HOT FUZZ (2007) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | Reaction & Commentary | This town is F*CKED!!

[@jasonbeatty831]

This is in my opinion, a perfect movie. Tight tight script, expertly directed, the acting is fantastic. Not a wasted second of film.

[@jrobwoo688]

This ⬆️

[@neil_9000]

See this is a weird one, I do not disagree with that statement at all, except it is a "little" long, and that's cause its parodying the likes of Michael Bay who cant finish a movie (look at con air). So while I agree, the station explosion at the end is not needed, but needed due to the fact that it has to escalate more.

[@jasonbeatty831]

@@neil_9000 it’s still just a minute over two hours.

[@neil_9000]

@@jasonbeatty831 ha ha, yup, a little long. Ill stick to the old addage that a movie script should be a minute per page, and most move scripts are around 90 pages. but i am not missing that this is sorta the point of pegg and wrights script.

[@jasonbeatty831]

@ well, you do you. I always feel ripped off if a movie is not at least two hours. I don’t want them to be Lawrence of Arabia, but two hours is always my preference.

[@kbe2176]

Bond playing the stereo typical bond villain is the best reference for me.

[@jhdix6731]

Also casting the original Equalizer as the head of the neighbourhood watch was a great idea....

[@kbe2176]

@jhdix6731 Steve Merchant as the the PI Staker too...

[@mattp6089]

Not related to outside references but one of the best writing callbacks in the movie is the Andys saying something along the lines of Every farmer and his mum is packing (guns) in Sandford. Then when Angle [sic] comes back to unleash his reckoning on the town, his first encounter is with a farmer and his mum, both of whom have guns. A lot of cleverness going on in that script.

[@dustywaynemusic6297]

Dalton has played villains more times than he played Bond, and more times than any other Bond actor, and was the best at it.

[@commanderkruge]

@@dustywaynemusic6297 Wasn't he also an evil Timelord on Doctor Who? I really wish he had as much fun playing this character here as it looks he had. Of course him being an actor and all that it's hard to say. Mebbe he hated the role and simply did his job. But I get the feeling he truly ENJOYED to play a role that required him to constantly chew the scenery. :D

[@pickthestickup]

The play was adapting Baz Luhrmann's 1996 film "Romeo + Juliet" starring Leo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. The song the theater actors sing is "Lovefool" by The Cardigans, which was on the film's soundtrack and got really popular and lots of radio/music video play because of it.

[@burtman.]

Yeah I wasn't sure if shanelle caught that. If not she should definitely react to that movie if she's a fan of directorially stylised films

[@Sophie-ge7ti]

It's amazing how that film seems to have vanished from our collective memories. I second her reacting to that movie.

[@corystanish]

Since you like callbacks, here's my favorite callback in the whole movie: Earlier: "Everybody and their mum is packing around here." "Like who?" "Farmers." "Who else?" "...Farmers' mums." And then at the beginning of Nick's big action sequence, he pulls up to a farm, and the farmer shouts to his mum... who shows up with a shotgun.

[@cybergeek11235]

"I see you've already arrested the whole village!" "Not exactly." --> "What're you going to do? Waltz in and arrest the whole village?" "Not exactly. 😎"

[@chiefaberach]

My favourite, which I only realised after watching it about 100 times, is at 15:35. "Take out all the little people, you get to waltz off with the cuddly monkey", then at 16:22, "you and your monkey". Danny replies, "Did he mean me or that?". It describes the end of the movie perfectly.

[@CxOrillion]

How about: "You can't just make people disappear!" "... Yyyes I can, I'm the chief inspector." And it was the other chief inspector the whole time. Just like Shaun, they tell you the plot if you've seen it already. Everything in this movie is basically a setup, a call back, or a joke in and of itself. And usually more than one of those

[@chiefaberach]

@@CxOrillion Another favourite is "I bet you can't wait to jump into Sergeant Popwell's grave."

[@chrism7395]

"Take out all the little people (the NWA) and you get to waltz off with the cuddly monkey (Danny)"

[@PUNKinDRUBLIC72]

Well spotted with Blanchet!

[@CxOrillion]

I've literally never seen anyone get that off the bat. Wasn't she uncredited? Or was that only Peter Jackson as Santa

[@G1NZOU]

@@CxOrillion I think you're right that she was uncredited.

[@christianwise637]

@@CxOrillion Both were uncredited

[@neil2444]

Just the sort of humor where they'd cast Cate Blanchet and then only give her a couple lines and hide her face.

