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Today we are discussing Hot Fuzz!

Here are some questions to start us off.

1. What was your initial reaction when the movie started? How did that change by the end of the movie?

2. Who was your favorite character in the movie? Your least favorite character? Why?

3. What was your favorite scenes? Your least favorite? Why?

4. What did you think of the soundtrack and/or score?

5. What did you think of the production (cinematography, editing, costuming, etc.)?

Feel free to talk about anything else as well!

Edited 2017-11-25 20:52 (UTC)

1. I fucking love the beginning of this movie. And it doesn't change. Obviously it reminds me of Shaun of the Dead. I love the sort of...manic humor the movie has. I just really love this movie all the way through. I didn't like the Romeo and Juliet scene. It was boring.

2. I can't decide if I like Danny or Nicholas better. I think they just work so well as a team it is hard to judge them separately. I am not sure if I have a least favorite character? They were all so much fun. Maybe the male actor in the Romeo and Juliet play.

3. My favorite scene is when he first goes to the hotel. I love the joke with the crossword puzzle. Such good fucking humor. I

4. I didn't find the music at all memorable.

5. It was wonderfully shot. I love all the background jokes you see while watching the movie. I also love all the scenes that are similar to Shaun of the Dead. I also love how so much stuff ties back together for the final shootout (like the guy in the giant coat).

Feel free to talk about anything else as well!

I think I need to watch Shaun of the Dead! I'm obviously missing a lot of references.

The ones I remember off the top of my head are the obvious fence jumping scene. Nick Frost's character also asks Simon Pegg's character in both movies if he wants anything from the shops. Obviously, there are cornettos being eaten in both. There are also some things that I think were intentional like how both movies have a scene where the two are walking drunk and fail to see the VERY SCARY THING in the background (zombie vs hooded figure).

Re: Movie Club Discussion!

(Anonymous) - 2017-11-25 23:46 (UTC) - Expand

NOOO, I missed it. I love Hot Fuzz. One of my favorite movies.

Could always just hunker down and make a quick run through it now. It's only 2 hours.

You can still watch it! It is on netflix (or you can use the streaming services on my account). And I will post a link to this discussion tomorrow as well.

Believe me, better late than never because I would like to have at least 3-4 people who want to discuss it. It makes me feel like I'm not doing this for nothing. :P

Edited 2017-11-25 21:25 (UTC)

Really glad you linked to it on a second day or I wouldn't have seen all these replies!! Maybe keep doing this going forward because I feel like a lot of us (or maybe I'm talking about myself) have a hard time keeping track of the small daily time frame that FS is active nowadays.

And thanks for doing this, btw.

Re: Movie Club Discussion!

kaijinscendre - 2017-11-26 23:21 (UTC) - Expand

I'm in a similar boat. I had no idea this had ever been chosen and was being discussed today and my internet is not strong enough on Saturday nights to watch it now. I was tracking the last poll Thursday and Friday, just totally missed this :(

Sorry! What is the best place to announce the winner? I generally announce it once by itself the Monday following the poll in GC. Then I usually make a note of it when posting the links to the nominations and poll pages.

Re: Movie Club Discussion!

(Anonymous) - 2017-11-26 00:24 (UTC) - Expand

Re: Movie Club Discussion!

kaijinscendre - 2017-11-26 00:36 (UTC) - Expand

1. I actually didn't think I'd like it because I don't like Shaun of the Dead, so I was expecting to come out of it thinking it was a waste of my time. But I ended up really enjoying it.

2. Um, not sure tbh they're all pretty fun.

3. The showdown in the street is pretty great, them chasing the swan or goose makes me laugh.

4. Nothing memorable tbh.

5. The background jokes are pretty good but I can't remember anything else right now(doesn't mean there isn't anything, brain is just fail today at memory).

Have you seen the final Cornetto movie, World's End? I've not but I plan on watching it soon to complete the trilogy. :D

I loved them chasing the swan. Such a silly sight gag.

No I've not seen that one, I might do one day but it's more a if I get around to it kind of thing.

Yeah it was great fun.

This will be a slightly incoherent response to a brilliant film, but here goes.

I watched it years ago, but had forgotten some of the finer points.

Basic reaction: Midsomer Murders dialled up to twenty!

I was grinning right from the start. I loved the fast cutting, and especially during the grim journey to Gloucestershire. It's nice to know I'm not the only person who feels that way on British public transport!

