scott pilgrim vs. the world: sra like

Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World: movie, starring michael cera

i enjoyed the SHIT out of this. before making it clear that i'm not going to go much deeper into analysis of my reaction to it than what i've just stated, i should point out that i realize that "i enjoyed the SHIT out of this" is a pretty lame, nonspecific--in short, critically flabby--reaction. reasons i should be exerting more judgment on this movie are as follows:
1. i haven't finished the comic, but did read and enjoy about 4 of the books, before getting too weighted down with guilt about not returning them to the friend i'd borrowed them from. ergo my reaction should encompass various aspects of whether or not the movie represented the source material, etc.
2. i'm always an asshole, except about stuff i like. why is that? why can't i be more of an asshole about stuff i like, and less of an asshole about stuff i don't? wouldn't the world be a better place if people were more assholes about what they liked and less about what they didn't? ergo my critique should acknowledge that, even when i like something, i have an obligation to be critical of my enjoyment, so as not to employ a double standard. i owe this attempt at acuity, not just to america, but the WORLD(-orld-orld-orld).
3. i can be pretty harsh with movies that don't manage what this one did--that is, ones that are all slick bits of fluff with a lot of modern things in them (that whole clause could be read, by the eager mind, as a double entendre. the mind would have to be pretty eager, though). just cuz scott pilgrim vs. the world was a slick bit of fluff with modern stuff in it that i enjoyed the SHIT out of, doesn't mean that i get a pass in calling it out for its slick bit of modern fluffery (getting worse and worse, sra). or, at least, if i CAN give myself a pass in calling it out, i should explain WHY.

bah. screw 1 through 3. reasons why scott pilgrim vs. the world was an awesome movie and 'nuff said are as follows:
4. it managed its cameos with grace. there are some movies where i'm like, "if you shove a single 'nother pop culture movie actor reference down my throat i will scream--i promise you," which is an empty threat, but it makes me feel better. but scott pilgrim vs. the world's cameos were fun. they were kind of just there so that we could all say, "hey, there that is," and it was awesome.
5. the day after seeing it, i don't feel bad about liking it. at a distance, the plot does get a little more hole-filled, but not in a way that makes me feel duped exactly. i didn't like the ending...but i didn't like it in the theater either.
6. okay, and then the fun stuff was awesome! the cinematography and the fights and michael cera, who again i thought was wonderful, and the jokes and all the actors esp. knives chau (ellen wong, who has beautiful eyes) and MAE WHITMAN IS BACK!!! and i really liked mary elizabeth winstead's understated performance (i bet she's getting that "understated performance" bit a lot) and i freaking REALLY ENJOYED THE SOUNDTRACK which could have gone beyond wrong and did not.

it was like sin city, which i also enjoyed the shit out of, except i think i will object to having liked it less in the future than i object currently to having liked sin city.

hmm. it was like sin city, except without alexis bledel being sooooo from the south.

okay, no, i've got it. if sin city is the sin city version of, say, the adventures of food boy (watch it and you'll see what i mean--the adventures of food boy puts the "ur?" back in "disturbing"), then scott pilgrim vs. the world is the sin city version of the apartment.

oh, i said it. because nobody else has the...(uh, insert pertinent noun here...[i don't know what it is]) to do so!