By Cookie 'N' Screen
Over at Cookie ‘N’ Screen, I am having an Edgar Wright week and paying tribute to a fine film maker whose new release, The Worlds End hits cinemas on Friday. Yesterday on our Edgar Wright film crawl, we stopped off at the legendary Shaun of the Dead, the first scoop of the Cornetto Trilogy. Now we’ve done Shaun of the Dead, can I introduce you to its younger, slicker and better little brother Hot Fuzz? And yes, I’ll stop with the metaphors.
Over at Cookie ‘N’ Screen, I am having an Edgar Wright week and paying tribute to a fine film maker whose new release, The Worlds End hits cinemas on Friday. Yesterday on our Edgar Wright film crawl, we stopped off at the legendary Shaun of the Dead, the first scoop of the Cornetto Trilogy. Now we’ve done Shaun of the Dead, can I introduce you to its younger, slicker and better little brother Hot Fuzz? And yes, I’ll stop with the metaphors.
Action movie Hot Fuzz came exploding into the world in 2007. It follows the story of PC Nicolas Angel (Simon Pegg), the best policeman in London. Unfortunately, the rest of his squad have become sick and tired of him being so bloody good at his job and have relocated him as Sergeant in the sleepy town of Sanford. Immediately bored and frustrated at his circumstances, Angel is all too keen to investigate a series of gruesome deaths that have hit the town. But with everyone insisting on writing them off as accidents, Angel must rely on his instinct and his new partner and action flick aficionado Danny (Nick Frost) to bring down the town where a much bigger conspiracy is taking place.
So, many of you may have skipped the second paragraph due to your blind rage that I called Hot Fuzz better than Shaun of the Dead. While I am not taking anything away from Shaun of the Dead and I realise it ranks more favourably amongst audiences and critics alike, I just can’t help feel that this action comedy is a far better movie. Hot Fuzz is a much more original concept, for one being a great piece of explosive action set in the heart of the English Countryside, which has never really happened before. With this concept being inherently funny, it is just a matter of improving on the laughs with a series of witty dialogue, comical situation based observations and a plot twist that is uproarious. As the film unfolds, the turns are unexpected and brilliant leading to the most magnificent shoot out in a tiny village the world has ever seen. The timing, the moments and the whole package is just near perfect.
So, many of you may have skipped the second paragraph due to your blind rage that I called Hot Fuzz better than Shaun of the Dead. While I am not taking anything away from Shaun of the Dead and I realise it ranks more favourably amongst audiences and critics alike, I just can’t help feel that this action comedy is a far better movie. Hot Fuzz is a much more original concept, for one being a great piece of explosive action set in the heart of the English Countryside, which has never really happened before. With this concept being inherently funny, it is just a matter of improving on the laughs with a series of witty dialogue, comical situation based observations and a plot twist that is uproarious. As the film unfolds, the turns are unexpected and brilliant leading to the most magnificent shoot out in a tiny village the world has ever seen. The timing, the moments and the whole package is just near perfect.
With the success of Shaun of the Dead, it is no wonder that the team want to do a bigger comedy on a grander scale. Explosions and gunfights are legendary here, the writing is top form and it’s no wonder, Wright and Pegg spent over a year watching action movies as well as interviewing members of the police force. This amount of research gave Hot Fuzz impact that hit you in the funny bone as well as giving a realistic feel. Utlizing Wrights fast paced directional style, famous faces cropping up all over and Pegg and Frost acting at the top of their game, Hot Fuzz is a never-ending source of amusement.
Hot Fuzz is not a spoof, it is an astute look at the action genre that weaves in some fantastic comedy amongst the layers of fire. This explosive movie is bursting to the seams with epic awesomeness. Having a team that have worked together for over a decade and having a better budget only means that Hot Fuzz, the vanilla instalment of the trilogy, has upped the bar.
It is now we wait with bated breath to see how greatly The World’s End hits.
Bring the noise.
TTFN,
Cookie.
Hot Fuzz is not a spoof, it is an astute look at the action genre that weaves in some fantastic comedy amongst the layers of fire. This explosive movie is bursting to the seams with epic awesomeness. Having a team that have worked together for over a decade and having a better budget only means that Hot Fuzz, the vanilla instalment of the trilogy, has upped the bar.
It is now we wait with bated breath to see how greatly The World’s End hits.
Bring the noise.
TTFN,
Cookie.
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