Part of our CINEMA IN THE TIME OF CORONAVIRUS series. Friday, July 10, 2020 @ 7:30p, Netflix Streaming Service: SCOTT PILGRIM VS THE WORLD (2010, Universal,  dir by Edgar Wright, streaming, 112 mns) 

HOW TO: While we all work to be socially responsible during the age of coronavirus, Secret Movie Club is experimenting with news ways we can all come together as a community and watch great movies. 

We want to keep this very reasonable since folks have to have Netflix to start with. So donate whatever works for you. $1 is fine with us.

Just make sure you download NETFLIX PARTY on a Chrome Browser. You'll see the initials NP in the upper right hand corner of browser after a succesful download. 

Secret Movie Club will email the link for the Netflix Party at 30 minutes before showtime using the email you provide here. Click that link then click the NP in upper right hand corner. This will synch you to our screening. We will start the movie at exactly 5 minutes after the hour. 

There will be a chat function that allows everyone to comment as we go. 

The Secret Movie Club team will be offering trivia, history, insights, articles, deep dives throughout the movie(s). We're going to work to make this as rich a feast as possible utilizing the technology at hand. 

Then we'll want your feedback immediately on how we can improve/make it better! This also will allow Secret Movie Clubbers from all over the world to join in on a virtual screening!

This week, we’ll be looking at three movies from the 2010’s that turned out to be more complex and mysterious than they at first appeared and have since gained quite huge cult followings.

First up is Edgar Wright’s (now) beloved comic adaptation Scott Pilgrim Vs The World.  It uses music, video game, and comic book language to tell the story of self-absorbed bass guitarist Scott Pilgrim who falls for Amazon delivery worker Ramona Flowers but learns in order to date her he must first conquer her six evil ex boyfriends.

Filled with Edgar Wright’s now trademark visual bravura, energy, originality, powered by tons of great music, and topped off with fun performances from Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, & Jason Schwartzman among others, Scott Pilgrim nevertheless took several years to really catch fire as a cult film. Now, of course, it’s often considered one of the greatest movies of the 2010’s but at first folks were confused by its mix of eye candy visuals yet penetrating critique of how shallow young men can be in their relationships. 

Now often considered one of Edgar Wright’s best movies to date join us to revisit Scott Pilgrim and have a conversation about whether its mash up of tones, styles, themes, and critiques works better 10 years on.