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From Spaced to Hot Fuzz to Baby Driver, Edgar Wright is one of the most original directors working today. His first feature film, Shaun of the Dead, holds up as a bonafide classic. It's not just a great zombie movie. It's an excellent comedy. Inspired by an episode of the 1999 sitcom Spaced, Shaun of the Dead reunites a ton of old collaborators, including Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, and Edgar Wright himself. Today I'll be looking at one of the main ways Pegg and Wright use repetition to construct a near-perfect script in Shaun of the Dead.
Written & edited by Danny Boyd
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  • @CinemaStix
    @CinemaStix7 ай бұрын

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  • @jhiantgames

    @jhiantgames

    7 ай бұрын

    Great stuff. Shaun of the Dead is one of my all time favorites. Could you also consider looking at it from the perspective of being a satire of the Heroes Journey. Everything from assembling an unlikely group of heroes to having to face your [step] father and ultimately defeat him a la Oedipus, it's all there beat for beat.

  • @MegaDRKSTR

    @MegaDRKSTR

    7 ай бұрын

    "this is the tightest comedy dialogue ever"? Do you even Bob's Burgers? most jokes per line of dialogue

  • @theblinker7677

    @theblinker7677

    7 ай бұрын

    Please Review The Basketball diaries(1995) and Titanic

  • @johnburns9634

    @johnburns9634

    Ай бұрын

    For me the first two movies were about Bill Nighy. After he realizes he was about to die, he tries to explain wanting to toughen up Sean. Then he dies, and I’m “No! I want to hear this.” Next time we see Bill, he’s explaining to Nicolas, how he’s been too good. For me, “Yes I can, I’m the Chief Inspector!” Is a call back. And a glorious one at that.

  • @nathanfrancis9376
    @nathanfrancis93767 ай бұрын

    I honestly believe that Hot Fuzz's script will become a goto for film classes in future years. It's perfect. Every single line of dialogue either advances the plot or sets up a gag, if it isn't doing both at the same time.

  • @LittleMAC78

    @LittleMAC78

    7 ай бұрын

    It's all for the greater good.

  • @ianlarsen

    @ianlarsen

    7 ай бұрын

    ​@@LittleMAC78The greater good.

  • @ianlarsen

    @ianlarsen

    7 ай бұрын

    I agree, and I also think an important touchstone that wasn't mentioned in the video is Back to the Future, which similarly doesn't have a single line of dialogue in the first of half of the movie that doesn't have repercussions or an answer in the second half. Shaun and Hot Fuzz channel the spirit of that so well, with it reaching an almost preposterous density in Hot Fuzz. I have to admit, when I first saw Hot Fuzz I thought it was overstuffed and baggy, until repeated viewings made me realise how meaningful every moment if it is. If I have one criticism of it all, I've never thought, "You've got red on you," was such a good line, it's a bit unnatural and shoehorned in to me.

  • @splintmeow4723

    @splintmeow4723

    7 ай бұрын

    @@LittleMAC78the greater good. O_O

  • @RedDevil_Joe

    @RedDevil_Joe

    7 ай бұрын

    Even the little things like the songs Skinner is playing in his car at the crime scenes he shows up at, it’s all so brilliantly thought out

  • @paulshawley6490
    @paulshawley64907 ай бұрын

    There are layers upon layers upon layers of callbacks in the Cornetto Trilogy. What Wright/Pegg/Frost achieve in them is beyond hilarious - comedy as art.

  • @Truffle_Pup

    @Truffle_Pup

    7 ай бұрын

    I've said it for years, Hot Fuzz might very just be The Perfect Movie. It has absolutely zero, zilch, nilch, nada flaws.

  • @steprockmedia

    @steprockmedia

    7 ай бұрын

    That's absolutely right. Comedies often don't get considered that way, but this trilogy deserves all the praise and respect it receives.

  • @ytsucksnowwiththisrealname1096

    @ytsucksnowwiththisrealname1096

    6 ай бұрын

    Sadly the 3rd movie wasn't anywhere near the same calibre. The World's End is a boring mess. The other two though, yes the Cornetteo Duology is masterpiece

  • @cardrop33

    @cardrop33

    5 ай бұрын

    @@ytsucksnowwiththisrealname1096The worlds end was great too. It was slightly weaker than the predecessors but to call it a mess is objectively wrong.

  • @ytsucksnowwiththisrealname1096

    @ytsucksnowwiththisrealname1096

    5 ай бұрын

    @@cardrop33 it's not objectively wrong because it's an opinion. You could say it's subjectively wrong. However it is messy by most conceptions. Barely any laughs, Simon pegg isn't the straight man, over egged and boring.

  • @orionmich20
    @orionmich207 ай бұрын

    Shaun of the dead and hot fuzz are completely untouchable in my eyes

  • @micahjohansson7573

    @micahjohansson7573

    7 ай бұрын

    What about The World's End?

  • @MelGibsonFan

    @MelGibsonFan

    7 ай бұрын

    Have you seen Cuban Fury? Decent little comedy @@micahjohansson7573

  • @Chris.4345

    @Chris.4345

    7 ай бұрын

    @@micahjohansson7573Less so.

