Hot Fuzz
 

I went to see Hot Fuzz at the weekend. It’s the first time I’ve been to the cinema since my distressing visit to see Memoirs of a Geisha, but this was a far happier experience.

For those of you who haven’t heard about it, it’s the new film by Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg (Spaced, Shaun of the Dead). It is an affectionate homage to American cop/ buddy action films set in the rural village of Sandford – a solidly middle class crime-free zone.

I won’t review the film, as there are plenty of reviews already on the internet. I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed it and encourage anyone with the opportunity to go and see it at the cinema. It will work very well on DVD – I believe it will bear repeated watching for the quality of the acting if nothing else – but the action scenes really benefit from being watched on a large screen with surround sound.

I didn’t laugh at exactly the same time as the rest of the audience, but I was happy to sit quietly shaking in my seat with mirth. A comment about a beard, and the swear box gave me an extended case of the giggles, as did one of the gruesome deaths SPOILER (the journalist staggering about with part of the church where his head should be, spouting arterial blood seemed really funny for some reason).

Simon Pegg looked frankly edible throughout the film. I’m not really into hard bodied men, but the look suits him. And there were two Bill Baileys for the price of one, so that was a treat for me too – I went home and watched the first series of Black Books on the strength of it. But only because I couldn’t find my Shaun of the Dead DVD (which was quite distressing).

For me, it was one of those films that pick you up and carry you along to such an extent that you’re not really sure where you are when it finishes. I smiled all the way home.

I can't wait to see it! I've watched all the preview stuff with baited breath:)

Sundae, do you want to borrow my Shaun of the Dead dvd? I can post it out to you if you like:)

I really appreciate the offer, but I need to find my own copy. I have a slowly sinking feeling that I picked it up with the other DVDs I sold the other day - gutted. I'll have to replace it if it has gone, but it might just be hidden.

It's a good motivator to have a proper clean - watching SOTD will be cheaper than going back to the cinema for a repeat viewing of Hot Fuzz.... although I bet I go again anyway :love:

You know, when I saw a thread started by Sundae Girl - under the Entertainment section no less - entitled "Hot Fuzz", I *so* had a different notion of what I was going to find here.

Hmpf. Disappointed doesn't begin to describe it.

Aw you pig, get your mind out of the gutter. Do you have to turn everything into something dirty?











Me too:blush:

:) I'm glad

i got that vibe from fight club. i felt changed afterwards. but, as it turns out, i'm still as cute and sexy as i was before i watched it.

ugly as hell you mean ...oh and those vibes you say you get? Probably your own brain misfiring again.....as usual. You are a fake and a charlatan. "sales man"

You are a fake and a charlatan. "sales man"

Dem Scrappin' words !!!!!!

ok, crazy lady.

I never thought I see words like that from skysidhe. Ladysidhe, maybe.

What's up w/ you and the sidhes, anyway?

i don't know, dude.....she just came at me all crazy like......i don't know what i did that made her foamy. did you see anything?


ladysishe was ok with me...it was sycamore she loathed.

Lady Sidhe is not a bad individual...I enjoyed reading a lot of her posts. She just got incredibly one-tracked sometimes, and wasn't a big fan of debating. And the last time I got into it with her, she was just being such a whiny bitch and I let her get to me.

lol, yeah, on further reflection, it was her husband, troubleshooter that she loathed.

2 questions:

1) What is a sidhe?
2) What is Hot Fuzz?

Sidhe (pronounced Shee) is gaelic for fairy - faerie if you prefer. Many stories refer to the Daoine Sidhe (Deena or Theena Shee). Damn dangerous for mortals to get involved with I can tell you.

The Fuzz is the police in Britain. Hot Fuzz therefore means Mr Pegg looking like someone you want to kneel down in front of. YMMV.

Oooooooooooooo. Like Daniel Craig? :yum:

Nononononono................

Daniel Criag is strawberry "flavoured" chocolate
Simon Pegg is real strawberries dipped in melted Belgian chocolate

(he's funny - I melt)

Simon Pegg is sex on legs.

He is also incredibly funny.

What makes Hot Fuzz so funny, and what also made Shaun of the Dead so funny, is that Pegg and his two mates are complete movie nerds. They completely get the genres they are using/abusing.

Loved Shaun of the dead - Hot Fuzz is on the must see list...

Trouble is, I laugh too long and miss too much - might wait 'til dvd.

Receding chin and hairline, scrawny legs, national health teeth? That Simon Pegg?

I must be missing something.

I've just been back and reviewed my Celebrity Bang List.
Those appear to be my criteria for finding men attractive :D

*grins* me too!

Thing about Pegg is, his eyes are incredible and when he smiles he gets those gorgeous laughter lines.

You just described most Brits. If British women needed perfect glinting white teeth to find someone attractive, we'd have died out as a race;)

*grins* me too!

Thing about Pegg is, his eyes are incredible and when he smiles he gets those gorgeous laughter lines.

You just described most Brits. If British women needed perfect glinting white teeth to find someone attractive, we'd have died out as a race;)

Nowt scrawny about them legs.

There is clearly something about the British psyche that I am unable to fathom despite years of watching PBS.

In my case it's because I always fall for men who make me laugh - even in the fantasy realms of Celebrity Bang I find funny men sexy.

In defence of my fellow Brits, I am generally considered peverse for lusting after intelligent and witty men who would only get on a catwalk if they had a broom in their hand.

In the defense of British men, I have two things to say: DANIEL CRAIG

tho, i find Pegg sexy, too.

It's difficult to define what 'sexy' is. It can just be looks....but for me it rarely is. I think Johnny Depp is tres sexy....but I also think Simon Pegg is adorable. Oh, and Daniel Craig is gorgeous.

When my girl friends and I have played the celebrity bang list game, itr's rarely the 'traditionally' handsome ones we pick out. It's usually the slightly quirky, bags of personality, little bit dangerous and make you laugh type.

Got my copy of Hot Fuzz.
Stayed up late last night and watched the first two commentaries, deleted scenes, out takes, plot holes, making of documentary and more I can't remember - going to watch it simply as a film again tonight. They know how to load a dvd with extras!

Edgar Wright shaved off his beard (mostly) at some point during filming. It's true, he does look 12 years old without it.

Rafe Spall looks absolutely gorgeous in the making of documentary, even though he doesn't in the film. Odd.

I just got my copy, great movie.

Resurrecting as I'm re-watching the film.
I'm trying to watch it from an outsider's viewpoint. The person who has given it back to me hasn't watched anything with Simon Pegg before. She said something along the lines of, "Didn't you just want to smack him at first?"

Nope.

Well, maybe if I got to see his naked arse (note to Edgar Wright - more Pegg arse please).

I've thought about it and I'm not sure if it's a good thing or a bad thing. I mean he's not known globally. So perhaps it's not good if you soend half the film wanting to wallop him. But then he is an actor playing what it (I suppose) a pedantic jobsworth. So it's good that he's convincing, right?

Well I think she's weird for not immediately falling for him anyway.

BTW, no matter how much adore Pegg & Frost, to me Jim Broadbent steals the show. And that's bloody tough in such a strong ensemble cast. I love his phrasing. It's a close run thing, but he comes out tops. Just not in the yum front.

I can't wait to get this. I have Shaun of the Dead. I rented it and loved it so much I had to buy it. I am a freak about special features and reading the post about all of them is making me drool!!

I have recommended this movie to two coworkers within the last week. It's definitely one of my new favorites. (although I don't get all wiggly over Simon Pegg. Perhaps its something to do with not being British?)