[@qzoid3060]

@@CxOrillionshe was uncredited but tbf she is very recognisable, I got it immediately somehow (I think I’d just watched lotr haha)

[@sirfriendzone1228]

One of my favorite bits of trivia from this movie is that when they were casting Skinner they were desperately trying to find a Timothy Dalton-like actor to play the villain. Someone finally said "Why don't we just ask Timothy Dalton?", not actually believing that he'd say yes. They were quite shocked when he did say yes... 😂

[@DavidGowers]

Seeing him in Flash Gordon, he definitely strikes me as the kind of guy who'd say yes to most anything that seems fun

[@mattpobursky850]

He was a great villain in The Rocketeer too!

[@legionaireb]

So sort of the same story as the theme song to Blazing Saddles.

[@randyrandelman1878]

The British Francis McDortmund. Unbelievable comparison, spot on, well done.

[@Wannabe_Baby]

It's cool that you picked up on the romance tones because most reactors tend to miss it. Edgar Wright was once asked if he had ever written any slash fiction between Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. His answer was "yes, then we filmed it and called it Hot Fuzz." I'm glad you've subtly suggested that you'll be watching the third movie, The World's End. It's a great film but quite a few reactors skip it.

[@RolandDeschain1]

If the Oscars took comedy seriously this screenplay absolutely should have been nominated.

[@Muck006]

You mean "if they werent bought or ideologically motivated nominations" ...

[@radicaladz]

Fun fact: almost all of the Neighbourhood Watch members are veterans of stage and screen, but many of them are known for their roles in horror films and as villains. To wit... Edward Woodward (Professor Weaver) famously played another overly-straitlaced cop who found himself investigating sinister doings revolving around a fanatical cult of villagers in the movie The Wicker Man, and was also the original lead of the TV series The Equaliser. Timothy Dalton (Simon Skinner) was Neville Sinclair in The Rocketeer. He also appears as Rassilon in the Doctor Who story "The End of Time" and was James Bond in the late 80s. Billie Whitelaw (Mrs. Cooper) was Mrs Blaylock, the Satanist nanny of Damien in The Omen, played Violet Kray (mother of Reg and Ronnie Kray) in The Krays opposite the Brothers Kemp, and the voice of Aughra, The Keeper of Secrets from The Dark Crystal. Eric Mason (Mr Cooper) was the Executioner in A Man For All Seasons and made small appearances in the likes of Fahrenheit 451, Blood on Satan's Claw and Grave of the Vampire. Stuart Wilson (Dr. Hatcher) was the corrupt cop/gun-runner in Lethal Weapon 3 and Don Rafael Montero in The Mask of Zorro. Paul Freeman (Rev. Shooter) was Indiana Jones's rival archaeologist Belloq in Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Ivan Ooze, the crazy purple villain from Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: The Movie. Kenneth Cranham (Mr Reaper) was Dr. Philip Channard in Hellbound: Hellraiser II and Jimmy Price in Layer Cake. Tim Barlow (Mr Treacher) was an ex-soldier who took up acting in the late 60s, mostly in small roles, but the reason he's playing Treacher is that he lost his hearing in the 1950s when testing a high velocity Muzzle Rifle for the British Army and was deaf until recently, when surgery to fit a cochlear implant allowed him to recover some of his hearing. Julia Deakin (Mary Porter) was in Pegg and Wright's sitcom Spaced as Marsha the Landlady; her husband Ray's actor, Peter Wight, is best known (to me at least) as Brian the Secuity Guard from Mike Leigh's Naked, starring David Thewlis. Patricia Franklin (Mrs Roper the shopkeeper) appears in the Winchester from Shaun of the Dead, and was a regularly appearing castmember in five of the Carry On films. Rory McCann as "Lurch" is obviously the Hound from Game of Thrones but before all that, he appeared in commercials for Scott's Porage Oats. And Alice Lowe (Tina the shopgirl) is in LOADS of stuff, but in particular she's known for Garth Mahenghi's Darkplace, the movies Sightseers and Prevenge (which she starred in, wrote and directed *WHILST HEAVILY PREGNANT*), and the Black Mirror interactive movie Bandersnatch; she recently completed her second movie as a writer-director and star, Timestalker.

[@JayMallow]

First congrats on getting Cate the first go around! Second this is so rewatchable and there’s a version that has every joke, reference and payoff in subtitles. It’s amazing. Also this movie has one of my favorite movie going moments where the entire crowd cheered when the “mum” got drop kicked and then we all collectively went “wait”.