  • @tbotalpha8133

    @tbotalpha8133

    7 ай бұрын

    @@micahjohansson7573 *wiggles hand* Eeeeeh.

  • @dr.juerdotitsgo5119

    @dr.juerdotitsgo5119

    7 ай бұрын

    You could say those movies are... Penske material? ba-dum-tsss

  • @sunlitriddle2294
    @sunlitriddle22946 ай бұрын

    I love how even though the lines repeat/mirror, nothing feels artificial or stilted. Everything feels like something that would just be said normally. And that's art.

  • @jasondashney

    @jasondashney

    6 ай бұрын

    That's truly incredible. To have a line feel organic even though you had to set up a whole scene just to say it is pretty remarkable.

  • @Lokz62

    @Lokz62

    3 ай бұрын

    The tv scene always gets me “Literally being, *Eaten alive*

  • @lumieredufilm

    @lumieredufilm

    3 ай бұрын

    one of the best on-screen duos ever

  • @LEWIS1992

    @LEWIS1992

    2 ай бұрын

    Most British TV and films and like that, whereas American stuff is very fake and artificial.

  • @LEWIS1992

    @LEWIS1992

    2 ай бұрын

    *are

  • @joshbradshawskater
    @joshbradshawskater7 ай бұрын

    I love the detail where it turns out Shaun is the one that keeps leaving the door open not ed. when Shaun goes to the shop in the morning he leaves the door open and the one armed zombie gets in because of it.

  • @hermioneziggeraut7617

    @hermioneziggeraut7617

    7 ай бұрын

    I've watched it loads of times and never noticed that.

  • @R03333

    @R03333

    6 ай бұрын

    This movie is so tightly packed

  • @martindunstan8043

    @martindunstan8043

    6 ай бұрын

    Well spotted 👍

  • @pabrown69

    @pabrown69

    3 ай бұрын

    I missed that! That means I have to go back and watch it AGAIN to see if I missed anything else. Drat!

  • @TheDefiniteArticle_
    @TheDefiniteArticle_7 ай бұрын

    I’ve loved Edgar Wrights comedy since spaced and I love how he juggles the likability of the characters and the comedy. Paired with purposeful direction and well thought out funny characters I can’t think of one project of his I have disliked.

  • @huornaldarion781

    @huornaldarion781

    7 ай бұрын

    Ever seen Asylum?

  • @gio1890

    @gio1890

    7 ай бұрын

    I think that his attempt at a thriller with Last night in Soho wasn’t on par with the rest of his production

  • @anszjaa

    @anszjaa

    7 ай бұрын

    ​@@gio1890 Yeah, I saw it lately. Edgar either doesn't have a new dream goal after finally making his beloved Baby Driver. Or he tries to learn something new and temporally abandoned all his signature moves in order to experiment with something new. I hope he gets on the right track soon and delivers yet another masterpiece

  • @TheDefiniteArticle_

    @TheDefiniteArticle_

    7 ай бұрын

    @@huornaldarion781 No I haven’t.

  • @huornaldarion781

    @huornaldarion781

    7 ай бұрын

    @@TheDefiniteArticle_ it's basically the first tv show Edgar Wright and Simon pegg did together if I am not mistaken. It's on KZread but quality is no good. Jessica Stevenson / Hynes is also in it.

  • @josephkrausz9557
    @josephkrausz95577 ай бұрын

    I still think that Hot Fuzz is the tightest of the trilogy, with the callbacks truly perfect.

  • @andersjjensen

    @andersjjensen

    6 ай бұрын

    Agreed. I was in pain for days after watching Hot Fuzz. There are entire salvos where the jokes and references come so fast you've only barely processed one before you're hit again.

  • @eternalfall13

    @eternalfall13

    6 ай бұрын

    It's my favorite of the three. When Timothy Dalton smiles the exact smile as the picture behind him? Goddamn, it kills me every time.

  • @ingainloggningsnamn

    @ingainloggningsnamn

    6 ай бұрын

    I haven't seen them in ages, but I remember liking the World's End movie the most. This was however like a decade ago, so I should probably rewatch them pretty soon. :)

  • @Wrenchmonkey1

    @Wrenchmonkey1

    6 ай бұрын

    Interesting. I thing World's End was my least favorite. I'd rank them: Hot Fuzz>Shaun of the Dead>World's End.

  • @AmbiKarma

    @AmbiKarma

    6 ай бұрын

    @@Wrenchmonkey1 I find the ranking changes with age. When I was younger the ranking was Shaun of the dead, Hot fuzz, then World's end, when I was in my mid-to-late 20's it was Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the dead, then World's End, and now that I'm in my 30's it's still Hot fuzz as #1, but funnily enough I find myself enjoying and appreciating World's end more and more. I expect it to eventually overtake the other 2 with age. I'll probably always consider Hot Fuzz the funniest of the trilogy.

