this is the tightest comedy dialogue ever 

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I honestly believe that Hot Fuzz's script will become a goto for film classes in future years. It's perfect. Every single line of dialogue either advances the plot or sets up a gag, if it isn't doing both at the same time.

There are layers upon layers upon layers of callbacks in the Cornetto Trilogy. What Wright/Pegg/Frost achieve in them is beyond hilarious - comedy as art.

I love how even though the lines repeat/mirror, nothing feels artificial or stilted. Everything feels like something that would just be said normally. And that's art.

I love the detail where it turns out Shaun is the one that keeps leaving the door open not ed. when Shaun goes to the shop in the morning he leaves the door open and the one armed zombie gets in because of it.

Shaun of the dead and hot fuzz are completely untouchable in my eyes

I’ve loved Edgar Wrights comedy since spaced and I love how he juggles the likability of the characters and the comedy. Paired with purposeful direction and well thought out funny characters I can’t think of one project of his I have disliked.

I still think that Hot Fuzz is the tightest of the trilogy, with the callbacks truly perfect.

The way Nick Frost just collapses through the fence in Hot Fuzz is top-notch physical comedy

Ah yes, it is in every Video Essayist’s destiny to make a video about the great Edgar Wright. It warms the heart.

I love the writing as he's flicking through channels and the snippets of sentences make one long sentence telling the real story

Good lord... I think I've seen this movie nearly 20 times and you still managed to show me new parallels that I'd never noticed before. HOW IS THIS MOVIE SO GOOD?

my favorite dialog-based callbacks are the ones that get recontextualized, like the "cock it" and the "glad somebody made it". there's a specific tragedy to the "i'll stop doing them when you stop laughing" "i'm not laughing" exchange being recontextualized from "i'm not laughing, that joke was stupid and i'm cheekily letting you know that" to "i'm not laughing, these are tears. i'm crying." some other dialog-based callbacks that i only noticed on later rewatches: - pete's "stop defending him, shaun! all he ever does is hold you back!" gets brought back by ed himself as his reasoning for shaun leaving him behind ("all i ever do is hold you back.") - the whole film, every time ed decides to leave to do something, he says "two seconds." every time. at the very end of the movie, after shaun tells liz he's going to pop into the garden to visit him in the shed, he says to himself "two seconds." that ones makes me tear up sometimes. - when liz first breaks up with shaun, she starts her spiel by saying "look, if i don't do something..." and shaun's only response is "what do you mean 'do something'?" and then later when shaun needs to drive the zombie hoard away from the winchester he says they'll follow them in unless he does something, and this time it's liz who responds "what do you mean 'do something'?" amazing film.

I've watched Shaun of the Dead probably several hundred times since it's release. Along with many of the movies Simon Pegg and Nick Frost star in, I truly believe they are the perfect comedic duo.

So basically this movie--which I actually rewatched a month or two ago--is even more brilliant than I thought it was. Half of those callbacks I didn't even notice.

Edgar's comedy is so quick and snappy, with such tightly woven plots and character beats that make for not only some of the funniest films I've watched, but also most heartfelt films too. With the jokes being so quick you pick up on them all, but different jokes hit you harder every time, maybe you'll notice something you missed last time, overall they're bloody brilliant. But hell, the repetition works phenomenally, it's done so well. Edgar Wright never misses. Spaced, Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Scott Pilgrim, World's Ends, Baby Driver and Last Night in Soho are all phenomenal. He's probably my favourite director cause his style works for so many film genres. Light-hearted low stakes shows, zombies, cop drama, comic adaptation, sci-fi apocalypse, heist and supernatural timetravel, he's so dynamic and seems to hit every beat he needs to and then some. Love everything I've watched of his and look forward to the future

The easiest way i can describe the comedy in these movie are comfy level of humor. The chemistry with everyone and how the joke lands make these movies timeless classic, i wish to see more Simon Pegg in future. Its sad he is not in the movies anymore as main lead.

One of the most competently achieved productions in the history of cinema. There isn't a single word or frame that isn't *entirely* required, relevant or referential Top 3 British movies of all time - absolute perfection

Shaun of the Dead is one of those movies that always makes me feel better. I've watched it so many times with family and friends it just radiates with that warmth of familiarity mixed with nostalgia.

God I love Spaced. That whole team is amazing, everything they do is fantastic

Okay, this is the only zombie thing I might watch because you really sold it.

i’ve always thought this every time i watch this movie. no movie has done comedy this perfectly before or since.

I think my late husband got a copy of it out of a Wal-Mart bin after someone he worked with recommended it. We didn't know what we were going to watch, other than something zombie-related (which we both agreed was getting pretty old because everything was zombie-related at the time). But we laughed the whole way through and absolutely loved it. It became an instant favorite.

When I first saw Hot Fuzz on its release, I thought it was too long. It's 20 minutes longer than Shaun of the Dead, and generally speaking comedies don't really need to be over 100 minutes. But Hot Fuzz is just so, so packed with these cross-references, set-ups, call-backs etc. that its rewatchability is off the charts and it's now my favourite of the three.