[@msmrsro]

Also, the “twin” desk clerk is the wonderful Bill Bailey, a comic and musician, he won the British version of Dancing with the Stars, Strictly Come Dancing.

[@tiggalong227]

He also has a plant named after him The guy is a legit legend

[@skapunker21]

bill bailey is and english treasure. i've loved his style of comedy since first seeing him on an early episode of "QI" many years ago. i wish there were more panel shows like "QI' here in the U.S. like "mock the week", "8 out of ten cats", even "taskmaster".

[@Lellela]

I loved him as Bilbo in "Spaced"

[@greenpeasuit]

So many little one line gags. "You've got a mustache." "I know!" Kills me everytime.

[@c1ph3rpunk]

You’ve got red on you.

[@wobaguk]

In an earlier draft, Nicholas had a burgeoning romance subplot. But when they realised it wasnt really fitting, they cut her out but gave several scene's dialogue unaltered to Nick Frost, which gave them a conspicuously bromance-y feeling.

[@StarkRG]

It totally works. They made a great choice there.

[@charlize1253]

I think it ended up way better, because playing it as a romance leans into the satire of the buddy-cop trope in such a funnier way

[@TheFoggyjones]

Wright, for sure, has disputed this. And he would know. No, I think they're just gay.

[@robinhood2524]

My Favorite reference was to Chinatown when Danny said " Forget it, it's Sanford."

[@calumm8639]

A lot of people miss that.

[@BillybobSpangleberry]

Hot Fuzz perfectly captures the vibe of late 80’s/early 90’s action films. Even though it’s played for laughs the entire final act is a masterpiece of camera work, editing, music, and sound design.

[@notjustforhackers4252]

As someone who lives in one I can confirm this is an accurate representation of English village life. Almost every shot in the Trilogy and Spaced is a reference to other movies. The cop, buddy, movies are obvious but the ones that most people miss are "The Wicker man 1973", "Straw Dogs 1971" and "Léon: The Professional 1994". I'll mention it again....Spaced Shanelle, Spaced....its a must watch if you like this.

[@grapeman63]

Except, of course, that Wells is not an English village. It's actually England's smallest city.

[@notjustforhackers4252]

@@grapeman63 In context Wells is just a film set, it's irrelevant to the contents ideas.

[@tacticalgrace6456]

What? The Wicker Man? Starring Edward Woodward? Who was the head of the neighbourhood watch in Hotfuzz? And also crime fighting vigilante in the old Equalizer tv show? That Edward Woodward??? 😮🤯🤯🤯

[@grapeman63]

@@notjustforhackers4252 So, the village you live in has its own supermarket and a police station staffed with 9 police officers, including 2 full-time CID?

[@voxorox]

A person could write a thesis on every instance of a Chekhov's Gun in this movie. It's amazing and really holds up to repeat viewings.

[@chrisnorman1902]

I bet Chekhov's mum was like, 'don't leave that lying around here if you're not going to bloody use it'

[@legionaireb]

In the case of this movie, it's not _just_ 'Chekov's Gun,' it's Arthur Webbly's 'collection.'

[@cjpolett2055]

Chekov's Peace Lilly

[@christianwise637]

It's an Edgar Wright speciality, all of his films have so many Chekov's Guns that you may as well start calling them Chekov's Armouries

[@dnish6673]

Chekov’s ketchup packet.

[@caitlin329]

The third film, The World's End, is actually my personal favourite. I think it struggled at the time because of the hype of the previous two, but it's one that connects most with me.

[@SteveODonnell]

I wasn't the biggest fan of Worlds End at the time. But recent rewatches have made me fall more in love with it.

[@dumy187]

Meh. But that speech at the end raises it from "miss" to "near miss." I would rank it near _The Great Dictator_ for that.

[@neil_9000]

Fun fact, the three village of the year judges at the end are Simon and Edgars mums, and Edgars media teacher.

[@Imabassplayer2]

I could talk about Hot Fuzz for a very long time. It is a perfect film, or as close as it gets. The script, acting, editing, music, effects, camera work etc is outstanding. Nothing is wasted everything has a purpose. Also the recurring lines with different context turned up to 11 here. I'm not going to say much because it's well worth multiple rewatches. Just look at the background you'll see plenty. I love the sinister feeling like before Tim dies you hear the Vicar in the background on the PA saying "Tim your number is up." The Cornetto trilogy is up there with one of the best ever made.

