I mean, the premise of someone having to fight the evil ex-lovers of his new flame is great, of course. To do so by making it all look like arcade video games with extra lives, coins and combos is just as fantastic. Add some indie garage rock to the mix and you have the nerdiest love story ever. The dialogs are highly entertaining, also thanks to the fantastic cast. Particularly amusing: "Superman" Routh and soon-"Captain America" Evans mocking their superhero roles as two of the evil exes. There should have been more of Culkin's gay roommate and Kendrick as little sister, though. Their talents and fun characters are slightly underused on the second half. While the fights are fun, awesomely choreographed and all have a unique idea to them, things still get a bit repetitive once Pilgrim is thrown through the 5th wall or so. It also bugged me a bit what big a deal was made out of Pilgrim's ex being "only" 17, while Ramona's dating jerks was not much of an issue. Erm hello?
Still, between all the pop-ups, WOWs and sound effects you hardly have much time to wonder about such things and just enjoy the ride. But to be honest: the movie is probably impossible to watch for everyone who never was much of a gamer or into garage rock. God help them.

7 out of 10 Extra lives.