It’s no secret that I love to yap about comic books. I’ve been doing exactly that for Good Times coming up on two years now. But video games are a medium that I’m just as passionate about – specifically ones involving Mario and Zelda which means I loves me some Nintendo. Now I’ve been a complete loyalist to the company ever since I scored an NES action set on that sweet 6th birthday of mine. I’ve never so much as allowed a competing console to be connected to any of my televisions growing up. I even have my own Nintendo fan-site that I’ve been running for a while in addition to a Virtual Boy that’s collecting dust on top of my entertainment center right now (how’s that for the street cred, kids?).
So it’s almost exhausting when something like this movie comes along and just straight up blows my mind the way that it did. Based on a great comic book and shot with what feels like a billion references to old school gaming, the damn thing is such a shameless celebration of my two favorite vices, I’ve been annoying the holy hell out of everyone I know by not shutting up about it. I’ve already written up a pretty lengthy review over on my site: Shigeruslist.com which you can check out by clicking this. I just had to chime in over here and urge any of you who haven’t yet, to check out Scott Pilgrim vs. The World the second you get the chance. If the opening box office tally is any indication, this little miracle probably won’t be in theaters for more than a couple of weeks and it more than deserves the attention of any nerd worth their salt (as well as their hard earned cash).
