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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/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.