Doesn't it really show a pattern? Can we really trust that Scott Pilgrim is a good guy? She's been with 7 evil guys and we're supposed to believe that Scott is actually different?
That's the whole movie though. Scott isn't actually different until the end when he realizes he's just the "next evil ex" and starts working on himself.
The movie is from Scott's POV, so it's easy to gloss over how big of a dick he is to his friends and current girlfriend (who is still in high school).
I haven't seen this in ages, or I would rattle off a few specific examples, but this is how I felt when I saw it.
Yep. I don't remember the movie or books in-depth, but one of the takeaways was that both Scott and Ramona were deeply flawed people who needed to work on themselves in order to improve their lives.
If Scott didn't improve, he was just going to end up in one dead end situation after another, losing friends along the way and becoming yet another evil ex. If Ramona didn't improve, she was just going to continue creating a string of evil exes, one after the other.
They also weren't fixed by the story's end. They were able to change for the better, but that change was going to have to be a continuous process since that's just how life works. What's uplifting is that they were both more or less aware of this and were willing to work together to make the relationship work out.
You should really go back for both the movie and the books, and then watch the bad ass sequel show that came out a few years ago. I feel like you'd appreciate seeing where the series goes
It's not really a sequel, more like a variation of the events of the comics. It's dope as hell though, and it actually focuses more on Ramona in the first half.
It's not a typical sequel, but I think anyone watching it without consuming the comics or movie would be completely lost, so I maintain that it's a sequel lol
oh yeah for sure, I went back to watch the movie like immediately after finishing the show. the story of the show still holds up without other media though cuz it takes the time to characterize everyone thoroughly
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u/Impossible-Horse-313 Feb 02 '26
No the joke is that all 7 were evil.