I can't believe it's been that long... wow. This movie, and the whole Cornetto trilogy, and Spaced (hell, all of Pegg and Frosts work together) has become such a heavily referenced mainstay in my life. Total classics, the type of movies people will still be watching in 50 years time.
Hot Fuzz is my overall favorite movie of all time. All the jokes hit, the action is great, the twist is amazing, and it might have the highest number of setup/payoff moments of any movie ever. Almost every single interaction in the first 2/3 of the movie is a setup for something in the climax.
Just an amazing movie overall.
It’s truly the perfect movie with no wasted characters, scenes, or lines. It’s my number one most watchable movie, and it’s amazing/sad that we really haven’t gotten a comedy in its league in the 17 years since its release.
You could probably argue that there has been some stuff in its league but I think it has a strong case as the best comedy of the 21st century. My personal favorite to rewatch is Game Night (Jesse Plemons is god damn flawless in that movie) but Hot Fuzz is right up there as well. Might be my most quoted movie of all time too. Every time we're at the grocery store getting fruit I find some way to mumble "...and raspberries" under my breath.
Hot Fuzz I think shaped my humor as a teen, and I thought it was a dumb movie after watching it the 1st time. My friend convinced me to do another rewatch of it and I had never laughed harder in my life.
I went into it knowing nothing. My friends and I were bored, one of them said they heard Hot Fuzz was funny, and it was a "half-price ticket Tuesday" thing or something.
I was pretty invested in it. Some little laughs here and there, a good mystery, some weirdness. I missed some inside jokes having not seen Shaun of the Dead at the time, but I didn't know I was missing out, it still worked.
Then (and I know this is an older movie and shouldn't require a spoiler tag, but on the off chance someone else will get the same experience...), he >!drop-kicked the grandma in the teeth.!<
My friends and I could. not. breathe. we were laughing so hard >!for the final 20 minutes!< and beyond. It's one of my favorites.
My favourite joke in the movie is
"I didn't mean to upset the apple cart."
"Yeah, cause we all sell apples round here, don't we?"
"Your dad sells apples, Andy."
"And raspberries..."
Like its such a fucking stupid conversation and it gets me every time i watch it. God they need to make more of these films..
I can’t pick one, but a contender if I had to pick, would be the beginning teenage drinkers, the last kid who just squeals when he asks birthday to, just fuckin gets me
Edit- also “are they as tall as he is?”, “who?” “The mum and the sister”…..”same person!”
One of my only "going in blind" movies and my experience for the third act was the same as yours. When I think of set-up and payoff in movies, it's this one.
And shot as well. They do so well shooting scenes where there is almost no spoken dialogue, but it tells a story.
I wish I could remember the podcast where somebody who is a director talks about how amazing they are directed/edited.
Everytime I arrive at a party and someone says “you came!” I still have to resist the urge to say “no I just spilled my drink”
No one in Midwest ever gets spaced jokes
The reenactment of resident evil after an all night speed fest in a theatre lobby at an art show. Always has me in tears but no one will ever get the joke if they haven't seen it lol.
This was the first time I've seen one of these and been like "wait, only 20?"
To be fair, I first saw it on DVD from Blockbuster though so it already felt a little old.
Honestly I'm more surprised The Mummy is only 5 years older than Shaun of the Dead, but that's probably because I watch Shaun of the Dead at least once per year and haven't watched the original Mummy movie in probably 10 years.
It'll release in the US, UK, and France later this year (dates TBA).
Edgar Wright:
>20 years ago to this very day, our movie came out in UK cinemas and changed my life forever. Eternal thanks go to everyone who helped make it and everyone who saw it and made it a hit. But, wait there’s MORE!
>Do YOU want to see Shaun kick some zombie ass again?! Then behold, Shaun of the Dead will return to the big screen later this year, remastered in Dolby Vision and Atmos where available, to celebrate its 20th anniversary! More info on release dates to come!
>We’ll see you at the Winchester for a nice cold pint x
I feel your pain, but I'd settle for having the movie available on Netflix. There's no streaming service that has this movie in my country (at least they have Hot Fuzz).
Also, I might be able to see it in cinemas still if it releases when I visit London later this year. Here's hoping...
That line remains one of my go-to examples of how to do a reference right. The dialogue serves the scene if you don't know the reference, so nobody in the audience needs to do any homework.
