Miscellaneous Movie Musings

[innerSpaceman]

Not being familiar with the films being parodied in Hot Fuzz, I doubt I will be able to fully appreciate it.


Oh, I'm sure I would find it amusing, but could you really enjoy Young Frankenstein knowing nothing of old skool Universal horror films, or High Anxiety absent a familiarty with Hitchcock??

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Not being familiar with the films being parodied in Hot Fuzz, I doubt I will be able to fully appreciate it.


Oh, I'm sure I would find it amusing, but could you really enjoy Young Frankenstein knowing nothing of old skool Universal horror films, or High Anxiety absent a familiarty with Hitchcock??

As Pru mentioned, no need to have knowledge of anything other than the basic cliches of the genre to enjoy the movie. Don't know if you saw Sean of the Dead, but that's definitely something they got right in both films. Plenty of very funny and very well placed nods/references/homages to the classics, none of which were integral to the story, character or humor. Just added bonuses for knowledgeable fans.*

And for the record, I had the same misgivings through most of the movie as EH. Definitely leaned heavily on the snap edits, and the twist was obvious to me (though it's more noteworthy when a movie's twist isn't obvious as I seem to naturally pick up on those things). But the non stop comedy and payoff in the end made up for it and left me feeling very satisfied. I'll still rate SotD higher, but considering that Sean of the Dead was a near perfect film in my eyes, that's hardly a knock on Hot Fuzz.

* For the record, when I first saw both Young Frankenstein and High Anxiety, I was barely aware of their respective genres. Having never seen one of the classic horror films and having maybe seen Psycho once, I knew nothing more about them than what one sees in the likes of Bugs Bunny spoofs and the clips they showed for lifetime achievement awards. And yet I thoroughly enjoyed both.