LogFAQs > #977267452

Decided to rewatch what I'd already seen in English before moving forward, give it the benefit of the doubt.

No.

I'm a huge fucking Stan for the Scott Pilgrim movie. I saw it FIVE TIMES on theaters two of those were alone, and I've seen in at least 10 times overall. I adore it, and I think almost everyone in that movie did a fantastic job.

With only a few exceptions they're not doing a good job here.

The most generous I can possibly be is they're just not fitting the time of this shows aesthetic whatsoever, except for a few characters and Michael Cera, but he's got some not so good takes as well. You never believe any of these characters are actually in the same room, it's just them starring at a paper reading their lines in order with no sense of what the conversation actually is or who they're talking to, and in some case seems like it may have even been recorded from home (which hell, who knows!) It doesn't help that it's actually got a really good Japanese cast so far.

I just really want to stress that I don't think this is my bias against celebrity casting affecting my judgment. I think this is an unbalanced, mediocre dub. And obviously there's way more characters to introduce, maybe they'll be doing a better job, but one of the worst performances and the one that matches the look of the show the least by far is Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Ramona, and she's apparently much more present in this than either the comic or the movie, so it's basically a moot point.