HOT FUZZ

[Kunac]

Overio sam HOT FUZZ (courtesy  of crippled_avenger a.k.a. DimBo) i oduševljen sam! Fun times all around! Zaista, Wright zna da izbalansira film na takav način da koktel žanrova sklizne niz grlo bez ikakvih problema! Ako nastavi ovom tempom (SPACED-SHAUN of THE DEAD-DON'T-HOT FUZZ), ima da da postane (ako već nije?) jedan od mojim omiljenih režisera! Kada bih svake nedelje mogao da pogledam po jedan ovakav film - život bi mi bio lepši (mada se ni sada ne žalim   ). Uz najtopliju preporuku, s nestrpljenjem ocekujem sledeci Wrightov projekat!
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Obratite pažnju na majušna pojavljivanja Petera Jacksona i Cate Blanchett pri početku filma. Oboje su maskirani, ali prepoznatljivi ako znate da treba da ih vrebate!
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Što se broja 7 tiče, on ima važnu ulogu u hrišćanstvu... Smatra se "božjim brojem". Njegovo tripliranje ukazuje na Sveto trojstvo - znači, pozitivna konotacija se umnožava 3 puta. Glavni junak Nick Angel (obratite pažnju na to prezime!!!!!!) je božji zaslanik i treba da povrati poremećenu harmoniju.

[DušMan]

Posto sam bio fan Spaced-a i Shawn-a, rekoh hajde da odgledam i Hot fuzz, mada bez velikih ocekivanja. I sad sam se setio zasto sam uopste i bio fan! Zato sto su to jebeno dobre i zanimljive stvari. Toliko sam se smejao gledajuci Hot Fuzz, da cu sad da obnovim gledanje Spaced i Shawn of the dead.

Jedva cekam sledeci Wrightov film, koji ce valjda biti Antman, ali maksimalno, celim svojim bicem i slicna preterivanja, ocekujem ekranizaciju Scotta Pilgrima, najavljenu za 2009.

Kao bonus, evo malog podatka koji otrkiva sta ce biti dodatak na DVDu:

Thought I'd post a little anecdote. Not long before the movie premiered over here, a guy came in to our shop and up to the counter with one of the 12-inch Shaun of the Dead figures looking to buy it. (I wasn't in work this day but the guy who was working the till told me this afterwards) The guy working the till (Terry, really nice guy) looks at the customer, looks at the figure and does a complete double take. It was Simon Pegg! He started chatting to him and asked why he was buying the figure, seeing as how he should already have a load of freebies. Simon Pegg tells him that he got none of that stuff and hadn't even seen the 12-inch figures before he came into our shop. Terry then insists that he'll buy the figure for him. Simon Pegg in return gets another one of the figures and signs the box for him with a red marker; "Get red on you, Simon Pegg." Not only that he comes back in a little while later with another guy with a video camera and films Terry holding the figure and gets him to say who he is and what shop it is (Forbidden Planet Dublin). Then tells him that it'll probably be on the Hot Fuzz DVD, here's hoping.

I loved Hot Fuzz, even more than Shaun of the Dead, can't wait for the DVD.

[crippled_avenger]

Pripremaju nastavak mog najomiljenijeg filma svih vremena!

"Patriot Games" scripter Peter Iliff is to write and direct "Point Break 2," a 20 years later sequel to the surfing crime thriller that he co-wrote in 1987 and was a hit for Largo Entertainment in 1991 reports Variety.

The $20 million-$30 million new film will be set in Southeast Asia and uncover the fate of the surfers' leader Bodhi who was supposedly killed by a giant wave.

Action follows a surfer-turned-SEAL on the trail of a criminal gang. Locations being scouted include Indonesia and Singapore, and production schedule sees lensing starting by the end of current year with delivery for late 2008.

[ginger toxiqo 2 gafotas]

...za ovaj gospel ti sledi ozbiljan mushtuluk!!!

