He loses interest in Knives, but does not break up with her before pursuing Ramona. Scott meets an American Amazon delivery girl, Ramona Flowers, after having first seen her in a dream. He is dating Knives Chau, a 17-year-old high-school student, to the disapproval of his friends in the band, his roommate Wallace Wells, and his younger sister Stacey Pilgrim. In Toronto, 22-year-old Scott Pilgrim is a bassist for his unsuccessful indie garage band Sex Bob-Omb. In scholarly analysis, it has been widely discussed as a transmedia narrative. It was shortlisted for the Best Visual Effects category at the 83rd Academy Awards. the World has made several top ten lists and received over 70 awards and nominations. However, the film received positive reviews from critics, who noted its visual style and humor, and it eventually garnered a cult following. It was a box-office bomb that failed to recoup its $85 million production budget. A combination of digital and physical methods were used to create the extensive visual effects.
It used real musical artists, including Beck and Metric, as a basis for each fictional group in the battle of the bands plot, with some of the actors also performing. The film uses famous features of its Toronto setting and matches the style of video game and comic book imagery. It was re-released for its 10th anniversary in the United Kingdom on August 21, 2020, and the United States on April 30, 2021. The film premiered after a panel discussion at the San Diego Comic-Con International on July 22, 2010, and received a wide release in North America on August 13. Filming began in March 2009 in Toronto and wrapped that August. It stars Michael Cera as Scott Pilgrim, a slacker musician who is trying to win a competition to get a record deal while also battling the seven evil exes of his newest girlfriend Ramona Flowers, played by Mary Elizabeth Winstead.Ī film adaptation of the comics was proposed following the release of the first volume, and Wright was attached to the project early.
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the World is a 2010 romantic action comedy film co-written, produced, and directed by Edgar Wright, based on the graphic novel series Scott Pilgrim by Bryan Lee O'Malley.