I could be wrong, but I feel like this video was also a nod to Every Frame a Painting.

Watching SPACED is kind of like a rite of passage for all university students in the UK. Well, at least it was in my day before tiktok and nonsense podcasts. It''s fcking phenomenal.

Great breakdowns! I'm sooo glad they didn't remove that 2nd long shot. IMHO that one is key to the identity of the movie and its parallels to leading a "zombie" life, going through the motions. It 100% needed to be in there to parallel the first walk to the store. One of the best zombie movie starts out there.

I've seen Shaun of the Dead probably 20 or 30 times. It is the most incredibly tight script. Full of foreshadowing, callbacks, double entendre. Absolutely brilliant.

I went and watched this film again last night only because I saw you were uploading this today and I wanted it fresh to appreciate the little details even more.

In film class in 2007, people were asked what their favorite movie was. I said Sean. Everyone groaned because it was a "zombie movie." I said, it's a romance, comedy, horror, action, social commentary, brilliant dialogue and perfect direction. Edit: For those wondering, calling it Sean is an inside joke between me and my friends based on how they changed certain things for American audiences, like "drunk" instead of "pissed." So, change Shaun to Sean and turn it back. It's just a joke.

All 3 films from the Cornetto Trilogy are phenomenal. Yes the worlds end doesn’t get the same praise as the first two and I can understand why, but all 3 are epic.

SECOND TIME watching this vid. I love how well everything in this is so succintly arranged - its the perfect intro for a 3-hour video essay on what makes the movie great that doesnt need to exist. Great thesis. Great summary. Great abstract. Ace work. Nailed it

this trilogy is one of my favorites. Especially Hot Fuzz, that one is so rewatchable

Cinemastix really is the successor to Every Frame A Painting. I remember the the video from him who made his Edgar Wright visual comedy video.

I love this channel so much. Really makes me appreciate film more than I already do with each video.

Just watched this again last weekend, and now here you have a video on it. Nice.

Edgar weight is my favorite film maker because of this shit. He puts so much love and detail into every single thing he does. Nothing is ever random or just a coincidence.

Easily one of my favorite films, and thankfully holds up (near) timelessly

It is amazing how rewarding a set up and callback like the ones in Wright’s films can feel. My personal favourite’s from Scott Pilgrim. Scott: I can never beat Nega Ninja. Knives: Don’t beat yourself up about it. *cut to end of the movie, Nega Scott appears, Scott wins by not fighting.

This channel has reignited my passion in film. Your videos are very insightful and knowledgeable!

This is really great! Thank you! Spaced was really great as are pretty much all of the movies mentioned referenced. I didn't realize that there were so many levels of call backs and references.

I love Hot Fuzz and Shawn of the dead. So much nostalgia with these movies, i watched it with my friends when i was still in high school.

Going just off the title of this video and the thumbnail, I already agree with every assertion in this video. Shaun of the Dead is magical. Brilliant dialogue and direction. MasterClass.

This channel always manages to point out things I've never noticed about my favorite films. Big help while I study for my cinema degree!

I've just discovered your channel today, and I've just watch three straight videos and breakdowns. I'm hooked.

I've caught a few of these lately and really like them. Short, enjoyable and enlightening. For me there will never be a better movie than Hot Fuzz. It was the first of the Cornetto Trilogy that I watched. I watched Shaun of the Dead later and although I like it, it took me a couple of viewings to warm totally to it. As I said short with very succinct scene breakdowns.

This, in part, feels like a love letter to the DVD extras for the movie. I recognize all of them and they almost feel as nostalgic as the movie.

It is a comedy, a zombie movie parody, and a straight zombie film at the same time.

Thanks heaps for putting this together. Greatly appreciate you pointing out this great stuff.

Simon and Nick are the coolest .. can't get enough of their comedy .. love their banter and delivery everytime. ✌

Dude, that "where can I smoke?" line is one of those hysterical but absolutely legitimate questions.

Recently rewatched and i still miss some of these. Reminds me a bit of 'In Bruges' where every rewatch i catch some other small detail/event that affects the outcome in drastic ways.

Kudos on the video, man! I LOVE the Cornetto trilogy and happened across this vid. Well done!!

I adore all of Edgar Wright's stuff man. The cornetto trilogy is a slice of fried gold.

Hot Fuzz has been my favorite movie since 2007, obviously, and together with Spaced and Shaun of the Dead it represents so much of what I love about cinema and comedy.

Thank you for picking up the tour h that Every Frame A Painting left behind! Loved that channel and I love this one too.

Such an incredible group of comedic writers and actors. I got to meet these guys in the mid- oughts during a junket for Shaun of the Dead, incredibly nice and incredibly funny.

This video is essentially every point I want to make to people when I tell them _"Shaun Of The Dead is like someone made the perfect movie for me"_ (which, sidenote, is crazy since I've always hated zombie flicks until recently) Fantastic work, stellar as always

these films, and the people who made them what they are, made me glad I stayed alive for this long. It's truly something golden, and glad I got to witness it with everyone else.

