Edgar Wright’s The World’s End (Post-release)

Anyone notice that Timothy Dalton was in Hot Fuzz, the second movie, and then his Bond successor, Pierce Brosnan, was in the following movie?
 
I liked this film a lot but right now I do feel it is the least of the trilogy. This still makes it better than most movies though. I have to reserve final judgement after I see it again and believe me it is definately worth seeing again.
 
I finally saw The World's End today. I really enjoyed it, but I thought the "epilogue" at the end (roughly the last 4-5 minutes of the movie) felt tacked on even though it was appropriate for the story. Shaun of the Dead is still my favorite Pegg/Frost/Wright collaboration, but this one runs a close second.
 
Saw this today in an almost empty theater. I swear I've never laughed so hard at a movie in all my life. It was hilarious!! And if Avengers 2 needs a choreographer for fight scenes, they need to pay the guy who did TWE anything he asks for. They were that good! This movie is my favorite of the three! Loved Shaun of the Dead, and didn't really care for Hot Fuzz. GO SEE THIS NOW! I'm going to go back and see it this week, cuz I'm afraid of what I might have missed while I was laughing!
 
I saw this yesterday and enjoyed most of it as well. I really didn't care for Hot Fuzz so this one is a strong #2 behind Shaun of the Dead for me.

This movie was funny but also a little sad in regards to the main character. I kept thinking of a line Homer said in a Simpsons episode once "I've haven't changed since High School and suddenly I'm not cool?" I think this movie hit some personal notes with me as well since I'm turning 42 this year and have been hit with the feelings of lost youth that was so central to the movie.

I do agree that the last few minutes of the movie felt a little tacked on. It was almost as if they weren't quite sure how to wrap everything up and set "Screw it, let's do this..."
 
We saw it today, had a lot of fun. Shame the theater was damn near empty, there were maybe 10-12 people in there. It does have a different feel to it than the other two did, but I'd heard that before going in, so I wasn't put off in the slightest. A fitting wrap-up to the trilogy, but I certainly hope it's not the last time those three work together!
 
Jedi2016 said:
...A fitting wrap-up to the trilogy, but I certainly hope it's not the last time those three work together!
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Pegg, Frost, and Wright have pretty much confirmed in different interviews that this will be the last of the "Cornetto/Blood and Ice Cream" trilogy, but it won't be the last time they work together, so no worries.
 
Saw it last night, thought it was hilarious. The action felt really similar to the stuff in Scott Pilgrim, and I mean that as a compliment!
 
Saw it on Saturday. I'm torn regarding whether it's slightly better or slightly worse than Hot Fuzz (I was not a big fan of Hot Fuzz). I think I liked it better, but I reckon the script could have used a lot of work in terms of plot logic.

Still, I liked it enough that I'm putting together a Gary King cosplay outfit.
 
Lucky thrift store find with a ton of modification. It was single breasted with a standing collar.
 
Loved it! Though I've seen it like five times now. You really have to watch it several times to catch all that amazingly awesome dialog!!

I've been doing a cinema crawl of sorts. Seen it in a different theater each time. Though I don't think I'm gonna make it to all twelve...
 
I hope they put the trilogy in a box set before christmas as i want to get my dad all of them.
 
I know they're releasing a box set, it'll probably be out for the holidays, I'd imagine. I'm tempted, even though I already have HF on Blu-ray, just to have all three of them together.
 
Wanted to like this more than I actually did. The actor's are fine but it takes forever to get up on its feet and the parts are better than the whole. Needed ten minutes trimmed out. Pale compared to Sean.
 
Sorry if this has been repeated elsewhere since I cannot find my original reply, but this film felt... distant. Problem I have when you make a movie following a selfish a-hole doing things for his own selfish reasons with not a single care in the world is that I'm probably going to see him that way. Gary King is such an obnoxious unlikable character that I kept trying to think of reasons why this film is trying so hard to make me want to follow him. Even with his friends, I just felt really uncomfortable seeing him treat everyone like garbage the whole time and not being fazed at all about the possibility that his friends were murdered. Even going so far as to say that he likes the robot rendition of his friend better than the real one. Just, no.

I think Universal did me a favor when they released Sean and Fuzz on their limited edition Steelbook releases because since this movie doesn't have a steel book to match the newer ones, I don't have to worry about my set feeling incomplete.
 
I finally got a chance to see the film. I've got to admit, it's a really excellent film. I was quite surprised about how dramatic the film was when it comes to the third act (even more dramatic in mood than Shaun of the Dead's third act). Love the subtle nod to both Invasion of the Body Snatchers and John Carpenter's The Thing (seriously, how can you look at the Blank's glowing eyes and mouth and not notice how similar it looks to the movie poster for The Thing when they're at a distance?). I definitely recommend it for anyone who hasn't seen it. :)
 
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