Hot Fuzz is Naked Gun funny, but it's also an homage ala Pulp Fiction

Rating: 10/10 (20 April 2007)

Hot Fuzz is great fun. I went with as few expectations as possible, since I loved Shaun of the Dead and I didn't want to be disappointed. Well, not to worry as Hot Fuzz is easily as well done as Shaun. The plot and characters are so well written that I got caught up from the first. The film is meant to be an homage to buddy action films that have gone before, and truth be told it's a straight guy love story. It is so well done, with no real question of "are they gay?", but definitely played for laughs. Simon and Nick's on screen relationship is so well developed, and they make it all seem so effortless, that I wonder how much acting they really do? They obviously were having a blast, which lends itself to the film. Everything was perfect. I wouldn't change a thing. I mean I was actually laughing part of the time at nothing more than the timing of scene cuts. But they were brilliant cuts!
I was lucky enough to see the film on opening day, and then to hear a talk with director Edgar Wright, and actors Simon Pegg & Nick Frost. They were introduced by Quentin Tarantino who is the most fitting person for that job, as Edgar Wright is the Brit's version of him. Edgar spoke about his love of old movies and how important the process of writing character and plot comes first, and then adding the comedy is the gravy. I think that's also why Shaun is so good.
Simon said he never for one moment forgot that he was kicking 007's ass. Tim Dalton told him he'd never had so much fun making a film, to which Simon replied, "Even more than James Bond?" and Tim said, "Oh, yeah."
I'm not going to go on, except to say, Go See It! You'll be glad you did.