Hot Fuzz (555's review)

[555]

I will start by saying I wasn’t the worlds biggest fan of Shaun Of the Dead. It was a good film, but nothing more. It was strange, it went from being a straight comedy to a very serious horror. And just didn’t quite work in my opinion, it certainly didn’t deserve the praise it got.

Now we have Hot Fuzz from the same people. This time there trying to make a “Bad Boys” style action buddy comedy. Simon Pegg is the straight laced cop moved to a town of country bumpkins & is teamed up with Nick Frost’s character, the dumb lil yocal boy who wishes being a cop was more like being in Bad Boys 2 or Point Break. And that is the 1st problem, Bad Boys 2 is the definitive Action buddy comedy flick in my opinion. It has 2 of the best car chases ever, awesome gun fights & is funny as ****. This just isn’t, but then it obviously can’t be.

It really isn’t that funny. Well that’s sort of a lie, it was funny, very funny I think. But I can only recall 2 funny bits, but I know I laughed more than that. Then there is the action sequences that could have been brilliant, they have the brilliantly silly slow-mo twin gun dives, but it just doesn’t work. It’s main problem for me was it’s insistence on the PG-13 style of everything being far to close up & you just can’t tell what’s going on half the time. That and everyone in it seems to be a bloody terrible shot.

The action sequences may not be up to par, but the death scenes certainly are. They’re extremely gory and way OTT, but they work so well & the cgi on them is very clever.

For those of you that care about the plot & the story, well it’s basic stuff just shoved into a English background. The “twists” are very predictable & if you have seen one of the hundreds of clips/trailers around, it will ruin a fair bit of it. I actually thought Nick Frost was better than Simon Pegg. At the beginning I actually found Pegg’s character a bit annoying. Frost was the loveable oaf & he was really good at it. Timothy Dalton is brilliant, so is most of the supporting cast, Bill Bailey is brilliant in his tiny role. But it’s full of comedy cameo’s that are more there just to go “oh its him”, there very under-written & quite pointless.

Overall I wasn’t disappointed, it was what I thought, good but nothing more. The last 30 minutes are miles better than the 1st 1:30. And it does drag a fair bit.

I saw this with 2 people, one said it was excellent (male) & one said it was crap (female). I guess I’m in the middle.

6/10

 

[Dave A]

I saw this with 2 people, one said it was excellent (male) & one said it was crap (female). I guess I’m in the middle.

You've had the op then . I've not seen this, and tbh I probably won't unless a few mates want to go. It just doesn't make me think, I have to go and see that.

 

[ExigeEvan]

I saw it Saturday and am a huge fan of Shaun of the Dead.

It is certainly true that the first hour or so is funny, but nothing special. It seems most of the material for the trailers was cut from here so some of the bigger gags are less of a surprise. But there are lots of little bits there to keep you hooked.

The second hours though is pretty damn good with the comedy doasage increased.

I saw this with a few mates and generally everyone liked it. The only two negatives came from the same friend. His first comment was that it changed genre too often. The second was that they spelt somerfield with an 'o' instead of a 'u'. Need I say more.

And that is the 1st problem, Bad Boys 2 is the definitive Action buddy comedy flick in my opinion. It has 2 of the best car chases ever, awesome gun fights & is funny as ****. This just isn’t, but then it obviously can’t be.

Oh you can't be serious....

That and everyone in it seems to be a bloody terrible shot.

I think I could say that for every damn action movie going.

 

[555]

I can be serious, look, this is my serious face.