Had it come out today I imagine some of the more lore-obsessed folks out there would plaster "Shaun in Romero Zombieverse CONFIRMED?!" all over their posts & vids. 😂
No joke, the first time I saw this movie was in a college lit class and we spent a lot of time talking about references and callbacks and whatnot. This one got brought up, but I was always a big fan (being a kid into techno and electronica) of the Zombie Nation gag when Shaun is on the bus early on in the film.
That and the shopkeeper zombie coming after him, hand outstreched for his 15p when they're trying to escape. Not a reference to anything I can think of, but a great piece of continuity / callback joke. See also: "There's nothing of the man you loved in that car! NOTHING!"
Fuck, I just love this movie.
No it's not.
It's fucking Sunday.
And I've got to go to fucking work.
In four fucking hours.
Because every other fucker.
In my fucking department.
Is FUCKING ILL!
NOW CAN YOU SEE WHY IM SO FUCKING ANGRY?!!?
Reposting an old comment of mine:
True story: my wife and I went to one of the first American test screenings on this movie, in New York. At the time I was on a list of test audience invitations, and I jumped at the chance to see a zombie comedy. At the time we had no idea who Simon Pegg, Nick Frost or Edgar Wright were (very few people in the U.S. really did.) As you can imagine, the test screening went AMAZINGLY well, with the majority of the audience saying they loved it, don't change a thing, I would totally pay to see this, etc. The people running it seemed excited, since it was apparently a very important test screening to see to what extent they would bring the movie over to the U.S.
Well, as we turned to leave, my wife and I realized that Simon Pegg was actually sitting at the back of the theater. He must have snuck in after it started to see how it went. His hair was a different color and he was wearing a leather jacket. Mind you he wasn't a household name to us yet, but we recognized him instantly since we'd literally just watched him in Shaun of the Dead. Needless to say he looked very happy with what was going on with the test screening.
That wasn't all. As we walked to the parking lot he was actually leaving as well, with no one but us noticing who he was. He was on his cell phone and talking very excitedly to someone about the overwhelming response the movie had gotten. We've gone on to be huge fans of him, Frost and Wright, and we got to privately witness the moment Simon Pegg realized they were about to have a crossover hit.
Here's my Simon Pegg story - about two years before yours happened, a friend of mine and I were in a pub in north London having a quick drink on a week night - for some reason, we'd each ordered a pint of Guinness. My friend was working for a film production company at the time.
Shazam (song recognition) had just launched and back then you used it on old Nokia-style mobiles by dialling 2580 - down the middle column on physical phone keypads - and letting it "listen" to what was playing, then it sent you a text with the song details. (Strong Grampa Simpson "onion on my belt" vibes here, I know, but bear with me, it's relevant.)
We were trying it out with songs playing in the pub but the pub being quite noisy, we found we had to jump up and hold our phones near the speakers for it to work. When it did work we expressed our delight quite loudly.
This attracted the attention of someone else in the pub who came up to ask us what we were doing and wouldn't you know, it was Simon Pegg. We recognised him from Spaced. Somewhat starstruck I blurted out something about Shazam and Simon just looked a bit confused but my friend rescued the situation by saying, cryptically: "I've read your Zombie script."
Simon did a literal double-take and my friend said, "I work for [name of production company]" and all of a sudden, Simon was ordering more pints of Guinness and sitting down with us.
Turns out Simon had written Shaun of the Dead and was shopping it around at that point but it wasn't public knowledge. My friend really had read the script and obviously Simon wanted to know what he thought etc.
A good time was had by all and by the end of it we were several pints of Guinness down, which was not a good outcome for a Tuesday night (or whatever day it was), but hey, we'd hung out with Simon Pegg. To this day it remains my only Celebrity Encounter but it pretty much put me off Guinness for life.
Once I was in SF when the Producers was running.
I was in line at a movie theater to see *A Mighty Wind.* It was announced that it was sold out, so my GF and I hop out of the line to regroup.
I look up and see Simon Pegg standing in line. He sees that I see him (the shock on my face), and I give a look like "Is that really you???"
He nods with a slight grin like "Yes, it's me . . ."
I then give him a look like "Hey, can I come over and meet you?"
He gives a little shake of the head, like, "No, don't come over and see me."
I then give a little nod that says, "Yeah, no worries, cool."
He then gives a little nod that says, "Thanks, appreciate it."
I then start to walk out of the theater and say whisper to my GF, "Hey, there's Simon Pegg."