  • @yror732
    @yror7326 ай бұрын

    The way Nick Frost just collapses through the fence in Hot Fuzz is top-notch physical comedy

  • @dylanmonstrum1538

    @dylanmonstrum1538

    6 ай бұрын

    I've seen it at least 20 times, and it's STILL so funny

  • @sixstringedthing

    @sixstringedthing

    6 ай бұрын

    It's the scene that really made me fall in love with the film, Danny's "woah, cool!!" face and then the flailing *SMASH*, I absolutely lost it the first time. The snappy dialog and cleverly tight editing are there from the beginning, but it's this precise moment when the movie loudly announces to the audience: "Righto, you best strap yourselves in because things might get a wee bit silly before we're done here".

  • @pullitupjamie810

    @pullitupjamie810

    5 ай бұрын

    It felt like a Simpsons gag from 1992, that they naively forced upon us as their own, much like all three films

  • @dylanmonstrum1538

    @dylanmonstrum1538

    5 ай бұрын

    @@pullitupjamie810 You sound kinda subhuman

  • @cardrop33

    @cardrop33

    5 ай бұрын

    @@pullitupjamie810 The nitpicking is hilarious. it’s just a dumb fun callback gag. don’t cry!

  • @marlenacantswim
    @marlenacantswim7 ай бұрын

    my favorite dialog-based callbacks are the ones that get recontextualized, like the "cock it" and the "glad somebody made it". there's a specific tragedy to the "i'll stop doing them when you stop laughing" "i'm not laughing" exchange being recontextualized from "i'm not laughing, that joke was stupid and i'm cheekily letting you know that" to "i'm not laughing, these are tears. i'm crying." some other dialog-based callbacks that i only noticed on later rewatches: - pete's "stop defending him, shaun! all he ever does is hold you back!" gets brought back by ed himself as his reasoning for shaun leaving him behind ("all i ever do is hold you back.") - the whole film, every time ed decides to leave to do something, he says "two seconds." every time. at the very end of the movie, after shaun tells liz he's going to pop into the garden to visit him in the shed, he says to himself "two seconds." that ones makes me tear up sometimes. - when liz first breaks up with shaun, she starts her spiel by saying "look, if i don't do something..." and shaun's only response is "what do you mean 'do something'?" and then later when shaun needs to drive the zombie hoard away from the winchester he says they'll follow them in unless he does something, and this time it's liz who responds "what do you mean 'do something'?" amazing film.

  • @chrismanuel9768
    @chrismanuel97686 ай бұрын

    I love the writing as he's flicking through channels and the snippets of sentences make one long sentence telling the real story

  • @ipdeboer
    @ipdeboer7 ай бұрын

    Ah yes, it is in every Video Essayist’s destiny to make a video about the great Edgar Wright. It warms the heart.

  • @CheckersMcGavern
    @CheckersMcGavern7 ай бұрын

    Good lord... I think I've seen this movie nearly 20 times and you still managed to show me new parallels that I'd never noticed before. HOW IS THIS MOVIE SO GOOD?

  • @ForestCinema

    @ForestCinema

    7 ай бұрын

    About to blow your mind. Hot Fuzz Act 3 is entirely comprised of new punchlines for the jokes already made in Acts 1 and 2. Once you see it, you can’t unsee it, but thankfully it’s a beautiful thing.

  • @dylanmonstrum1538

    @dylanmonstrum1538

    6 ай бұрын

    "We're coming to get you Barbra" I COMPLETELY missed that reference Literally perfect movies.

  • @dayhawkify

    @dayhawkify

    6 ай бұрын

    I thought that was the entire point

  • @ritualentertainment

    @ritualentertainment

    3 ай бұрын

    Simple, it's not American.

  • @david10291029
    @david102910297 ай бұрын

    I've watched Shaun of the Dead probably several hundred times since it's release. Along with many of the movies Simon Pegg and Nick Frost star in, I truly believe they are the perfect comedic duo.

  • @AotearoaChef

    @AotearoaChef

    7 ай бұрын

    Did we just become best friends? 😂😂😂

  • @lizjo7213

    @lizjo7213

    3 ай бұрын

    So true...loved them on Staged going at it with David Tennant and Michael Sheen...

  • @Plathismo
    @Plathismo7 ай бұрын

    So basically this movie--which I actually rewatched a month or two ago--is even more brilliant than I thought it was. Half of those callbacks I didn't even notice.

  • @Limes_not_Lemons
    @Limes_not_Lemons7 ай бұрын

    Edgar's comedy is so quick and snappy, with such tightly woven plots and character beats that make for not only some of the funniest films I've watched, but also most heartfelt films too. With the jokes being so quick you pick up on them all, but different jokes hit you harder every time, maybe you'll notice something you missed last time, overall they're bloody brilliant. But hell, the repetition works phenomenally, it's done so well. Edgar Wright never misses. Spaced, Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Scott Pilgrim, World's Ends, Baby Driver and Last Night in Soho are all phenomenal. He's probably my favourite director cause his style works for so many film genres. Light-hearted low stakes shows, zombies, cop drama, comic adaptation, sci-fi apocalypse, heist and supernatural timetravel, he's so dynamic and seems to hit every beat he needs to and then some. Love everything I've watched of his and look forward to the future

  • @frenchbassguy

    @frenchbassguy

    7 ай бұрын

    His work is like the best music. You can listen over and over again and still love every second, no matter how many times you've listened

  • @juniorjames7076

    @juniorjames7076

    7 ай бұрын

    Thank you for sharing that. I'm going to start paying attention to this guy's work. I'll be honest, in the mid 2000s, I looked my nose up most mainstream American/UK movies like the one you mentioned cuz it looked like nothing new was being created (another cgi heavy zombie/comedy/edgy, etc). I need to revisit films of the mid 2000s.

