# Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 14, 2010, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world/550220 "2010-08-14T06:17:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world/550220/1 "2010-08-14T06:17:17Z")
Just saw Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World. Anybody wanna geek out with me? _"Hey! Coins!_šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world/550220/2 "2010-08-14T06:41:19Z")
Fucking awesome. The ā€œyoung Neilā€ joke didnā€™t hit me til later. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world/550220/3 "2010-08-14T07:44:30Z")
AWESOME movie. OK ignore that, pretend itā€™s a HORRIBLE movie, so that your expectations will be lowered and youā€™ll end up enjoying it. šŸ˜ƒ Seriously though. I hadnā€™t read the graphic novels, but I knew the basic premise, so I was looking forward to it. My brother hadnā€™t heard anything about it so he was of lukewarm anticipation. But he greatly enjoyed the film. Spoilers aheadā€¦ The very beginning is a little wobbly. I wasnā€™t sure yet whether this movie was going to rock or be mega lame. Iā€™m thinking, well, these characters are kind of lame. Then, Iā€™m thinking, well, they cast Cera, maybe they are _supposed_ to be lame. Eventually I realize, this is a romantic comedy about lame ass losers who still manage to KICK ASS in a ā€œvideo gameā€ slash ā€œindy comic bookā€ style. Once I really ā€œgotā€ what it was about (or in what ways it was going to succeed), I was able to fully immerse and enjoy myself. It definitely works on both the ā€˜slacker comedyā€™ and ā€˜video game kick assā€™ levels. I hear itā€™s not kicking ass in the box office yet, but hey itā€™s only FRIGGIN FRIDAY still, and itā€™s up against the UBERMALE Expendables and UBERFEMALE Eat Pray Love. It probably hasnā€™t had a chance yet to spread word of mouth, or overcome genre confusion. ā€œYou think you have a future with her?ā€ ā€œYou mean, like, with jetpacksā€? ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world/550220/4 "2010-08-14T10:38:44Z")
I did not read **jackdavinciā€™s** post because I havenā€™t seen the movie yet (nor read the graphic novel; hell, I didnā€™t even know it _was_ a graphic novel!) The hubby and I saw previews for this movie when we went to see The A-Team. I thought it looked hilarious, hubby thought it looked completely lame. But then, itā€™s not his kind of humor. I am going Tuesday or Wednesday, all by myself, to see it. Looking forward to it, too. I loved Cera in Juno, and he looks awesomely well-suited to the roll of Scott Pilgrim! ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world/550220/5 "2010-08-14T13:46:44Z")
I missed the last five minutesā€¦had to hit the bathroom. I held out as long as I could. First time thatā€™s ever happened. Boy, and this is from someone who withstood _The Return of the King_. I guess Iā€™m not as young as I used to be. ā˜¹ Anyway, my only complaint? That you canā€™t actually pull of a _drama_ with the same kind of over-the-top epicness that this movie had. šŸ˜ƒ An utter delight. I give it Four Skullsā€”Joe Bob Ranchoth says ā€œcheck it out.ā€ šŸ†’ ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world/550220/6 "2010-08-14T18:42:35Z")
My husband and I are so not the demographic for this, but we enjoyed the hell out of the movie! Itā€™s fun, funny, charming, clever, and, like the even more wonderful **Kick-Ass** , and the two will make a GREAT double-feature, itā€™s just very simply a good time. I think maybe curmudgeons wonā€™t like it, but who care what curmudgeons think anyway\*? We have to see it again just because we missed so many spoken lines and text because we were laughing. As **Ranchoth** says, an utter delight. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world/550220/7 "2010-08-14T18:47:16Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > Once I really ā€œgotā€ what it was about (or in what ways it was going to succeed), I was able to fully immerse and enjoy myself. I was giggling like a fool from the opening credits with how they treated the studio logo. I have to see it a second time. Wright has put so many things in there that Iā€™m sure it will reward repeated viewings. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world/550220/8 "2010-08-14T19:01:44Z")
Is it a movie where the main character is put in many embarrassing situations? I hate feeling embarrassed for a character. I want a, not necessarily a feel good movie, but something thatā€™s not going to depress me. Is this it? ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world/550220/9 "2010-08-14T19:18:26Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > Is it a movie where the main character is put in many embarrassing situations? I hate feeling embarrassed for a character. I know the type of thing youā€™re talking about, and I dislike it myself. > [@](#): > > I want a, not necessarily a feel good movie, but something thatā€™s not going to depress me. Is this it? He may be a twenty-something slacker with a mediocre band, but in the end Scott Pilgrim acquits himself quite admirably. ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world/550220/10 "2010-08-14T19:18:49Z")
This movie definitely spoke to those of us who grew up in the 80s and 90s. Nice touch on the remix of The Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past track and the fight scenes that were pretty much every fighting game published by Capcom. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world/550220/11 "2010-08-14T19:52:34Z")