[@LoadedSwan175]

There are so many call backs that you start to catch on re-watching. All the questions that Danny ask if Angel has done, the more guns in the county, took out somebody with a Kalashnikov, splat the rat etc. You'd love going back though them.

[@charlesbaldwin3166]

There are so many great things about this movie, but my favorite is the way Timothy Dalton looks like he's having the time of his life being in Hot Fuzz. My least favorite thing is how it's so old reactors don't recognize the parody of Baz Lurman's Romeo and Juliet.

[@gamingwhileotherssleep4650]

Can't recall when I saw it but Timothy Dalton did an interview, or maybe it was bonus content on the DVD. Anyway, he said that the scene near the end where he was hanging out the car shooting back was the most fun he ever had while filming.

[@charlesbaldwin3166]

@gamingwhileotherssleep4650 I've made this comment elsewhere and had people mention he said in interviews that he had a blast making this. Which is what his performance feels like. But this is acting we're talking about, if you've ever seen Tremors you'd probably be shocked to learn that after getting the phone call that he got the part, Kevin Bacon collapsed to his knees and cried, "Not the worm movie!" And there's none of that energy on the screen.

[@AuspexAO]

@@gamingwhileotherssleep4650 Timothy Dalton being hired to basically troll the main character the entire movie was a stroke of genius. They guy looks like a human fox, and plays one in the whole movie.

[@robling1937]

I love this film so much because it is a near perfect script with the most A-list of actors, and inspired direction and editing.

[@kathyastrom1315]

Wells, and its region of Somerset, are actually considered to be West England, nowhere near London. That explains Nicholas’s original horror of being exiled there.

[@Chriswallace0405]

Yes. West country. Hense the accents

[@calumm8639]

Sanford, Gloucestershire (don't think it exists). Filmed in Wells, though.

[@Toms3110]

@@calumm8639 Sanford is the "actual" fictional town in the UK Met Police exams

[@adaddinsane]

I mean "nowhere near London", they're less than 100 miles, but then we come to "To the British a hundred miles is a long way, to the Americans a hundred years is a long time."

[@tuntemon]

I love how the paper work scene are done like a typical action movie style and all the transitions are done flawlessly!

[@OhnnyTsunami]

Hot Fuzz is undoubtedly my favorite in the Cornetto trilogy, favorite line has got to be "JESUS CHRIST!" by the priest😂

[@kathyastrom1315]

Finding out that the priest was played by the actor who was Belloq in Raiders of the Lost Ark was a big surprise for me.

[@joeno-say5504]

"You've got a mustache" "I KNOW..." "Everyone and their mums is packing"

[@Billis75]

Farmer's mums.

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

mimicking the swan sounds 😂

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

“Aaron A. Aaronsen”

[@neil_9000]

Yes they eat a cornetto in each film, Shaun Of The Dead the red strawberry one, Hot Fuzz the blue vanilla one, and The Worlds End the green mint one, they vaguely line up with the content, red for blood, blue for police uniform/lights, and green for..... well you'll have to see that one first. :)

[@dabbadonisthestout7284]

The best of the cornetto trilogy in my opinion 😂

[@Ceractucus]

Hey Shanelle, I don't watch your reactions too often (just no time), but when I do, I really enjoy it. You watch great films, and your opinions and critiques are very well put together. Thanks.

[@charlize1253]

Such a brilliant satire of the buddy-cop genre. The ending feels protracted, with that extra episode after everything seemed over, because that's exactly how so many serious action movies end. And the satire twist: just when it seems the cops have figured out the elaborate land scheme, it turns out that the crimes were way more trivial. Pure genius.

[@I_ll_beer_back]

Jim Broadbent, Cate Blanchett and director Peter Jackson (all in guest roles) also seem to have enjoyed the great mix of action and deeply black British humor. Simon Pegg and director Edgar Wright see the film as the middle part of their “Blood and Ice Cream” trilogy, which began with “Shaun of the Dead” and concludes with “World's End”. Great reaction.

[@danielskinner5346]

Cate Blanchett is Jeanine, and Peter Jackson is Santa Claus.

[@cjperry2731]

I'd be arrested for not printing enough pamphlets for my revolution..

[@robinhood2524]

Paul Freeman , the priest, was the villian in Raiders

[@steelydanlover1972]

Belloq.

[@CraftsWithCrafts]

"Forget it Nicholas, it's Sanford!" "Forget it Jake, it's Chinatown!" "Everybody and their mums has guns!" *proceeds to get shot at by a farmer's mother with a shotgun* The last 20m of this movie out Michael Bay's Michael Bay when it comes to ridiculous action clichés...

