Nerdy 23-year old Canadian guy fights through a league of seven exes (all with some kind of power) to obtain the love of a girl he's fawning over.
The girl everybody wants for some reason is pretty emotionless/grungy with different colored neon hair depending on the scene. Canadian guy cheats on the 17-year old he's dating. A token gay character (For the movie, there's a lot more in the books).
I actually didn't mind it when it came out, but it's a pretty cringey movie in retrospect.
Eh putting aside the people who glommed o to the fashion, just about any nicholas sparks movie is way worse. At least Scott pilgrim was more self aware about what terrible people the two leads were.
Its worth noting at least, that he doesn't go out to fight for his M'lady.
He just keeps getting jumped, and is increasingly pissy about that fact as the movie goes along. In fact he only fights 5&6 as part of his band duties, and 7 out of personal disrespect.
And the one biggest thing I think the movie did right is showing how much of an insecure baby Scott was and that he needed to respect himself to actually win. The "power of love" fails him (literally, the sword breaks), but the literal "self respect" sword wins him the fight.
The movie is filled with stupid garbage, and is ruined heavily by how boring, generic and unattractive the main girl is (to the point you wonder why anyone would care about her this much, especially to fight for her like this), but it has some moments of clarity as well.
The comic is a bit better at emphasizing the fact that Scott and Ramona are pretty terrible people. The redemption at the end is that they realize that they both need to improve themselves, and that they can so so together. Gideon's issue is that he refuses to do so.
The message is still there in the movie, but it gets a little muddled, because the movie was made before the comic series was finished.
I actually hope that you are joking bro, and if you aren't, you should really go watch it some time even though you will fucking detest it.
There is even a song by some no-names called "Scott Pilgrim vs the world ruined an entire generation of women" while the song isn't too great, the lyrics are fantastic and very apt.
I actually hope that you are joking bro, and if you aren't, you should really go watch it some time even though you will fucking detest it.
I've never seen it either. I don't understand this obsession people have with other people consuming every popular movie or book even if they know it's not their thing.
Same thing applies to food and alcohol too. "What, you don't like X?" "Yeah, no thanks." "You just haven't had the right X yet." "I've had lots of X, never liked them." "Dude, try this X you'll love it."
Well I don't think anyone should try it because I think they will love it, I think they should try it because it's a low cost/investment experience really. In this situation TheImp is a woman hating giga sperg, and this movie, in some people's opinions, created or at least pushed along, women being ruined entirely. So it's kind of like seeing something in retrospect that set things in motion almost as a study but really just a casual observation for fun.
Also quick edit - I totally agree with you on food/alcohol/pop culture stuff, just mostly was poking fun at him more than anything.
Nerdy 23-year old Canadian guy fights through a league of seven exes (all with some kind of power) to obtain the love of a girl he's fawning over.
The girl everybody wants for some reason is pretty emotionless/grungy with different colored neon hair depending on the scene. Canadian guy cheats on the 17-year old he's dating. A token gay character (For the movie, there's a lot more in the books).
I actually didn't mind it when it came out, but it's a pretty cringey movie in retrospect.
Eh putting aside the people who glommed o to the fashion, just about any nicholas sparks movie is way worse. At least Scott pilgrim was more self aware about what terrible people the two leads were.
Its worth noting at least, that he doesn't go out to fight for his M'lady.
He just keeps getting jumped, and is increasingly pissy about that fact as the movie goes along. In fact he only fights 5&6 as part of his band duties, and 7 out of personal disrespect.
And the one biggest thing I think the movie did right is showing how much of an insecure baby Scott was and that he needed to respect himself to actually win. The "power of love" fails him (literally, the sword breaks), but the literal "self respect" sword wins him the fight.
The movie is filled with stupid garbage, and is ruined heavily by how boring, generic and unattractive the main girl is (to the point you wonder why anyone would care about her this much, especially to fight for her like this), but it has some moments of clarity as well.
The comic is a bit better at emphasizing the fact that Scott and Ramona are pretty terrible people. The redemption at the end is that they realize that they both need to improve themselves, and that they can so so together. Gideon's issue is that he refuses to do so.
The message is still there in the movie, but it gets a little muddled, because the movie was made before the comic series was finished.
At least the Beat ‘em Up was pretty good.
You gotta watch it! We NEED your 10 paragraph essay of rage on it.
I actually hope that you are joking bro, and if you aren't, you should really go watch it some time even though you will fucking detest it.
There is even a song by some no-names called "Scott Pilgrim vs the world ruined an entire generation of women" while the song isn't too great, the lyrics are fantastic and very apt.
I've never seen it either. I don't understand this obsession people have with other people consuming every popular movie or book even if they know it's not their thing.
Same thing applies to food and alcohol too. "What, you don't like X?" "Yeah, no thanks." "You just haven't had the right X yet." "I've had lots of X, never liked them." "Dude, try this X you'll love it."
Well I don't think anyone should try it because I think they will love it, I think they should try it because it's a low cost/investment experience really. In this situation TheImp is a woman hating giga sperg, and this movie, in some people's opinions, created or at least pushed along, women being ruined entirely. So it's kind of like seeing something in retrospect that set things in motion almost as a study but really just a casual observation for fun.
Also quick edit - I totally agree with you on food/alcohol/pop culture stuff, just mostly was poking fun at him more than anything.
No idea what a Scott Pilgrim might be. John Wayne called George Scott pilgrim? Lol
I've heard of the movie but never actually watched it. I'll give it a listen