How Scott Pilgrim Beats Every MCU Movie And Show In One Big Way
The MCU is close to having a monopoly on comic book movies, but Scott Pilgrim vs. the World beats the former's projects in one big way. Scott Pilgrim, directed by Edgar Wright, was released in 2010 when comic book movies were just starting to become big assets in cinema (even before Chris Evans played his biggest comic book superhero character role), with the first Avengers film released two years later. Though vastly different in style, both the MCU and Scott Pilgrim have their sources in comic books, and the latter comes out on top in this specific context.
The film follows the simple comic story of Scott who falls in love with a delivery driver, Ramona, but in order to date her he has to defeat her seven evil ex's. Scott fights the ex's video-game style, which is perfectly integrated into its fairly grounded premise. Though Scott Pilgrim bombed at the box office, there is one way Edgar Wright's movie beats the mammoth that is the MCU.
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Scott Pilgrim is faithful and loyal to its comic source in its entirety, whereas the MCU isn't, sometimes even making its characters unrecognizable from the comics. Its styling, colors, effects and overall aesthetic are nearly perfectly accurate to the comic, even recreating panels from the book, completely leaning into its outrageous and exaggerated origin. The MCU, however, took a more vague route of adapting its comic stories, with an overall muted palette and more mature storytelling.
Scott Pilgrim isn't afraid to make its comic book origins blatantly obvious to the audience, despite the source being fairly niche and indie at the time. This is similar to the MCU's beginnings, as Iron Man originally wasn't a
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