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Showing posts with label edgar wright. Show all posts
Showing posts with label edgar wright. Show all posts
Tuesday, 30 July 2013
The World's End (2013) - Edgar Wright AGAIN
Third time's the charm. I'm really getting the film a lot more on repeat viewings. I've followed it for years now, waiting for it. And it still does not disappoint. Awesome!
Wednesday, 24 July 2013
The World's End (2013) - Edgar Wright
Second viewing. Just as good. I noticed slightly more stuff this time, for example the noise from the fruit machine used in Shaun of the Dead (2004) and a few references to games of chess. I spotted Gary King, Andy Knightley and another character had the last name of Prince. Eddie Marsan's character lived at Bishop's Gardens, or something of the sort. I will try and look out for more on repeat viewing.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Friday, 19 July 2013
The World's End (2013) - Edgar Wright
Nine years. Nine long years. It has been nine years since Shaun of the Dead (2004) first came out. It has been nine years that I have waited for the trilogy's finale to come out, so in my review, I will do my best to do it justice, but remember, this is a fan boy's perspective, so could be a little (a lot) biased.
So, to start with, let's get this out of the way... I was NOT disappointed. That's right, ladies and gents (all one of my followers; I know who you are), this movie did not leave me wanting more. It was a worthy completion, and I am still unsure on which of the blood and ice cream trilogy is the best and not so best.
Hot Fuzz (2007) feels like the odd one out to me, due its more realistic nature than the other two (no matter how much I believe in zombies) and lack of apocalyptic themes, but I suppose The World's End could be, due to its reliance on Simon Pegg to be the Funny One, as apposed to Nick Frost playing the slacker with the best lines in Dead and Fuzz. Don't get me wrong, he is good in this, brilliant in fact, but in the other two, he was always the show stealer. The other three co-drinkers in TWE also seem to set this apart from the others due to Fuzz and Shaun being solely based on those two actors and their adventures (not counting Liz, who is (being honest) just there as rom-com fodder-I don't even agree with myself there, because Shaun of the Dead is such a perfect movie; I'm just making a point, shush) whereas this film concentrates a lot on the protagonist (who is often also the antagonist to himself, as in the others) and his relationship with his friends.
It was nice to see Paddy Considine as kind of a lovelorn character instead of his usual gritty self. He seemed to take quite a central role. Is this a step in the direction his career is going? Uphill and onwards to uber fame (better than regular fame, not as good as superstardom)? With roles in films like this, and more directing work, it's a definite possibility! The same can be said for Eddie Marsan and Martin Freeman, who are both becoming more familiar in both American and British films.
I did expect more lines to be quotable and more throwbacks to Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead, but the film itself didn't lose anything by not having them. The fence part (not a spoiler, it's in the advert), where Simon Pegg jumps a fence and it falls down, was needed for old times sake, even if it does seem a little pointless. The ending was differently done to the other two as well, no fade out and then fade back in a while later, like at the end of Fuzz and Dead, which I kind of pined for. I won't make a list of everything that was missing, because there was a lot, but I was not disappointed with this. They weren't flaws. If I'd gone and seen what I had expected, I probably wouldn't have been as surprised and as happy with it.
I am seeing it again soon, so look for a future review, picking the film apart in more detail. It saddens me to think that such a great trilogy of films is over, but does it really have to be? Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright could write another one! They're both young and approaching high points in their careers; that doesn't mean that the trilogy couldn't become a series for the imaginative duo. With The World's End as a conclusion, they have alleviated any pressure that was on them for a brilliant and beautiful finale. And for that, I congratulate them, and just as a fan, for not disappointing (are you reading this Christopher Nolan, cough, The Dark Knight Rises (2012) cough?).
So, to start with, let's get this out of the way... I was NOT disappointed. That's right, ladies and gents (all one of my followers; I know who you are), this movie did not leave me wanting more. It was a worthy completion, and I am still unsure on which of the blood and ice cream trilogy is the best and not so best.