  • @seandonaghy4679

    @seandonaghy4679

    4 ай бұрын

    It gives me hoppe to know those abstmurdd anomalioioles

  • @unbearifiedbear1885
    @unbearifiedbear18857 ай бұрын

    One of the most competently achieved productions in the history of cinema. There isn't a single word or frame that isn't *entirely* required, relevant or referential Top 3 British movies of all time - absolute perfection

  • @ProIshaanPuri
    @ProIshaanPuri7 ай бұрын

    The easiest way i can describe the comedy in these movie are comfy level of humor. The chemistry with everyone and how the joke lands make these movies timeless classic, i wish to see more Simon Pegg in future. Its sad he is not in the movies anymore as main lead.

  • @RoboCatTrainer

    @RoboCatTrainer

    7 ай бұрын

    We've prob missed out on some classic comedys because he caught the eye of hollywood & he got to be #1 comedy relief. But hes living his dream! Maybe in later yrs that gives him the clout to get his stuff done. Or when hes older & cant act the stuff hes written he just writes pure gold

  • @Drelam
    @Drelam7 ай бұрын

    Shaun of the Dead is one of those movies that always makes me feel better. I've watched it so many times with family and friends it just radiates with that warmth of familiarity mixed with nostalgia.

  • @rudiefailed
    @rudiefailed7 ай бұрын

    God I love Spaced. That whole team is amazing, everything they do is fantastic

  • @kerim.peardon5551
    @kerim.peardon55516 ай бұрын

    I think my late husband got a copy of it out of a Wal-Mart bin after someone he worked with recommended it. We didn't know what we were going to watch, other than something zombie-related (which we both agreed was getting pretty old because everything was zombie-related at the time). But we laughed the whole way through and absolutely loved it. It became an instant favorite.

  • @khpa3665
    @khpa36657 ай бұрын

    When I first saw Hot Fuzz on its release, I thought it was too long. It's 20 minutes longer than Shaun of the Dead, and generally speaking comedies don't really need to be over 100 minutes. But Hot Fuzz is just so, so packed with these cross-references, set-ups, call-backs etc. that its rewatchability is off the charts and it's now my favourite of the three.

  • @GorgeDawes

    @GorgeDawes

    6 ай бұрын

    There are so many utterly brilliant visual gags in Hot Fuzz too, like the combination to the Evidence Locker being 999 but my favourite is when we are first introduced to the two detectives. On the wall behind them is a Year Planner chart which is completely empty apart from their respective holidays, emphasising how little work they have on in crime-free Sandford.

  • @JustAlex848

    @JustAlex848

    4 ай бұрын

    @@GorgeDawes That is also one of my favourite scenes, but for a different reason - the way the bin is thrown in Nick Frost's face is just perfection!

  • @stalfithrildi5366

    @stalfithrildi5366

    4 ай бұрын

    I prefer the pacing of Hot Fuzz too, by the start of the third act it just really makes you want to point your gun in the air and scream AAAaaargh

  • @saysomestuff

    @saysomestuff

    6 күн бұрын

    It's not off the charts it's "off the fu|

  • @jenkem4464
    @jenkem44646 ай бұрын

    Great breakdowns! I'm sooo glad they didn't remove that 2nd long shot. IMHO that one is key to the identity of the movie and its parallels to leading a "zombie" life, going through the motions. It 100% needed to be in there to parallel the first walk to the store. One of the best zombie movie starts out there.

  • @martypunkersnap
    @martypunkersnap7 ай бұрын

    I could be wrong, but I feel like this video was also a nod to Every Frame a Painting.

  • @comment_deleted

    @comment_deleted

    7 ай бұрын

    his whole channel is. He picked up right where they left off

  • @martypunkersnap

    @martypunkersnap

    7 ай бұрын

    @@comment_deleted it's definitely why I watch. I more meant the list of things Edgar Wright does near the beginning of the video felt like a very direct nod to the video from that channel on the same subject.

  • @SoulOfGmod

    @SoulOfGmod

    7 ай бұрын

    "My name is Tony and this is Every Frame a Painting" yea I totally felt that as well lol

  • @Tony-.

    @Tony-.

    2 ай бұрын

    @@SoulOfGmod That's a good name

  • @spacetortoiseentertainment9090
    @spacetortoiseentertainment90907 ай бұрын

    i’ve always thought this every time i watch this movie. no movie has done comedy this perfectly before or since.

  • @marieascot

    @marieascot

    7 ай бұрын

    Definitely not since. Some like it Hot and The Life of Brian, Dr Strangelove might eclipse it but it is now a comedy great rubbing shoulders with it.

  • @christopherbowers7236

    @christopherbowers7236

    7 ай бұрын

    I would like to technically argue with you and say that i think hot fuzz is better. But that really comes down to genre preference,

  • @_Wombat

    @_Wombat

    7 ай бұрын

    @@christopherbowers7236 Hot Fuzz is better, I think most people would agree. It has a much better ending.