[crippled_avenger]

Working it overseas
Studio's 'Fuzz,' 'Bean' bring in big bucks
By ADAM DAWTREYLONDON -- Working Title proved long ago it's possible to make hits for the international market, with the U.S. as an afterthought. But the success of its British comedies "Mr. Bean's Holiday" and "Hot Fuzz" has taken that model to a new dimension.
By the time "Hot Fuzz" opened Stateside on April 20 with a $5.8 million gross and a hot $7,000 screen average, the movie was already close to $50 million at foreign wickets, with many territories yet to come.

Even more spectacularly, "Mr. Bean's Holiday" has reached $150 million and is heading for a final international tally of $180 million long before it arrives in the U.S. this August.

On the other hand, WT's Las Vegas mob caper "Smokin' Aces," which unspooled in the U.S. in late January, has actually made more Stateside than overseas, scoring $35.6 million. Across the oceans, the movie has made $18.6 million. Pic has yet to unspool in some territories.

All told, the trio of modestly budgeted films have earned Working Title more than $200 million at the foreign box office since January, against $42 million in domestic. None of the pics were pricey: "Fuzz" cost roughly $15 million; "Smokin,'" $22 million; and "Bean," $35 million.

Universal Pictures Intl., launched in January after the breakup of UIP, U's old joint venture with Paramount, couldn't have hoped for a better start in its mission to squeeze more juice out of the foreign market.

In the U.K., where UPI had to start from scratch because Par inherited UIP's old British operation, "Hot Fuzz" -- from the makers of cult fave "Shaun of the Dead" -- and "Mr. Bean's Holiday" are the top two movies of 2007, with $42 million and $40 million respectively.

According to UPI prexy David Kosse, that's a performance that took many people in Hollywood, with their eyes only on the domestic release schedule, completely unawares. "A film like 'Bean' comes out of nowhere for the American audience. It shows a film can do $180 million totally independent of the domestic marketplace, that certain projects don't have to launch out of Hollywood anymore."

Of course, Rowan Atkinson's accident-prone and virtually silent Bean character has always commanded a huge global fanbase, grounded upon the much-syndicated TV shows and the 1997 "Bean" movie. That grossed $206 million in foreign (when the dollar was stronger) and $45 million in North America.

But no one was quite sure if the audience would still be there in 2007 for Bean's simple, old-fashioned brand of slapstick. Turns out they needn't have worried.

Kosse suggests that it's easy for English speakers to underestimate just how potent it is for auds in countries like Malaysia or Portugal to see a studio movie whose largely visual comedy isn't blunted by dubbing.

America will be one of the last countries to get "Mr. Bean's Holiday," and the international results have kindled U's hopes. "We're in the middle of downloading all our knowledge to the domestic guys," Kosse says. "The thinking is that this film could be a lot bigger than we originally thought."

But for Kosse and his team, far the bigger challenge is under way with the gradual rollout of "Hot Fuzz," the first real litmus test of their ability to deliver where UIP could not, or would not. Film reunites "Shaun" helmer-writer Edgar Wright with writer-star Simon Pegg. "Fuzz" spoofs the super-cop genre in the same way "Shaun" spoofed zombie movies.

UIP notoriously refused to release "Shaun" in any but a handful of territories. The low-budgeter grossed a healthy $13.5 million apiece in the U.K. and in the U.S. via Focus.

But UIP toppers were convinced, much to the frustration of Working Title, that its quirky Brit humor wouldn't travel. Results in the few countries it did try, such as Germany and the Netherlands, bore that out, although that may have been a self-fulfilling prophecy caused by a distinctly halfhearted effort.

All of that means UPI is starting almost from scratch with "Hot Fuzz" in finding foreign fans for Wright and Pegg's geek movie humor. The first job was to convince UPI's own local execs, and then exhibitors, of the movie's potential. That started six months ago by finding a young staffer in each country to act as the movie's dedicated champion, inside and outside the company.

"There are a lot of people to persuade, and we have to do it repeatedly," says WT's marketing prexy David Livingstone.

In the U.S., Focus greased the wheels with a number of "Fuzztivals" around the country screening pics like "The French Connection" and "Dirty Harry."

