Another funny Cate Blanchett story: So Taika Watiti approached Tilda Swinton to cameo in What We Do In The Shadows as part of the Vampire Council. Tilda loved the idea, Cate overheard and wanted to be part of it as well. Taika said no because she's never played a Vampire. (They did get Paul Reubens and Danny Trejo though because they're dedicated)
@@TheDancerMacabreBoth Paul and Danny played vampires in other media, Paul even looks like his character in the Buffy movie. Danny was in From Dusk Til Dawn.
Fun fact:. Shotguns are actually not drop safe. Even if the safety is engaged, if a round is loaded and the gun is dropped, it can misfire. While it seems a bit ridiculous, it's actually a legitimate outcome when the Dr. gets his toe blown off.
The fact that James Bond plays SUCH a good Bond villain in this movie is incredible. Apparently they tried a bunch of actors for Simon Skinner with the ethos “we need someone like Timothy Dalton” before eventually going”why don’t we just ask Timothy Dalton?”
Skinner tripping on a miniature of his own delivery van and impaling himself on a mini of the church steeple he used to kill Messenger, is such a nice touch.
The books they're reading are-well, not a hint exactly, but part of the joke. Iain Banks / Iain M. Banks was an author who wrote "literary" fiction under the former name and science fiction including his middle initial. So, the same person, presented differently, as the desk officer appears to be. I suppose they are also kind of a hint, if you notice that the officer appears to be switching back and forth between reading two different books depending on the time of day and/or his hair's appearance.
@@smoothmove7566 when you’re on their Patreon, you get access to the video link a few days before it gets public. (And you get access to reactions to more series, I recommend it)
There's been a couple of times where British police end up capturing a swan that wandered onto a motorway or somewhere and they always reference this movie, it's an absolute cult favourite among officers cause it's the perfect mix of relatable and ridiculous.
7 across- fascist and 12 down- hag At the end, when the woman shouts "Fascist", she shoots at Nick from ACROSS the street. When Nicholas shoots at the flower pot, the pot goes DOWN and lands on the woman/ "Hag". God, I love this movie! There are so many great jokes in this movie. I love how Nicholas actually states the motives of the murders before the red herring is presented.
So many great things in this movie, even things you can only know if you know more about things outside of the movie, like in this movie they say: "pub?" before going to the pub, but in real life they are friends and they do that regularly.
The Romeo and Juliet thing ends up being half orphaned. The gag isn't just that they're bad, it's that they're, like Blower says, "doing an homage to William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet." As in the Leonardo DiCapro/Claire Danes movie. Hence the costumes, the suicide by gun, and breaking in to Lovefool at the end. It's funny in a random bizarre way without knowing that, but it does have context a lot of people don't have knowledge of these days.
@@autowaagh99 Exactly why a lot of the younger generation won't get the deeper joke, because you have to go watch a MUCH worse movie to get it. I vote it in for the next Cinecringe though!
Exactly. Here is this pretentious English country playwright and he apparently only knows Shakespeare's most famous play through a 90s Hollywood movie.
Note that one Bill Bailey "twin" is reading Ian Banks novels and the other was reading novels by Ian M. Banks. Same guy, but the "M" means it's from his science fiction collection.
This kind of detail is the reason why Hot Fuzz is one of the tightest movies ever written by anyone, ever. There isn't a single throwaway line in any of it. Every single piece of dialogue is some kind of callback, foreshadowing, reference or Easter Egg. It's literally a perfect script.
You have to appreciate the rest of the cast too. Doris is future Best Actress Oscar winner Olivia Colman, Supermarket Manager is former James Bond Timothy Dalton, Farmer is Harry Potter and Game of Thrones actort David Bradley, Hotel receptionist is stage actress Billie Whitelaw, the Doctor is Equaliser star Edward Woodward. Added to this are the star appearences like David Threlfall, actress Cate Blanchett and director Peter Jackson
-Supposedly Olivia Colman had always played very clean characters so she requested to make all the dirty jokes.- Love the one abouot the spit roast is a bit euh... deeper, lots of people didn't notice it, that makes it great.
Edward Woodward played the Neighbourhood Watch Alliance liaison, the fella who's killed by the mine. The doctor was Stuart Wilson, who played the villains in Lethal Weapon 3 and The Mask of Zorro.
@@ThreadBomb which is why I added supposedly, because I'm not that familiar with her work before this. If you are right then the TH-cam comment I got it from was wrong
I see a couple of others have mentioned Cate Blanchett's masked cameo as Nicholas' ex, but the "Father Christmas" who stabs Nicholas is played by Peter Jackson. I have mentioned "Spaced" before, which is the TV show that Wright, Pegg, and Frost all worked on before doing the Cornetto trilogy (and something I hope could be a Patreon Exclusive in the future -- a nice short half-hour comedy with only 14 episodes that is perfect for a reaction channel because it's wall-to-wall pop culture references from all the stuff you've just watched). Bill Bailey has a recurring role on the show, so his appearance here is actually a reunion.
@@Rumblepak_5 if you mean the character Tyres, the rave episode is one of my favorites of the entire series! That whole show is just so funny, with so many great characters. Marsha the landlady is the pub owner who hates that the reporter gets her age wrong here in HF.
This often gets missed but when they announce the baby names at the meeting Angel eavesdrops on, the names are Roger and Martin. As in Murtaugh and Riggs of Lethal Weapon.
Callahan Park (where the gypsies moved into) for Dirty Harry, Norris Avenue (where the house blew up) for Chuck Norris, and Ellroy Farm for James Ellroy.
The actress playing Simon Pegg's ex-girlfriend is Cate Blanchett. They thought it was funny to get an A-list actress to cameo and not even show her face. Really enjoy your content. Thanks for the laughs.
@@kurtrohlfing5850 Yeah, I don't really count the bloke from the porridge adverts as a cameo (GoT was a few years after Hot Fuzz, so Rory McCann wasn't as recognisable at this stage of his career).
It’s up there, but the scene in Broadchurch where she says to David Tennant, “With respect, sir, move away from me now, or I will piss in a cup and throw it at you” is my top pick. 😂
George is having the time of his life and I love it. For me Hot Fuzz is the best of the trilogy, I know a lot of fans love Shaun but after almost 15 years Hot Fuzz is getting the recognition it deserves.
@@ThreadBomb Back in 2007 when this came out this was the least fave amongst people I knew whom had just seen it, incl. British Public. That was before World's End. Yes but as comedy this is the best of the lot.
When it came out a few people I knew went back to reevaluate his two Bond movies. He was a pretty good one, but his vibe as Bond was slightly sinister and that didn't play well at the time.
Sometimes you can just tell an actor is having the time of their life while appearing in a movie, and I would definitely put Tim Dalton's performance here in that category.
