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Which do you like more...Shaun of the Dead or Hot Fuzz?
- Thread starter fluffydelusions
- Start date
Both are amazing (as is The World's End), but Hot Fuzz is my definite favorite. It's comedic perfection.
I've seen Shaun of the Dead a couple times and I think it's great, but I rewatch Hot Fuzz on the regular. It's amazing.
The World's End.
But between the two in the poll, it's Hot Fuzz.
I really enjoyed World's End, it hits close to home for me.
I think Shaun of the Dead is slightly funnier, but I love them both.
EDIT: What happened to The World's End? Is it just not as good? I've seen it a total of 1 time in theatres and no one talks about it. I remember liking it but not as much as the other 2. Meanwhile, I watch Shaun and Hot Fuzz on the reg.
EDIT: What happened to The World's End? Is it just not as good? I've seen it a total of 1 time in theatres and no one talks about it. I remember liking it but not as much as the other 2. Meanwhile, I watch Shaun and Hot Fuzz on the reg.
Although I can recognise Hot Fuzz as being a better movie, I much prefer Shaun of the Dead. I've got a thing for zombie movies and I loved how over the top it took the tropes. Plus, being from a suburban part of London myself it resonated more with me.
The World's End is amazing because it's not a movie about an alien invasion, it's a movie about mid-life crisis and the consequences of refusing to grow up and leave your youth behind.The World's End.
But between the two in the poll, it's Hot Fuzz.
Hot Fuzz for me. It's a more clever script. Shaun is great, but it relies just a bit too much on being obvious with how it's "not your typical zombie movie". Hot Fuzz shows a massive leap in confidence to be subtle and subversive.
Give it a rewatch sometime. It's a movie that you just keep finding more and more in as you watch it again.
That's such a bummer, I honestly love Hot Fuzz because it's very subtle with it's comedy. The jokes come and go like they aren't even jokes. I don't really find myself gut laughing at anything, just slightly chuckling to myself. It feels smart and subdued, which is what makes it feel like an honest classic instead of loud cringey reactionary comedy that's popular.
Knowing someone is being over the top about it like it's an annoying theater kid quoting Monty Python skits all day is a huge bummer, you got a very soured experience/expectation setup it seems.
This was how I felt about it too. It was worse for me because I don't particularly like Zombie stuff to start with so it was sold to me as being a parody that makes fun of that stuff. It worked at first, but after a while...
Hot Fuzz I enjoyed pretty much all the way through.
Seeing Hellboy was a very similar experience so I hate that movie too haha.
Unfortunately there's nothing can be done at this point, I can't watch/enjoy them objectively. Oh well.
It's honestly super close for me but Shaun of the Dead edges out Hot Fuzz just because I think the end joke of shooting old people goes on a bit long.
I feel for you, that's a good way to make someone hate a movie.
Shaun of the Dead is funnier, but Hot Fuzz is overall better...still I prefer SotD for the laughs.
The tone of the story follows shauns maturity almost to a T. As soon as he realizes his situation he's gotten himself and everyone else in, his mom dies and his friends start getting picked off the tone and his maturity has to shift to survive the situation/adulthood and he needs to grow up. That's how I've always read it.
Just like parents don't have favourite children, I refuse to participate in this poll. And if you do, you're a terrible parent. THE WHOLE POINT OF THERE BEING THREE FLAVOURS IS SO WE HAVE DIFFERENCE AND VARIETY
Also the World's End is underrated as fuck and anybody who disagrees, let's go, outside, now
Also the World's End is underrated as fuck and anybody who disagrees, let's go, outside, now
For everyone who loved Timothy Dalton in Hot Fuzz, you should really check him out as totally-not-immoral-Professor X in Doom Patrol.
Sometimes I randomly think of Hot Fuzz quotes and scenes and they cheer me up immensely.
Sometimes I randomly think of Hot Fuzz quotes and scenes and they cheer me up immensely.
The hivemind took a vote this morning and decided it's OK if it's rural UK cops. You should come to the meetings!
It's Shaun of the Dead for me. People really talk up the foreshadowing in Hot Fuzz, but I swear I find every watch of Shaun a new tiny bit of foreshadowing every single time. The fact that Shaun says to the little shit co-worker "I know you don't want to be doing this for the rest of your life" and then at the end you see as a Zombie he's going to be stuck in the service industry in what will most likely be forever. Amazing.
I'm honestly surprised that Shaun of the Dead isn't winning. My vote went to Hot Fuzz as well, it's just I usually find that when this conversation comes up, Shaun of the Dead takes it in a walk. Both are great, but Hot Fuzz is just a cut above in my book. Helps that my wife isn't a fan of zombie stuff, so I don't really get to rewatch Shaun, while she agrees that Hot Fuzz is absolutely hilarious.
World´s End is criminaly underatedThe World's End.
But between the two in the poll, it's Hot Fuzz.