  • @marieascot

    @marieascot

    7 ай бұрын

    They are both very good as is the trilogy. Words End isn't bad either. @@christopherbowers7236

  • @gotsax0286

    @gotsax0286

    6 ай бұрын

    Game Night is also a great comedy with a tight script. I keep catching new details upon each rewatch.

  • @PhatsMahoney88
    @PhatsMahoney887 ай бұрын

    I went and watched this film again last night only because I saw you were uploading this today and I wanted it fresh to appreciate the little details even more.

  • @CinemaStix

    @CinemaStix

    7 ай бұрын

    :D

  • @ryuk5673

    @ryuk5673

    7 ай бұрын

    @@CinemaStix holy crap you actually replied to a comment.

  • @MikeKobb
    @MikeKobb6 ай бұрын

    I've seen Shaun of the Dead probably 20 or 30 times. It is the most incredibly tight script. Full of foreshadowing, callbacks, double entendre. Absolutely brilliant.

  • @IAmFJ1
    @IAmFJ17 ай бұрын

    Okay, this is the only zombie thing I might watch because you really sold it.

  • @OC91939

    @OC91939

    7 ай бұрын

    You will not regret it. I can promise you that.

  • @DUKE_of_RAMBLE

    @DUKE_of_RAMBLE

    7 ай бұрын

    I'm not really big on zombie and horror/thriller movies myself, but... The original 2 Evil Dead movies - _Evil Dead_ and _Army of Darkness_ - are well worth it. They're in the same vein as _Sean of the Dead_ similar, in that they are campy-comedy "horrors" _(although, Evil Dead was actually trying to be a legitimate horror, but they embraced the comedy with Army)_ Then, for a serious 'Zombie flick', I can't recommend enough both _28 Days Later,_ and it's sequel _28 Weeks Later._ For whatever reason, despite not being too into the genre, I loved those 2 movies! Hence why I figure you may also enjoy these. 😊

  • @IAmFJ1

    @IAmFJ1

    7 ай бұрын

    @@DUKE_of_RAMBLE Thanks! I accidentally watched 28 days later during the pandemic because people kept talking about it and I thought it's about a real pandemic. It was great. Very well made. Good story. I do have an imagination. And like horror. But I'm allergic to zombies for some reason. For example Max Brooks, what is he famous for? The Zombie Survival Guide series. World War Z and that stuff. What book of his I have read and loved? Devolution. And it's about Yetis. Something as ridiculous as zombies maybe but I liked it and it was well written and I would watch it if they adapt it for tv show or a movie.

  • @swimothy

    @swimothy

    7 ай бұрын

    You are in for a treat!

  • @LucMarcelle

    @LucMarcelle

    7 ай бұрын

    ​@@IAmFJ1 The thing that makes Shawn of the Dead great is it's a zombie movie but it doesn't take itself severely seriously and drag into being dull and uninteresting

  • @SageLegacy
    @SageLegacy7 ай бұрын

    this trilogy is one of my favorites. Especially Hot Fuzz, that one is so rewatchable

  • @ejtattersall156
    @ejtattersall1567 ай бұрын

    In film class in 2007, people were asked what their favorite movie was. I said Sean. Everyone groaned because it was a "zombie movie." I said, it's a romance, comedy, horror, action, social commentary, brilliant dialogue and perfect direction. Edit: For those wondering, calling it Sean is an inside joke between me and my friends based on how they changed certain things for American audiences, like "drunk" instead of "pissed." So, change Shaun to Sean and turn it back. It's just a joke.

  • @theredhotrevival8932

    @theredhotrevival8932

    7 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the cool story

  • @ReallyCoolGuy6969

    @ReallyCoolGuy6969

    7 ай бұрын

    @@theredhotrevival8932 You're welcome.

  • @TY-gj6fb

    @TY-gj6fb

    7 ай бұрын

    Why did people groan?

  • @Rainbowpockchop

    @Rainbowpockchop

    7 ай бұрын

    @@TY-gj6fbcause they were infected

  • @sebamoreno2986

    @sebamoreno2986

    7 ай бұрын

    @@TY-gj6fb They were zombies

  • @WaterCarrier07
    @WaterCarrier077 ай бұрын

    All 3 films from the Cornetto Trilogy are phenomenal. Yes the worlds end doesn’t get the same praise as the first two and I can understand why, but all 3 are epic.

  • @MrUtah1
    @MrUtah17 ай бұрын

    Cinemastix really is the successor to Every Frame A Painting. I remember the the video from him who made his Edgar Wright visual comedy video.

  • @Truffle_Pup
    @Truffle_Pup7 ай бұрын

    Watching SPACED is kind of like a rite of passage for all university students in the UK. Well, at least it was in my day before tiktok and nonsense podcasts. It''s fcking phenomenal.

  • @somerandomguy2073

    @somerandomguy2073

    7 ай бұрын

    Agreed until you turned into my grandad.

  • @RoboCatTrainer

    @RoboCatTrainer

    7 ай бұрын

    Agreed but even Grandad is still cutting shapes in the rave - its impossible not too!

