15 Sci-Fi Movie Endings That Would Have Changed Everything

Edgar Wright’s first and finest US-based film, Scott Pilgrim vs the World, captures the essence of the director’s style, Bryan Lee O'Malley graphic novels and late-noughties indie films, and rolls ‘em all up in one bright, loud, star-powered and infinitely rewatchable package. Michael Cera stars as Scott, a twenty-something whose life is lacking definition, but who believes a chance encounter with rollerblading delivery girl Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) could be the answer to his ennui.

After ditching his current flame Knives Chau (Ellen Wong) and battling his way through Ramona’s seven evil exes, Scott faces his dark alter, Nega-Scott, and comes up trumps. The film ends in the snow on a deserted Toronto street, with Scott, the woman he has been fighting for, and the girl he ditched to get her. And in the original ending, he chooses Knives.

Sure, Scott reckons with his asinine behaviour and does right by Knives, but this ending doesn’t respect her autonomy, as Scott is able to just flip flop between girls without consequence. Plus it bails on the promise of the film – what’s the point of seven evil exes if you don’t get the girl at the end??

And test audiences felt the same. After a mixed-to-negative reaction to this scene, Wright and O’Malley rewrote the ending and reshot it just months before the film’s theatrical release. As a result, Scott chooses Ramona, with the pair absconding through a mysterious portal together, hand in hand.