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The World's End or Shaun of the Dead?


Whenever a see a discussion on what's the best of the trilogy, it's pretty boring because basically everyone picks Hot Fuzz. So I thought it would be more interesting to compare the other two, as they're still really good movies even if they're not masterpieces like Hot Fuzz. I personally don't know which one I'd choose, maybe at the moment I'd go with The World's End, but I go so back and forth on these two that it ain't a sure thing. If anything I'll say that The World's End has much higher highs, but some real lows. I feel like a lot of the dialogue is too Marvel-esque if that makes sense, maybe a few too many quips that don't get a laugh out of me. But it also has probably the most powerful scene in the series, where it's revealed that Simon Pegg's character tried to off himself and that's why he was so reluctant to show his scars earlier. Plus, while Shaun of the Dead is just a solid fkn movie and is better paced, I don't think it gets any real laugh out of me.

And don't be that degen that says "actually Hot Fuzz isn't my favorite, I like X more". I don't give a fuck, this thread is asking you to compare the two movies in the title.

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Shaun of the Dead. I was fully interested and enjoying World's End until they decided to turn it into an invasion movie. Which wasn't all that good.
Hot Fuzz is the best of the three.

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Shaun of the Dead is my favorite out of the three, though I may be a bit bias because I enjoy zombie films. The World's End is absolutely the weakest of the three as well as the weakest Edgar Wright film. It was honestly kind of a let down after Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. The main character of Gary is a prick and has no real character development throughout the entire movie. I didn't find myself rooting for him at all.

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Yaaa its just not a tight film. They tried something new with the characters to mix is up. by making Frost the serious character and Pegg the joke. but it didnt work.

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ACTUALLY,HOT FUZZ ISN'T MY FAVORITE,I LIKE SHAUN OF THE DEAD MORE...GO FUCK YOURSELF.

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kys

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I've re-watched The World's End the least amount of times. So I think you can guess what my answer is.

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Just the method acting lesson and "Don't stop me know" make SofD a fucking awesome movie.
There haven't been that many comedies in the 21st century with two legendary scenes.

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