“An epic of epic epicness.” This is the slogan of the movie “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World,” based on the popular comics by Brian Lee O’Malley, and it couldn’t fit more perfectly. From the moment the video game spin of the Universal theme started playing, I knew that the movie was going to live up to all of my expectations.

The movie follows a 23 year old Canadian named Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera) who is “between jobs”. He’s part of a band, the Sex Bob-ombs, and has a high school girlfriend, Knives Chau (Ellen Wong). His life seems happy and perfect until he meets and falls for an American girl named Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead). However, in order for them to be together, Scott has to defeat her seven evil exes, who include a movie star, a vegan bassist, and Japanese twins.

Filled not only with video game action and great special effects, “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” also has an amazing soundtrack and truly engaging characters. With songs from Metric, Beck, The Rolling Stones, and various video games, the movie is filled with dynamic sounds and exciting music. The characters are all believable, from Scott’s gay roommate Wallace Wells (Kieran Culkin) to my favorite character, the third evil ex and vegan, Todd Ingram (Brandon Routh).

All of the actors look like the characters they play down to a minute detail, which is a great bonus for fans of the comics. The actors also sell the characters’ personalities, truly translating them from the pages of a book to the big screen. Cera is believable as a young adult who struggles with life, Winstead plays the part of Ramona with a good dash of sarcasm, and Jason Schwartzman, who plays the last evil ex Gideon Graves, successfully conveys the evil aura of Graves.

As an added bonus for fans of comic books and video games, some members of the cast are from other comic book movies. For example, Brandon Routh plays the third evil ex. You may know him as the titular character from “Superman Returns.” Chris Evans, who plays the second evil ex Lucas Lee in “Scott Pilgrim,” also played The Human Torch in “Fantastic Four” and its sequel, “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.”

Over all, “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” is a funny, enjoyable movie for not only fans of the comic books, but for anyone who enjoys a bit of nerdy fun. If you want a movie with romance, action, comedy, and a video game feel, then this movie is a must see. This PG-13 movie is still showing in theatres.