Scott Pilgrim vs. The World was not the best movie ever. In fact I would hesitate to even call it a good movie. It wasn't a bad movie. It had a number of very typical Edgar Wrightisms that I enjoyed so greatly from Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. But having now seen this as well as Paul, I have come to the conclusion that any combination of these people (Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Edgar Wright) that doesn't involve all three of them is mostly a waste of time. It's not that the products of their creations are bad, it's just that the three of them together makes for some of the most awesome movies of all time. Them separated makes for some pretty mediocre movies.
Already I have to be sad that there are so few Mel Brooks comedies and so few Zucker, Abrahams, and Zucker films. Actually, that's a great example. Together, Zucker, Abrahams, and Zucker (or ZAZ for short) made movies like Airplane, Top Secret, and Naked Gun. Individually, they made movies like Baseketball, Scary Movie 4, Mafia!, Ghost, and First Knight. So together they made some of the greatest comedies of all time, and individually they made some mediocre to bad comedies and some terrible dramas.
Pegg, Frost, and Wright are the British ZAZ. Together they're a force to be reckoned with. Individually... well, let's just say the world doesn't need another Baseketball or Ghost. Ever.
EVER.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
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