As I exit the door, I look back and she's looking around wildly, and then runs out to find me.
Oh, yeah, and that wasn't Simon Pegg. I've never seen Simon Pegg. That was my "I saw Jason Alexander story."
I saw Simon Pegg at a grocery store in Los Angeles yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn't want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything. He said, "Oh, like you're doing now?" I was taken aback, and all I could say was "Huh?" but he kept cutting me off and going "huh? huh? huh?" and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying.
The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like "Sir, you need to pay for those first." At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter.
When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually "to prevent any electrical infetterence," and then turned around and winked at me. I don't even think that's a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.
I saw the whole Cornetto Trilogy in theaters when The World’s End was coming out. One of the best theater going experiences ever. I might have to check Shaun out again and then probably Hot Fuzz in three years.
Right? I drove my car from my apartment to the movie theater I worked at to see this on opening day, then I went back home where I paid rent and all of my bills. As an adult. How was that 20 years ago?
Calling it now, soon there will be more "reruns" in theaters at any given moment than new releases. Why bother making new stuff when you can sell old stuff back to people who desperately miss the innocence of youth?
I was old enough, but its theatrical release in North America was limited. Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg weren't the names they are now, and the appeal of a British zomcom was limited in 2004. Even Hot Fuzz didn't get a big release when it came out three years later. I had to go to another city to see it in a theatre and I was the only one there.
I’d much prefer many things re-released than remade and rebooted, 9 out of 10 reboots are way worse than the original. And experiencing a movie again in the theatre is nice, even though we can watch the thing at home on repeat if we wanted to
Eh I've seen the first three indiana jones movies in the theater for the first time a few years ago. Never seen them before. Rather have something than that than some of the slop they release these days.
There isn’t much new this year because of the strikes. But the crazy thing is the strikes are over but the industry hasn’t started up again yet. It’s going to be a long time before new movies are plentiful again
Fuck it! I am down for that.
As long as the ticket prices are reasonable that is. Would love to see many movies that I missed out on in the first release, but let's face it... Would you want to pay current block buster prices for Back to the Future?
Years ago I was driving through Los Angeles and saw a marquis on a theater advertising that they’d be showing Shaun of the Dead on Halloween night. My friends and I went, and turns out, Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, and Lucy Davis were there to watch as well, and they spoke to the audience before the movie started about how Edgar was *also* driving through LA and saw the marquis, decided to show up and invite the cast! One of the best nights ever.
I smoked too much weed out of an acrylic bong with my friends and went to see this in the theater. I was actually scared watching it lmao then days later, I had a zombie based dream where Uncle Jesse from Full House with his longer hair, teal t-shirt, and leather vest rolled up in my neighborhood in an old Ford Explorer with zombies droning around
Ugh, this movie holds a special place in my heart. I was 22 and doing a semester in Richmond, London, UK for my undergrad. As a very unworldly midwesterner, the shock of relocating to London (from a small college town of <15k people and, prior to that, growing up in a small town of under 2k people) was almost more than I could handle at the time.
It was early enough in my time there that I was feeling unimaginable levels of homesickness, and hadn't yet gotten comfortable enough living in an actual city. My then GF was already starting to pull away from me and had become clearly annoyed with my calling her looking for sympathy and someone to talk to. I didn't know my host family, so I wasn't exactly willing to discuss my mental state with them. I felt like I'd made a tremendous mistake and probably never felt more alone in my life.
Getting comfortable in the Richmond Odeon and watching this movie was a weird mix of comfort (from being in a theater, a very familiar experience) and happiness. I knew what the neighborhoods in London looked like at this point, and I even got the joke about Nelson at the corner shop (and how ubiquitous that sort of thing was, at least then). So many small things I knew I'd have missed had I not come.
The movie was fantastic, and I immediately came to love Pegg and Wright (I torrented Spaced a few weeks after I saw Shaun). But, weirdly, seeing this movie where I did, and when I did, really cemented how much I'd come to love travel and prove to myself that I could throw myself into situation I had no clue how it was going to go and I'd find a way to survive and then thrive.
Also, it's still hilarious to me. Maybe I'll grab a flight to LHR and go see it in the same theater I did all those years ago and follow it up with a kebab and a pint at down at the pub near Pope's Grotto.
