History YMMV / ScottPilgrimvsTheWorld

* FanPreferredCutContent: In the end, [[spoiler:Scott and Ramona both got together, with Knives approving of their relationship]]. While many fans are receptive towards the ending, an alternative ending was filmed that featured [[spoiler:both Knives and Scott together]]. Some felt that this was a better send-off for the movie, as they felt that it was a better ending for the ''film,'' since it focuses on developing Knives as much as Ramona and Scott, [[AscendedExtra compared to the books]], where she's a more minor character, and the buildup seems to be for both of them finally getting back together.

* FanPreferredCutContent: In the end, [[spoiler:Scott and Ramona both got together, with Knives approving of their relationship]]. While many fans are receptive towards the ending, an alternative ending was filmed that featured [[spoiler:both Knives and Scott together]]. Many felt that this was a better send-off for the movie, as they felt that it was a better ending for the ''film,'' since it focuses on developing Knives as much as Ramona and Scott, [[AscendedExtra compared to the books]], where she's a more minor character, and the buildup seems to be for both of them finally getting back together.

* PlatonicWritingRomanticReading: Scott/Knives in hindsight; [[spoiler:originally, the intended ending was for Scott to get back together with Knives, and her increased role in the film was meant to build up to this. Then Edgar Wright learned of the ending to the comic and ended up changing the film's ending based off of this. So we're left with all this subtext between Scott and Knives without them becoming a couple again. On the home versions, the Scott/Knives pay-off was actually released as an full alternate cut of the ending.]]

** Even as streaming platforms make it more accessible than it was in 2010, the original target audience of millennials haven't celebrated the film beyond the small cult audience. The film being built around a nerdy DoggedNiceGuy chasing after a girl feels too reminiscent of the more cringeworthy aspects of late 2000s "nerd culture" [[CondemnedByHistory they would rather forget.]]

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Due to the flashy visuals, toilet humor, and videogame references, Website/{{IMDb}} users passed it off as a "kiddie" movie. Need we remind you that this is a movie that has sexual references (although mild), Scott accidentally saying that he wants to give Knives a golden shower, Scott being impaled by the seventh ex (yes, he comes back with a 1-Up, and there's no blood, but still!), and one of the exes dying from having an orgasm. This film actually was not as successful as hoped since [[UncertainAudience it was too "adult" for children and too "kiddie" for most adults at the time]].

** Even as streaming platforms make it more accessible than it was in 2010, the original target audience of millennials haven't celebrated the film beyond the small cult audience. The film being built around a nerdy DoggedNiceGuy chasing after a girl feels too reminiscent of the more cringeworthy aspects of late 2000s "nerd culture" [[CondemnedByHistory they would rather forget.]] Scott dating a younger, [[CatholicSchoolGirlsRule Asian, catholic high schoolgirl]] also feels a little gross and fetishistic even if their 'dating' is shown to be non-physical, with Scott hanging out with Knives after school because he doesn't want the complication of a more adult relationship.

* WhatAnIdiot: Scott gets one from Wallace when Scott gets an email from Matthew Patel, outlining the League of Evil Exes' format and what would be coming his way, and then Scott dismisses it as rubbish until his sudden fight with Matthew. Granted, when was the last time ''you'' took a threat over the internet seriously?

* HarsherInHindsight: Ramona's line when she fights Knives, "I didn't steal Scott! I didn't steal ''anyone!''" becomes this after her actress, Creator/MaryElizabethWinstead, received a lot of backlash online after it was revealed she and Creator/EwanMcGregor had had an affair while working together on {{Series/Fargo}}, [[https://www.thelist.com/296679/the-truth-about-ewan-mcgregors-relationship-with-mary-elizabeth-winstead/ with the two leaving their significant others to be together]]. Even [=McGregor's=] daughter voiced her (very negative) opinion about the two, although she has since [[https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/inside-ewan-mcgregors-messy-divorce-22175711 admitted]] that posting the comments was "not her finest hour".