[@jimbass1664]

"Have you ever been in a car chase shootout fist fight with James Bond?"

[@iKvetch558]

LOL...nice spotting, Shan...that WAS Cate Blanchett! LOL

[@quixote6942]

An unofficial sequel to the Cornetto Trilogy is the Movie "Paul".... Simon and Nick's Characters come to America for a Comicon and a road trip holiday when they pick up a fun hitch hiker... It's GREAT!

[@Dasharr]

Hot Fuzz is a treat for a lover of callbacks. The old guy with the big coat that Angel commented on as suspicious - he really was using it to hide weapons. The dialogue about "firing two guns while jumping through the air" - they do that in the pub later. Even the throwaway gag about everyone and their mum having guns in the countryside, "farmers" and "farmer's mums" - when Angel goes back to Sandford, his first fight is against a farmer and his mum with guns. Edward Woodward is the perfect example of stunt casting. Famous for starring in the Equalizer in the 80s (one of the urban action series in the same general genre as Hot Fuzz's main inspirations), and also for starring in the original Wicker Man (a classic of the smaller rural cult horror sub-genre that Hot Fuzz also delves into)!

[@3Kings_Industries]

The Phant of the Opera falling chandelier is actually a John Woo style, 'Sparky distraction' for the villain's strategic retreat. You will see plenty of them in Bad Boys, but also in other 90s action films, like Bruckenhimer films.

[@reverance_pavane]

For sheer fidelity in fim-mking this is always in my top five films of all time (the others, apart from EEAOO, for much the same reasons, tend to vary without notice). There isn't a wasted shot, the editing is excellent and snappy, and the call-backs are all extremely on point. Of course, given the calibre of actors Edgar had to work with, it is no surprise that this is as excellent as it is. The village council are all alumni of classic British police, detective, and secret agent TV shows and movies. Simon and Edgar wanted someone like Timothy Dalton to play Skinner but couldn't find anyone. Then someone (each credits the other) raised the suggestion to actually ask him, and because he liked Shaun of the Dead, he said yes. When he arrived on set he was given the acting direction to "ham it up." I'll leave it up to you if he succeeded. And yes, Nick Frost is indeed playing the romantic interest in this film. Well caught. "Danny" was originally supposed to be played by an actress and be an actual love interest. Apparently very little of the dialogue had to be changed. It works a lot better this way, methinks. And yes, that was Cate Blanchett playing Jeanine. You may have missed Peter Jackson playing the homicidal Santa Claus.

[@cbobwhite5768]

There is a cop comedy, from 1979. It's called "Hot Stuff". It stars, Dom De Louise, Suzanne Pleshette, and Jerry Reed. It is well worth watching. We know how you like to laugh.

[@markjones127]

The whole idea behind using different flavoured/coloured Cornetto's is a homage to the Trois couleurs trilogy.

[@BenjWarrant]

In 200 years time the films will be known as _'Three colours: Red', 'Three colours blue..'_ and so forth!

[@XxDyneXxFreeEnergyx]

Sgt: Excuse me When's your birthday!? Him: 22nd of February? Sgt: what year!? Him: EVERY YEAR! Sgt: GET OUT!

[@mattjones7226]

"Another cranberry juice?"

[@trulybtd5396]

There is a rumor and i hope to god it is true, that there originally was a romantic interest for Angel in the script, but when it proved to chaotic to have another character they wrote her out and just gave all her lines to Nick Frost.

[@mikedignum1868]

True

[@davidn5269]

One of the most beautifully edited movies ever

[@legionaireb]

In case you missed it, the 'homage to Romeo and Juliet' was actually an homage to 'Romeo + Juliet.' In other words, the 1996 Leonardo DiCaprio version, not the original Shakespeare play. The sets, costumes, props, and especially the musical number are all direct references to that movie. (If you haven't seen it, you should react to it.)

[@jrobwoo688]

A true masterpiece of cinema. Thanks for watching this one.

[@artboymoy]

This movie is everything. My go to for just watching a movie. I don't feel that the last film lives up to this film. I think Edgar Wright's feel returns in "Last Night in Soho".

[@krank23]

This is one of the absolute best movies of all time. Beautiful, extremely cleverly done, not a frame wasted. Work of art. Also supremely funny of course. In many, many different ways and levels. Also the movie that singlehandedly destroyed the phrase "the greater good" for me.