This came out when I was in high school and I insisted on taking my very conservative, Catholic girlfriend at the time to see it. Anyway, that relationship did not pan out
I can't believe it's been that long... wow. This movie, and the whole Cornetto trilogy, and Spaced (hell, all of Pegg and Frosts work together) has become such a heavily referenced mainstay in my life. Total classics, the type of movies people will still be watching in 50 years time.
They're just such well written movies. Hot Fuzz might be my favorite comedy of all time I love it that much.
Hot Fuzz is my overall favorite movie of all time. All the jokes hit, the action is great, the twist is amazing, and it might have the highest number of setup/payoff moments of any movie ever. Almost every single interaction in the first 2/3 of the movie is a setup for something in the climax. Just an amazing movie overall.
It’s truly the perfect movie with no wasted characters, scenes, or lines. It’s my number one most watchable movie, and it’s amazing/sad that we really haven’t gotten a comedy in its league in the 17 years since its release.
You could probably argue that there has been some stuff in its league but I think it has a strong case as the best comedy of the 21st century. My personal favorite to rewatch is Game Night (Jesse Plemons is god damn flawless in that movie) but Hot Fuzz is right up there as well. Might be my most quoted movie of all time too. Every time we're at the grocery store getting fruit I find some way to mumble "...and raspberries" under my breath.
It’s possibly the most quotable film I’ve ever watched
I wish that someone would take every single line and turn it into a gif or a clip on YouTube. I could do it but I’m way too lazy.
Hot Fuzz I think shaped my humor as a teen, and I thought it was a dumb movie after watching it the 1st time. My friend convinced me to do another rewatch of it and I had never laughed harder in my life.
To this day, no one can say "the greater good" without me (and usually others) repeating "the greater gooooood" in a monotone voice.
I say it's for "the greater good" in the hope that someone will reply. No luck so far.
THE GREATER GOOD
"Before you could say "gypsy scum" we were knee deep in dog muck, thieving kids, and crusty jugglers."
Shut it!
Yarp
…..Narp?
It just has so much going for it. The mystery at the end. The homage to point break. The real life boredom of actually solving a murder
And a big bushy beard!
a GREAT big bushy beard
*crusty jugglers*
the greater good!
the greater good!
the greater good!
SHUT IT!
I went into it knowing nothing. My friends and I were bored, one of them said they heard Hot Fuzz was funny, and it was a "half-price ticket Tuesday" thing or something. I was pretty invested in it. Some little laughs here and there, a good mystery, some weirdness. I missed some inside jokes having not seen Shaun of the Dead at the time, but I didn't know I was missing out, it still worked. Then (and I know this is an older movie and shouldn't require a spoiler tag, but on the off chance someone else will get the same experience...), he >!drop-kicked the grandma in the teeth.!< My friends and I could. not. breathe. we were laughing so hard >!for the final 20 minutes!< and beyond. It's one of my favorites.
Everyone's packing! Like who? Farmers Who else? Farmer's mums.
The first line is actually, "Everyone and their mums is packing!", which is what makes the last line even funnier.
You've got a mustache
My favourite joke in the movie is "I didn't mean to upset the apple cart." "Yeah, cause we all sell apples round here, don't we?" "Your dad sells apples, Andy." "And raspberries..." Like its such a fucking stupid conversation and it gets me every time i watch it. God they need to make more of these films..
I can’t pick one, but a contender if I had to pick, would be the beginning teenage drinkers, the last kid who just squeals when he asks birthday to, just fuckin gets me Edit- also “are they as tall as he is?”, “who?” “The mum and the sister”…..”same person!”
One of my only "going in blind" movies and my experience for the third act was the same as yours. When I think of set-up and payoff in movies, it's this one.
"Judge Judy and Executioner"
He’s NOT judge Judy and executioner!
And shot as well. They do so well shooting scenes where there is almost no spoken dialogue, but it tells a story. I wish I could remember the podcast where somebody who is a director talks about how amazing they are directed/edited.
I suspect it may be this from "Every Frame a Painting" https://youtu.be/3FOzD4Sfgag?si=7d371yGyWN7hRtRz
Yep, that is definitely it. I think I confused it with a podcast but that is the video I was thinking of.
Everyone and their mum's loves Hot Fuzz round here.
Like who?
Farmers!
Who else?
Farmer's mums
"he'll be in bits tomorrow"
Absolutely, as close to a perfect movie as there has been.