* RelationshipWritingFumble: Scott/Knives ended up becoming one in hindsight; [[spoiler:originally, the intended ending was for Scott to get back together with Knives, and her increased role in the film was meant to build up to this. Then Edgar Wright learned of the ending to the comic and ended up changing the film's ending based off of this. So we're left with all this subtext between Scott and Knives without them becoming a couple again. On the home versions, the Scott/Knives pay-off was actually released as an full alternate cut of the ending.]]

** Even as streaming platforms make it more accessible than it was in 2010, the original target audience of millennials haven't celebrated the film beyond the small cult audience. The film being built around a nerdy DoggedNiceGuy chasing after a girl feels too reminiscent of the more cringeworthy aspects of late 2000s "nerd culture" [[CondemnedByHistory they would rather forget.]]

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: According to [[http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Box-Office-Bob-omb-5-Reasons-Scott-Pilgrim-Vs-The-World-Failed-To-Find-An-Audience-20168.html this article]], that is why the movie didn't do well. The emphasis on the problems of 20-somethings alienated people over 30, the allusions to 80's-90s video games and pop culture alienated most people ''under'' the age of 20 (who in most cases wouldn't have been born or old enough when the games came out), and Creator/MichaelCera was subject of some HypeBacklash thanks to the perception that [[{{Typecasting}} he'd been playing the same meek hipster characters over and over]] ([[NeverTrustATrailer a notion that the trailers did little to dispel, heavily featuring Scott's meeker moments and omitting his more jerkass ones]]). Years after the movie was released, bringing it up on certain platforms is a good way to summon people in their late twenties who have absolutely no interest on watching it because they couldn't care any less about the misadventures of a nerdy DoggedNiceGuy chasing after a girl, finding the premise way too reminiscent of the more cringeworthy aspects of late 2000s "nerd culture" [[CondemnedByHistory they would rather forget.]] This feeling is mitigated by the films cult following though.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: According to [[http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Box-Office-Bob-omb-5-Reasons-Scott-Pilgrim-Vs-The-World-Failed-To-Find-An-Audience-20168.html this article]], that is why the movie didn't do well. The emphasis on the problems of 20-somethings alienated people over 30, the allusions to 80's-90s video games and pop culture alienated most people under the age of 21 (who in most cases wouldn't have been born or old enough when the games came out), and Creator/MichaelCera was subject of some HypeBacklash thanks to the perception that [[{{Typecasting}} he'd been playing the same meek hipster characters over and over]] ([[NeverTrustATrailer a notion that the trailers did little to dispel, heavily featuring Scott's meeker moments and omitting his more jerkass ones]]). Years after the movie was released, bringing it up on certain platforms is a good way to summon people in their late twenties who have absolutely no interest on watching it because they couldn't care any less about the misadventures of a nerdy DoggedNiceGuy chasing after a girl, finding the premise way too reminiscent of the late 2000s "nerd culture" [[CondemnedByHistory they would rather forget.]] This feeling is mitigated by the films cult following though.

* FoeYay: Gideon's way of speaking to Scott were... interesting to say the least.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: According to [[http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Box-Office-Bob-omb-5-Reasons-Scott-Pilgrim-Vs-The-World-Failed-To-Find-An-Audience-20168.html this article]], that is why the movie didn't do well. The emphasis on the problems of 20-somethings alienated people over 30, the allusions to 80's-90s video games and pop culture alienated most people under the age of 21 (who in most cases wouldn't have been born or old enough when the games came out), and Creator/MichaelCera was subject of some HypeBacklash thanks to the perception that [[{{Typecasting}} he'd been playing the same meek hipster characters over and over]] ([[NeverTrustATrailer a notion that the trailers did little to dispel, heavily featuring Scott's meeker moments and omitting his more jerkass ones]]). Years after the movie was released, bringing it up on certain platforms is a good way to summon people in their late twenties who have absolutely no interest on watching it because they couldn't care any less about the misadventures of a nerdy DoggedNiceGuy chasing after a girl, finding the premise way too reminiscent of the late 2000s "nerd culture" [[CondemnedByHistory they would rather forget.]]

