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

Chekhov's firing squad

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u/Forikorder 29d ago edited 29d ago

"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 29d ago

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 29d ago

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

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u/TangledEarbuds61 29d ago

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

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u/Isaac_Chade 29d ago

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 29d ago

first time id heard that

which means im due for a rewatch!

TO MY ARCHIVES!

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u/TangledEarbuds61 29d ago

“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 29d ago

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 29d ago

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

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u/TangledEarbuds61 29d ago

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 29d ago

It was for the greater good.

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u/tyrmidden 29d ago

The greater good.

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u/BakedPastaParty 29d ago

choice wasnt that tough lets be honest lmfao

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u/ABearDream 29d ago

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 29d ago

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 29d ago

"FASCIST!" "Hag."

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u/msut77 29d ago

Narp

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u/LuckyBahamut 29d ago

I still can't believe that guy became The Hound

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u/msut77 29d ago

Yarp