[@MoviesWithMarty]

I'm so glad you watched this Shan! One of my favourite films. It was brilliant seeing you notice the little pieces I did too. Well spotted on Cate Blanchett too! I still love that having Edward Woodward in this, along with the storyline of a cop in a small town, was a knowing nod / reference to Woodward in The Wicker Man. I knew you'd love the editing and camerawork on this. It's one of the reasons, along with the jokes, that I love about this film. I've been to Wells and oddly enough, I was stood by the archway in the town square and a police car went through the closed off square! What are the chances! Thank you Shan

[@supermoogle07]

I love reactions to this movie. Kind of sad no one ever catches the “farmers mums” call back. I admit I didn’t catch it first time but still one of the best subtle ones in the movie.

[@TheJamieRamone]

Finally! Would've come earlier but my computer decided not to cooperate. Anyway, so glad you finally put this up on KZbin. Been waiting for it since the 4th. Welp, let's check it out! 😃

[@pigeonboy958]

Unpopular opinion... The next film "The World's End" is my favorite of the trilogy. It is in my top three favorite movies of all time. You probably won't think so. Everyone likes this one best.

[@ajivins1]

Actually Edgar Wright used to be the Trolley Boy in that very Supermarket when he was a kid!

[@chiefaberach]

Yaarp!

[@christophermitchell6307]

Edgar Wright is currently making the remake of the running man in Glasgow. The original 1987 film starred Arnold Schwarzenegger and is based on a novel by Stephen King.

[@Britcarjunkie]

You can't have The Running Man without Richard Dawson.

[@christophermitchell6307]

@Britcarjunkie true, but we'll just have to wait and see how Josh brolin plays the evil game show producer.

[@radioroscoe]

Uhm... Based on the novel? The only common thing between the film and novella were the name of the game show and the name of the protagonist. The book would make an amazing movie. I really hope that it gets done someday.

[@Scimarad]

I kind of want them to follow the book more but it's really, really dark. That and I suspect more people only know the movie which is completely different.

[@mjvdg4194]

I remember hearing somebody say in an interview (it’s been at least a decade so I can’t remember who) that cowboy movies and cop movies are the same and Edgar Wright wanted to show that. So this movie is just as influenced by Wayne/Eastwood type westerns as by modern cop films.

[@incrediblyStupid678]

Wait! Are you telling me you've never seen Baz Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet with Leo DiCaprio and Claire Danes? Shanelle! Add it to your list! Add it to your list! :) Edit: Actually, you might get copyright struck left and right if you reacted to that. But still, if you can't make a video of it, you should absolutely watch it on your own! It's a very bewildering yet intense experience!

[@BanyanTree1]

It took me many viewings to realize that the actor who is pulled over is not saying they're remaking William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet", but "William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet", which is the full title of the movie. This would be the funniest line in most movies, but it probably doesn't even make top ten here.

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

When she whipped out the gun & said “Bang,” I started laughing. Then the music came in & I absolutely lost it🤣

[@DavidGowers]

IMO one of the greatest Shakespeare adaptations ever committed to film, and easily the greatest screen adaptation of Romeo & Juliet.

[@incrediblyStupid678]

@@DavidGowers Oh, don't get me wrong: I love it! ...but it's also fucking wild.

[@killianlpc]

Just a brilliant film from start to finish with a superb British cast. The best of The Cornetto Trilogy by far. Painfully funny scenes the showdown in the town when Angel returns is hilarious, a send up of Point Break and Bad Boys, and about every action film ever made. Just brilliant!

[@P-Mouse]

only thing i remember from this movie is the "a hedge is a hedge" scene

[@rigger151]

If you haven’t seen yet, check out Scott Pilgrim vs the World. You can immediately tell it’s Edgar Wright.

[@RickLeMon]

Also Baby Driver and (even though it's a TV series) Spaced

[@Chriswallace0405]

​@@RickLeMonshe's done baby driver

[@RickLeMon]

@@Chriswallace0405 I wondered and it's possible I've already seen it

[@chobits0821]

Yay, this is my all-time favorite film! So many amazing call-backs. And I'm happy to see someone actually realize the romance tones are 100% intentional! When this movie came out, the guys said in interviews that they had originally put in a love interest but ended up giving the lines to Danny and also said that they leaned into it when they realized it was in line with how buddy cop movies always have an air of "bromance" to them anyway.

[@weirdcritter]

Definitely worth a rewatch with the audio commentary. A host of nuggets and references 😎👍

[@MetastaticMaladies]

Lethal Weapon is a very rare series where each film is just as good, if not better than the previous. And the 4th movie is arguably the best one! Definitely watch it! It’s an amazing tetralogy that is extremely good! I think you’ll love it.

