Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)

Critics fell for this? The trailers to “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” would lead you to believe it’s a comic book rom-com about a nerd (Michael Cera) fighting love of his life (Mary Elizabeth Winstead). Make no mistake, though: This boy loves his X-Box more. This is romance film for gameboys who think scoring a girl is literal. The plot has 22-year-old Scott dating an immature 17-year-old (Ellen Wong) but in love with an older girl (Winstead) with colorful hair. To win the latter’s heart, Scott must fight her seven evil exes. “Pilgrim” gets clever as it casts superhero veterans Chris Evans and Brand Routh as two of the exes. There are funny bits, including cracks at hero/villain insults. But I never cared about Scott’s romantic woes, because there’s no human love in this CGI-heavy, eye candy overload game of 1s and 0s. At the end, when Scott holds hands with a certain gal, I figured he might as well grasp a plastic game control, and wait for the next level. Player out. C