@@inarar5334 As someone who first went to see Goldeneye I found him... not very James Bond, but then those were old movies. But he fits this role perfectly!
“Does everybody’s last name end with ‘-er’?” Traditionally, many English surnames come from occupations (the most famous being Smith). They decided to lean into that here in order to show how old-fashioned the town was. Most were unrelated to the specific character, but there were a few that were on-the-nose, like: * Tiller is the gardener * Messenger is the reporter * Porter sells beer
Not only that, but most of the people in the NWA have sinister -er surnames, such as Skinner, Reaper, Shooter, Treacher... even Edward Woodward's character as the head of the NWA is called Weaver, i.e. the one who weaves all the plots in the village from his position in the NWA's surveillance command centre.
In England when we say 'Do Do' we don't mean 'Do do the Vodoo that You do SO Well!!!' Sorry that was a Mel Brooks Reference.. In England it is possible to say do something and do it in the same sentence so the phrase ' do do' is a normal acceptable term - example "If that is what you have to do, do it and God help you" it is NOT a potty joke.
"When's your birthday?" "22nd of February" "What year?" "Every year!" hands down one of the best jokes ever written. Fight me xD ....closely followed up by the farmer's mums joke
Hot Fuzz is legitimately my favorite movie. It has the tightest script I've ever seen. Absolutely brilliant. You can watch it over and over and pick up new things that you missed.
Sandford was the name of a fictional village that formed part of the Bruche National Training Centre - a police officer training facility. (The complex closed in 2006.)
I was a little miffed that Timothy Dalton didn't get a career renaissance after this. I forgot how much of a badass he could be as well as comedically gifted. BTW great job on the commercial guys. A lot of content creators put very little effort into their sponsors commercials but between George's acting and Simone's voice work it actually made it entertaining and I didn't just skip past it 👍
If you look at his IMDB he's only worked in like 2 or so projects a year since then, and a lot of them have been good (you need to see Penny Dreadful, at least 1st season), so I'm guessing if he's not working it's his choice not to.
The writing is incredible. Everything is either a setup or a punchline. One I really like is Nicholas mentioning how his notepad saved him many times. Danny does the ketchup trick by stabbing the notepad that he put in that pocket in the previous scene.
Even the phone book line about starting with Aaron A. Aaronson, which is the name of the kid who get held prisoner at the end although a lot of people miss that.
@@thomaswedge42 - Nicholas gives the kid a double take when he says his name, but then we all get distracted by an enraged Timothy Dalton with a box knife….
Thank you for including the bit with the three-way translation. It's one of the best parts of the movie, but so far no one else has put it in their reactions.
@@richieclean "Thats me after a few pints", hinting at the pig on a spit, referencing the sexual act of Spit Roasting. They were referring to the Farmer scene (Walder Frey / Filtch) "Edge is an edge innit", meaning Hedge is a Hedge, isnt it.
Nobody seems to have mentioned 28 WEEKS LATER... Shaun of the Dead contained a little jab at 28 Weeks Later (a reference to "rage-infected monkeys"), so 28 Weeks Later has a character say that he's come all the way from 'Sandford' - and has a shot with a Swan crossing a road. Apparently 'Sandford' is the fictional location used in Training Exercises by the UK Police...
The "Romeo & Juliet" the Amateur Dramatics Society is putting on is a homage to Baz Luhrmann's "William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet" which moves the story to the US. The costumes and the Cardigans song they're performing come straight from the movie. It was one of the films that made Leonardo DiCaprio's name and was huge in its day but clearly hasn't stuck around in the public consciousness!
@@Me11oCarm It’s a perfect smash cut and it says so much about the pomposity of the characters. Of course they’d adapt the film version. My personal favourite shot is Skinner making that smug grin handing over the tape while standing in front of the picture of him making that exact same face. Wonderful framing.
That movie has so many eye-rolling moments, like when they zoom in on the gun and it says "Sword" on it. Oh, buh-rother. Who wrote this terrible homage to William Shakespeare?
@@JustWasted3HoursHere in part? Baz Luhrmann, the same dude making the upcoming Elvis movie. I saw that trailer and wondered if Elvis' agent in it is gonna actually be the devil. Wasn't sure why. Just got that vibe. Then I saw Luhrmann's name and I actually could see him doing that...
Originally a lot of Danny's (Nick Frost) lines were going to be given to Doris (Olivia Coleman) as a love interest for Angel but they never really got the chance to develop it so they just gave them to Danny and it just worked so perfectly in building a really believable friendship
You may want to check out the British show "Spaced", it's where Pegg, Frost and Wright first started working together... it's just 14 episodes, but they play with so many genres across that show.
The best part about this movie, is that nearly every one of the council gets wounded in a manner which could be seen as an accident. Thus, inadvertently in keeping with the councils desires.
"Almost like they are writing them like lovers" Yep, there was meant to be a love interest subplot at first, between Angel and a woman, but it got cut and all those scenes were just done between Angel and Danny instead.
The P.I. Staker joke gets me every time because my uncle used to work at a bowling alley and sometimes you'd get a call asking for someone (before everyone had a cell phone) and he would have to go over the loud speaker and ask whoever it was to come to the phone. So he'd get a lot of pranks. And 1 time he thought the same was a prank and it was the dudes actual name
There are so many connections in this film,the characters names,the music when skinner drives past the dead actors , the more you watch it the more levels of gag you find
Tom Weaver, the head of the head of the neighbourhood watch alliance, is played by Edward Woodward, who stars in the 1973 British cult classic "The wickerman" alongside Christopher Lee, highly recommend watching that.
I wonder whether the two of you realise how infectious your laughter is.. it's such a joy to share these reactions. I'd forgotten a lot of the gems in this movie as well as the unbelievable cast. Also they do seem to have a rule about achieving convincing prosthetics..
The "Cake Fine" has become a bit of a tradition amongst UK police officers. It's an unofficial punishment between colleagues, usually for minor mistakes such as the loss or damage of police property. Police Facebook pages often post photos of the cake fine someone paid along with details of the offence to discuss whether it was an appropriate fine.
The supporting cast is amazing, and one of the best jokes is Edward Woodward heading up the Neighbourhood Watch. Not many people will get a shout out to The Wicker Man, but old Edward had previous form in movies about a policeman going to a small town where things aren't what they seem.
My personal favourite anecdote? The three judges of the model village - the male one is the directors' old drama teacher. The ladies? The directors' Mums.
10:46 That wasn't even just them doing Romeo & Juliet. That was them doing a stage version of Baz Luhrman's Romeo + Juliet (starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Daines) from 1996. That's why she had a gun and angel wings. So it's even further removed from actual Shakespeare.
I grew up in a smaller town. That Shakespeare hommage is definitely something that would be put on stage there by some amateur acting group. INCLUDING the part where they would sing "Say that you love me!".
