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Very good until the robots

posted 9 years ago by tom-45-121783
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I watched this film knowing literally nothing about it other than simon pegg was in it. It had a great start with some well written characters. During the first part of the movie it was entirely character driven and could have gone somewhere interesting. Instead it seems like Pegg and Frost were given a big budget and decided they had to spend it all. Changing the film from a character driven story to an action driven film runined it. From the point the robots are introduced this film is terrible.

It's a shame, it could have gone somewhere fun and interesting.

[–] g_bob 9 years ago

Did you not see the previous 2 Cornetto films?

[–] jeghederbilal-59-260653 9 years ago

Completely agree, but having seen the other two movies in the trilogy, one could have guessed the movie was going to be “out there”. Still enjoyed the first act as well, but thought the ending was boring.

[–] Btheatrical 9 years ago

I find it comparable to From Dusk Till Dawn - it's better before the genre stuff kicks in.

[–] kodfish1985 9 years ago

agreed

[–] eimpson 9 years ago

could have gone somewhere interesting

You say this twice but offer no examples. After the initial conflict of "getting the boys back together" all of the other conflict is driven by the machinations of The Network. Without that all you would have is a movie about five friends drinking - any one of The Hangover movies.

Not to mention that the final confrontation with The Network was entirely based on character. Or did you not watch the whole thing?

[–] Mystery-fan 9 years ago

THIS

i felt exactly the same. The first half was very good, it was funny and entertaining. Lot of jokes were good.

Then when the robots started, i was waiting for some proper reason or explanation

But they just made some bull *beep* just to give the movie a second half which ruined it completely.

[–] alliemack30 9 years ago

In all of the Cornetto movies, something completely out of the ordinary is needed to jog the characters out of their monotonous lives. In Shaun of the Dead it is the zombies, in Hot Fuzz it is the NWA, and in The World's End it is the robots. It makes sense in the context of the trilogy.

Even if you hadn't seen the other films, the robots were meant to serve as a representation of the conformity of society (like the zombies and NWA). People grow up and fall into scripted roles that society or others plan for them and cease to be as reckless, as free, or as truly happy as they want to be. Some people do fine, sure, but Gary and his friends certainly weren't thrilled with the way their lives turned out. They needed a pretty huge push to jerk themselves out of their lives, and the robots were that push.

Plus, without the robots there is no way the guys would have stayed with Gary that long. They were ready to ditch him after pub 4, when he admitted he lied about his mom, and then the movie would have been just about Gary drinking himself to death by himself (as opposed to doing that same thing with his friends, which was his original plan).

[–] brunoafh123 9 years ago

"I watched this film knowing literally nothing about it"

Well, that's your own fault you were disappointed then, not the movie's. The entire point of the movie is that it's a sci-fi comedy. Calling it "terrible" because you didn't like that is pretty silly.

[–] Bldrnr 8 years ago

Have to agree, the movie was going so well until then. Just a bunch of old friends going on a pub crawl and then and as soon as the robots showed up all hell breaks loose...with really a depressing ending. Just a big ad for AA.

[–] nephihaha 8 years ago

Obviously you don't know really washed up alcoholics. It's no good.

By the way the meeting at the beginning is not AA but a psychiatric unit.

[–] ibbi 8 years ago

It's still a character driven movie. The idea that a movie can't be more than one thing at a time is a little sad.

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[–] wallacesawyer 8 years ago

Nah. It was just them drinking and talking. I was waiting for something far out to happen. The "Blanks" were a cool, creepy twist.

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