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Due to the flashy visuals, toilet humor, and videogame references, Website/{{IMDb}} users passed it off as a "kiddie" movie. Need we remind you that this is a movie that has sexual references (although mild), Scott accidentally saying that he wants to give Knives a golden shower, Scott being impaled by the seventh ex (yes, he comes back with a 1-Up, and there's no blood, but still!), and one of the exes dying from having an orgasm. This film actually was not as successful as hoped since [[UncertainAudience it was too "adult" for children and too "kiddie" for most adults]].

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!! [[Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld The film]]:

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Done on purpose for the film, where if it was about Stephen and his band trying to make it big but Scott accidentally screws up by being strung on Ramona and they only get successful without him, just like his own ex-girlfriend.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The movie makes it clear that in order for a relationship to work, it takes something more powerful than [[spoiler: {{the Power of Love}}. Namely, the Power of Self Respect, and ThePowerOfFriendship, too.]]

* SpiritualAdaptation: [[https://mechaguignol.wordpress.com/2010/08/13/scott-pilgrim-vs-utena-tenjou/ Some]] fans would argue that this is the closest thing they could have a live-action adaptation of ''Anime/{{Revolutionary Girl Utena}}''. While the original comic book also made a reference to the anime, the franchise share the similar theme with it as well.

** The second evil ex is played by Creator/ChrisEvans, who would go on to play [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Steve Rogers/Captain America]] in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. Though this is {{averted|Trope}} for those that knew him as [[Film/FantasticFour2005 Johnny Storm]].

* HarsherInHindsight: Ramona's line when she fights Knives, "I didn't steal Scott! I didn't steal ''anyone!''" becomes this after her actress, Creator/MaryElizabethWinstead, received a lot of backlash online after it was revealed she and Creator/EwanMcGregor had had an affair while working together on Series/Fargo, [[https://www.thelist.com/296679/the-truth-about-ewan-mcgregors-relationship-with-mary-elizabeth-winstead/ with the two leaving their significant others to be together]]. Even [=McGregor's=] daughter voiced her (very negative) opinion about the two, although she has since [[https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/inside-ewan-mcgregors-messy-divorce-22175711 admitted]] that posting the comments was "not her finest hour".

* HarsherInHindsight: Ramona's line when she fights Knives, "I didn't steal Scott! I didn't steal ''anyone!''" becomes this after her actress, Creator/MaryElizabethWinstead, received a lot of backlash online after Creator/EwanMcGregor announced he was leaving his wife and seen dating her, with people blaming Winstead for the divorce, one of the most vocal being [=McGregor's=] daughter.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: According to [[http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Box-Office-Bob-omb-5-Reasons-Scott-Pilgrim-Vs-The-World-Failed-To-Find-An-Audience-20168.html this article]], that is why the movie didn't do well. The emphasis on the problems of 20-somethings alienated people over 30, the allusions to 80's-90s video games and pop culture alienated most people under the age of 21 (who in most cases wouldn't have been born or old enough when the games came out), and Creator/MichaelCera was subject of some HypeBacklash thanks to the perception that [[{{Typecasting}} he'd been playing the same meek hipster characters over and over]] ([[NeverTrustATrailer a notion that the trailers did little to dispel, heavily featuring Scott's meeker moments and omitting his more jerkass ones]]). Years after the movie was released, bringing it up on certain platforms is a good way to summon people in their late twenties who have absolutely no interest on watching it because they couldn't care any less about the misadventures of a nerdy DoggedNiceGuy chasing after a girl, finding the premise way too reminiscent of the late 2000s "nerd culture" [[DeaderThanDisco they would rather forget.]]