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Shelf Beauties |
Hot Fuzz I wasn’t
sure it
was possible for Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright and the rest of the gang to
make a
movie funnier than their first one, Shaun of the Dead,
but Hot
Fuzz is right
there with it laugh for laugh. Just
be
warned, Hot Fuzz starts a bit
slower than you might expect, but turns on the
burners to end on the highest, wackiest and funniest note possible. Pegg stars as
Nicholas Angel – an ambitious, hardworking superstar police
officer in Is Nicholas
overanalyzing the situation out of boredom, or has he stumbled upon a
mass
murderer with an evil plot? Hot Fuzz is an
awesome parody and celebration of cliché-ridden,
melodramatic cop action
movies. The
commercials and trailers
weren’t lying when they stated these guys have seen every cop
movie ever made,
because most of them are lovingly lampooned for our benefit in Hot Fuzz.
What else can I say other than the characters
are brilliantly drawn to be comical, but lovable at the same time
(except the
villains, we still revile the villains).
The dialogue is hilarious and smart, even when it is
being silly. Also,
the actors are perfect with each
deadpan delivery and reaction.
Co-writer/director
Wright makes the movie a masterpiece by telling a great story well,
then giving
us plenty of visual jokes to go along with it all.
If you just pay attention, you’ll notice
little things, like how the officers in his countryside town are always
eating
sweets, or the camera work that is reminiscent of overdone effects you
may be
sick of by now in other big action movies, or even famous film scenes
recreated
to tickle your memory and funny bone.
Best of
all, Hot Fuzz is a well written
movie where everything ties back together in the
end. Wright and
co-writer Pegg make sure
jokes and discussions early in the movie pay off towards the end as the
officers do the types of things they talked about, information given to
you in
the early portions of the movie becomes important later and the mystery
reveals
itself before your eyes in all of its ridiculous glory.
This gives the cast a chance to wow you. While Pegg is
great with his deadpan and serious delivery, Frost absolutely amazes me
with
his portrayal of stupid. He
makes
Butterman a lovable moron. He’s
someone
you like and root for, not denigrate or mock.
I don’t know how he delivers some of these
lines without breaking out
into laughter, but Frost has an honest, wholesome, child-like delivery that puts
him in the
same league as some of the great comics of all time.
As if this was
all not enough, Wright and Pegg make sure we even get visits from
actors who
appeared in Shaun of the Dead,
along with other superstar actors, and one
mega-superstar director you might not recognize at first. I can’t
wait
until these guy and gals do another movie.
Maybe a superhero film?
Hot Fuzz is rated R for violent content including some graphic images and language.
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