wright, he [del Toro] was asked by a fan about the film, and why Hollywood doesn't make more creative films like it, his response was, "It's the audience's fault, someone like him [Wright] makes an awesome film, and not a single mothefucker sees it, then films that change the face of cinema will not be made."
Well, thats enough of this dissection, time to go back to watching one of my other favorite films almost everyone else hated, "Watchmen:The Directors Cut", in hi-def baby! And on that note... later this week I will bitch about why I hate to love director Zack Snyder.
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