Edgar Wright’s fantastic film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, where a young man must defeat his new girlfriend’s seven evil ex-boyfriend’s one-by-one in order to win her heart and mind, masterfully combines a video game world and the real world into one reality.
While it flat-out bombed when it was released to the mainstream in August of 2010 (pulling in a meager $31 million on an $85 million budget, despite a thrilling premiere at Comic-Con one month earlier), it later found its way to becoming what many would now consider a cult classic. The writing is spectacular, the special effects and transitions flawless, and the theme and music brilliant. But its perfection is ruined by a casting sin that we just can’t put our finger on. Why oh why, Edgar? Why oh why?!
Join us now as Phil, Chuck, and Esteban hit the studio to chat all about it and dig into one of Phil’s all-time favorite movies!
Video Timecodes:
0:00 – Welcome!
0:48 – Michael Cera: Pilgrim or Putz?
2:35 – “He’s his own worst enemy!”
3:04 – 1, 2, 3… zero!
4:06 – “Nursery rhymes to a generation…”
5:55 – Crash and the Boys
8:38 – “Dumbing Down” the Bass
9:52 – Live vs. Video, a Leap Forward…
11:07 – TNC’s Top 5 “Pilgrim Picks”
13:48 – “Casting” Doubt
14:37 – This Ain’t No Simulation!
15:52 – Wrap-Up