  • @stalfithrildi5366

    @stalfithrildi5366

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@somerandomguy2073bloody hoodies loitering in the comment section. Something ought to be done about them, Frank.

  • @snickertygirl1341

    @snickertygirl1341

    3 ай бұрын

    @@stalfithrildi5366 for the greater good.

  • @ProIshaanPuri
    @ProIshaanPuri7 ай бұрын

    I love Hot Fuzz and Shawn of the dead. So much nostalgia with these movies, i watched it with my friends when i was still in high school.

  • @user-pc3io5ji1o
    @user-pc3io5ji1o7 ай бұрын

    Edgar weight is my favorite film maker because of this shit. He puts so much love and detail into every single thing he does. Nothing is ever random or just a coincidence.

  • @TheGoodChap

    @TheGoodChap

    7 ай бұрын

    His storyboarding is crazy

  • @ClanMcDuck
    @ClanMcDuck7 ай бұрын

    Going just off the title of this video and the thumbnail, I already agree with every assertion in this video. Shaun of the Dead is magical. Brilliant dialogue and direction. MasterClass.

  • @ClanMcDuck

    @ClanMcDuck

    7 ай бұрын

    Having just watched the video, I still agree with everything AND I learned about some gags and callbacks that I hadn’t known about before. Excellent video (as always). Thanks for sharing this with everyone.

  • @CinemaStix

    @CinemaStix

    7 ай бұрын

    @ClanMcDuck Whoo! And heck yeah. Sharing good stuff with new people-always the goal. :) -Danny

  • @MattKay991
    @MattKay9917 ай бұрын

    It is amazing how rewarding a set up and callback like the ones in Wright’s films can feel. My personal favourite’s from Scott Pilgrim. Scott: I can never beat Nega Ninja. Knives: Don’t beat yourself up about it. *cut to end of the movie, Nega Scott appears, Scott wins by not fighting.

  • @jacobgame2757

    @jacobgame2757

    7 ай бұрын

    I just love that Nega Scott is actually really nice and reasonable because Regular Scott isn't. Nega doesn't mean they are evil XD

  • @dfailsthemost
    @dfailsthemost7 ай бұрын

    Dude, that "where can I smoke?" line is one of those hysterical but absolutely legitimate questions.

  • @coreyhaynes7951
    @coreyhaynes79517 ай бұрын

    I adore all of Edgar Wright's stuff man. The cornetto trilogy is a slice of fried gold.

  • @jaycielle
    @jaycielle7 ай бұрын

    This video is essentially every point I want to make to people when I tell them _"Shaun Of The Dead is like someone made the perfect movie for me"_ (which, sidenote, is crazy since I've always hated zombie flicks until recently) Fantastic work, stellar as always

  • @illi-the-wolf
    @illi-the-wolf4 ай бұрын

    SECOND TIME watching this vid. I love how well everything in this is so succintly arranged - its the perfect intro for a 3-hour video essay on what makes the movie great that doesnt need to exist. Great thesis. Great summary. Great abstract. Ace work. Nailed it

  • @sarah-janeallsopp3155
    @sarah-janeallsopp31557 ай бұрын

    Simon and Nick are the coolest .. can't get enough of their comedy .. love their banter and delivery everytime. ✌

  • @deedeelong9043
    @deedeelong90437 ай бұрын

    This, in part, feels like a love letter to the DVD extras for the movie. I recognize all of them and they almost feel as nostalgic as the movie.

  • @skaruts
    @skaruts7 ай бұрын

    This is one of the very few zombie movies I've ever enjoyed. Hilarious af.

  • @paulcervenka
    @paulcervenka6 ай бұрын

    I love this channel so much. Really makes me appreciate film more than I already do with each video.

  • @StillGotShit4Brains
    @StillGotShit4Brains7 ай бұрын

    If you're reading this, you need to watch Spaced.

  • @sparky4878

    @sparky4878

    Ай бұрын

    No. Because I remember it on Channel 4 and I don’t want reminding just how long ago that was!

  • @HCTFuzz722
    @HCTFuzz7227 ай бұрын

    Hot Fuzz has been my favorite movie since 2007, obviously, and together with Spaced and Shaun of the Dead it represents so much of what I love about cinema and comedy.

  • @ajburdett882
    @ajburdett8826 ай бұрын

    Edgar Wright is pure talent, it's common for the writing or the acting in a movie to steal the show but Edgar's movies are so special for their direction. Everything from the choreography, to the camera shots, to the music choices and the delivery is all a joy to watch :D

  • @matthewblankley9660
    @matthewblankley96607 ай бұрын

    Just watched this again last weekend, and now here you have a video on it. Nice.

  • @CinemaStix

    @CinemaStix

    7 ай бұрын

    An October must.

  • @michaelfink64
    @michaelfink646 ай бұрын

    Great film. One of my favourite visual jokes not mentioned here was when the group was making their way down a back lane and encountered a group with essentially the same characters in the same sequence.

  • @empatheticrambo4890
    @empatheticrambo48907 ай бұрын

    Easily one of my favorite films, and thankfully holds up (near) timelessly

  • @scottbowerman2493
    @scottbowerman24935 ай бұрын

    This channel has reignited my passion in film. Your videos are very insightful and knowledgeable!

