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[bestfishes]

I just saw Hot Fuzz tonight and it BLEW MY MIND. I haven’t seen a movie that good since Children of Men. Completely different films, disparate in every way but one: they both kicked serious cinematic posterior. I would go so far as to say I enjoyed the former more than the latter. Just goes to show nothing beats great comedy. I came out of the

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[katie_puhtaytee]

The senate retreat skit was an instant classic itself, Ross.

And yay! I've heard nothing but good things about Hot Fuzz; I can't wait to see it. That team of writers/actors is always ridiculously wonderful, even in off-the-cuff interviews.

And doubly awesome that we both like Children of Men...I bought it yesterday, woo. One of the best films I've seen all year.

Granted, I didn't see that many films this year. But still.

[littlearkangel]

"Hot Fuzz" was that good, eh? I was really on the fence about seeing it, because I thought the trailer was pretty lame. But now I may reconsider...you think I'd like it?
-O

[elusiveavocado]

The brilliance of Evil Dead was in the staging. It's burlesque- in a completely different tone of comedy than BbB. If you persist in blackening its good name, I will be forced to defend it, with the chainsaw attached to my wrist.

You want to discuss? Let's discuss.

[bestfishes]

Defend away. I know that I can't judge a musical merely by its soundtrack, and there were definitely songs where I thought, "I bet you have to see this song staged to really get it." Still, I was left underwhelmed and dissapointed by a lot of the songs. I got to admit though, I've been listening to the show all day and it's growing on me. I didn't really like "Cabin in the Woods" at first, but it's slowly burrowing itself snugly into my brain.

Also, I hope my little blurb didn't lead you to believe that I thought Evil Dead: The Musical and Brick by Brick were at all congruent in tone. I mean, sure, they are both macabre horror-musicals, but Evil Dead: The Musical is obviously much lighter and, as you said, "burlesque" in tone. It's just, I'm a big fan of the film series and I thought the soundtrack seemed to be saying the whole time, "look at us, we're an Evil Dead musical! Isn't that funny?" It was as if the show were coasting on its built-in appeal rather than acknowledging that appeal and still being a great piece of musical

Re: You want to discuss? Let's discuss.

[elusiveavocado]

Whooooa. Hold up. Sweeney Todd is not campy. Its not. When a production is campy, they're doing it wrong. Anthony and Joanna are meant to start out mildly campily, but then the dark forces of the plot mess with that, and they're forced to have deeper, more empathetic reactions