Hot Fuzz (2007) feels like the odd one out to me, due its more realistic nature than the other two (no matter how much I believe in zombies) and lack of apocalyptic themes, but I suppose The World's End could be, due to its reliance on Simon Pegg to be the Funny One, as apposed to Nick Frost playing the slacker with the best lines in Dead and Fuzz. Don't get me wrong, he is good in this, brilliant in fact, but in the other two, he was always the show stealer. The other three co-drinkers in TWE also seem to set this apart from the others due to Fuzz and Shaun being solely based on those two actors and their adventures (not counting Liz, who is (being honest) just there as rom-com fodder-I don't even agree with myself there, because Shaun of the Dead is such a perfect movie; I'm just making a point, shush) whereas this film concentrates a lot on the protagonist (who is often also the antagonist to himself, as in the others) and his relationship with his friends.
It was nice to see Paddy Considine as kind of a lovelorn character instead of his usual gritty self. He seemed to take quite a central role. Is this a step in the direction his career is going? Uphill and onwards to uber fame (better than regular fame, not as good as superstardom)? With roles in films like this, and more directing work, it's a definite possibility! The same can be said for Eddie Marsan and Martin Freeman, who are both becoming more familiar in both American and British films.
I did expect more lines to be quotable and more throwbacks to Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead, but the film itself didn't lose anything by not having them. The fence part (not a spoiler, it's in the advert), where Simon Pegg jumps a fence and it falls down, was needed for old times sake, even if it does seem a little pointless. The ending was differently done to the other two as well, no fade out and then fade back in a while later, like at the end of Fuzz and Dead, which I kind of pined for. I won't make a list of everything that was missing, because there was a lot, but I was not disappointed with this. They weren't flaws. If I'd gone and seen what I had expected, I probably wouldn't have been as surprised and as happy with it.
I am seeing it again soon, so look for a future review, picking the film apart in more detail. It saddens me to think that such a great trilogy of films is over, but does it really have to be? Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright could write another one! They're both young and approaching high points in their careers; that doesn't mean that the trilogy couldn't become a series for the imaginative duo. With The World's End as a conclusion, they have alleviated any pressure that was on them for a brilliant and beautiful finale. And for that, I congratulate them, and just as a fan, for not disappointing (are you reading this Christopher Nolan, cough, The Dark Knight Rises (2012) cough?).
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
PS I don't think any director gets five stars on all his films by me, other than Edgar Wright.
Thursday, 21 February 2013
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) - Edgar Wright
I think I've mentioned that this is my favourite film before. It still is. I love it. I've recently started reading the comics, and they're so brilliant. Every panel, seems to be a shot right out of the movie, except for the extra bits obviously, but it would have difficult to fit the entire story into a two hour film. But Edgar manages to keep in everything that is important. And it's just a really feel good film. Yeah. Wow.
Edgar Wright is my favourite director, and I think that he well on his way to being renowned as one of the best of all time.
By, the way, if anyone has the link to make a Scott Pilgrim version of yourself, please send it me. I can't seem to find a working one.
Edgar Wright is my favourite director, and I think that he well on his way to being renowned as one of the best of all time.
By, the way, if anyone has the link to make a Scott Pilgrim version of yourself, please send it me. I can't seem to find a working one.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Friday, 28 December 2012
Foreword
Hello.
I am an avid film fan. I go to see films at the cinema, a lot.
I have began this page to write reviews of films that I have seen.
I warn you now, I won't be posting religiously on a daily basis, probably not even after every film I see, but I shall do my best.
My favourite films include Scott Pilgrim Vs The World (2010) - Edgar Wright, Terminator 2 (1991) - James Cameron, The Mummy (1999) - Stephen Sommers, Citizen Kane (1941) - Orson Welles and Dorian Gray (2009) - Oliver Parker. These are not my only favourites, just a small taste of what you can come to expect from this blog.
I will begin posting proper reviews once the year of 2013 begins.
Love Matt x
PS I also make films, so I may post about them and how I'm doing with the making of those, plus I might post the links to them.
I got Final Cut Pro X for Christmas, so at the moment, every little thing I've done over the last year or two is being edited in a big file, so that might be good.
PS I also make films, so I may post about them and how I'm doing with the making of those, plus I might post the links to them.
I got Final Cut Pro X for Christmas, so at the moment, every little thing I've done over the last year or two is being edited in a big file, so that might be good.
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