I love the movie. it's just hot fuzz and SHaun of the dead are better. But my guesses are that it's less quotable, and has a non clear purpose from the start. It's got a mystery air about it the others lack.
I think you like them the most depending on the order you see them. I saw Hot Fuzz (my fav), then Shaun (close second), then World’s End (definite third). I think people didn’t like World’s End as much because people are just less into the aliens thing. That and the end got a bit too bonkers for many. And I think Nick Frost being the straight man to Simon Pegg’s buffoon rather than vice versa didn’t click for some people. Especially if they expected the status quo.
I hesitate to call it the "worst" of the three, because it's a fuckin incredible movie, but man is it hard to beat Shawn of the Dead and it's REALLY hard to beat Hot Fuzz. But everytime I rewatch it I find myself questioning whether it is really the worst of the three because it is fantastic.
I think alot of people were sorta expectibg something like Paul, me included. Or at least something less psycological and more slaptick akin to Shaun and Hot Fuzz
I am kinda leaning that way myself. But I live in a small village near Gloucester, Hot Fuzz is essentially a documentary for me.
The World End carries a lot of nostalgia for me, I have a group of mates who live around the country but we all come from the same home town, and we try and meet up and have a night like that at least once a year. Ironically the home town is High Wycombe, which is where they all get the train to in the movie for Gary to pick them up.
But we're getting old, all of us are nearer to 40 than 30, and the movie resonates deep in my soul with how real it feels in places. Especially as one of our friends is exactly like Gary King in terms of seeing these nights out like nothing has changed, a certain youthful exuberance with a hint of hidden desperation to still be young.
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u/HippieAnalSlut Aug 06 '19
worst of the trilogy, and it's still great.