Just got back from seeing Hot Fuzz (which comes out in the US in April) -- it is MADE OF AWESOME. It's got all the same style and humour of Shaun and Spaced, but it takes everything to a whole new level. It's so great to see these guys maturing and stretching out and finessing their old tricks and adding in new ones. They just keep getting better and better.
You guys had a riot? On account of me? A real riot?
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
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Jessica - Mar 14, 2007 4:41:04 pm PDT #7850 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Strega - Mar 14, 2007 5:18:49 pm PDT #7851 of 10001
it is MADE OF AWESOME.Oh, excellent! I'd seen someone on Ellis's boards saying that it was still very funny, but less... I dunno, finely-detailed?... than Shaun. Which made me ever-so-slightly less enthused about it. But I agree with you a lot more than I do with this other dude, so now I shall disregard him. Pfft.
But if I'm disappointed, it's all on your head!
Polter-Cow - Mar 14, 2007 5:20:45 pm PDT #7852 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I love the trailer that's all EXPLOSIONS, SANTA CLAUS, A DUCK, MORE EXPLOSIONS...
It knows what I want in a movie.
Jessica - Mar 14, 2007 5:36:54 pm PDT #7853 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'd seen someone on Ellis's boards saying that it was still very funny, but less... I dunno, finely-detailed?... than Shaun.
Oh, I disagree. It's drawing on less geeky source material, but it's still just as sharp. I think I probably got more of the background reference jokes in Shaun, but only because zombies and video games are more familiar to me than buddy cop movies. (And it's not all ungeeky -- there may or may not be a BtVS fandom reference. DH is going to ask them about it at the junket, if he winds up going, because I really want to know if I'm right.)
Cate Blanchett and Peter Jackson both make hilarious uncredited cameos. Cate's is much easier to spot, since she has lines (though you never see her face). PJ is only onscreen for a split second.
Kathy A - Mar 14, 2007 5:55:02 pm PDT #7854 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I imagine Peter Jackson loved Shaun of the Dead!
Strega - Mar 14, 2007 6:59:14 pm PDT #7855 of 10001
No, it was... um. I should probably just find the post but my brain is all full right now. I'll look tomorrow. What I recall is, he was saying that Shaun had all those self-referential gags that you only appreciate on seeing the movie a second (or whatever-ith) time -- like the gaming at the beginning that parallels the zombie shoot-em-up near the end. Man, I have no idea if that makes sense outside my head. But it was stuff like that he was missing -- that it didn't have as much re-watch-ability, I guess.
I'll look for the post tomorrow, since I feel bad about repeating vague impressions from months ago that I may have misunderstood or misremembered. Although, isn't that what the internet is for?
Tom Scola - Mar 15, 2007 12:39:44 am PDT #7856 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Dan Savage's review of 300: [link]
Volans - Mar 15, 2007 1:53:09 am PDT #7857 of 10001
move out and draw fire
I've always been partial to Dan Aykroyd as Nite Owl
This is so perfect.
Of course, my knee-jerk reaction to any casting game these days is "Jim Carrey."
Jim Carrey as Ozymandius. Jim Carrey as The Comedian. Jim Carrey as Silk Stalking (or whatever her name was).
Just watched Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. Not sure what I think. For one thing, with that title, I expected it to be James Bond parody.
Jessica - Mar 15, 2007 2:33:44 am PDT #7858 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
But it was stuff like that he was missing -- that it didn't have as much re-watch-ability, I guess.
Only one way to test that theory - see it again!
§ ita § - Mar 15, 2007 6:31:08 am PDT #7859 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm watching the trailer for Slow Burn, and all I can think is Jolene Blalock? Black? Did they run out of Negresses in Hollywood? Then, at some point in the trailer it seems her blackness may be under question, but still...