where: CENTURY 14 VALLEJO in Vallejo, CA
when: Sunday, August 15th, 2010
show: 1:50 p.m.
costs: $7.50 Ticket + $5.00 Kid's Pack + $6.38 # 2 Meal at the Plaza Drive Wendy's ( & a side salad w/ ranch dressing & light lemonade ) = $18.88
auditorium: 2
seat: 4th row, 9th column
synopsis: Scott Pilgrim ( Michael Cera ), the bass guitarist for a rock band, ever-looking for that one girl, finally finds her in the roller-skating guise of Ramona Flowers ( Mary Elizabeth Winstead ). But, the problem is that she comes with excess baggage in the form of seven evil exes. And each and everyone of them is out to get Scott!
noteworthy scenes: 1.) High school date; 2.) Rehearsal; 3.) Arcade; 4.) Goodwill's Thrift Store; 5.) Record store; 6.) Party; 7.) "He's not even conscious"; 8.) E-mail; 9.) Package delivery; 10.) Playground; 11.) "One night stand"; 12.) Awkward; 13.) First fight; 14.) Break-up; 15.) Stunt team; 16.) Grind; 17.) "L" word; 18.) "He just left"; 19.) Coffee shop; 20.) "I've gotta pee on her"; 21.) "Punched the highlight out of her hair"; 22.) Vegan; 23.) Vegan Police; 24.) "I'd just like to live"; 25.) "Back of the knee"; 26.) Amp vs. amp; 27.) "I'm in lesbian with you"; 28.) "Turn off the light"; 29.) Hot cocoa; 30.) Shoe lace; 31.) Game over; 32.) Self respect; 33.) "Seven years in my digestive tract"; and 34.) Try again.
audience reaction: The audience totally enjoyed this movie.
recommendation: I liked this nonsensical movie. If you're into video games, go see this movie.
spoiler alert! Right off the bat, my nagging question is, If the evil exes don't want any rival suitors vying with them for Ramona's heart, why didn't they already try and kill each other in the first place? And am I to understand that falling in love with Ramona or being jealous/envious of her makes one attain super martial arts powers? I thought that they would get frost-bitten when they held the chains as they sat on the playground swings. With all the loose change littering the smooth floor, I really thought that the combatants would slip and slide on them. Why didn't Scott turn into token coins? I really think that Knives Chau ( Ellen Wong ) will make for a better choice for Scott--after the "waiting period" is over, of course.
fyi: I have this co-worker who, after he graduated from high school, dated high school girls so that he could go to his former high school's senior prom for the next four or five years in a row until he met someone with whom he fell in love and eventually got married to. We used to tease him about that.
I have a confession to make: Although I liked this movie, some of the scenes just "went over my head" because I truly don't know any arcade game. Yes, I'm a video game virgin. I've never played such games--'don't see any point to it at all--and never will. And That is the end of that! Thank you.
word of advice: Don't be a heart-breaker.
tidbits: On my way to the theatre, there on the off-ramp, I saw the ran-over body of a poor little orange tabby kitten! It obviously was an abandoned kitten since there are no residential areas for about a mile all around that spot in the road. I'm a cat person, so it broke my heart to have to see that.
After the movie, I really wanted to go to Burger King, but I try and avoid the two Burger Kings in Vallejo ( bad experiences at both establishments ). And the next two closest ones are in Benicia. But either one is too far of a distance just to go have a bite to eat. So, I decided to just eat at Wendy's just across the street from the theatre.
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