The rollout is deliberately slow, stretching all the way to the fall to skirt the summer blockbusters. "A film like this has to find the right window," Kosse says.

After its chart-topping returns in Blighty, the pic has hit its targets in Australia and subtitle territories such as the Netherlands and Scandinavia, despite the froth being knocked off the figures in Northern Europe by a spring heatwave. The solid Stateside opening has given added momentum to the tougher campaigns in the major dubbing territories, starting with Germany in June.

Hope stems from the fact that, despite the theatrical no-show of "Shaun of the Dead" in some countries, its straight-to-DVD release found a cult audience in those markets.

In the U.S., for example, where "Shaun" sold 1.3 million DVDs on the back of a $13.5 million theatrical gross, Universal's research unearthed the startling, and scarcely believable, assertion that 40% of all 17- to 39-year-olds had not only seen the movie, but counted themselves as fans.

This cult phenomenon, previously seen in the explosion of franchises such as the "Terminator" and "Austin Powers" movies from their relatively modest theatrical debuts, partly explains why "Hot Fuzz" has managed to treble the box office of "Shaun of the Dead" in Blighty, and why it could do the same in North America.

"Hot Fuzz" now looks to be heading for at least $30 million in the U.S. To put that in context, the early consensus within Focus was that "Hot Fuzz" was more parochially British than "Shaun" and would do less well than its predecessor in the U.S.

But when the U.K. figure turned out to be far ahead of expectations, the mindset started to change. As Kosse points out, there are several examples of Brit smashes with local TV talent that have done $20 million in the U.K. but failed to travel abroad ("Ali G in Da House," "Kevin and Perry Go Large," etc.), but no British movie that grossed $40 million on home turf has ever failed to find an international audience. The challenge he has laid down to his territories around the world is to make damn sure "Hot Fuzz" doesn't set the precedent.

Pamela McClintock in Los Angeles contributed to this report.

[ginger toxiqo 2 gafotas]

...odgledao sam BIG NOTHING Jeana Baptiste Andreje, kanadsko-britansku crnohumornu krimi-komediju u kojoj Simon Pegg deli ekran sa Davidom Schwimmerom, Alice Eve, Jonom Politom, Natachom McElhone i MIMI ROGERS         ...

...naravno, film nije ni prići HOT FUZZu, nije preterano inventivan, ali, other than that, pruža finu, laid back zabavu, šarmantan je, brz( traje oko 80 minuta) i po mnogo čemu, a prevashodno po svojoj 'heist/plot/con-gone-wrong' tematici kao i pikarskom tretmanu glavnih junaka, malih ljudi koji su se nenadano prihvatili kriminala, više pripada poznijim 90im i jako je blizak ostvarenjima poput VERY BAD THINGS Petera Berga i/ili THE GRAVE braće Pate...

[Ghoul]

HOT FUZZ
E. Wright
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pogledao sam FUZZ.
čak sam samo zbog njega juče reprizirao POINT BREAK kao vrstu pripreme. ali o tome na drugom topiku.
dakle: film mi je prijao, bio je umereno zabavan, ali nije mi dotakao G-spot, i mislim da su mu hvalospevi na ovom forumu preterani. zapravo, možda su baš rave reviews krivi za prevelika očekivanja – ne znam ni sam kakav sam 2nd cumming (of what ?) očekivao – ali FUZZ je za moj ukus bućkuriš koji je u sebe umućkao previše žanrova, previše sastojaka i filova i kremova i kuraca da bi mi prijao nepcu kako to malo čistiji i uravnoteženiji filmovi čine.
od stvari koje sam do sada video u 2007. taj potpuniji užitak pružili su mi APOCALYPTO, BORN INTO BROTHELS - CALCUTTA'S RED LIGHT KIDS, WHITE DIAMOND, pa čak i ZWARTBOEK.
a javlja mi se da ću – kad smo već kod bućkuriša svega i svačega – mnogo više da uživam u 3. delu PIRATA S KARIBA, gde je preterivanje ne samo ključni deo koncepta (swashbuckling!), nego je i daleko preteranije i oku prijatnije u svojim giga-mega extravagancijama.

iako horor volim, mislim da mu ovde nije bilo mesta, štagod dimzel pričao o akcijašima iz 80ih i njihovoj vezi s hororom, što stoji ali nema blage veze s OVIM filmom. VRSTA horora koja je ubačena u ovu čorbu je suviše inkongruentna: ceo taj fazon sa SCREAM-like kukuljicama i ogrtačima, pa još taj twist sa 'sektom', bukvalno deluju kao iz nekog drugog (možda čak zabavnijeg) filma.