Small bit that most people miss is that when Nick Frost is looking at the DVD in the shop when Simon Pegg starts chasing the kid he throws the DVD back in the basket and there's a copy of the Shaun of the Dead DVD there.
Also, remember the shooting gallery? "Take out all the little people and you get to waltz off with the cuddly monkey." Then they make a joke about Danny being the monkey. And at the end, he and Danny stay together.
Lots of references and in-jokes hidden in the movie. The NWA member who watched the camera feeds is Edward Woodward, who had lots of memorable parts over the years, but probably his most memorable was one playing a police officer sent to a remote community, just like Nicholas Angel. I'm not sure if you recognized the priest, played by Paul Freeman, who you previously saw in Raiders of the Lost Ark as Indy's rival Belloq. Early in the movie one of the Andys jokingly suggested they call up the whole phone book, starting with Aaron A. Aaronson; the red-headed kid in the miniature village is later revealed to be that kid. But that joke is itself a reference to the Judge Dredd strip in the comic 2000AD, which Simon Pegg is a huge fan of; in one story we meet Aaron A. Aaronson, a man who changed his name specifically to become the first person in the phone book.
Edward Woodward (the neighborhood watch guy in the police station), was also the main character in "Breaker Morant", which is one of the best war films ever made. Just throwing that out there.
Yes, Timothy Dalton was so outrageously good in this, I could never take him seriously in any other role after I´ve seen this. Like he used to play a pretty menacing guest role a while ago on Doctor Who, I always had to think of this one and suppress my laughter. Also, if I would watch any of his James Bond movies or Flash Gordon today, I would probably always have a smile on my face. I´ve also had a similar experience with Bill Nighy after Love Actually. Like I already couldn´t quite take him seriously in Shaun of the Dead. Only exception being Pirates of the Caribbean, because you can´t really recognize him....
Hot Fuzz takes a huge amount of inspiration from the greatest British horror film ever made The Wicker Man. I had the honour of meeting Sir Christopher Lee back in 2007 & got to speak to him at length about his role in The Wicker Man. If you do watch it, make sure you watch the final cut version…..& avoid at all costs the Nicholas Cage remake. Timothy Dalton; the most underrated James Bond is awesome in Hot Fuzz!!
My favorite film of the trilogy. The call outs to 90’s action films like Bad Boys and Point Break is awesome. I had many more wow and lol moments in this than the other two.
Hope you don't skip the unofficial 4th movie, Paul, it's a good one, with a great cast! Oh, by the way, Bill Bailey, is Dylan Moran's (he played David in Shaun) co-star in the BBC comedy series Black Books, which I highly recommend. Also hope you check out some of Dylan's stand up at some point, he's got some great bits.
One of the many many hidden kernels in this movie and one of my favorites is that the first armed opponents that Angel has to fight on his way back into the village at the climax are one of the ‘farmers’ and ‘farmer’s mums’ that the Andy’s mention earlier in the movie. I’m glad to see Simone pick up on it.
I like that Frost and Pegg rotate characters through the 3 movies. They are more or less equal in Shaun, Pegg is the smart successful one in Hot Fuzz, and Frost is the smart successful one in World's End.
I remember laughing so hard when I found out that the guy dressed as the stabby Father Christmas was played by Director Peter Jackson. xDD Same thing goes for Cate Blanchett as the forensic ex-girlfriend.
I always kinda expect people to recognise Cate Blanchett's eyes and voice, but I guess most people haven't seen Lord of the Rings as many times as I have... 😄
There are no wasted lines in this movie, everything is there for a reason. You're right, it's perfect, one of the best British movies of the last two decades imo. So many great moments, and tons that get missed too! When Doris is at Danny's birthday celebration, she's the only one wearing comedy breasts (painted gold, a Blackadder II homage) despite being the only female there. An early line is "if you wanna be a big cop in a small town, f*** off up the model village!" - which is exactly what happens near the end. When Danny throws the DVD down in the basket at the supermarket, it lands on a DVD thats an almost exact replica of the Shaun of the Dead cover. Oh, and it ends with Caught by the Fuzz by Supergrass. Damn right it's a perfect movies lmao! (Love your stuff btw Simone and George, I don't comment much but you guys are so entertaining I often go back and rewatch old videos of yours - great chemistry, incredibly funny, and you analysis' of movies is pretty solid too!)
@@MrFox-wn5jt so true, even a couple of those I didn’t know myself. The most efficient film ever! Took me a few watches before I realised skinner was playing Romeo and Juliet in his car at the scene of the “accident”
Other than Martin Freeman showing up, two more people associated with Middle-Earth make an appearance in this movie. The Santa Claus who stabs Angel in the hand is Peter Jackson and the girlfriend who breaks up with him (the one who you only see her eyes above a hazmat mask) is Galadriel herself, Cate Blanchett.
This one is not just mocking police action movies, but also very much the typically British detective series. Series like Inspector Morse, Midsomer Murders, A Touch of Frost, and so many more. Usually set in the countryside or small towns where everyone knows everyone, and where solving a murder is not about blasting your way through a bunch of baddies or using flashy technology like in CSI, but all about calmly connecting the dots between all of the people. It's just hilarious how they mixed that with over the top action from American cop movies, two worlds that couldn't be much further apart.
Nick Frosts Character was originally written as a woman and Love Interest. would have been too easy and cheesy. So they changed it to Danny without changing the Lines much, which makes it even better. And Nick Frost is perfect for it
Timothy Dalton was my favorite James bond. He only played in two films, but he was darker than Moore, or Brosnan. Only Daniel Craig was as dark, if not darker than.
It's not a part of the Cornetto trilogy but you need to see the movie Paul. It also stars Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. It's about two brits that go to Comicon and then go on an adventure through America.
My favourite film ever, definitely the best script, every time you watch it you hear more things at the start that pay off later on, incredible detail, every throw away joke, the Andys mocking him by saying they'll call everyone in the village starting with Aaron A Aaronson... who's the kid at the end of the movie. The ending which is set up by them saying "you wanna be a big cop in a small down, fuck off down the model village" well, he does go there, and then becomes the big cop in the small town. It's an absolute masterpiece.
You may have thought that they were on a film set, but it was filmed in England's smallest city, Wells in the county of Somerset. Simon Pegg was born in the neighbouring county of Gloucestershire.
