But I really, really liked Hot Fuzz and Shaun, World's End (despite having awesome amounts of Martin Freeman) just didn't...I dunno, it wasn't as funny to me :/
I enjoyed both of those a lot. I'm glad we agree on something haha.
I'll preface it by saying I had been waiting for the it for years, as they're my favorite trio in film.
Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz are very distinct and clear in their inspiration. Dead being an love letter to horror movies, and Hot Fuzz for action. The World's End, when I saw it, didn't have an obvious inspiration or homage aspect. That's fine, but it's straying away from what the other two are so good at. If there is a clear inspiration enlighten me I may have missed it entirely! (Apart from the body snatchers later on)
Then there's the plot. At first it appears like it's going to be a life lesson for Simon Pegg's character in the midst of a wild night. I loved the role reversal in it between Frost and Pegg by the way. Then it plays on the fact that their lovable hometown has changed, a nod to how times change and possibly poking fun at nostalgia. That's fine and good, and you have the golden mile. Then it breaks down to basically what happened in Hot Fuzz, but with barely any development of characters. In Hot Fuzz, you get introductions to all sorts of characters and have an idea of how the quaint town operates. In this, it's just sort of told and just trust us this is weird because obviously it is they're robots look blue guts!
So then what does the movie become about? Fighting off these aliens I guess. Sure whatever, that happens, then what? A funny exchange and then all of a sudden Simon Pegg's character continues to have no development and he's actually bad ass again.
The first 1/3rd of the movie is really the same as the last 2/3rds with Simon Pegg's character having to come to grips with the reality that his friends have all been replaced with normal and mature human beings. Pegg's character isn't about him individually but is more a representation of an ideal... which is why he can't really develop beyond what he is. That's why they refer to him as 'King of the Humans' he's supposed to be a representation of humanity in all it's awfulness and goodness.
Really the movie is about change and the constants that run throughout that change. I'm 28 now, I have a 7 year old son and a nice job, but I'm still Pegg's character in a way.
The first 1/3rd of the movie is really the same as the last 2/3rds with Simon Pegg's character having to come to grips with the reality that his friends have all been replaced with normal and mature human beings. Pegg's character isn't about him individually but is more a representation of an ideal... which is why he can't really develop beyond what he is. That's why they refer to him as 'King of the Humans' he's supposed to be a representation of humanity in all it's awfulness and goodness.
Really the movie is about change and the constants that run throughout that change. I'm 28 now, I have a 7 year old son and a nice job, but I'm still Pegg's character in a way.
The issue I have with that is. If that's the message you want to have in your film, then a comedy isn't the genre to do it with. The main group are developed are the most serious I can recall. The fact that the silly shit is happening around them just comes off as jarring and muddles the point it's making. I like that overall message, but I don't think the film built around it is good.
Like I said, it was the least funny out of the trilogy and I was actually really sad I wasn't laughing as much as I did with the previous films.
I'm still going to watch everything Wright puts out. Love that man. Agree that he should do more science fiction.
The issue I have with that is. If that's the message you want to have in your film, then a comedy isn't the genre to do it with. The main group are developed are the most serious I can recall. The fact that the silly shit is happening around them just comes off as jarring and muddles the point it's making. I like that overall message, but I don't think the film built around it is good.
Like I said, it was the least funny out of the trilogy and I was actually really sad I wasn't laughing as much as I did with the previous films.
I'm still going to watch everything Wright puts out. Love that man.
I wouldn't mind listening to a podcast about speculative futurism or something, but this podcast is about the past and the past is just the future only really, really late.
I wouldn't mind listening to a podcast about speculative futurism or something, but this podcast is about the past and the past is just the future only really, really late.
I wouldn't mind listening to a podcast about speculative futurism or something, but this podcast is about the past and the past is just the future only really, really late.
History provides context to understand the world in its present form. It can also be extremely interesting purely from a narrative perspective. Or it can challenge your assumptions about the world and the people in it. I can't make you like it, but everybody should give it a chance.
History provides context to understand the world in its present form. It can also be extremely interesting purely from a narrative perspective. Or it can challenge your assumptions about the world and the people in it. I can't make you like it, but everybody should give it a chance.
Ha, I'm the opposite. I'm not too interested in European and American stuff since that's what I focused on in school and I have so many gaps in other areas.
Now I can't stop thinking of Podcasts I want to watch. The "How did this get made" podcast, The Mental Illness Happy Hour podcasts, the rest of Janet Varney's JV club, Writing Excuses, Bungie's recent podcasts about the studio/destiny.
Dammit Mutes for making me realise all that I'm missing in my life.
Now I can't stop thinking of Podcasts I want to watch. The "How did this get made" podcast, The Mental Illness Happy Hour podcasts, the rest of Janet Varney's JV club, Writing Excuses, Bungie's recent podcasts about the studio/destiny.
Dammit Mutes for making me realise all that I'm missing in my life.
I have to get back to listening to them. I wish they weren't so short though. I love hearing 'em talk about writing. I've never found another podcast like it.
Haven't watched either. And yet i've watched all of Dollhouse and Firefly. How is that possible, you ask? A rare combination of willpower and a lack of willpower.
I have to get back to listening to them. I wish they weren't so short though. I love hearing 'em talk about writing. I've never found another podcast like it.
I have to get back to listening to them. I wish they weren't so short though. I love hearing 'em talk about writing. I've never found another podcast like it.
Biology right now, but included on our midterm is stuff we're not gonna deal with in class or in the text aside from a single paragraph possibly. We need to know it for the midterm regardless. Zzzz
I love podcasts! I used to listen to a bunch of gaming podcats but that's just down to the Giant Bombcast now. I listen to a bunch of comedy podcasts now, stuff like Comedy Bang Bang.
