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gervase_fenBunked off from work early-ish (4.20) so that I could get to the NFT for a preview of "Hot Fuzz", which was very good, if not the comic masterpiece that some of the online reviews have suggested.
Although the film sends up, and ends up as, a Tony Scott/Michael Bay actioner, some of the underlying influences seemed to me to be a bit more televisual. The plot, the locale, and a lot of the acting, are all straight out of
There are some beautifully staged, almost subliminal, visual gags (look out for the establishing shot of PC Kevin Eldon, with a whiteboard behind him). There is some oddly-judged graphic prosthetic violence, which is the only time that I felt the film-makers were playing to the established fan-base gallery.
Although the film sends up, and ends up as, a Tony Scott/Michael Bay actioner, some of the underlying influences seemed to me to be a bit more televisual. The plot, the locale, and a lot of the acting, are all straight out of
The Avengers
circa 67/68. Paddy Considine and Rafe Spall, as the unreconstructed CID department, look as if they are both hoping to feature in Life on Mars
before the second series ends (an impression re-inforced by the use of T-Rex's "Solid Gold Easy Action" on the soundtrack). And there's a little of bit The Goodies'
"Bunfight at the OK Tea-Rooms" in there too.There are some beautifully staged, almost subliminal, visual gags (look out for the establishing shot of PC Kevin Eldon, with a whiteboard behind him). There is some oddly-judged graphic prosthetic violence, which is the only time that I felt the film-makers were playing to the established fan-base gallery.
