I am a massive Simon Pegg and of Sci-fi so I couldn't wait to see this.
At first I thought I was watching the wrong movie as there didn't seem to be any apocalyptic happening or aliens or anything really interesting. Instead I got a story about some old school friends getting back together; one of them having some unknown troubles and obviously hadn't 'moved on'. I was a bit disappointed at first but within minutes I was engrossed. The characters are great, the acting great, it is funny, charming and captivating. The English quirky nuances that become so important when you hit a certain age are explored with great skill. I felt like I had found a lost, extremely good, episode of 'Spaced'.
Then the Sci-fi hose was turned on and the movie spins on its heels and dives straight down the toilet.
The carefully crafted characters spend the next (very long) forty minutes in a Tom and Jerry cartoon, twating people over the head with frying pans and diving through windows. Where the physical elements were well handled and funny in 'Shaun of the Dead' and 'Hot Fuzz' here they are just puerile and tedious. The film has no where else to go so the characters just shout a lot, this some how brings a conclusion to the film.
Great front end, rubbish back end.
At first I thought I was watching the wrong movie as there didn't seem to be any apocalyptic happening or aliens or anything really interesting. Instead I got a story about some old school friends getting back together; one of them having some unknown troubles and obviously hadn't 'moved on'. I was a bit disappointed at first but within minutes I was engrossed. The characters are great, the acting great, it is funny, charming and captivating. The English quirky nuances that become so important when you hit a certain age are explored with great skill. I felt like I had found a lost, extremely good, episode of 'Spaced'.
Then the Sci-fi hose was turned on and the movie spins on its heels and dives straight down the toilet.
The carefully crafted characters spend the next (very long) forty minutes in a Tom and Jerry cartoon, twating people over the head with frying pans and diving through windows. Where the physical elements were well handled and funny in 'Shaun of the Dead' and 'Hot Fuzz' here they are just puerile and tedious. The film has no where else to go so the characters just shout a lot, this some how brings a conclusion to the film.
Great front end, rubbish back end.