A Few Quick Thoughts on Scott Pilgrim

Scott Pilgrim's presence was very large at this year's comic-con.  Edgar Wright scheduled three separate viewings all of which were received with great enthusiasm.  Having sat in on a smaller panel with Wright I can say his personality went a long way in the large response for the film.  Yet, at the same time people just generally really liked this movie, and from what I hear it is quite the ride.  I have been skeptical about this project since the debut of the first trailer, as it looked like another teen movie.  Yet, the more the buzz picks up on this film the more I'm tempted to think it just may be one hell of a ride.  Now I'm wondering if perhaps Scott Pilgrim might lead the way in terms of box office come August 13th.  The Expendables was also warmly received, but that movie has its core audience and it doesn't expand much beyond that, it is also a hard R limiting box office potential.  Eat, Pray, Love has Julia Roberts, but the movie has quiet buzz and Julia Roberts hasn't exactly propelled a non-romantic comedy to the top spot a long time.  Scott Pilgrim though is a PG-13 movie that has the advantage of having broad appeal to the teen set, which hasn't had a movie targeted at them all summer, but is also building buzz among those twenty and thirty year olds as well.  Of course I might just be wrong about all of this and have bought too much into the comic-con buzz, but stranger things have happened.