Action, Adventure, Comedy
Meet charming and jobless Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera). A bass guitarist for totally average garage band Sex Bob-omb, the 22-year-old has just met the girl of his dreams. literally. The only catch to winning Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead)? Her seven evil exes are coming to kill him.
Scott Pilgrim has never had a problem getting a girlfriend. It s getting rid of them that proves difficult. From the girl who kicked his heart s assand now is back in townto the teenage distraction he s trying to shake when Ramona rollerblades into his world, love hasn t been easy. He soon discovers, however, his new crush has the most unusual baggage of all: a nefarious league of exes controls her love life and will do whatever it takes to eliminate him as a suitor.
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World with Edgar Wright
As the slayer of Evil Exes shuffles awkwardly back into theaters for a special – and enhanced – one-week engagement, director Edgar Wright reflects on making a cult hit, assembling a super cast, and what
Scott Pilgrim means to him now.
To mark its 10-year anniversary, cult classic Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is getting a special theatrical re-release on April 30. And it returns to theaters looking – and sounding – better than ever: The film has been re-imagined in Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos, and will play in select locations for a single week. (And yes, we know it’s been 11 years, technically, since it hit theaters – but the pandemic scuttled plans for an anniversary re-release last year.)
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Video game adaptations have always had a bad reputation in the film industry. Itâs a long and complex relationship that has never truly been cracked with most adaptations ranging from mediocre to unabashed garbage. Thankfully, there is one film that stands out among the rest. Not the movie we needed, but the one we deserved.
Edgar Wrightâs Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.
Okay I may have stretched the truth earlier because this film is actually based on the Scott Pilgrim graphic novels by Canadian author and artist Bryan Lee O Malley. So, itâs not a video game adaptation and more of a comic book movie, but there are so many undeniable similarities and sensibilities that the film shares with video games. The eight-bit sounds, seven evil exes, incredible punk-rock soundtrack and boss battle level action bear all of the video game mediumâs trademarks. Therefore, I believe itâs the best video game movie we may ever get.
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The 40 best film soundtracks
40. High Fidelity (2000)
Before Garden State and 500 Days of Summer, the team behind the adaptation of Nick Hornby’s novel compiled 15 tracks like a mixtape. It was one its lead character would have approved of: as with many of the soundtracks on this list, High Fidelity’s success lies in a balance between old-school gems by the Velvet Underground, The Kinks and Elvis Costello to Noughties newcomers like Stereolab and Royal Trux.
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39. Dirty Dancing 2: Havana Nights (2004)
This may seem like sacrilege given that the first Dirty Dancing soundtrack is indisputably the more iconic of the two. And yes, the sequel (essentially a remake set in Cuba during the 1950s), starring Romola Garai and future Rogue One star Diego Luna, suffered from a plot loaded with clichés and lack of chemistry between its two lead actors. But the soundtrack – featuring the Gra
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Films are complex beasts with so many moving parts that mistakes are unavoidable. Even the blockbusters with the biggest budgets and most sets of eyes on them routinely make it to cinemas with a few errors, especially when it comes to continuity.
From fluffed lines to errant extras, numerous mistakes have to be corrected on set (or, increasingly, in the editing suite) but occasionally they can bring a new and welcome quality to a scene.
Here we look at some of the unplanned and unwanted events that directors decided to keep in the final cut.