tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591038.post8644114659166845185..comments2024-02-25T04:20:09.570-08:00Comments on When the Dead Walk the Earth: Hot Fuzz (2007) & Face/Off (1997)Jeff McMahonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455194268519396055noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591038.post-55010222764457562992008-03-27T01:09:00.000-08:002008-03-27T01:09:00.000-08:00I think both of these movies are very entertaining...I think both of these movies are very entertaining, don't get me wrong. The difference in their success levels, for me, is that Hot Fuzz, as a genre parody, has a different set of rules to live up to, and it never really feels like it goes beyond the sum of its parts, and it's somewhat messier and more self-indulgent. Face/Off is self-indulgent too, but in a crazier, less predictable way. I mean,Jeff McMahonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17455194268519396055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591038.post-90666736765144335772008-03-24T16:27:00.000-08:002008-03-24T16:27:00.000-08:00I wasn't a fan of Hot Fuzz, but I wasn't a fan of ...I wasn't a fan of Hot Fuzz, but I wasn't a fan of Shaun of the Dead either. Just not my style/cup of tea.<BR/><BR/>Face/Off, on the other hand, is one of my all-time favorite action films, the best American film Woo has ever made, and one of the best action films from any country ever conceived. Sure, it's bat-shit crazy, but that's one of the main reasons I love it. Travolta/Cage gave two Actionmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16513109522731313470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591038.post-20924338469218170752008-03-24T09:25:00.000-08:002008-03-24T09:25:00.000-08:00I don't ask much of comedies so I guess it was eno...I don't ask much of comedies so I guess it was enough that Hot Fuzz managed to entertain me. It made me laugh, end of review.<BR/><BR/>A step backward in intelligence perhaps, but I didn't miss it. I admired its ability to poke fun at the genre while embracing it and also emulating it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591038.post-2645498214595292442008-03-23T17:43:00.000-08:002008-03-23T17:43:00.000-08:00I agree about Face/Off. It's a great over-the-top...I agree about Face/Off. It's a great over-the-top kinda movie. It lacks the grittiness of some of Woo's earlier work (his American stuff always looks so whitewashed), but it is a remarkably fun movie. <BR/><BR/>Agree on Hot Fuzz too. It had a promising set-up, but the quotidian setting and shaky targets (action? mystery? Agatha Christie? Richard Donner?) left me uninterested by the end. I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591038.post-82014930066460460462008-03-23T11:16:00.000-08:002008-03-23T11:16:00.000-08:00Both of those are great movies. I haven't seen Fac...Both of those are great movies. I haven't seen Face/Off in ages, but I remember even when I was younger thinking that it really seemed like they kind of ran out of time with then end and were like, "How do we finish this quick....uh...boat chase!!" The end didn't work for me, but it had a great premise with terrific acting.<BR/><BR/>It's a little strange to me that with a director like John Woo (Justin Snowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00611954911720516065noreply@blogger.com