FUZZ me je (maltene) izgubio onog trena kad angel uđe u gradić na konju i gricka čačkalice kao k. istvud.
stvarno ne znam kako dimbo može da kaže da ovo NIJE parodija, da su sve te situacije dramaturški opravdane ili šta već. ovo je fazon koji pre dolikuje nekom NAKED GUN nastavku. i uopšte, čitava ta završnica, poslednjih pola sata, ostavila me je prilično ladnim – više, čak, nego admittedly slabiji final act u SHAUNU.

za moje pare, SHAUN je čistiji i zabavniji film, u kome bar čovek ima utisak da postoji neka PRIČA iza gegova i set pisova (šonova romansa i familija), dok su ovde gegovi na tanji konac nanizani, i manje su smešni. nasmejao sam se glasno samo jednom, i još u vr' glave 5-6 puta onako, na kez.
u principu, anything goes koncept je ono što me UVEK izgubi, naročito ako film makar minimalno pretenduje da se dešava u nekoj prepoznatljivoj stvarnosti.
onog trena kad anđelo ujaše na konju, kreće anything goes, i ja počinjem da zevam.
inače, nisam zevao tijekom POINT BREAKA; štaviše, tokom njega sam se češće i SMEJAO a bio mi je i uzbudljiviji (iako repriza, dakle znao sam 'šta će biti'): PB uspeva da 'proda' svoj preposterousness; HF nije uspeo, bar meni.
jaka trojka je lepa ocena, ali sa konkurencijom koja se očekuje do kraja godine, nisam siguran ni da će izdržati da ostane u mom top-10 za 2007.

[Ghoul]

a javlja mi se da ću – kad smo već kod bućkuriša svega i svačega – mnogo više da uživam u 3. delu PIRATA S KARIBA, gde je preterivanje ne samo ključni deo koncepta (swashbuckling!), nego je i daleko preteranije i oku prijatnije u svojim giga-mega extravagancijama.

moraću da pojedem ove svoje reči: III deo PIRATA me je ostavio skoro-hladnim, i upadljivo je najslabiji deo od dosadašnjih.
overkill-overload-overachieving; ne znam da li su gora prva 2 sata u kojima se ništa zanimljivo ne dešava ili završnih 50ak minuta u kojima se izdešava toliko toga, na takav način, da me nije bilo briga nizašta i nizakoga i samo sam čekao odjavnu špicu da izađem na vazduh.
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[Tex Murphy]

Priključio sam se civilizovanom svijetu i pogledao Hot Fuzz. Ghoul je očigledno pojeo svoje riječi sa otvaranja ovog topika, ali meni je ovaj film FE-NO-ME-NA-LAN i nešto na šta nemam apsolutno nijednu zamjerku. Doduše, hell, ja sam oduvijek bio easily amused.
Elem, ono što mi je prijalo u ovom filmu je nekoliko stvari. Prvo, ko što reče Ghoul, film je pravi bućkuriš od nabacanih stvari, od komedije preko drame i akcije do vesterna i horora, ali sve ono što njemu (Ghoulu) nije leglo, meni je savršeno prijalo. Odnosno, čini mi se da iako film u sebi sadrži sve i svašta, da je vrlo pažljivo napisan i režiran, sa kontrolom nad svakim detaljem. Meni je npr. plot twist sa sektom bio jednostavno hilarious. Inače (digresija), nisam prepoznao Pitera Džeksona i Kejt Blanšet,ali mnogo mi je krivlje što nisam ni Billie Whitelaw, najstrašniju ženu koja se ikad pojavila u filmu (jeste, meni je strašnija i od Sadako). Dalje, hvala nebesima da konačno imamo film gdje nema kenjanja - ljudi odmah sa prvim scenama prelaze na stvar i onda se stvari dešavaju i dešavaju i dešavaju i nema ni trunke odmora sve do samog kraja. Dakle, iako traje skoro dva sata, NIJE predug i nema potrebe za montažerskim makazama (nisam vjerovao da ću ovo da kažem).

