Scott Pilgrim Vs The World.--- The future of film or Flop?...FLOP.

                           


Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is a 2010 comedy film directed by Edgar Wright, based on the graphic novel series Scott Pilgrim byBryan Lee O'Malley. The film is about Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera), a young Canadian musician, meeting the girl of his 'dreams' literally, Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), an American delivery girl. In order to win Ramona, Scott learns that he must defeat Ramona's "seven evil exes", who are coming to kill him.?

The film is aimed at 'geeks' but is that correct?? If so how are they supposed to relate to the film?...... Scott is in a band.... something that a geek wouldn't be in..... he has to choose between to mildly attractive girls.... a situation that a geek wouldn't be placed in. So even though the film is aimed at geeks they don't directly address the situation of a 'geek'.





Scott Pilgrim vs. the World was planned as a film after the first volume of the comic was released. Wright became attached to the project and filming began in March 2009 in Toronto. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World premiered after a panel discussion at the San Diego Comic-Con International on July 22, 2010. It received a wide release in North America on August 13, 2010 in 2,818 theaters. The film finished fifth on its first weekend of release with a total of $10.5 million. The film has received very positive reviews by critics and fans of the graphic novel, but it failed to recoup its $60 million production budget during its release in theaters, grossing $31.5 million in North America and $16 million overseas.

Here is a fan video of the 15 intertextual references; doesn't this just goes to show that your have to be extraordinarily geeky to like it?




People over 30 don't get it.
The film has been summarised that for people over the age of 30 would be a complete and utter waste if time, a working 30 year old would not want to go and see a bunch oh hipster 20 somethings doss around and moan about going out and being in bands, when they have to go out and work and spend their 'hard' earned cash watching people that they stereotypically despise.

People under 30 don't get it.
This was said because of the out dated references that have been made throughout the film, considering that the film is aimed at and about teenagers it doesn't consist of many things that a teenager would be able to relate to or understand in terms of its themes (video gaming, pop culture). In my opinion this would be different if the film was aged a 30 somethings which then would have a understanding of the intertextual references.

People hate Michael Cera??
Apparently despite his fans their are many indie film watchers that think that the repetitive nature of Cera's characters is just a little bit too much to handle. This encouraging people not to pay to go see a character that they could see for free in their video collection.... in that respect i understand why people wouldn't go and see the film.
In my opinion i think Cera is amazing and anything that he is in couldn't be bad.