salute yourself

Jade 2022-03-22 09:01:18

After watching this film, I have been thinking, if a fixed film production team obviously reuses the elements of the previous success when shooting the film, is this situation considered a poor skill? Or should it be regarded as a tribute to yourself? If it's just some scumbags, then my choice will definitely be the former. It may be inevitable that there will be misjudgments here, but in most cases, it should be inseparable. Since you have not achieved considerable achievements, Wouldn't it be funny to pay homage to yourself? But in this "End of the World", I met the famous trio of eccentrics Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. The situation is a little more complicated.
If you look at their works in chronological order, you must be able to recognize the shadows of "Zombie Shaun" and "Blood Detective" in the film at a glance, and even from a certain point of view, this film is these two films The combination of "Zombie Shaun" and "Blood Detective" is the representative work of this weird trio. If there is really any tribute, these three people should be able to afford it. But it seems to be something else to myself.
This film also continues the story mode of the small characters in the previous two works who encounter big troubles. Before it was the attack of zombies and violent Weng Po, this time it was blue blood aliens. To be honest, if you have seen the famous British drama "Doctor Who", the setting of aliens in this film will also feel a little familiar. Compared with the previous two films, this film also has many of the same elements, such as the bar scene. In "Shaun of Zombies", the bar is the most ideal and perfect sanctuary for the protagonist when the zombies are besieged; in "Blood Detective", it is the beginning of the protagonist's challenge to the hidden forces; and in this work, a trip to the bar Pretty much the main line of the movie. This also shows how ingrained the pub culture is in the blood of the British.
Then there is the friendship between men, whether they are tired of being together all the time, or they meet once again, or they meet again after a long absence like this film, brotherhood is always the core element in their films, even more important than love. . Could it be that in the eyes of the main creator, for otaku, love is more reliable than love? In any case, the somewhat hilarious brotherhood in their films is always sincere, reliable, and touching, and no matter how sinister the environment is, at least one person will cover for him, which is a recurring scene in all three of their films. Old-fashioned, right? But always heartwarming.
The reason why I say they're paying homage to themselves now is another thing, because I found online that this movie, along with Shaun of Zombies and Bloody Detective, makes up a trilogy series called "Blood" And the Ice Cream Trilogy", then I really hope they do a better trilogy than the third part of the series that pays homage to the first two, there's just too many stories for them to tell, and I hope they can continue "Blood and Ice Cream", the third part is not good enough, so please come to the fourth and fifth part!

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  • Colt 2022-04-24 07:01:03

    Be young again, be free again, live again. It never got better than that night. That was supposed to be the beginning of my life. All that promise and fucking optimism, that feeling like we could take over the whole universe, it was a big lie; nothing happened.

  • Clair 2021-10-21 15:30:15

    No amount of time can be compared to the stupid years together. It is the best interpretation of the ending of the blood and ice cream trilogy! Compared with the first two parts, the third part has reversed the roles of fat and skinny. Skinny is a second-degree kid who doesn't want to grow up, and fat is the serious man. Fatty has confessed to thinness! He might be a cock, but he's my cock! Good friends push for a lifetime!

The World's End quotes

  • Gary King: I remember sitting up there, blood on my knuckles, beer down my shirt, sick on my shoes and seeing the orange glow of a new dawn break and knowing in my heart life would never feel this good again. And you know what? It never did.

  • Gary King: How's um...?

    Peter Page: Vanessa?

    Gary King: No, your wife.

    Peter Page: Vanessa.

    Gary King: Yeah, how's she?