It's a very well-staffed police station when he gets there! Do people already know what's going on? Is that actually why London sent its best copper to the wilds?

I think my favourite scene of the lot, by a very small margin, was “How much do I owe you?” “£20.” “Here's your change.” Such superb timing, with such deadpan delivery.

I remember the shock I got the first time I watched it during the fete scene, with what happened to Tim Messenger. D: Straight from dark comedy to on-screen comedy-violence..? Whoa.

Thinking about which character I liked best – I started off not liking Nicholas at all but was completely won over by the end. Danny was great all the way through and I loved their interaction.

The horse was GREAT. And where on earth did the swords come from? But hey, who cares? :D The model village shots were brilliant. Was I seeing an alien spaceship? I was quite prepared for this to be the case by this point. But no, it wasn't. And urgh, that shot with the model church turret argh argh.

And a final squee for Chekov's Swan. Brilliant.

...Well, like I said, incoherent. Whee!

I love the fast cutting as well! It gives it such a manic and fun feeling.

I would think if London knew what was going on they would tell them. Unless it was a test.

I liked Nicholas from the beginning but that could be because I've seen the movie before. So I knew how it would go. Then again, I just love how serious he is. Like when he sees all the kids drinking in the pub and arrests them all. That is fantastic.

The Tim Messenger scene didn't shock me too much because it was so quick. But when Skinner is impaled on that spike I have to like cover the screen. It is so gross. D:

I've seen the movie several times before, so I can't exactly give my first impressions. It's really fantastic, though.

I think the most interesting thing about it is probably the cinematography and the directing and the humor - Frost and Pegg are very good, but not much different or more likable than any other Frost and Pegg movie, and the actual plot etc of the movie is pretty dang thin. What's really striking is how clever everything is, and much thought has clearly gone in to so many small details. The way that the whole first half of the movie sets up this elaborate structure, and then just plays all of it off - it's just really impressive and also really satisfying. And also, the direction is so spot-on from an action movie point of view. It's really incredible how quick all the cuts are and how fluent it all is, all the way through, and again how differently the action direction plays in the first half of the movie where it's humorous compared to the second half where it's actual action. It's so well-done.

Great movie. Love it.

ALSO my favorite non-main character is easily Timothy Dalton

He's so sinister and so funny

love him

I also really love how the first half sets up everything. I love when stories call back and neatly tie up all these little things that come up in the story (the best book version of this I know of is NOS4A2).

And yeah, it definitely hits all those action movie buttons. The only thing it is missing is shaky cam but that was popularized after this movie came out (I think).

A lot of what I was going to say has already been said but I want to add a few things:
I love the foreshadowing and callbacks and juxtapositioning.
I like the meaningful names of the characters.
I thought the music was brilliantly used, especially Village Green Society by the Kinks and Fire by the Crazy World of Arthur Brown.
This is one of those rare movies that gets the blend of action and comedy just right.

I loved how all the bad guys had 'evil' names! And the callbacks in these movies are always so damn great.

I liked the music but I didn't really take note of much of it.

The only thing I really have to add is that I didn't realise the Yarrrp guy was the Hound from GoT until I was watching it and that made it better somehow.

Some of his cast members didn't realize that either!

Re: Movie Club Discussion!

(Anonymous) - 2017-11-26 23:07 (UTC) - Expand

1. I initially watched this movie while stuck in an airport with nothing better to do, and I had really low expectations. I normally don't do cop flicks, but this movie is amazing. I love it. I liked Shaun of the Dead too, but I like Hot Fuzz way more. (World's End was meh for me.)

2. Nick Angel, probably. It's hard to separate him from Danny, but his character arc is just really enjoyable.

3. My favorite scene is HANDS DOWN the all-out fight between Nick and the Neighborhood Watch. It's just...so many old people...so over the top...so amazing. I love it. It's hilarious and cool. Least favorite is probably when that newspaper journalist dies because it's kinda gross? I don't like watching it.

4. No opinion

5. So much care is put into the cinematography that this movie gets better and better with every watch imo.

I've still not seen World's End but it does seem to be the weakest out of the three from what I've seen online.

I LOVE the fight. For one, all the things Danny asks Nick come true (like shooting guns while jumping through the air). I also love the scene where he is suiting up with the montage of grabbing a bunch of over the top weapons. He just looks so ridiculous with all the guns on him.

Also, it was nice to see what most of the other cops WERE not part of the evil group. They were just lazy cops with good hearts. I also always crack up at the one woman on a bicycle.