[@bradharvey721]

Best reaction channel on youtube. I love that you deep dive into imdb at the end of videos.

[@ifitworksproductions]

Not only was Filch from Harry Potter in this--Professor Slughorn was the Inspector, and the Chief Inspector in London (Philip from Shaun of the Dead) was Minister Scrimgeour. That's THREE HP actors in this, that I can name off the top of my head.

[@TheJamieRamone]

4:17 - Yep. It's art after all, the filmmaker's sensibilities, preferences, and biases guide them in both the filming and the editing resulting in a personal style. Some just do what they think the audiences/financiers expect of them and make something that feels derivative. But others...well, they stand out. That's how you get your Spielbergs, your Coppolas, your Bertoluccis, your Manns, your Tornatores, etc.

[@radicaladz]

23:15 - neat little detail: most of Angel's lines prior to this point are pretty naturalistic, if a bit stiff, but this is the point at which they started giving him a gruffer voice via ADR... because he's becoming an action hero. ;)

[@BasilOnatopp]

He survived the same way loads of people survive being shot. I’ll never understand why so many reactors think this way. Nearly ten percent of people shot in the head survive. Great movie and great reaction. Of all the reaction channels I follow, yours is my favorite!

[@lbxani19]

you must watch Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet with Leo DiCaprio and Claire Danes from 1996 asap. The end of my play will make more sense. But it will take heavy editing / muting as it has one of the best soundtracks of the 90's meaning lots of claims.

[@Saiman9000]

So you didn't get the reference when Tony called Thor Point Break in Avengers? Give yourself a Christmas gift to watch that movie.

[@JC-bh8qx]

That's right! You gotta watch Point Break

[@carm3d]

24:55 This guy was Beloq in Raiders of the Lost Ark When you're done with the Cornetto series, these two also teamed up in Paul.

[@What_Makes_Climate_Tick]

One cop TV show that does depict quite a bit of paperwork is Hill Street Blues. Much of it is inside the precinct building and almost every episode starts with the morning briefing there. It's an ensemble cast but the first among equals is the captain, who is almost always in the precinct house. The one you most often see doing paperwork (using a typewriter quite awkwardly) is the plain-clothes undercover guy named Mick Becker, who also sometimes bites people.

[@RoGueNavy]

Michael, (Lurch) played the Hound, in "Game of Thrones".

[@Vulcanerd]

As great as Shaunn of the Dead is, this is probably my favorite in the Cornetto Trilogy!

[@anyone4acupoftea]

One of the most British movies out there and it's great 👍 Thank you for sharing your reaction ❤

[@rabidmaddog4130]

Bilbo and Galadriel together again.

[@chiefaberach]

And Bilbo & Tim Bisley together again too. (Bill Bailey & Simon Pegg in Spaced) 😄

[@JC-bh8qx]

It's also a send up of British villages. There's IS a village in the Cotswolds that HAS a model village.

[@peterzerfass4609]

It's the Cornetto trilogy because there's a Cornetto (wrapper) in every movie...and the color of the Cornetto is indicative of the movie theme. A red Cornetto for blood in Shaun of the Dead, a blue one for 'police' in Hot Fuzz...and green for, well, you'll see.

[@Fish-bw9yh]

@Shan, Sounds like you'd really enjoy District 9. From your comments, the visuals and other elements are right up your street.

[@cjperry2731]

"I have these cuts, quick cuts.. some people say the best cuts, that's what they say.. amazing cuts.." 🤣

[@awmperry]

Just one point - Somerset isn’t “the London area”. It’s part of the West Country, and its accent is often used as shorthand for isolated rural areas. Even getting to Somerset’s borders from London is a 150-mile drive.

[@lordmortarius538]

See, to Americans, 150 miles is nothing, we routinely drive that distance and longer here in New England to go to Boston, New York, Montreal, Portland, Albany, etc.

[@awmperry]

I know - but in England it's the difference between a giant cosmopolitan city and so far out in the sticks that you're almost in Cornwall. ;-)

[@bekindandrewind1422]

7:05 - Lethal Weapon.. YES.. You need to see at least the first two, and then the spoof film "National Lampoon's - Loaded Weapon."

[@accordgolfer]

The closest thing we have to a Cornetto is a Nestle Drumstick

[@RolandDeschain1]

Same thing. In Australia we have both.

