Word & Image: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

     Pretty much stumped searching for a word & image topic for my blog, I turned to movies to give me an inspiration. I remembered watching the movie adaptation of the Scott Pilgrim comic series called Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. The plot of the movie revolves around Scott Pilgrim who falls in love with a girl named Ramona, in order to “win” over Ramona, he has to fight the league of seven evil exes. Ramona’s seven exes who are ready to finish off anybody who dares to date Ramona. 

     The movie loosely follows the comic series but the main parts are still present. The action revolves around the comic stylized fights between Scott and the evil exes. The movie did a great job in inserting comic devices into each scene, a THUD, CLANK, SWISHHH aptly pops up during the epic fight scenes, sticking to the comic book style. The movie cleverly uses lines and full phrases from the comic and blends them into the scene along with the actors. In another movie, this would be out of place but in Scott Pilgrim, word and image have a synergistic relationship, the words and motion graphics playfully interact with one another.