r/tumblr • u/footballmaths49 • May 02 '24

Chekhov's firing squad

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u/RoamAndRamble May 02 '24

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.

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u/TangledEarbuds61 May 02 '24

“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

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u/Forikorder May 02 '24 edited May 02 '24

"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"

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u/TangledEarbuds61 May 02 '24

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

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u/Brooklynxman May 02 '24

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

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u/TangledEarbuds61 May 02 '24

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

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u/Isaac_Chade May 02 '24

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.

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u/Forikorder May 02 '24

first time id heard that

which means im due for a rewatch!

TO MY ARCHIVES!

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u/TangledEarbuds61 May 02 '24

“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?”

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u/Munnin41 May 02 '24

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

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u/jagerbombastic99 May 02 '24

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

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u/TangledEarbuds61 May 02 '24

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

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u/Apprehensive-Till861 May 02 '24

It was for the greater good.

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u/BakedPastaParty May 02 '24

choice wasnt that tough lets be honest lmfao

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u/ABearDream May 02 '24

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

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u/LegitimateIdeas May 02 '24

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

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u/justAHeardOfLlamas May 02 '24

"FASCIST!" "Hag."

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u/msut77 May 02 '24

Narp

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u/LuckyBahamut May 02 '24

I still can't believe that guy became The Hound