Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The 2010 box-office bomb still being copied today
Graeme Tuckett is a contributing writer for Stuff to Watch.
OPINION: Three great things have happened to me last week.
Actually, great things happen to me every day as long as I'm in a mood to notice them. But last week I saw two good films and had one very likeable update from Netflix.
The first film was Polite Society, which, despite the bland title, is a kick-ass comedy of a young woman rescuing her sister from the horrors of matrimony. The film is a mash-up of martial arts stylings and suburbia. It reminded me of everything from Bend It Like Beckham to Get Out. But the biggest debt Polite Society owes, is to Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.
* Chupa: Looking for a great school holiday watch? Netflix has the perfect movie * Everything Everywhere All At Once: The unforgettably daft, absolute blast that fully deserved its Oscar wins * Boiling Point: Stephen Graham-starring one-shot a rare and special achievement * Baby Driver: an unwieldy mix that doesn't work
The second film was Everything Everywhere All At Once. I've seen it three times now, but the first two times were in a cinema, with the sound turned up and a massive screen.
Like every film ever, Everything Everywhere All At Once isn't as good at home. In a cinema, the screen and the sound powered the film through the slow patches. But even at home, Everything Everywhere is the best sci-fi comedy since The World's End and the funniest mother/daughter reconciliation yarn since, err, Carrie.
And Everything Everywhere All At Once also, maybe, owes a lot to Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.
So this week, as if the universe was reading my mind, or skimming my bank statements, came the news Netflix are releasing an animated series, based on – you guessed it – Scott Pilgrim
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