This movie is so good, every time you watch you notice something new. The sheer calibre of actors in this is phenomenal, there's not a single wasted performance, they are all brilliant. Cameos from Cate Blanchett and Peter Jackson at the start. I love that they built up a completely believable crime narrative with reasonable motives like something out of a John Grisham novel and then went "Nah actually these people got killed because they were annoying." Some of the little details that others may or may not have mentioned are: Nicholas never actually kills anyone. He's a police officer first and foremost and whilst he would be well within his rights to kill them, he doesn't and sees them all arrested. When Nicholas is riding back into town, you can see a poster in one of the shop windows advertising a production of Romeo and Juliet with the new actors. The fact that the names of the NWA are all weirdly sinister (Butcher, Skinner, Hatcher etc.) and the other names are just the person's job. Messenger works for the newspaper, Tiller is a gardener, Merchant is wealthy and so on. Every single thing that Danny asks Nicholas "Have you done this?" They do by the end of the movie. Like when he says "Have you ever fired your gun in the air and gone agggh." or "Have you ever fired your gun while in a high-speed pursuit." They do all of it. The relationship between Nicholas and Danny is great, it's a true bromance. Love this movie so much.
Yay, more Cornetto trilogy please, cannot wait for the World's End, even though I love this one the most. Hot Fuzz is so rewatchable, full of jokes and action and fast edits and the acting is superb.
im curious have you seen romeo and juliet with leo dicaprio - because that was the rendition they were doing the play on - its actually a fun watch where daggers/rapiers are replaced by guns - all set in a modern world but the script is all shakespears or somewhat true to it - it gets hate because it can get cringy most of the time but its one of my favorite tybalt portrayals by john leguizamo
so i'm guessing the swan gags are a reference to the fact that the queen technically owns all swans in england, and killing one is a serious crime. also the editing in this movie is absolutely brilliant.
Olivia Colman, (police woman Doris Thatcher) played opposite of David Tennet in the BBC series Broadchurch. She plays a detective, and was AWESOME in it as well.
I think my favorite running joke is that there’s one woman in the police department and usually there’d be a conflict of someone saying something sexist to her, but instead she’s the one who’s constantly saying inappropriate things lmao
Yes! Please do the Evil Dead Trilogy. The original Evil Dead is the first feature film directed by Sam Raimi who directs the Toby Maguire Spidermans. Watching the progression of the creativity used for the special effects from the super low budget first film to the significantly increased budget of the final film is a lot of fun!
Simone and George Your sponsor AD was the best thing I’ve seen in a while Unlike other TH-camrs You got creative with it and made it fun Great work !!!!
I love how George points out that you don’t know what Janine looks like because she’s supposed to be generic. That is literally Cate Blanchett
Another funny Cate Blanchett story:
So Taika Watiti approached Tilda Swinton to cameo in What We Do In The Shadows as part of the Vampire Council. Tilda loved the idea, Cate overheard and wanted to be part of it as well.
Taika said no because she's never played a Vampire. (They did get Paul Reubens and Danny Trejo though because they're dedicated)
@@TheDancerMacabreBoth Paul and Danny played vampires in other media, Paul even looks like his character in the Buffy movie. Danny was in From Dusk Til Dawn.
@@cleverpsyche115 Exactly, everyone who played Council members in that episode, had previously played vampires in something else.
As opposed to 'metaphorically' Cate Blanchett?
300th like!!!!!
"Thats the fridge magnate" is the most underrated line. Just perfect.
Dude. English isn't my first language but like ... I can't believe i never caught that until now. Thanks for that !
Fun fact:. Shotguns are actually not drop safe. Even if the safety is engaged, if a round is loaded and the gun is dropped, it can misfire. While it seems a bit ridiculous, it's actually a legitimate outcome when the Dr. gets his toe blown off.
Apart from the fact that that particular shotgon doesn't have any trigger.
The fact that James Bond plays SUCH a good Bond villain in this movie is incredible.
Apparently they tried a bunch of actors for Simon Skinner with the ethos “we need someone like Timothy Dalton” before eventually going”why don’t we just ask Timothy Dalton?”
IIRC Timothy Dalton heard the basic premise and went "I'm in" before he even read the script.
What about Santa the Stabber played by LotR director Peter Jackson? Or Cate Blanchett as the crime scene investigator...
Good to know.
@@zybch i mean cameos are hardly comparable to basically main antagonist...
Skinner tripping on a miniature of his own delivery van and impaling himself on a mini of the church steeple he used to kill Messenger, is such a nice touch.
“13:49” is he twins?
Simone always deducing the weirdest plot points correctly.
The books they're reading are-well, not a hint exactly, but part of the joke. Iain Banks / Iain M. Banks was an author who wrote "literary" fiction under the former name and science fiction including his middle initial. So, the same person, presented differently, as the desk officer appears to be. I suppose they are also kind of a hint, if you notice that the officer appears to be switching back and forth between reading two different books depending on the time of day and/or his hair's appearance.
how come your post says it was posted 9 days ago when they only posted this video 4 days ago?
@@smoothmove7566 when you’re on their Patreon, you get access to the video link a few days before it gets public. (And you get access to reactions to more series, I recommend it)
Nick Frost shouting "Bang! Bang!" while he shoots his gun from the window of a moving car is simply priceless.
There's been a couple of times where British police end up capturing a swan that wandered onto a motorway or somewhere and they always reference this movie, it's an absolute cult favourite among officers cause it's the perfect mix of relatable and ridiculous.
I know some folks in the Police, apparently there's loads of jokes in the movie that only people inside the Police will actually get
@@trhansen3244 It's just the one swan, actually.
@@pistonburner6448 Always one council house dossing nonce chatting shite.
What I find highly realistic is the portrayal of the amount of paperwork.
@@trhansen3244 wtf?
7 across- fascist and 12 down- hag
At the end, when the woman shouts "Fascist", she shoots at Nick from ACROSS the street. When Nicholas shoots at the flower pot, the pot goes DOWN and lands on the woman/ "Hag".
God, I love this movie! There are so many great jokes in this movie. I love how Nicholas actually states the motives of the murders before the red herring is presented.
So many great things in this movie, even things you can only know if you know more about things outside of the movie, like in this movie they say: "pub?" before going to the pub, but in real life they are friends and they do that regularly.
@@autohmae Pub? is a reference to shaun of the dead
@@thelibertini3757 sure, probably that too, but maybe Shaun of the Dead had a pub because of it...?
@@thelibertini3757 doubt it, every little village has a pub
@@autohmae bruv everyone goes to the pub with their friends in the UK it's not some unknown fun fact
The Romeo and Juliet thing ends up being half orphaned. The gag isn't just that they're bad, it's that they're, like Blower says, "doing an homage to William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet." As in the Leonardo DiCapro/Claire Danes movie. Hence the costumes, the suicide by gun, and breaking in to Lovefool at the end. It's funny in a random bizarre way without knowing that, but it does have context a lot of people don't have knowledge of these days.
Exactly, they're doing an homage to a movie that's already a modern reinterpretation of a classic. 😆
I like to blank that movie out of my mind.
I didn’t make that connection until today. Amazing.
@@autowaagh99 Exactly why a lot of the younger generation won't get the deeper joke, because you have to go watch a MUCH worse movie to get it. I vote it in for the next Cinecringe though!
