Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) on Netflix
PG-1320101h 52mActionComedyFantasy
Scott Pilgrim, bassist for the garage band Sex Bob-Omb, dates high school student Knives Chau until Ramona Flowers catches his eye. Ramona comes with seven evil exes he must beat.
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- Rotten Tomatoes83%
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Plot summary
In Toronto, Scott Pilgrim plays bass in Sex Bob-Omb, an unsuccessful indie garage band, and dates Knives Chau, a high school student his bandmates, his sister Stacey and his roommate Wallace Wells disapprove of. At Julie Powers' party he meets Ramona Flowers, an American delivery girl he had first seen in a dream, and he loses interest in Knives without breaking up with her. When Sex Bob-Omb enters a battle of the bands run by the record executive Gideon Graves, Ramona's ex-boyfriend Matthew Patel attacks Scott, and Scott learns that Ramona has six more evil exes he must beat before he can date her.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Edgar Wright stopped working on his Ant-Man screenplay for two years while making Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.
SPOILER
The film's original ending had Scott end up with Knives, but after the final book paired Scott with Ramona, a new ending was shot three months before release.- Universal suggested Seth Rogen for the role of Scott Pilgrim because his film Knocked Up had been successful, but Edgar Wright could not see anyone but Michael Cera in the role.
- Ellen Wong auditioned three times for Knives Chau, and on her second audition Wright learned she had a green belt in taekwondo.
- Sebastian Stan and Robert Pattinson were considered for the role of Lucas Lee, which went to Chris Evans.
- To get permission to use Legend of Zelda music, Edgar Wright sent Nintendo of America a clip and a letter describing the music as "like nursery rhymes to a generation".
- The opening title sequence was scratched onto sheets of acetate film, with each sheet producing one second of footage, and the sheets were deliberately kicked around the floor to pick up dirt, scratches, and hairs.