[@Scoobay]

@@RolandDeschain1they do make them in the same style of cornettos but they’re usually different.

[@raphaelperry8159]

Everyone who clicked the like button did it for The Greater Good.

[@williambryan3346]

The Greater Good

[@CadTrii234]

The Greater Good!

[@Wolvorine]

The Greater Good

[@christianwise637]

SHUT IT!

[@mikedignum1868]

"The Greater Good".

[@charleslee8313]

The Greater Good

[@BillybobSpangleberry]

@@charleslee8313 The Greater Good

[@johngardner4096]

"SHUT IT!"

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thank you Shanelle! 🚨

[@juice_box_jax]

Perfect movie is perfect. It literally gets better every time it's watched too.

[@slytheringingerwitch]

One of the Andes was in Shaun of the Dead as Shaun's rude co-worker. The actor Rafe, the son of Timothy Spall (Peter Pettigrew/Harry Potter) lost weight in between the two films. I didn't realize until later, that was him in both.

[@TonyPucci11]

You also really need to watch PAUL, starring Nick Frost and Simon Pegg. It's not part of The Cornetto Trilogy, but it's very similar in feel, very much a silly buddy movie. Hot Fuzz and Paul are my favorites of the Trilogy +1...!

[@MrDrokkul]

22:48 is also a subtle nod to Chinatown, a 70's film starring Jack Nicholson. "Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown."

[@P-M-869]

My 2 favorite lines were "They're the Same Person" (The look on your face LOL) and "Nothing like a Little Girl on Girl".

[@jarsenaultj]

19:43 and 33:00 re Cornetto Trilogy: pretty much just for fun. They do show a Cornetto in each movie and by happy accident (I heard it wasn't preplanned, anyway) the flavours all line up with the themes. Shaun of the Dead -strawberry flavour has red wrapping which corresponds to the bloody horror movie. Hot Fuzz -original (I think) flavour has a blue wrapping which corresponds with the cop theme. World's End-I'll avoid spoilers but it's mint/green

[@msmrsro]

Learned only recently that one of the Andy’s is played by the same as his young co-worker at the electronics store in SOTD.

[@AlanCanon2222]

Visited this town (Wells, Somerset) in March 2003 on my honeymoon. I'm an American caver from Kentucky (UK: potholer) with a family friend whose dad explored nearby Wookey Hole Cave in the 1950s, so it was an important destination when I finally got to visit England for my one and so far only time. When the movie came out, I kept seeing shots that reminded me of that town I visited, and imagine my shock when I looked up the BTS and found out that it was shot on the very blocks I'd walked. My spouse wasn't feeling well, the first evening, so I walked for a couple of hours at night time around the very heart of the town, and all of the shots from the movie filmed in the half mile around the central square (gate to Wells Cathedral, recognizable so not shown in the movie), I bet I could walk to, 21 years later, without a guide or map. I love that town. It had an antique scientific instrument shop, that was closed when we got there. How I'd love to know if it's still there. Also an artesian well (shown in the film) keeps the gutters of the high street continually flushed with sparking clear groundwater that, I would daresay, is probably of drinkable quality, given the karst aquifer that Wells sits on, at the southern edge of the Mendip Hills, one of the planet's premiere cave bearing landscapes, and source of the River Axe which flows nearby (a tributary to the Thames). When I got back to the US I began serious study of the whole region, ordinance maps, history, everything. I know that England is carpeted with lovely little towns but Wells gets my #1. It's the furthest place from my birthplace that I ever got to explore, all on my own. If you hear me, Wells, I promise to come back one day and be even more obsequiously polite than I was the first time. I was scared to death of being the rude American, which was not a bad attitude to take in March of 2003. Fortunately everyone we met was completely welcoming, and it was all perfectly fine. I didn't ruin our countries' special friendship or anything like that. George W. Bush did it for me the week I arrived.

[@TheJamieRamone]

6:23 - Oh, that's an interesting observation! 🤔

[@morkmon]

No. 1 channel confirmed!

[@radicaladz]

27:00 - Supposedly Jessica Hynes, Pegg's costar and co-creator of the TV show Spaced and Shaun's friend Yvonne who keeps popping up throughout Shaun of the Dead, saw this scene and told them they should have said "Rest in Peas", and they both instantly realised they missed working with her.

[@bekindandrewind1422]

10:55 --- ACTUAL spit-take... If I remember the story correctly, there was either a different line or there was supposed to be a bit of improv,, but it went over the line and Simon's reaction was real.