Exactly. Here is this pretentious English country playwright and he apparently only knows Shakespeare's most famous play through a 90s Hollywood movie.
Note that one Bill Bailey "twin" is reading Ian Banks novels and the other was reading novels by Ian M. Banks. Same guy, but the "M" means it's from his science fiction collection.
Wow
The Culture specifically. The greatest sci fi setting ever created.
This kind of detail is the reason why Hot Fuzz is one of the tightest movies ever written by anyone, ever.
There isn't a single throwaway line in any of it.
Every single piece of dialogue is some kind of callback, foreshadowing, reference or Easter Egg.
It's literally a perfect script.
You have to appreciate the rest of the cast too. Doris is future Best Actress Oscar winner Olivia Colman, Supermarket Manager is former James Bond Timothy Dalton, Farmer is Harry Potter and Game of Thrones actort David Bradley, Hotel receptionist is stage actress Billie Whitelaw, the Doctor is Equaliser star Edward Woodward. Added to this are the star appearences like David Threlfall, actress Cate Blanchett and director Peter Jackson
Was waiting for someone to mention that. The entire cast of 'elder' characters reads as a who's who of British acting.
-Supposedly Olivia Colman had always played very clean characters so she requested to make all the dirty jokes.-
Love the one abouot the spit roast is a bit euh... deeper, lots of people didn't notice it, that makes it great.
Edward Woodward played the Neighbourhood Watch Alliance liaison, the fella who's killed by the mine. The doctor was Stuart Wilson, who played the villains in Lethal Weapon 3 and The Mask of Zorro.
@@ThreadBomb which is why I added supposedly, because I'm not that familiar with her work before this. If you are right then the TH-cam comment I got it from was wrong
@@philiphannay2035 as mentioned to someone else, I guess I'm badly informed or wrongly remember it.
I see a couple of others have mentioned Cate Blanchett's masked cameo as Nicholas' ex, but the "Father Christmas" who stabs Nicholas is played by Peter Jackson.
I have mentioned "Spaced" before, which is the TV show that Wright, Pegg, and Frost all worked on before doing the Cornetto trilogy (and something I hope could be a Patreon Exclusive in the future -- a nice short half-hour comedy with only 14 episodes that is perfect for a reaction channel because it's wall-to-wall pop culture references from all the stuff you've just watched). Bill Bailey has a recurring role on the show, so his appearance here is actually a reunion.
I love Spaced, such a good comedy. Love Wheels.
The show is so good.
@@Rumblepak_5 if you mean the character Tyres, the rave episode is one of my favorites of the entire series! That whole show is just so funny, with so many great characters. Marsha the landlady is the pub owner who hates that the reporter gets her age wrong here in HF.
Great cameos and a great show!
@@kathyastrom1315 Oh that's right! Been awhile since I've seen it. Thanks 😊
This often gets missed but when they announce the baby names at the meeting Angel eavesdrops on, the names are Roger and Martin. As in Murtaugh and Riggs of Lethal Weapon.
I never caught onto that
Well done!
Callahan Park (where the gypsies moved into) for Dirty Harry, Norris Avenue (where the house blew up) for Chuck Norris, and Ellroy Farm for James Ellroy.
The actress playing Simon Pegg's ex-girlfriend is Cate Blanchett. They thought it was funny to get an A-list actress to cameo and not even show her face.
Really enjoy your content. Thanks for the laughs.
And Father Christmas is Peter Jackson. So an A-list director to go with that A-list actress.
@@robertwareham8466 Yes, I'd forgotten that. Thank you!
Rory from game of thrones and the director is stocking shelves. So many great cameos
@@kurtrohlfing5850 Yeah, I don't really count the bloke from the porridge adverts as a cameo (GoT was a few years after Hot Fuzz, so Rory McCann wasn't as recognisable at this stage of his career).
"Nothin' like a bitta girl on girl" is the best delivery of Olivia Colman's career lol
Fete scene, Pig being cooked on the rotating spit. "Thats me after a few pints !"
It’s up there, but the scene in Broadchurch where she says to David Tennant, “With respect, sir, move away from me now, or I will piss in a cup and throw it at you” is my top pick. 😂
George is having the time of his life and I love it. For me Hot Fuzz is the best of the trilogy, I know a lot of fans love Shaun but after almost 15 years Hot Fuzz is getting the recognition it deserves.
@@ThreadBomb Back in 2007 when this came out this was the least fave amongst people I knew whom had just seen it, incl. British Public. That was before World's End. Yes but as comedy this is the best of the lot.
Agreed. For me, Hot Fuzz is the most entertaining of the trilogy.
@@IndySidhu88 The World's End is underrated.
For sure Hot Fuzz is the best, Shaun is great too and the World's End is so much better than people usually give it credit for.
I think it objectively has the best script. Whether or not its a person's favourite is up to personal preference though
Hot Fuzz is my favorite of the trilogy. Timothy Dalton is killing it here!
When it came out a few people I knew went back to reevaluate his two Bond movies. He was a pretty good one, but his vibe as Bond was slightly sinister and that didn't play well at the time.
Sometimes you can just tell an actor is having the time of their life while appearing in a movie, and I would definitely put Tim Dalton's performance here in that category.
Literally
@@inarar5334 To be honest, Timothy Dalton is easily my favorite James Bond. His portrayal of Bond is much closer to Ian Flemming's original character.
@@inarar5334 As someone who first went to see Goldeneye I found him... not very James Bond, but then those were old movies. But he fits this role perfectly!
“Does everybody’s last name end with ‘-er’?”
Traditionally, many English surnames come from occupations (the most famous being Smith). They decided to lean into that here in order to show how old-fashioned the town was. Most were unrelated to the specific character, but there were a few that were on-the-nose, like:
* Tiller is the gardener
* Messenger is the reporter
* Porter sells beer
Cooper - barrelmaker
@@BubbaCoop which character was Cooper?
Me
Merchant (okay, doesn't end with "er", but still)
Not only that, but most of the people in the NWA have sinister -er surnames, such as Skinner, Reaper, Shooter, Treacher... even Edward Woodward's character as the head of the NWA is called Weaver, i.e. the one who weaves all the plots in the village from his position in the NWA's surveillance command centre.
In England when we say 'Do Do' we don't mean 'Do do the Vodoo that You do SO Well!!!' Sorry that was a Mel Brooks Reference.. In England it is possible to say do something and do it in the same sentence so the phrase ' do do' is a normal acceptable term - example "If that is what you have to do, do it and God help you" it is NOT a potty joke.
"When's your birthday?" "22nd of February" "What year?" "Every year!" hands down one of the best jokes ever written. Fight me xD
....closely followed up by the farmer's mums joke
The "skid marks" line kills me 😆
@@darczee1"Now who's being childish"
Hot Fuzz is legitimately my favorite movie. It has the tightest script I've ever seen. Absolutely brilliant. You can watch it over and over and pick up new things that you missed.