  • @vocalscpunk
    @vocalscpunk7 ай бұрын

    Recently rewatched and i still miss some of these. Reminds me a bit of 'In Bruges' where every rewatch i catch some other small detail/event that affects the outcome in drastic ways.

  • @ItsNotJustRice
    @ItsNotJustRice6 ай бұрын

    these films, and the people who made them what they are, made me glad I stayed alive for this long. It's truly something golden, and glad I got to witness it with everyone else.

  • @schulzbrianr
    @schulzbrianr7 ай бұрын

    I thought you were going to make it through the entire video and not mention/reference the TV news clips hinting at the plot, one of my favorite subtle details. Saved it right at the end.

  • @MWB_FoolsParadisePictures
    @MWB_FoolsParadisePictures7 ай бұрын

    This channel always manages to point out things I've never noticed about my favorite films. Big help while I study for my cinema degree!

  • @marksasahara1115
    @marksasahara11154 ай бұрын

    This is really great! Thank you! Spaced was really great as are pretty much all of the movies mentioned referenced. I didn't realize that there were so many levels of call backs and references.

  • @gridlazertron9881
    @gridlazertron98817 ай бұрын

    It’s still one of the greatest films I’ve ever seen. It’s the culmination of all that hard work they put into Spaced that comes together cinematically to create a movie that really is a gem from its time. I remember being so excited to see it when it came to the cinema and it definitely did not disappoint. Great video!

  • @agrumpymonkey5800
    @agrumpymonkey58007 ай бұрын

    I had this movie on while my mom did laundry in the back room, she ended sitting down and watching the whole movie with me. We had a great laugh together until the end of the movie

  • @lazylank
    @lazylank6 ай бұрын

    I've just discovered your channel today, and I've just watch three straight videos and breakdowns. I'm hooked.

  • @dorjem.4166
    @dorjem.41666 ай бұрын

    I’ve always loved Pegg & Frost’s output. Spaced was a classic of its period, 20 something life in 90s urban England distilled to its essence! And SotD and Hot Fuzz were ace too - unlike anything else being filmed at the time.

  • @jamesabernethy7896
    @jamesabernethy78967 ай бұрын

    I've caught a few of these lately and really like them. Short, enjoyable and enlightening. For me there will never be a better movie than Hot Fuzz. It was the first of the Cornetto Trilogy that I watched. I watched Shaun of the Dead later and although I like it, it took me a couple of viewings to warm totally to it. As I said short with very succinct scene breakdowns.

  • @kenaboss4527
    @kenaboss45277 ай бұрын

    I truly do look forward to my Saturdays because of cinemastix uploads

  • @CinemaStix

    @CinemaStix

    7 ай бұрын

    :)

  • @udammmmm
    @udammmmm7 ай бұрын

    Thanks heaps for putting this together. Greatly appreciate you pointing out this great stuff.

  • @FTZPLTC
    @FTZPLTC7 ай бұрын

    It's so nice to see tightly written dialogue, after so many more recent comedies have basically just done hours of improv per scene and then just edited it together. Something's lost there, I think.

  • @markgrygielewicz8047
    @markgrygielewicz80477 ай бұрын

    I find the fence gag in the World's End (the weakest in the trilogy) to be the best gag, the slightly elongated "On no", being a great full stop to it.

  • @colincolin5696
    @colincolin56967 ай бұрын

    I love Edgar and hope he gets to make whatever he wants be I really want more comedy movies like these. Baby driver was fun too. But these “low budget” smaller movies are the best of his imo. Give us more Edgar!

  • @FoxyHatsauce
    @FoxyHatsauce6 ай бұрын

    Kudos on the video, man! I LOVE the Cornetto trilogy and happened across this vid. Well done!!

  • @dragonmudd
    @dragonmudd7 ай бұрын

    Shaun of the Dead has always been my favorite of the trilogy. What a great showcase of it! Thank you

  • @ZERONEVERSEVEN
    @ZERONEVERSEVEN6 ай бұрын

    Sean of the Dead was genius. My uncle and I went at the opening expecting a horror film for Halloween. What a shock that was.

  • @MoteofVolition
    @MoteofVolition7 ай бұрын

    Never gets old. That and Hot Fuzz (Which you should do too). I'm sorry, no... *I'm sorry*

  • @CinemaStix

    @CinemaStix

    7 ай бұрын

    I’m sure I’ll see this again when I do cover it, but Hot Fuzz is just.. pitch perfect. My most watched Wright movie by far.

  • @MoteofVolition

    @MoteofVolition

    7 ай бұрын

    @@CinemaStix Agreed, I've probably seen Hot Fuzz 20 odd times. It's golden. Thanks for covering SoTD! The *sorry* is when Ed let's rip in his last scene 😉

  • @RoxasXIII
    @RoxasXIII7 ай бұрын

    Thank you for picking up the tour h that Every Frame A Painting left behind! Loved that channel and I love this one too.

  • @jayvbspdx
    @jayvbspdx6 ай бұрын

    Absolutely LOVE these two together!

