Film Review: Hot Fuzz

Shockeh

<div class="IPBDescription">2 words.</div><b>Pure. Genius.</b>

Guiness should hire Simon Pegg and Nick Frost just to represent their logo. I loved every second.

- Shockwave

eediot

Oh god I had forgotten all about this movie. Hell yes.

Private_Coleman

Thanks for the in-depth review!

Shockeh

See the seconds you spent typing that? Those could have been spent buying tickets to see it.

Femme_Fatale

shush,i want to see it!!!
but it hits the cinemas here in march <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad-fix.gif" />
*waits*

ZiGGY

Ive alreeady seen it, but I was pretty ###### tired when I watched it so I wasnt overly impressed, is good mind.

Zig

I WILL SEE THIS.

Monkfish

I'd go to see it but I have noone to go with <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad-fix.gif" />

RustySpoon

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I'd go to see it but I have noone to go with <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad-fix.gif" />
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Did you think, that by writing that reply you'd win some sympathy points, or someone would propose to go with you?

Abra

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I'd go to see it but I have noone to go with <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad-fix.gif" />
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Poor thing <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />

I will go read reviews now.

Monkfish

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Did you think, that by writing that reply you'd win some sympathy points, or someone would propose to go with you?
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was worth a shot.

Necrotic

Saw it last night with my other half, it's more of an action film than SotD was a horror film I feel. It's still damnably funny though and Pegg plays a good hardass.


Hi everyone btw.

Shockeh

Holy Bejesus! Hi Hodge!

Necrotic

Howdy doody, I'm at Uni with someone from PlayZen, small world innit \o/

Dirty_Harry_Potter

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Thanks for the in-depth review!
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TychoCelchuuu

It comes out earlier in Britishville, right? When does America get it?

arctica

If I remember it was April or something for us yanks. Which is sad.

I look forward to this movie <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" />

The fact Simon, Nick, AND Bill Bailey are in it together makes it WIN.

Manta

I had never even heard of this movie before this post, but I loved Shaun of the Dead.

Wikipedia says April 20, 2007 for the USA.

esuna

This is definitely the best movie i've seen this year so far.

To sum it up simply, if you liked SotD, you will absolutely love Hot Fuzz.

While SotD was a "RomZomCom" -Or romantic zombie comedy- Hot Fuzz is a slasher / cop movie, with, by the end, a massive amount of holywood blockbuster cop movie, in a tiny rural English town, thrown in.

The writing is hilarious, the directing is another step up from SotD, Edgar Wright is really coming into his own now, the acting is flawless and the attention to detail is fantastic.

The cast is also basically a who's-who of British comedy. It's got Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Bill Bailey, Steve Coogan, Kevin Eldon, Martin Freeman, Alice Lowe, and a ton more. Given the cast i was expecting to see a few more named, and will probably need to see it again to check if they make cameos, but it would've been nice to see Dylan Moran, Mark Heap and Jessica Stevenson in there.

The humour, as well as just being fantastically written, is also very self referencial. There's a ton of references in there to SotD, and there's a whole lot of tributes to other movies such as Point Break, Bad Boys 2 and even Godzilla.

So really, see it, it's almost <i>too</i> good.

<i>"You wanna be a big cop in a small town? F**k off down the model village!"</i>

Femme_Fatale

from the makers of shawn of the dead IIRC.
i loved Shawn of the Dead
hilarious!

Crispy

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from the makers of shawn of the dead IIRC.
i loved Shawn of the Dead
hilarious!
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->And if you've seen Shaun of the dead and this and liked the humour, you owe it to yourself to check out the series that started it all off: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/s/spaced_66603210.shtml" target="_blank">Spaced</a>

I'm sure you can probably find it on your local (or not so local) online DVD retailer.

Femme_Fatale

will do,thank you for the heads up! ^____^

CoolCookieCooks

I saw this last night and I must say I was permanently laughing and smiling throughout the whole film. Best laugh I've had in ages.

404NotFound

Hot Fuzz has FINALLY made it across the pond and into my local theater (I think they expanded the release.)

I have to say, this is one of the best comedies, if not the best movies, i've seen in quite awhile. I was smiling the whole time.

So glad I went to see HotFuzz instead of Spiderman.

AnarkiThreeXSix

^_^, yeah I saw it a week ago too, and it's a very damn enjoyable movie (especially at the end).

I went and watched the tv show Spaced recently too, great aswell.

Oh, random fact that I didn't know about until recently too, "Don't" ad in Grindhouse was also made by the director of spaced/shaun/fuzz :D

Speed_2_Dave

Hot fuzz wasn't the best movie of all time. But it is most certainly a great movie. Excellent blend of action and comedy. Best use of shears in a movie this year, I'd wager.

Haze

Any movie that has an old lady with a shotgun getting pegged in the face by a nasty brit in mid air wins my approval, no matter how crappy the rest of it is.

Caboose

Ahh, yes, I saw this on opening night in Yank Land. I had to sit in like the 3rd row because of how sold out it was. But it was worth it!

Brits do have a wonderful sense of humor. This is among one of my favorite comedies of all time now, which include <i>SotD</i> and <i>Monty Python and the Holy Grail</i>.

I've seen one episode of Spaced, it was genius as well.

Parrot-of-War

I still have to see this. I'm sure it's not as good as Shaun of the Dead, but nevertheless I still really want to see this.

Caboose

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I'm sure it's not as good as Shaun of the Dead...
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Wrong...

Zor2

I thought Hot Fuzz wasnt that great :/ Obviously, there were some funny points, but I really wasn't laughing that much <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad-fix.gif" />

Hmmm and I think Shaun of the Dead was better... slightly.

Btw: I am British and I enjoy Briitsh comedy... but just not when its done like this...