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oyceterOMG Hot Fuzz love!
Also, trailer love! Apparently Tom Quinn is now a suburban guy at a funeral!
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sophia_helix! Bernard! Bernard in a movie trailer OMG! Except I cannot actually see him as anything else except Bernard going, "$(%*&$%)!!!!" and chucking toast at the ceiling.
ETA: I nearly squealed when I saw the Viz media logo, except I was with an old co-worker. I still flailed a little though, because he is also a geek, just not an anime/manga one. I can't believe I saw a trailer for the Naruto movie in theaters!
The best part was when the kids sitting behind us whispered loudly, "Naruto!" "No man, it's gonna suck! It's dubbed!"
I laughed and elbowed my co-worker and said, "My tribe is taking over the world!"
I adored Hot Fuzz even more that Shaun of the Dead, largely because I hate horror movies and I hate horror movies and... I hate horror movies (I liked SotD, except the parts when it got too horror movie). And I grew up on stupid action movies -- like, not just things like Bad Boys and every movie Stallone ever made that wasn't Rocky, but every bad action movie ever played on Taiwan HBO, because my dad would watch all of them. Trust me. There were a lot of bad action movies on Taiwan HBO.
The movie started a little slow for me, particularly the bits in which it kept morphing into a horror movie (have I mentioned I hate horror?), and the policeman-in-small-town was played a wee bit too straight. But I adored the Nick-Danny relationship, particularly the completely non-subtle date signifiers ("Sooo... would you like to come in for coffee?") and all the buddy/buddy cop stuff. The monkey! Danny's earnest questions!
And when the giant shootout at the end came, I nearly fell out of my seat laughing. Because dude! Action movie! Times a thousand! The only thing they forgot was a car chase that crashed into a random sidewalk cafe and a fruit cart!
Spoilers
They even had the six bazillion people get shot up but no one actually dies thing! And the fake-out ending! And a giant explosion! And the surprise-I'm-still-here with slip and accidental impalement! (I so called that the second I saw the mini-village) Except the guy wasn't dead!
I think my favorite part was when the car soooooaaaaarrreeed through the air, because yeah. Every action movie ever.
I am somewhat surprised that I am so fond of the action genre, as I never watch action movies nowadays, but wow, apparently I still know every single trope, and I loved every single time the movie hit them.
In conclusion: SWAN!
Also, trailer love! Apparently Tom Quinn is now a suburban guy at a funeral!
Also,
sophia_helix! Bernard! Bernard in a movie trailer OMG! Except I cannot actually see him as anything else except Bernard going, "$(%*&$%)!!!!" and chucking toast at the ceiling.ETA: I nearly squealed when I saw the Viz media logo, except I was with an old co-worker. I still flailed a little though, because he is also a geek, just not an anime/manga one. I can't believe I saw a trailer for the Naruto movie in theaters!
The best part was when the kids sitting behind us whispered loudly, "Naruto!" "No man, it's gonna suck! It's dubbed!"
I laughed and elbowed my co-worker and said, "My tribe is taking over the world!"
I adored Hot Fuzz even more that Shaun of the Dead, largely because I hate horror movies and I hate horror movies and... I hate horror movies (I liked SotD, except the parts when it got too horror movie). And I grew up on stupid action movies -- like, not just things like Bad Boys and every movie Stallone ever made that wasn't Rocky, but every bad action movie ever played on Taiwan HBO, because my dad would watch all of them. Trust me. There were a lot of bad action movies on Taiwan HBO.
The movie started a little slow for me, particularly the bits in which it kept morphing into a horror movie (have I mentioned I hate horror?), and the policeman-in-small-town was played a wee bit too straight. But I adored the Nick-Danny relationship, particularly the completely non-subtle date signifiers ("Sooo... would you like to come in for coffee?") and all the buddy/buddy cop stuff. The monkey! Danny's earnest questions!
And when the giant shootout at the end came, I nearly fell out of my seat laughing. Because dude! Action movie! Times a thousand! The only thing they forgot was a car chase that crashed into a random sidewalk cafe and a fruit cart!
Spoilers
They even had the six bazillion people get shot up but no one actually dies thing! And the fake-out ending! And a giant explosion! And the surprise-I'm-still-here with slip and accidental impalement! (I so called that the second I saw the mini-village) Except the guy wasn't dead!
I think my favorite part was when the car soooooaaaaarrreeed through the air, because yeah. Every action movie ever.
I am somewhat surprised that I am so fond of the action genre, as I never watch action movies nowadays, but wow, apparently I still know every single trope, and I loved every single time the movie hit them.
In conclusion: SWAN!
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Sat, May. 19th, 2007 11:18 am (UTC)I watched it a couple of hours ago and I don't think I have continously enjoyed a movie all the way through like that for ages. Much much love. And the mini-village fighting had me in tears. Ah damn, I totally have to watch it again asap. Bloody brilliant.
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Sat, May. 19th, 2007 08:49 pm (UTC)