  • @highadmiralbittenfield9689
    @highadmiralbittenfield96897 ай бұрын

    I love this movie so much. I cam watch it over amd over again, and have done so since I first saw it as a tween well over a decade ago. I showed it to my girlfriend and she just doesn't get it at all. Tragic.

  • @_Wombat

    @_Wombat

    7 ай бұрын

    I can't honestly imagine 'not getting' SOTD. My condolences.

  • @highadmiralbittenfield9689

    @highadmiralbittenfield9689

    7 ай бұрын

    @_Wombat I know, right? It's a good thing I love her a whole lot.

  • @Jed_Herne
    @Jed_Herne7 ай бұрын

    Amazing analysis of one of my fave films! Great pick

  • @NelsonStJames
    @NelsonStJames6 ай бұрын

    I seriously need to watch this again, because I missed a lot of these call backs ! I seriously need to rewatch this again because I don't remember half of those outtakes.

  • @smileyp4535
    @smileyp45357 ай бұрын

    How do you rehearse comedy that much without completly losing it and wanting to rewrite everything because you said it so much you can't even see how it was ever funny anymore in the first place?

  • @bananasandbass
    @bananasandbass7 ай бұрын

    This is still one of my favourite films ever. The visual beats, call backs or repeats are so funny when he does it. Makes a lot of American dialog based comedy look quite stale tbf

  • @thepaper888
    @thepaper8885 ай бұрын

    One of the best callbacks is in The World's End. When Rosamund Pike tells Simon Pegg "There comes a time when you have to go forwards not backwards." Then, at the end of the movie, during the car get away, she starts off by driving backwards and then forwards, doing the opposite of what she said earlier.

  • @gaillewis5472
    @gaillewis54727 ай бұрын

    The cast, script and timing are impeccable. I love these movies.

  • @t.s
    @t.s7 ай бұрын

    Bros channel is literally just stating the obvious.

  • @Jazz_Funk_Kitten
    @Jazz_Funk_Kitten6 ай бұрын

    To this day, whenever someone ask me if I want anything from the shop, my first response is always ‘Cornetto’

  • @stephenryan1912
    @stephenryan19127 ай бұрын

    Such an incredible group of comedic writers and actors. I got to meet these guys in the mid- oughts during a junket for Shaun of the Dead, incredibly nice and incredibly funny.

  • @markmyersfilms
    @markmyersfilms7 ай бұрын

    Great video. Great analysis. Huge fan of this movie, and I learned a few things I hadn't noticed before. Thanks

  • @etherealradar
    @etherealradar3 ай бұрын

    your videos are fantastic!!

  • @Emthe30something
    @Emthe30something7 ай бұрын

    So good! The movie and this retrospective!

  • @wildoatling
    @wildoatling4 ай бұрын

    I love everything about the cadence of your storytelling.

  • @jayoliver3568
    @jayoliver35687 ай бұрын

    Absolutely fantastic breakdown. Shaun of the Dead was on of the few films I bought twice. On DVD and later Blu-ray.

  • @HappyBeezerStudios
    @HappyBeezerStudios6 ай бұрын

    It is a comedy, a zombie movie parody, and a straight zombie film at the same time.

  • @njs461
    @njs4616 ай бұрын

    One of my favorite movies of all time! Thanks for this

  • @GamingintheAM0801
    @GamingintheAM08014 ай бұрын

    The fact that one-r was almost cut is crazy, it's by far the most memorable shot of the film.

  • @JM-gp9iy
    @JM-gp9iy7 ай бұрын

    So glad you’ve done Sean of the Dead! What a movie and what justice you’ve done:)

  • @gilligan777
    @gilligan7775 ай бұрын

    My friends and I watched this movie almost every weekend from 2004 to about 2007. If it wasn't Star Wars, it was this. Amazing and glad to see others appreciate it for the genius it is!

  • @Mr_Case_Time
    @Mr_Case_Time7 ай бұрын

    Watching “Curb Your Enthusiasm” is like taking a class in set up and payoff.

  • @fatsuperfly
    @fatsuperfly6 ай бұрын

    It’s just so good! Shawn and hot fuzz ate still my top wtf comedy. Just great work, and brilliant writing.

  • @ouethojlkjn
    @ouethojlkjn3 ай бұрын

    Absolutely loved Spaced. Fantastic characters and hilarious fast paced comedy. Some in jokes with the burning of all the Star Wars memorabilia - subtle but brilliantly observed. Another great effort is "Phone Shop". which came out a couple of years later.

  • @thetophat6833
    @thetophat68333 ай бұрын

    One of my favorite shows... I'm so glad someone has cast some light on this woefully underrated show...

  • @BingBangPoe
    @BingBangPoe2 ай бұрын

    This film, or rather, the entire Cornetto Trilogy, is just pure cinematic perfection. I watch them back to back at least once a year.

  • @JaneNewAuthor
    @JaneNewAuthor7 ай бұрын

    Hot Fuzz will always be one of my favourite films of all time. Perfect in every way. They're a brilliant team.

  • @TotalSagat
    @TotalSagat6 ай бұрын

    One of my favorites of all time and I've never noticed the PlayStation call back in the Bar at the end!! ha ha, great spot!

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