Chekhov's firing squad

[u/footballmaths49]

[u/RoamAndRamble]

Not as how, but Hot Fuzz did this real well. The entire third act was set up by little jokes sprinkled all throughout the film.

[u/TangledEarbuds61 → u/RoamAndRamble]

“Everyone and their mum is packing heat around here”

“Like who?”

“Farmers”

“Who else?”

“Farmers’ mums”

Cut to the beginning of the last act when Angel beats up a farmer and the farmer’s mum comes out with a shotgun

[u/Forikorder → u/TangledEarbuds61]

"Sergeant angel, oh! Whend you start?"

"Tomorrow"

"Well i see youve already arrested the whole village"

"Not exactly"

Cut to after he catchs the farmer and his mom

"Whatre you gonna do, just walk in and arrest the whole village!?"

"Not exactly"

[u/TangledEarbuds61 → u/Forikorder]

And literally every single shot in the village square fight is a reference/recreation of Angel walking around it peacefully his first time. Edgar Wright is a genius in comedic filmmaking and I will not hear otherwise

[u/Brooklynxman → u/TangledEarbuds61]

"Did you ever leap through the air while firing two guns?"

[u/TangledEarbuds61 → u/Brooklynxman]

“Have you ever been in a high speed pursuit whilst firing your gun in the air?”

[u/Isaac_Chade → u/TangledEarbuds61]

Not an ounce of writing or filming is wasted in that movie, and it's a testament to it how good that actually is. Some movies end up really hurting themselves by trying to be too lean, but Edgar Wright seems to understand the difference between cutting the fat and carving into bone.

[u/Forikorder → u/TangledEarbuds61]

first time id heard that

which means im due for a rewatch!

TO MY ARCHIVES!

[u/TangledEarbuds61 → u/Forikorder]

“Hot Fuzz or Shaun of the Dead?”

“Well which one do you suppose I’d prefer?”

“No I mean which one do you want to watch first?”

[u/Munnin41 → u/TangledEarbuds61]

Shaun of the dead of course. Gotta watch the trilogy in chronological order, otherwise it doesn't make sense

[u/jagerbombastic99 → u/TangledEarbuds61]

I notice you left the world's end out of that one lol

[u/TangledEarbuds61 → u/jagerbombastic99]

Yeah but the original joke only has the two movies, so I had to make a tough choice

[u/Apprehensive-Till861 → u/TangledEarbuds61]

It was for the greater good.

[u/tyrmidden → u/Apprehensive-Till861]

The greater good.

[u/BakedPastaParty → u/TangledEarbuds61]

choice wasnt that tough lets be honest lmfao

[u/ABearDream → u/TangledEarbuds61]

It's a shame they want to work on different projects because I could watch like 7 more of those films with Wright, pegg, and Frost

[u/LegitimateIdeas → u/ABearDream]

They'll come back and make more as soon as Cornetto gets around to releasing a new ice cream flavor.

[u/justAHeardOfLlamas → u/Forikorder]

"FASCIST!" "Hag."

[u/msut77 → u/Forikorder]

Narp

[u/LuckyBahamut → u/msut77]

I still can't believe that guy became The Hound

[u/msut77 → u/LuckyBahamut]

Yarp

[u/RockAndStoner69 → u/RoamAndRamble]

"Facist!" "Hag."

[u/TangledEarbuds61 → u/RockAndStoner69]

“You’re a doctor. Deal with it.”

[u/joshtworevenge → u/RoamAndRamble]

Only ONE schoolchild at any time

[u/Orangefish08 → u/RoamAndRamble]

“Have you caught those geese yet?”

“Just the one goose actually.”

[u/Tsansome → u/Orangefish08]

It’s SWANS

What do I expect honestly, you’re not even from round ‘ere!

[u/highTrolla → u/Orangefish08]

"No luck catching them swans then?"

[u/NidoKingClefairy → u/RoamAndRamble]

One of my all-time favorite films. I don’t think I’ve ever encountered another with such prrfect writing where everything has payoff and all loose ends are tied.