Sandford was the name of a fictional village that formed part of the Bruche National Training Centre - a police officer training facility. (The complex closed in 2006.)
I was a little miffed that Timothy Dalton didn't get a career renaissance after this. I forgot how much of a badass he could be as well as comedically gifted.
BTW great job on the commercial guys. A lot of content creators put very little effort into their sponsors commercials but between George's acting and Simone's voice work it actually made it entertaining and I didn't just skip past it 👍
He was Rasillon in Doctor Who -- he was basically the HEAD of Gallifrey.
He was a major bad guy in several seasons of chuck after this.
The first Penny Dreadful series is worth a watch if you like Dalton.
He's also in Doom Patrol, and does a pretty fantastic job.
If you look at his IMDB he's only worked in like 2 or so projects a year since then, and a lot of them have been good (you need to see Penny Dreadful, at least 1st season), so I'm guessing if he's not working it's his choice not to.
3:32 You're one of a very select few reactors who recognizes Bill Bailey in this, nice to see that you've got the British comedy chops
And Bill Bailey (curly)
The receptionist doing the crossword was "Mrs Baylock" in the original 'The Omen'
The writing is incredible. Everything is either a setup or a punchline. One I really like is Nicholas mentioning how his notepad saved him many times. Danny does the ketchup trick by stabbing the notepad that he put in that pocket in the previous scene.
Even the phone book line about starting with Aaron A. Aaronson, which is the name of the kid who get held prisoner at the end although a lot of people miss that.
@@thomaswedge42 - Nicholas gives the kid a double take when he says his name, but then we all get distracted by an enraged Timothy Dalton with a box knife….
Oh that where it comes in I was wondering that they set it up but never brought it back.
“Catch me later!”
I only just realised that the farmer and his mum had a gun
Thank you for including the bit with the three-way translation. It's one of the best parts of the movie, but so far no one else has put it in their reactions.
When I read this and you mentioned "three way translation" I thought you were referring to Olivia Colman's lewd joke at the village fête...
@@richieclean "Thats me after a few pints", hinting at the pig on a spit, referencing the sexual act of Spit Roasting. They were referring to the Farmer scene (Walder Frey / Filtch) "Edge is an edge innit", meaning Hedge is a Hedge, isnt it.
@@ChannelReuploads9451 thanks for explaining that which I clearly already knew 🙄
@@ChannelReuploads9451 "An 'edge's an 'edge, innit? I only chopped it down cause I couldn't see t'view no more. What's 'e moanin 'bout?"
Nobody seems to have mentioned 28 WEEKS LATER... Shaun of the Dead contained a little jab at 28 Weeks Later (a reference to "rage-infected monkeys"), so 28 Weeks Later has a character say that he's come all the way from 'Sandford' - and has a shot with a Swan crossing a road. Apparently 'Sandford' is the fictional location used in Training Exercises by the UK Police...
The "Romeo & Juliet" the Amateur Dramatics Society is putting on is a homage to Baz Luhrmann's "William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet" which moves the story to the US. The costumes and the Cardigans song they're performing come straight from the movie. It was one of the films that made Leonardo DiCaprio's name and was huge in its day but clearly hasn't stuck around in the public consciousness!
Yeah, I've seen a few reactions to this movie and none of the reactors knew that was referencing an actual Romeo + Juliet film.
One of the funniest moments in recent film history. I die on this hill.
@@Me11oCarm It’s a perfect smash cut and it says so much about the pomposity of the characters. Of course they’d adapt the film version.
My personal favourite shot is Skinner making that smug grin handing over the tape while standing in front of the picture of him making that exact same face. Wonderful framing.
That movie has so many eye-rolling moments, like when they zoom in on the gun and it says "Sword" on it. Oh, buh-rother. Who wrote this terrible homage to William Shakespeare?
@@JustWasted3HoursHere in part? Baz Luhrmann, the same dude making the upcoming Elvis movie. I saw that trailer and wondered if Elvis' agent in it is gonna actually be the devil. Wasn't sure why. Just got that vibe. Then I saw Luhrmann's name and I actually could see him doing that...
Originally a lot of Danny's (Nick Frost) lines were going to be given to Doris (Olivia Coleman) as a love interest for Angel but they never really got the chance to develop it so they just gave them to Danny and it just worked so perfectly in building a really believable friendship
You may want to check out the British show "Spaced", it's where Pegg, Frost and Wright first started working together... it's just 14 episodes, but they play with so many genres across that show.
This. All of this. “Spaced” is absolutely incredible
The good thing about the spoilers is that you will have forgotten about them by the time you get to Point Break and Bad Boys II.
The best part about this movie, is that nearly every one of the council gets wounded in a manner which could be seen as an accident. Thus, inadvertently in keeping with the councils desires.
I actually never thought about them being "accidents". There's another fact about this movie I know now.
bullet wounds are accidents? lol
@@shaggjones4854 he means the ones like the potted plant, the bear trap, and probably even Danny throwing his shotgun down.
@@josephstaggs4545 Skinner tripping on a toy car and impaling his jaw and Butterman getting attacked by the swan and running in to a tree, too.
@@shaggjones4854 One person has their foot blown away by a gun that gets dropped which put it in between
"Almost like they are writing them like lovers" Yep, there was meant to be a love interest subplot at first, between Angel and a woman, but it got cut and all those scenes were just done between Angel and Danny instead.
Damn, George is the first person I've ever seen immediately recognize Rory McCann (Yarp/The Hound) in this movie.
The P.I. Staker joke gets me every time because my uncle used to work at a bowling alley and sometimes you'd get a call asking for someone (before everyone had a cell phone) and he would have to go over the loud speaker and ask whoever it was to come to the phone. So he'd get a lot of pranks. And 1 time he thought the same was a prank and it was the dudes actual name
The most satisfying visual joke in this is that one of Bill Bailey's characters is reading Iain Banks and and the other is reading Iain M. Banks.
There are so many connections in this film,the characters names,the music when skinner drives past the dead actors , the more you watch it the more levels of gag you find
Tom Weaver, the head of the head of the neighbourhood watch alliance, is played by Edward Woodward, who stars in the 1973 British cult classic "The wickerman" alongside Christopher Lee, highly recommend watching that.
I wonder whether the two of you realise how infectious your laughter is.. it's such a joy to share these reactions. I'd forgotten a lot of the gems in this movie as well as the unbelievable cast. Also they do seem to have a rule about achieving convincing prosthetics..
So much of this cast are well-known actors now, a lot of whom are in Game of Thrones and HoTD.