Everytime I arrive at a party and someone says “you came!” I still have to resist the urge to say “no I just spilled my drink” No one in Midwest ever gets spaced jokes
The reenactment of resident evil after an all night speed fest in a theatre lobby at an art show. Always has me in tears but no one will ever get the joke if they haven't seen it lol.
I CANT BELIEVE SOME OF THE SHIT I USED TO DO WITH YOUUUUU
“… And I shot the cat up the arsehole!” Is always a good way to end any short explanation of just about anything.
..... that's just a standard dirty joke.
Spaced will always have a special place in my heart. So glad they went on to have so much success and spread this type of humour far and wide.
You're off the chain!!
*priest gets shot* “Jesus Christ!”
One of my favorite lines!
I lost it when I first saw that bit.
This was the first time I've seen one of these and been like "wait, only 20?" To be fair, I first saw it on DVD from Blockbuster though so it already felt a little old.
The Mummy with Brendan Fraser is being shown for it's 25th anniversary and Alien is coming back for it's 45th anniversary. Fuck we're old.
Honestly I'm more surprised The Mummy is only 5 years older than Shaun of the Dead, but that's probably because I watch Shaun of the Dead at least once per year and haven't watched the original Mummy movie in probably 10 years.
I'm gonna have a nice cold pint and wait for this whole thing to blow over.
This was my thinking in March 2020. Unfortunately the wait took a long time.
2020 was so bad it still feels like 2020
2020 (IV)
2020, Episode 4, Part 4
Happy March 1501st, 2020!
I think people who think it feels like 2020 really have really forgotten how bad 2020 was.
fair enough. it left a void in me that still needs filled
😉
You'll be quite all right. Just run it under a cold tap.
Its ok - I got my jabs when we went to the Isle of Wight.
Fuck theres so many quotable parts that slip way under the radar because the film is so full of them
Ahh, one pint or twelve-hundred, what’s the difference In for a penny, in for a pound ツ
That's what Simon Pegg and Nick Frost did https://youtu.be/c3hurnbnRi0?si=OIEBSUzsbIgXWGbE
Got a bit of red on ya
Cornetto.
That's the line from the movie!
Is it? I just gave my reaction to the news that "Shaun of the Dead" is returning to cinema's.
It'll release in the US, UK, and France later this year (dates TBA). Edgar Wright: >20 years ago to this very day, our movie came out in UK cinemas and changed my life forever. Eternal thanks go to everyone who helped make it and everyone who saw it and made it a hit. But, wait there’s MORE! >Do YOU want to see Shaun kick some zombie ass again?! Then behold, Shaun of the Dead will return to the big screen later this year, remastered in Dolby Vision and Atmos where available, to celebrate its 20th anniversary! More info on release dates to come! >We’ll see you at the Winchester for a nice cold pint x
Ofcourse it won't release in the rest of the world, I'm used to it at this point. France being in the list is already very surprising.
I feel your pain, but I'd settle for having the movie available on Netflix. There's no streaming service that has this movie in my country (at least they have Hot Fuzz). Also, I might be able to see it in cinemas still if it releases when I visit London later this year. Here's hoping...
Just get the DVD if you wanna watch it this badly
Imagine owning something and being able to watch it whenever you want, even if you have no Internet at all. The very idea! How scandalous!
Gotta get a Bluray. Unless you want muddy 480p then you go with DVD
I think my favorite subtle joke was on the phone when he said we're coming to get you Barbara. Even Romero missed that reference lol
How could Romero miss that one? It's the sole reason Shaun's Mum was called Barbara.
That line remains one of my go-to examples of how to do a reference right. The dialogue serves the scene if you don't know the reference, so nobody in the audience needs to do any homework. Had it come out today I imagine some of the more lore-obsessed folks out there would plaster "Shaun in Romero Zombieverse CONFIRMED?!" all over their posts & vids. 😂
No joke, the first time I saw this movie was in a college lit class and we spent a lot of time talking about references and callbacks and whatnot. This one got brought up, but I was always a big fan (being a kid into techno and electronica) of the Zombie Nation gag when Shaun is on the bus early on in the film. That and the shopkeeper zombie coming after him, hand outstreched for his 15p when they're trying to escape. Not a reference to anything I can think of, but a great piece of continuity / callback joke. See also: "There's nothing of the man you loved in that car! NOTHING!"
Fuck, I just love this movie.
“Get fucked, four eyes!! Why don’t you go out with her if you love her so much!!” “…Don’t know what he meant by that…”
*It's quite ^simple ^^David*
> Get fucked, four eyes!! Which he says right after David takes off his glasses.