Doduše, moguće je i da je moje oduševljenje prouzrokovano prilično niskim očekivanjima, pošto nisam kerovao mač za Shaun of the Dead. Bio mi je OK, ali ništa spec. Speaking of that, za ovaj film je bilo vrlo bitno i kako će da tretira Dire Straitse. Shaun je imao jednu debilnu šalu na račun ove fenomenalne grupe koja mu je značajno smanjila ocjenu (šala, ne grupa). Ovde, pak, imamo duhovitu upotrebu benda - nakon što su obezglavljeni glumci koji igraju Romea i Juliju, Timoti Dalton dolazi na crime scene, dok mu u autu trešte - Dire Straits, pjesma Romeo and Juliet. A kasnije je bio Arthur Brown.

I ta pusta videospotovska režija - funkcioniše. Naravno, ovo ne umijem da elaboriram pošto sam filmski neobrazovan. Ali reći ćemo da nekako pojačava dinamičnost i čini pojedine događaje efektnijima, za razliku od drugih filmova gdje manje sposobni režiseri iz čista mira ubrzaju scene i naprave bućkuriš gdje uopšte ne možete da skontate šta kog đavola treba da se dešava u sceni.

Inače, čisto da napomenem, nisam se ni ja pretjerano smijao (ovo nije laugh-a-ton kao npr. There's Something About Mary), ali mislim da to nije ni bio cilj, tj. da se ovde humor zasniva na tome da se veeeeelika zavjera (slična onoj iz filma Skeletons sa Ronom Silverom) prikaže kao nešto totalno blesavo. A sviđa mi se recimo i kako naš heroj dolazi do zaključka da je Timoti Dalton kriv za sve, tj. svi oni hintovi koji ga navode na to podsjećaju me na scenu iz The 'Burbs kad Tom Henks ima košmar u kojem se na totalno uvrnut način rekapituliraju razni događaji iz ranijeg dijela filma.

Ubrzo moram da spavam, pa ću sad da umuknem.

[Milosh]

Spaced > Shaun of the Dead > Hot Fuzz, ali sam svejedno uživao; Wicker Man fazon sa sektom mi je fenomenalan, Point Break scena koju jedan od gl. junaka prvo citira, a kasnije (potpuno neusiljeno) doslovno proživljava je čista genijalnost. Epilog mi je nekako višak, film je ipak manje komedija od Shauna (kome romcom struktura ipak ide u prilog), likovi (glavni) su manje zanimljivi od onih iz Spaced ili Shauna, ali sve u svemu 4 (a na drugo gledanje možda i više)

[BladeRunner]

Čisto da oživim ovaj topik, jer sam film odgledao prije par dana i jako mi se dopao. Najveći kvalitet filma je što svako naredno gledanje može samo da mu poveća ocjenu. Na drugo gledanje sam otkrio buljuk detalja koji su mi promakli, od kojih bi izdvojio scenu u kojoj je banda posmatrača komšiluka zatvorena, policajci ih slikaju za dosije, a čovjek sa šeširom (koga su dva puta upucali u nogu) ne može da drži ravnotežu i padne. Najdraži likovi u ovom ludom filmu su mi Andrews detektivi (dio kad se brat detektiv vrati u kadar mi je bila za glasan smijeh), kao i tri policajca sa početka (a i razgovor sa bivšom je suvo zlato). Jaka preporuka, mada znam da su ga svi odgledali. 9/10 i pozdrav.

[crippled_avenger]

Dejan Tončić koji igra Policajca Anđelića u AGENCIJI ZA SIS je veliki fan HOT FUZZ...