I love everything about the cadence of your storytelling.

The cast, script and timing are impeccable. I love these movies.

It’s still one of the greatest films I’ve ever seen. It’s the culmination of all that hard work they put into Spaced that comes together cinematically to create a movie that really is a gem from its time. I remember being so excited to see it when it came to the cinema and it definitely did not disappoint. Great video!

This is one of the very few zombie movies I've ever enjoyed. Hilarious af.

Edgar Wright is pure talent, it's common for the writing or the acting in a movie to steal the show but Edgar's movies are so special for their direction. Everything from the choreography, to the camera shots, to the music choices and the delivery is all a joy to watch :D

I seriously need to watch this again, because I missed a lot of these call backs ! I seriously need to rewatch this again because I don't remember half of those outtakes.

I truly do look forward to my Saturdays because of cinemastix uploads

I thought you were going to make it through the entire video and not mention/reference the TV news clips hinting at the plot, one of my favorite subtle details. Saved it right at the end.

Great video. Great analysis. Huge fan of this movie, and I learned a few things I hadn't noticed before. Thanks

Shaun of the Dead has always been my favorite of the trilogy. What a great showcase of it! Thank you

If you're reading this, you need to watch Spaced.

I love Edgar and hope he gets to make whatever he wants be I really want more comedy movies like these. Baby driver was fun too. But these “low budget” smaller movies are the best of his imo. Give us more Edgar!

Amazing analysis of one of my fave films! Great pick

Absolutely fantastic breakdown. Shaun of the Dead was on of the few films I bought twice. On DVD and later Blu-ray.

Great film. One of my favourite visual jokes not mentioned here was when the group was making their way down a back lane and encountered a group with essentially the same characters in the same sequence.

I had this movie on while my mom did laundry in the back room, she ended sitting down and watching the whole movie with me. We had a great laugh together until the end of the movie

Absolutely LOVE these two together!

It’s just so good! Shawn and hot fuzz ate still my top wtf comedy. Just great work, and brilliant writing.

I find the fence gag in the World's End (the weakest in the trilogy) to be the best gag, the slightly elongated "On no", being a great full stop to it.

Sean of the Dead was genius. My uncle and I went at the opening expecting a horror film for Halloween. What a shock that was.

I’ve always loved Pegg & Frost’s output. Spaced was a classic of its period, 20 something life in 90s urban England distilled to its essence! And SotD and Hot Fuzz were ace too - unlike anything else being filmed at the time.

Absolutely loved Spaced. Fantastic characters and hilarious fast paced comedy. Some in jokes with the burning of all the Star Wars memorabilia - subtle but brilliantly observed. Another great effort is "Phone Shop". which came out a couple of years later.

I love this movie so much. I cam watch it over amd over again, and have done so since I first saw it as a tween well over a decade ago. I showed it to my girlfriend and she just doesn't get it at all. Tragic.

Never gets old. That and Hot Fuzz (Which you should do too). I'm sorry, no... *I'm sorry*

So good! The movie and this retrospective!

One of my favorite movies of all time! Thanks for this

How do you rehearse comedy that much without completly losing it and wanting to rewrite everything because you said it so much you can't even see how it was ever funny anymore in the first place?

So thankful to have grown up with so many amazing movies. This and hot fuzz will always hold a special place in my heart

So glad you’ve done Sean of the Dead! What a movie and what justice you’ve done:)

This is still one of my favourite films ever. The visual beats, call backs or repeats are so funny when he does it. Makes a lot of American dialog based comedy look quite stale tbf

I love the trilogy so much. Shaun of the dead is such a well crafted movie. rewatched it recently when I am now older and the subtle social commentary and relatability impressed me. Need to rewatch hot fuzz. That scene with the grandma getting dropkicked was so funny I was crying when I first saw it. At worlds end is also quite relatable if your from a boring small town in the uk.

One of my favorite shows... I'm so glad someone has cast some light on this woefully underrated show...

Bros channel is literally just stating the obvious.

Love the whole trilogy of films and yet somehow I missed the fence callback reference until you pointed it out lol

I rented SotD just after it came out on video not knowing anything about it. Absolutely laughed and jump scared through the entire thing. I couldnt believe how brilliant it all worked. One favorite part was the channel surfing moment where the entire zombie saga is described by all the different selected scenes on the channels.😂

Loved this film when it came out and in some ways it gets better with age. Really enjoyed your perspective on the call-backs. Beautiful example of film making.

Well this is fvxking splendid work. Thank you

To this day, whenever someone ask me if I want anything from the shop, my first response is always ‘Cornetto’

My favorite part of the shop walk is when he slips after we see the handprint on the cooler!!😆😆 my daughter just had her 20th birthday yesterday and she got a right you are my love tattoo!! 😁😁

That category of movies that I just can't turn off if I suddenly stumble across them. Even this one video

Thanks for pointing out these details ❤❤❤❤❤❤