Tweet-hype is Reit on

I have to admit something that makes me a leper among the leper colony that is comic book nerd-dom. I have never read any "Scott Pilgrim" stuff. I know, I know, I'm a lame-O. Still, I am excitedly anticipating the Edgar Wright-directed adaptation of the comic...the synopsis of which is easily gleaned from the poster below.

Yeah, so basically it's like a video game where Scott must fight his gal's ex-boyfriends. That sounds great, right? And Michael Cera is in the lead, seems pretty much tailor made for him. Then comes word via Jason Reitman's twitter feed, and I love me some Jason Reitman (you direct Thank You For Smoking and Juno and you get my love), that the sample that Wright showed his buddy (Reitman) was squeal-inducingly awesome. To say it exactly as he did:

"@edgarwright showed me 30min of Scott Pilgrim. While sworn to secrecy (so much, surprised blood wasn’t demanded) I will say this: It is a game changer for Edgar and the genre. It moves the speed of light and carries more unadulterated joy than Ive seen in recent cinema. It does what everyone our age has been dreaming about: achieves the first all encompassing film of the joystick generation. I’m in awe of the sheer control in the filmmaking. It feels like a Matrix for love and how willing we are to fight for it. If I had a movie coming out next year, I wouldn’t want to be anywhere near it. Hats off my friend. Can’t get it out of my head."

Now that, ladies and gentlemen, that is some natural hype. This isn't some fan boy spouting off at the mouth, this is a seasoned, intelligent director who is clearly speaking from the heart. Good God I am hyped for this one now.