> [@kasuo](#): > > This movie definitely spoke to those of us who grew up in the 80s and 90s. Nice touch on the remix of The Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past track and the fight scenes that were pretty much every fighting game published by Capcom. I donā€™t play games and Iā€™m going to be 50 this month, but it was still a very enjoyable movie. I get the distinct impression that the whole thing was filled with game references that flew past me, much like the opera references in the film [Prizziā€™s Honor](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089841/). I sure hope this finds its audience. I saw it and The Expendables, and despite an over-abundance of testosterone in the latter, Scott Pilgrim was a much better action movie. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world/550220/12 "2010-08-14T21:53:48Z")
I really, really want to go play VirtuaFighter for hours now! (It was the only combat game I was any good atā€¦ \>.\<) I enjoyed it thoroughly. Edit to add: I predict many Halloween costumes coming out of this, but most predictably the Demon Hipster Chicks. šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world/550220/13 "2010-08-14T22:33:26Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > Edit to add: I predict many Halloween costumes coming out of this, but most predictably the Demon Hipster Chicks. šŸ˜› Ramona Flowers cosplay is already pretty damn rampant at any comic-con. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2010, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world/550220/14 "2010-08-15T00:13:18Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > Is it a movie where the main character is put in many embarrassing situations? I hate feeling embarrassed for a character. I despise those kinds of movies, and I didnā€™t have that feeling during _Scott Pilgrim_. He gets beat up a lot, not humiliated. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2010, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world/550220/15 "2010-08-15T00:40:45Z")
I liked it well enough, but thought Scott was a self-involved jackass through too much of the film ā€“ I especially didnā€™t like how he treated Knives ā€“ so the ending was a little hollow to me. Other than that, though, I liked it. ---
**Author:** ![justafriend](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@justafriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justafriend)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2010, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world/550220/16 "2010-08-15T00:54:17Z")
I wasnā€™t a big fan of the ending, either. The book had a much more satisfying ending, with Scott realizing heā€™s not much different from Gideon. ā€œScott has earned the Power of Understanding!ā€ Plus, Ramona is the one who ultimately kicks Gideonā€™s ass. That said, though, the movie was still awesome. I loved how Ramona was so obviously too cool for Scott. The mix of music and fighting was really well done. Overall, the movie pretty much lived up to my expectations as a great highlight reel of the books. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2010, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world/550220/17 "2010-08-15T02:38:58Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > Is it a movie where the main character is put in many embarrassing situations? I hate feeling embarrassed for a character. > > I want a, not necessarily a feel good movie, but something thatā€™s not going to depress me. Is this it? He gets in a few awkward/embarrassing situations, but mostly due to his own stupid (typical guy) actions. Mainly, not having the testicular fortitude to actually break off his relationship with Knives before pursuing a relationship with Ramona, and on top of that, managing to double-book a date. As others said, he does consistently get enough kick-ass moments of his own in throughout the movie to keep it from getting too much. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2010, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world/550220/18 "2010-08-15T04:13:00Z")
> [@Hades](#): > > I liked it well enough, but thought Scott was a self-involved jackass through too much of the film ā€“ I especially didnā€™t like how he treated Knives ā€“ so the ending was a little hollow to me. Other than that, though, I liked it. ā€¦wellā€¦ you know thatā€™s the story. It isnā€™t about ā€œcan Scott beat these evil exes and keep the girl.ā€.. itā€™s ā€œcan Scott grow the eff up and realize that heā€™s been a dick and have a mature relationship.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2010, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world/550220/19 "2010-08-15T04:17:11Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > Is it a movie where the main character is put in many embarrassing situations? I hate feeling embarrassed for a character. Yeah, donā€™t go see Dinner For Schmucks. That was PAINful, seriously. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2010, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world/550220/20 "2010-08-15T14:51:55Z")
> [@Push\_You\_Down](#): > > > [@Hades](#): > > > > I liked it well enough, but thought Scott was a self-involved jackass through too much of the film ā€“ I especially didnā€™t like how he treated Knives ā€“ so the ending was a little hollow to me. Other than that, though, I liked it. > > ā€¦wellā€¦ you know thatā€™s the story. It isnā€™t about ā€œcan Scott beat these evil exes and keep the girl.ā€.. itā€™s ā€œcan Scott grow the eff up and realize that heā€™s been a dick and have a mature relationship.ā€ That doesnā€™t mean I have to like the character. He realized he was being an ass, but he still improbably got the girl. Both I and the friend I saw it with liked the movie, but not the protagonist. When Knives told him that she was too cool for him, I smiled in agreement. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world/550220.md?page=2)