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Scott Pilgrim vs. the Alternate Ending
MASSIVE SPOILERS AHEAD
While many on Spill were disappointed by the box office returns of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, we had all hoped the film would have a legacy on Blu-ray and DVD. Well it seems our crystal balls were right as Scott Pilgrim jumped to the #1 position of Amazon the day it was released, hopefully the trend continues. But on the DVD, I found a strange discovery in the extras: an alternate ending.
Now I'm fully well aware that many film blogs chatted about the alternate ending prior to release, but I avoided them so as not to spoil the movie for me. After I had seen the movie and enjoyed it, I forgot all about the alternate ending...until now. So for the purposes of dissection and opening the floodgates for Spill to debate "which ending is better" I will now speak of and show the Scott Pilgrim vs. the World ALTERNATE ENDING
ONCE AGAIN....SPOILER ALERT
Huh...Edgar Wright REALLY had a different vision than Bryan Lee O'Malley did. I would have hoped the comic writer would alert the director to the series' true conclusion (kinda like when J.K. Rowling told Alan Rickman Snape's true alleigance for the movies). But when I come to think about it, Knives was much more involved in the movie than she was in the comic to the point that she was given her own character arc. Seeing this ending makes me realize that all those scenes with Knives were Wright's way of setting up the ending that HE wanted. However, upon finding out from O'Malley the COMIC ending, he realized he did a boo-boo.
Some directors (like say Stanley Kubrick) would say "fuck authorial intent" and claim the movie as HIS own and move on. For people like Kubrick, this worked out to the film lover's benefit with hits like The Shining and A Clockwork Orange. But sometimes you have the Joel Schumacher's of the world who say "fuck authorial intent" and give us "classics" like Batman and Robin and Phantom of the Opera. As you can see, this could go either way.
But Edgar Wright seems to be a respectful man, and chose to honor the source by giving the ending that appeared in the comic (released two weeks prior to the film's release)...but he did it while leaving the Knives scenes intact. While the move did allow him to inject his own artistic desire (which I believe all directors should do with adapted material instead of flat-out copying it...to a point) it left a big fat what if in the minds of fans.
Personally, I liked the ending given to us in theaters. Here you had this "boy" learning to get over his emotional baggage through a series of over-the-top video game fights all in the pursuit of a goal = to get the girl of his dreams (literally). To me, it would seem silly to abandon that goal as soon as you have cleared through every horrible obstacle that stood in your way and tried to eliminate you. While I did appreciate Knives' development, the fact remains that she was not "destined" to be with Scott to fulfill her character. By the end of the film, she realizes what an ass Scott was but reconciles with him to become a stronger person (and hopefully much less clingy in her next relationship).
So what do you guys think? Are you Team Ramona or Team Knives? (Sorry about that last joke, I couldn't resist)
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Comment by Chilling Sound of Doom on November 28, 2010 at 1:04pm -
Wright explains on his commentary why he made ultimately made the change after seeing the ending O'Malley wrote, and I have to agree with him- Knives became a badass in the movie's climax, and ending up with Scott at the end would have taken her hard-earned character growth away from her. With the theatrical ending, while she may still feel hurt inside as much as she tries to hide it, she's learned to move on and find someone who's truly right for her (just like she did in the book).
I DO appreciate the effort to go against the audience's expectations and try for something different, though.
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Comment by teppei on November 27, 2010 at 8:17pm -
No thanks, to this ending! Though it's fun to watch, I would have been frustrated at the end of the movie (I hadn't finished the book yet, so I didn't know what was supposed to happen.) if Scott ended up with Knives. Wright did a great job of making Knives character more entertaining in the movie, but she was still a little annoying and too young. For all her problems, Ramona still seems like the girl of Scotts dreams. Scotts world would have gotten boring if he went with Knives. In my opinion.
Ramoooonnaaaaa
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Comment by Israfel on November 27, 2010 at 7:24pm -
From the perspective of having read the comic from beginning to end a few times and seen the movies, I will say that the movie did an excellent job of giving Knives more involvement, but I tend to agree with the side that says that maintaining the ending of the comic was the right way to go. Scott ending up with Knives would have been pointless in the sense that it would have made no sense considering the whole point of the movie.
Still though the ending was well shot.
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Comment by The Host on November 26, 2010 at 10:22pm
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Comment by Chris on November 26, 2010 at 6:12pm -
Aww, I really liked this ending.
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Comment by Ian on November 25, 2010 at 11:02pm -
Very glad that they threw out this ending. I'll probably have to take Advil after nodding my head so much from reading your post! You said it perfectly.
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Comment by Ilmena.2 on November 25, 2010 at 1:02pm -
The ending is the only part of the film i didn't like. i like this even less.
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Comment by Daredevil on November 25, 2010 at 12:33pm -
@DonPanini Yeah but it would just be annoying if he was with Knives until the end when he realizes that she is just crazy and gets back with Ramona.
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Comment by Mike M. on November 25, 2010 at 11:06am -
I like Knives better, but I'll have to stick with the original ending, otherwise, it makes all his fights seem kind of pointless. Plus people are right when they say that by the end of the story, Knives was too good for Scott.
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Comment by FMC on November 25, 2010 at 6:03am -
all the endings are great but i prefer the comic/cinema endin, because he finally gets why he was fightin
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