The "Cake Fine" has become a bit of a tradition amongst UK police officers. It's an unofficial punishment between colleagues, usually for minor mistakes such as the loss or damage of police property. Police Facebook pages often post photos of the cake fine someone paid along with details of the offence to discuss whether it was an appropriate fine.
Doris' (Academy Award winner Olivia Colman) double entendres are my favorite part of this movie.
The supporting cast is amazing, and one of the best jokes is Edward Woodward heading up the Neighbourhood Watch. Not many people will get a shout out to The Wicker Man, but old Edward had previous form in movies about a policeman going to a small town where things aren't what they seem.
My personal favourite anecdote? The three judges of the model village - the male one is the directors' old drama teacher. The ladies? The directors' Mums.
Hot Fuzz is definitely the strongest of the trio, but The World’s End was the most emotional for me personally. Check that out when it’s time.
"Forget it, Nicholas. It's Sanford."
It just occurred to me that this line is an homage to "Chinatown" , another Noir thriller.
10:46 That wasn't even just them doing Romeo & Juliet. That was them doing a stage version of Baz Luhrman's Romeo + Juliet (starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Daines) from 1996. That's why she had a gun and angel wings. So it's even further removed from actual Shakespeare.
I grew up in a smaller town. That Shakespeare hommage is definitely something that would be put on stage there by some amateur acting group. INCLUDING the part where they would sing "Say that you love me!".
Small bit that most people miss is that when Nick Frost is looking at the DVD in the shop when Simon Pegg starts chasing the kid he throws the DVD back in the basket and there's a copy of the Shaun of the Dead DVD there.
Also, remember the shooting gallery? "Take out all the little people and you get to waltz off with the cuddly monkey." Then they make a joke about Danny being the monkey. And at the end, he and Danny stay together.
Lots of references and in-jokes hidden in the movie. The NWA member who watched the camera feeds is Edward Woodward, who had lots of memorable parts over the years, but probably his most memorable was one playing a police officer sent to a remote community, just like Nicholas Angel. I'm not sure if you recognized the priest, played by Paul Freeman, who you previously saw in Raiders of the Lost Ark as Indy's rival Belloq. Early in the movie one of the Andys jokingly suggested they call up the whole phone book, starting with Aaron A. Aaronson; the red-headed kid in the miniature village is later revealed to be that kid. But that joke is itself a reference to the Judge Dredd strip in the comic 2000AD, which Simon Pegg is a huge fan of; in one story we meet Aaron A. Aaronson, a man who changed his name specifically to become the first person in the phone book.
Edward Woodward (the neighborhood watch guy in the police station), was also the main character in "Breaker Morant", which is one of the best war films ever made. Just throwing that out there.
Yes, Timothy Dalton was so outrageously good in this, I could never take him seriously in any other role after I´ve seen this. Like he used to play a pretty menacing guest role a while ago on Doctor Who, I always had to think of this one and suppress my laughter. Also, if I would watch any of his James Bond movies or Flash Gordon today, I would probably always have a smile on my face. I´ve also had a similar experience with Bill Nighy after Love Actually. Like I already couldn´t quite take him seriously in Shaun of the Dead. Only exception being Pirates of the Caribbean, because you can´t really recognize him....
He was an underrated Bond.
Gonna do a throwback to when he was the villain in The Rocketeer.
I watched Penny Dreadful mainly for Dalton and he doesn't disappoint.
@@HermanVonPetri I mostly watched for Eva Green. She didn't disappoint either.
Hot Fuzz takes a huge amount of inspiration from the greatest British horror film ever made The Wicker Man. I had the honour of meeting Sir Christopher Lee back in 2007 & got to speak to him at length about his role in The Wicker Man.
If you do watch it, make sure you watch the final cut version…..& avoid at all costs the Nicholas Cage remake.
Timothy Dalton; the most underrated James Bond is awesome in Hot Fuzz!!
My favorite film of the trilogy. The call outs to 90’s action films like Bad Boys and Point Break is awesome. I had many more wow and lol moments in this than the other two.
You mean Point Break... (also with Keanu Reeves)
Hope you don't skip the unofficial 4th movie, Paul, it's a good one, with a great cast! Oh, by the way, Bill Bailey, is Dylan Moran's (he played David in Shaun) co-star in the BBC comedy series Black Books, which I highly recommend. Also hope you check out some of Dylan's stand up at some point, he's got some great bits.
Best part of this film it the way they do the paperwork like an action hero loading up with guns & ammo.
One of the many many hidden kernels in this movie and one of my favorites is that the first armed opponents that Angel has to fight on his way back into the village at the climax are one of the ‘farmers’ and ‘farmer’s mums’ that the Andy’s mention earlier in the movie. I’m glad to see Simone pick up on it.
I like that Frost and Pegg rotate characters through the 3 movies. They are more or less equal in Shaun, Pegg is the smart successful one in Hot Fuzz, and Frost is the smart successful one in World's End.
The joke Nicholas missed when he knocked out "Yarp" in the store was "rest in peas" as he landed in the pea section.
Honestly, my favorite of the trilogy and I absolutely love Timothy Dalton in here. He’s just having a fun time hamming it up.
I remember laughing so hard when I found out that the guy dressed as the stabby Father Christmas was played by Director Peter Jackson. xDD
Same thing goes for Cate Blanchett as the forensic ex-girlfriend.
I always kinda expect people to recognise Cate Blanchett's eyes and voice, but I guess most people haven't seen Lord of the Rings as many times as I have... 😄
This is also my favorite of the Cornetto Trilogy. I do recommend checking out the bloopers/outtakes for this movie. They're adorable.
You need to watch this at least 3 times to catch everything and truly appreciate the genius of this film. It’s actually perfect! 👍
There are no wasted lines in this movie, everything is there for a reason. You're right, it's perfect, one of the best British movies of the last two decades imo. So many great moments, and tons that get missed too!
When Doris is at Danny's birthday celebration, she's the only one wearing comedy breasts (painted gold, a Blackadder II homage) despite being the only female there.
An early line is "if you wanna be a big cop in a small town, f*** off up the model village!" - which is exactly what happens near the end.
When Danny throws the DVD down in the basket at the supermarket, it lands on a DVD thats an almost exact replica of the Shaun of the Dead cover.
Oh, and it ends with Caught by the Fuzz by Supergrass. Damn right it's a perfect movies lmao!
(Love your stuff btw Simone and George, I don't comment much but you guys are so entertaining I often go back and rewatch old videos of yours - great chemistry, incredibly funny, and you analysis' of movies is pretty solid too!)
i've watched maybe 50 times and i still catch things i've never noticed before
@@MrFox-wn5jt so true, even a couple of those I didn’t know myself. The most efficient film ever! Took me a few watches before I realised skinner was playing Romeo and Juliet in his car at the scene of the “accident”
@@synaesthesia2010 yeah it really is so clever. To make what is essentially silly comedy THAT good, is genius
@@kJ922-h3j And I didn't twig what that song was until you told me lol!
