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[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Bending the rules a bit here. I know it is not a true sequel, but it's part of a trilogy. Hot Fuzz is better than Shaun of the Dead. Also, except for the second film, I think the Mission Impossible series just gets better with every entry.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Why do you think Hot Fuzz is better? Not arguing, I love both movies! I had never thought to compare the two

Shaun of the Dead is on my "perfect films" list but I'm sure it's at least in part because of its context in my life.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

I just think the joke ratio is a lot higher and they're all excellent jokes as well. Plus there's tons of little moments which you can pick up on multiple viewings.

Shaun is still a great film, I just think they got better with Fuzz.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Not OP. I think that Fuzz just got more budget and looks less campy than Shaun due to that and stylistic choices, but I love both equally and I don't think filming Shaun like Fuzz would make it better. HF packs action and SotD shines in it's long shots when we see parts of it's storytelling in the background, they both have different vibes and the way they are filmed and edited serves them well.

Ed Wright and their shared cast are so talented they could've made anything a cult classic, even an omegaverse\Twilight crossover where Simon Pegg, haphazardly tanned to look like Jacob (pre-RenEsme lock-in), struggles to find a match with a vampire omega and joins the Edward\Bella story only to steal Edward; Nick Frost serves as his werewolf bro giving the least useful advices Simon blindly follows; also it's suburbs of London and the soundtrack is full of hair metal for some reason.

Shit, now this idea would haunt me for years.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

I know it is not a true sequel, but it’s part of a trilogy. Hot Fuzz is better than Shaun of the Dead.

I think we'll have to agree to disagree here.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

For a while, Mission Impossible kept getting better, but Dead Reckoning was absolute dog water and it killed all my interest in the franchise forever.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I liked MI2 better than MI:III

it's been a while since I've seen them, so I can't really remember why.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

About two years ago, I watched all six, as there were then, over the course of a couple of weeks. For me, the second film stands out as being the weakest.

I think I need to watch Dead Reckoning (formerly part 1) again as I was slightly disappointed seeing that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

I think Dead Reckoning is a good, and poignant, concept, but I think it suffers from weak writing.

It suffered a bit from the same issue as the video game Uncharted 3, where they wrote the action set pieces first, then wrote the story to fit them together. I'm not sure if that's what happened in the writing of Dead Reckoning, but that's how it felt.

Overall I still liked it, and look forward to the next one, but it isn't as strong as the previous 3 films.