I love this movie. I love, love, love this movie. Favourite film of the year. Maybe of the decade. I love this film because this is a film full of love. Love of the source material, obviously. The amount of content from the books they managed to cram into a movie this zippy is amazing. And the stuff they changed I prefer, for the most part. I may get into that later.
Let's get back to the love. This movie loves movies, loves video games, loves music, loves comic books, and loves love. It understands that love, especially this kind of love - young love is irrational. Foolish even. Inexplicable. So why try to explain it? Knives loves Scott loves Ramona. And Ramona? Who knows? She's always been mysterious. That's part of her allure.
But now I've digressed. I started trying to defend this movie from it's detractors. The ones who complain that "What does Ramona see in Scott?" "Why are they in love?"
Why is anyone in love? Fuck it. And everyone comes across as more likeable in this film than they do in the comics. Not to slag on the books. I like them. A lot. But I just fucking love this movie.
It is just amazing the amount of love poured into this movie. The enthusiasm. The amount of care. How long must it have taken just to find the perfect sound effects, music cues and such? I love the sounds in this film.
Before the film even started, during the Universal logo (in all its 8 bit glory) I turned to my wife and said, "I think I love this film."
I could not have been more right.
I sound like a broken record. Its annoying. I apologize.
I just love this fucking film.
