Over Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

16 september gaat 'ie draaien. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. In vroege reviews wordt hij onder andere vergeleken met Star Wars en omschreven als een nerdgasm. Onder de cut kun je onder andere lezen over waarom de film natuurlijk niet precies hetzelfde kan zijn als de comic én wat Kevin Smith en Quentin Tarantino van de film vinden.

MTV Splashpage had een interview met regisseur Edgar Wright en hierin wordt uitgelegd dat de film natuurlijk niet 100% trouw kan blijven aan het bronmateriaal.

I think Bryan O’Malley is a very smart guy, and he can understand what an adaptation is. He read every draft of [the script]. With the last draft, me and Michael Bacall sent him every 20 pages ... and so he pretty much understood that doing a straight adaptation of the books was kind of impossible.

First, it’s a different medium. [O'Malley] totally understood how and why it had to be shaped into a movie structure.

Verder legt Wright ook uit waar de film en de comic dan in verschillen.

It stays pretty true to volumes one and two. And three. After three volumes, it starts to take its own path, but very much within the spirit of the book — and approved by Bryan as well. ... There are some things that are in the film that are actually from Bryan’s original ideas before he wrote the books. [So] there are some things in there that refer to older ideas which he didn’t end up doing. It’s ironic, because there will be a couple of scenes when people will say, 'That’s not in the book,' but actually, if you look at these notes from 2005...

Weet je dat ook weer. Verder heeft Kevin Smith in een interview met The Film Stage laten weten wat hij van de film vond, zoals hij dat ook deed met Watchmen en The Dark knight.

I saw Edgar’s movie, Scott Pilgrim. That movie is great. It’s spellbinding and nobody is going to understand what the fuck just hit them. I would be hard pressed to say,”he’s bringing a comic book to life!” but he is bringing a comic book to life. If you’ve ever seen Scott Pilgrim, he did a fucking damn fine job of taking essentially an anime looking book and putting it into the real world while keeping everything about that book that’s kind of cool and what pops.

Hij is ook erg positief over Michael Cera:

Michael Cera is really great. He’s also doing something that’s different from what most people know him as in terms of the character. He’s a little more self assured and Bugs Bunny-like than George Michael. The fight scenes are fun. It’s just a fucking good time, man.

Geen typecasting meer voor jou, Michael!!

Ik hoor je denken "En wat vond QuentinTarantino dan?", maar dat komt nu. Via Kevin Smith ook trouwens, want schijnbaar heeft niemand iets van Tarantino zelf gehoord:

I mean Quentin loves everything. He’s a true movie fan and if you wanna talk about a true believer, good lord. He’s the original true believer. He was really into it. I don’t know what he said to Edgar, but he seemed really into it.

Ik ben best excited, nu eens kijken of Nederland hier klaar voor is. 16 september dus.