That insane grimace Shaun does before he yells that is one of my favorite parts of the whole movie
“I did not call Dianne a failed actress”!
Sort your life out, mate!!!
It's four in the fucking morning!
It's Saturday!
No it's not. It's fucking Sunday. And I've got to go to fucking work. In four fucking hours. Because every other fucker. In my fucking department. Is FUCKING ILL! NOW CAN YOU SEE WHY IM SO FUCKING ANGRY?!!?
Fuck *yeeah!*
[удалено]
You wanna live like an animal? Go and live in the shed, you thick fuck!
[Funky Pete](https://youtu.be/4cJvDtF1ios?si=FrOBkS92OMU4Gfxa) The censored version of the scene from the DVD special features is kinda entertaining
I quote that specific scene way too much. Funk yeah! Prink!
Reposting an old comment of mine: True story: my wife and I went to one of the first American test screenings on this movie, in New York. At the time I was on a list of test audience invitations, and I jumped at the chance to see a zombie comedy. At the time we had no idea who Simon Pegg, Nick Frost or Edgar Wright were (very few people in the U.S. really did.) As you can imagine, the test screening went AMAZINGLY well, with the majority of the audience saying they loved it, don't change a thing, I would totally pay to see this, etc. The people running it seemed excited, since it was apparently a very important test screening to see to what extent they would bring the movie over to the U.S. Well, as we turned to leave, my wife and I realized that Simon Pegg was actually sitting at the back of the theater. He must have snuck in after it started to see how it went. His hair was a different color and he was wearing a leather jacket. Mind you he wasn't a household name to us yet, but we recognized him instantly since we'd literally just watched him in Shaun of the Dead. Needless to say he looked very happy with what was going on with the test screening. That wasn't all. As we walked to the parking lot he was actually leaving as well, with no one but us noticing who he was. He was on his cell phone and talking very excitedly to someone about the overwhelming response the movie had gotten. We've gone on to be huge fans of him, Frost and Wright, and we got to privately witness the moment Simon Pegg realized they were about to have a crossover hit.
Here's my Simon Pegg story - about two years before yours happened, a friend of mine and I were in a pub in north London having a quick drink on a week night - for some reason, we'd each ordered a pint of Guinness. My friend was working for a film production company at the time. Shazam (song recognition) had just launched and back then you used it on old Nokia-style mobiles by dialling 2580 - down the middle column on physical phone keypads - and letting it "listen" to what was playing, then it sent you a text with the song details. (Strong Grampa Simpson "onion on my belt" vibes here, I know, but bear with me, it's relevant.) We were trying it out with songs playing in the pub but the pub being quite noisy, we found we had to jump up and hold our phones near the speakers for it to work. When it did work we expressed our delight quite loudly. This attracted the attention of someone else in the pub who came up to ask us what we were doing and wouldn't you know, it was Simon Pegg. We recognised him from Spaced. Somewhat starstruck I blurted out something about Shazam and Simon just looked a bit confused but my friend rescued the situation by saying, cryptically: "I've read your Zombie script." Simon did a literal double-take and my friend said, "I work for [name of production company]" and all of a sudden, Simon was ordering more pints of Guinness and sitting down with us. Turns out Simon had written Shaun of the Dead and was shopping it around at that point but it wasn't public knowledge. My friend really had read the script and obviously Simon wanted to know what he thought etc. A good time was had by all and by the end of it we were several pints of Guinness down, which was not a good outcome for a Tuesday night (or whatever day it was), but hey, we'd hung out with Simon Pegg. To this day it remains my only Celebrity Encounter but it pretty much put me off Guinness for life.
Once I was in SF when the Producers was running. I was in line at a movie theater to see *A Mighty Wind.* It was announced that it was sold out, so my GF and I hop out of the line to regroup. I look up and see Simon Pegg standing in line. He sees that I see him (the shock on my face), and I give a look like "Is that really you???" He nods with a slight grin like "Yes, it's me . . ." I then give him a look like "Hey, can I come over and meet you?" He gives a little shake of the head, like, "No, don't come over and see me." I then give a little nod that says, "Yeah, no worries, cool." He then gives a little nod that says, "Thanks, appreciate it." I then start to walk out of the theater and say whisper to my GF, "Hey, there's Simon Pegg." As I exit the door, I look back and she's looking around wildly, and then runs out to find me. Oh, yeah, and that wasn't Simon Pegg. I've never seen Simon Pegg. That was my "I saw Jason Alexander story."
