On 'Scott Pilgrim' Versus Itself
I liked this review and it at least sold the graphic novels to me.
I do think the conclusion about movies is unwarranted. There are plenty of movies that aren't about men, that pass the Bechdel Test, that are still being made today by people who aren't straight men for people who aren't straight men. Yes, most movies are like this, but so are most comics and I would say almost all, if not all, video games.
It seems strange to compare Scott Pilgrim when it's, although popular, not exactly the most mainstream in the graphic novel world, to summer action flicks, even if the movie adaptation is one. To me, this is like comparing, say, Saving Face, an excellent film about a Chinese American lesbian doctor and her mother, and the current Superman run.
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On 'Scott Pilgrim' Versus Itself
IA, Kate Winslet's character even states outright, "I am not an idea." She makes it clear that she isn't Life Uninhibited to be fallen in love with and she's just someone else trying to figure out life.