Other than Martin Freeman showing up, two more people associated with Middle-Earth make an appearance in this movie. The Santa Claus who stabs Angel in the hand is Peter Jackson and the girlfriend who breaks up with him (the one who you only see her eyes above a hazmat mask) is Galadriel herself, Cate Blanchett.
The sheer awe and delivery behind that He Man quote, "By the power of Grayskull..." XD
YES thank you for shouting out Bill Bailey; he is an incredible musical standup comedian
I'm not sure what I like better, the hilarious thumbnails or Simone's typically out-there intro tag. Both are top notch.
The ad in the middle was also entertaining. 14:00
@@ThreadBomb "SWAN!!!!"
"Nick Frost is this movie's Jamie Lee Curtis" is the funniest thing I've heard in a LONG time!
Best line of the film - 'If you want to be a big cop in a small town then f$%£ off down to the model village'.
This one is not just mocking police action movies, but also very much the typically British detective series. Series like Inspector Morse, Midsomer Murders, A Touch of Frost, and so many more. Usually set in the countryside or small towns where everyone knows everyone, and where solving a murder is not about blasting your way through a bunch of baddies or using flashy technology like in CSI, but all about calmly connecting the dots between all of the people. It's just hilarious how they mixed that with over the top action from American cop movies, two worlds that couldn't be much further apart.
I can’t believe you cut away from the Andys backing out of frame and creeping back in, one of the funniest moments imo
Nick Frosts Character was originally written as a woman and Love Interest. would have been too easy and cheesy. So they changed it to Danny without changing the Lines much, which makes it even better. And Nick Frost is perfect for it
@@ThreadBomb wrong Simon peg talked about it. Its completely true.
Timothy Dalton was my favorite James bond. He only played in two films, but he was darker than Moore, or Brosnan. Only Daniel Craig was as dark, if not darker than.
It's not a part of the Cornetto trilogy but you need to see the movie Paul. It also stars Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. It's about two brits that go to Comicon and then go on an adventure through America.
I was just searching for anyone who may have just now found Hot Fuzz and here you are. Awesome. I'm watching.
Nice catch on Pompei. You should both react to Rome if she hasn’t seen it. Favorite show along with Justified.
I used to live in Gloucestershire the area it was based around....we quote this movie all the time 😂
The bloke who plays the vicar also plays the evil French archaeologist in Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark.
The female police officer is Olivia Colman, now a very famous and popular actress, Academy award winner.
My favourite film ever, definitely the best script, every time you watch it you hear more things at the start that pay off later on, incredible detail, every throw away joke, the Andys mocking him by saying they'll call everyone in the village starting with Aaron A Aaronson... who's the kid at the end of the movie. The ending which is set up by them saying "you wanna be a big cop in a small down, fuck off down the model village" well, he does go there, and then becomes the big cop in the small town. It's an absolute masterpiece.
You may have thought that they were on a film set, but it was filmed in England's smallest city, Wells in the county of Somerset. Simon Pegg was born in the neighbouring county of Gloucestershire.
This movie is so good, every time you watch you notice something new. The sheer calibre of actors in this is phenomenal, there's not a single wasted performance, they are all brilliant.
Cameos from Cate Blanchett and Peter Jackson at the start.
I love that they built up a completely believable crime narrative with reasonable motives like something out of a John Grisham novel and then went "Nah actually these people got killed because they were annoying."
Some of the little details that others may or may not have mentioned are:
Nicholas never actually kills anyone. He's a police officer first and foremost and whilst he would be well within his rights to kill them, he doesn't and sees them all arrested.
When Nicholas is riding back into town, you can see a poster in one of the shop windows advertising a production of Romeo and Juliet with the new actors.
The fact that the names of the NWA are all weirdly sinister (Butcher, Skinner, Hatcher etc.) and the other names are just the person's job. Messenger works for the newspaper, Tiller is a gardener, Merchant is wealthy and so on.
Every single thing that Danny asks Nicholas "Have you done this?" They do by the end of the movie. Like when he says "Have you ever fired your gun in the air and gone agggh." or "Have you ever fired your gun while in a high-speed pursuit." They do all of it.
The relationship between Nicholas and Danny is great, it's a true bromance.
Love this movie so much.
This is one of those films that becomes so much funnier on the second watch. All the little hints and premonitions in the dialogue are amazing.
One of the best comedies of all time
Yay, more Cornetto trilogy please, cannot wait for the World's End, even though I love this one the most. Hot Fuzz is so rewatchable, full of jokes and action and fast edits and the acting is superb.
What I love most is that nobody died during the shootout with the town. Everyone was shown to be injured, but living.
It's a great film with so much rewatch value
I have watched this movie so many times I have lost count
im curious have you seen romeo and juliet with leo dicaprio - because that was the rendition they were doing the play on - its actually a fun watch where daggers/rapiers are replaced by guns - all set in a modern world but the script is all shakespears or somewhat true to it - it gets hate because it can get cringy most of the time but its one of my favorite tybalt portrayals by john leguizamo
Hitting the thief with an aerosol can is very similar to Crocodile Dundee throwing a can of beans to stop the bag thief in New York!!
George losing his shit at 11:21 gave me life 😆
10:45 This is the 1996 Romeo and Julliet version, like a modern version (I actually liked it )
Really liked Dicaprio in it. You should give it a go
so i'm guessing the swan gags are a reference to the fact that the queen technically owns all swans in england, and killing one is a serious crime. also the editing in this movie is absolutely brilliant.
Olivia Colman, (police woman Doris Thatcher) played opposite of David Tennet in the BBC series Broadchurch. She plays a detective, and was AWESOME in it as well.
I think my favorite running joke is that there’s one woman in the police department and usually there’d be a conflict of someone saying something sexist to her, but instead she’s the one who’s constantly saying inappropriate things lmao
Well, that is only the second sponsorship ad I've ever sat all the way through so kudos to you both. George is a good actor too.
Fun Fact: When Skinner is driving past the first crime scene he’s listening to ‘Romeo and Juliet’ by Dire Straits
My favourite song of all time and it’s not even close
Love this movie! And Sandford looks and feels like my hometown where I haven't been in years, so more nostalgia points
Great movie love the cornetto trilogy and the Evil Dead Trilogy is a must watch too.
Yes! Please do the Evil Dead Trilogy. The original Evil Dead is the first feature film directed by Sam Raimi who directs the Toby Maguire Spidermans. Watching the progression of the creativity used for the special effects from the super low budget first film to the significantly increased budget of the final film is a lot of fun!
Oh man, I would love to see their reaction to Army of Darkness, it's my favorite movie.
Simone and George
Your sponsor AD was the best thing I’ve seen in a while
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You got creative with it and made it fun
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