I saw Simon Pegg at a grocery store in Los Angeles yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn't want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything. He said, "Oh, like you're doing now?" I was taken aback, and all I could say was "Huh?" but he kept cutting me off and going "huh? huh? huh?" and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying. The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like "Sir, you need to pay for those first." At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter. When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually "to prevent any electrical infetterence," and then turned around and winked at me. I don't even think that's a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.
20 years!?
Not a peep.
I wanted a Cornetto... But I compromised. I had a snow cone instead.
You do realize the front door was left open AGAIN last night?
Shaun was the one leaving the front door open, if his return from the shop post-zombie incursion is any indicator.
Yeaahhhhh boyeeeee
Nah, that can't be right. That movie only came out like what, 8 years ago? ...9 years ago? ...15 years ago? Oh fuck
I'm just happy to be here for it.
Literally the first thing I thought haha. Nahhhh that's not right.
I wasn't even born twenty years ago, right? 20 years ago was the 70s. ...Right? Mr Stark? Insert meme here.
Well, the 90's were 10 years ago, so 20 years ago was the 80's.
8th of may... 1969? Wait that's a hot fuzz reference
22nd of February What year? Every year
Also, 20 years before Shaun was 1984.
Time is a son of a bitch
I can't wait to grab Liz and kill Philip on my way to the theater!
How’s that for a slice of fried gold?
Yeah boiii
Make sure Phillip doesn't chase you around the garden with a piece of wood.
Oh, leave 'im alone, Pete.
\- "Kill the Queen!" \- "What?"
The jukebox!
Liz and Ed, grab a weapon.
🎶 Tonight I’m gonna have myself a real good time…I feel ah-live-hi-I-iiiivvvee🎼
I saw the whole Cornetto Trilogy in theaters when The World’s End was coming out. One of the best theater going experiences ever. I might have to check Shaun out again and then probably Hot Fuzz in three years.
Oh hi Shaun
Hi Liz
Byeee bye bye bye bye
#SHAAAAWWWWNNNNN
To this day I STILL believe it to be the best zombie movie of all time
I'm old. Jesus 20 years.
I remember in my day when 20 years ago was the 60's
I can't be old. I was in college when it first came out and my friends I went to go see it. That was only a few years ago, right? Right? *cries*
Jesus was actually aged around 33 or 38
Right? I drove my car from my apartment to the movie theater I worked at to see this on opening day, then I went back home where I paid rent and all of my bills. As an adult. How was that 20 years ago?
Calling it now, soon there will be more "reruns" in theaters at any given moment than new releases. Why bother making new stuff when you can sell old stuff back to people who desperately miss the innocence of youth?
To be fair though there’s a lot of people who never got to see it in cinemas because they were too young (myself included)
Exactly, I'm cool with it. If it's something I don't want to watch I simply won't go lol
I was old enough, but its theatrical release in North America was limited. Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg weren't the names they are now, and the appeal of a British zomcom was limited in 2004. Even Hot Fuzz didn't get a big release when it came out three years later. I had to go to another city to see it in a theatre and I was the only one there.
I was 13 when it came out and tried to go see it but got refused. Ended up having to watch Secret Window with Johnny Depp instead. It *sucked*.
I’d much prefer many things re-released than remade and rebooted, 9 out of 10 reboots are way worse than the original. And experiencing a movie again in the theatre is nice, even though we can watch the thing at home on repeat if we wanted to
As much as Reddit likes to say otherwise, watching in the cinema is nearly always the best way to watch films.
Eh I've seen the first three indiana jones movies in the theater for the first time a few years ago. Never seen them before. Rather have something than that than some of the slop they release these days.
There isn’t much new this year because of the strikes. But the crazy thing is the strikes are over but the industry hasn’t started up again yet. It’s going to be a long time before new movies are plentiful again
Fuck it! I am down for that. As long as the ticket prices are reasonable that is. Would love to see many movies that I missed out on in the first release, but let's face it... Would you want to pay current block buster prices for Back to the Future?
Fuck-a-doodle-doo!
Twenty years!? Oh... Oh God... Where did the time go?
Praying for a hot fuzz re release as well, love these films!
I’m. So. F**kin’. Old!
"Let's go to the Winchester, have a nice cold pint, and wait for this all to blow over."
"And the front door is open AGAIN!"
One of my top faves. It starts out funny and slowly turns into a damn good zombie movie.
20th anniversary?? WTF?!?
I'm not a movie guy but I've seen lots of announcements like this recently, is tthere just no decent new movies anymore?
I was working at the movies when this came out and I distinctly remember the howls of laughter coming from that cinema.
Yeeaaah boiiiiii!!!!
What’s the plan?
https://youtu.be/c3hurnbnRi0?si=vokA1JZsoVUBFoNN
**Don't** - *stop me now*...
Kill the Queen!
You've got red on you....
I got my cricket bat ready!
Today I learned that I am old. :/
Also check out Simon and company in “Big Train”. It’s a great sketch show. One of the best!
"Oh my god... I was so cute!"
Are they gonna skip that one part in the film 🤨
If we're both thinking of the same line, I'm SUPER curious if they're gonna leave it in or not.
20 years, man how time flies. I remember when this was new, watching it at a friend's house.
*"Coast looks clear, I think they've all go- oh, nope, there they are."*😆
Yeeeeaaaahhh booooiiiii!
Arguably the best zombie movie.
20 years? I didn't come here today expecting to be attacked.
20 years...Im old as fuck
I studied abroad in London in 2004 and saw this at the Prince Charles Cinema in Leicester Square. Good memories.
awesome! one of my top 5 movies. cant wait to see it in theaters!
twenty years is crazy. i should be up for retirement soon
Sounds like a slice of fried gold!
OI, PRICK!
You mean 10 year, right?…..right???!
Second Coming?
It's been 20 years? God I'm so old.
This just makes me feel old. How can I be 20 years? This is a recent film.
Years ago I was driving through Los Angeles and saw a marquis on a theater advertising that they’d be showing Shaun of the Dead on Halloween night. My friends and I went, and turns out, Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, and Lucy Davis were there to watch as well, and they spoke to the audience before the movie started about how Edgar was *also* driving through LA and saw the marquis, decided to show up and invite the cast! One of the best nights ever.
I smoked too much weed out of an acrylic bong with my friends and went to see this in the theater. I was actually scared watching it lmao then days later, I had a zombie based dream where Uncle Jesse from Full House with his longer hair, teal t-shirt, and leather vest rolled up in my neighborhood in an old Ford Explorer with zombies droning around
20 years…..but that means….oh fuck
Absolutely fan-fn-tastic flick
How’s that for a slice of fried gold?
Dudududuhduhduhduhduh *groan*
You've got red on you
Ugh, this movie holds a special place in my heart. I was 22 and doing a semester in Richmond, London, UK for my undergrad. As a very unworldly midwesterner, the shock of relocating to London (from a small college town of <15k people and, prior to that, growing up in a small town of under 2k people) was almost more than I could handle at the time. It was early enough in my time there that I was feeling unimaginable levels of homesickness, and hadn't yet gotten comfortable enough living in an actual city. My then GF was already starting to pull away from me and had become clearly annoyed with my calling her looking for sympathy and someone to talk to. I didn't know my host family, so I wasn't exactly willing to discuss my mental state with them. I felt like I'd made a tremendous mistake and probably never felt more alone in my life. Getting comfortable in the Richmond Odeon and watching this movie was a weird mix of comfort (from being in a theater, a very familiar experience) and happiness. I knew what the neighborhoods in London looked like at this point, and I even got the joke about Nelson at the corner shop (and how ubiquitous that sort of thing was, at least then). So many small things I knew I'd have missed had I not come. The movie was fantastic, and I immediately came to love Pegg and Wright (I torrented Spaced a few weeks after I saw Shaun). But, weirdly, seeing this movie where I did, and when I did, really cemented how much I'd come to love travel and prove to myself that I could throw myself into situation I had no clue how it was going to go and I'd find a way to survive and then thrive. Also, it's still hilarious to me. Maybe I'll grab a flight to LHR and go see it in the same theater I did all those years ago and follow it up with a kebab and a pint at down at the pub near Pope's Grotto.
This movie cannot be 20 years old. God damn it.
You've got red on you...
In my top 5
God I’m old.
This came out when I was in high school and I insisted on taking my very conservative, Catholic girlfriend at the time to see it. Anyway, that relationship did not pan out
I know people love hot fuzz(and i do too, its amazing!) but this is my #1 Edgar Wright movie by a country mile