We take Pete’s car, we drive over to Mum’s, we go in, take care of Philip, then we grab Mum, we go over to Liz’s place,
hole up, have a cup of tea and wait for this whole thing to blow over.
bring her back here, have a cup of tea and wait for this whole thing to blow over.
grab Liz, go to the Winchester, have a nice cold pint, and wait for all of this to blow over.
Shaun of the Dead(2004)
That face when you realize that Shaun of the Dead itself is now old enough to go to The Winchester, have a nice cold pint, and wait for this whole thing to blow over…
I just watched Hot Fuzz again and I need to talk about it.
The writers for Hot Fuzz have said several times that Nicolas originally had a female love interest but she took up too much time without being connected to the murder plot so they removed her completely and instead gave her core dialogue and scenes to Danny, making him the love interest.
The movie constantly makes connections between Danny and Nicolas’ ex-girlfriend. For example, she complained about Nicolas forgetting her birthday so later on Nicolas panics when nobody told him it was Danny’s birthday. She told him he has to find someone he can love more than work and by the end he chose Danny over working in London. He gifts Danny flowers and wins him a stuffed toy. They spend the night out together followed by Danny inviting Nicolas home. They have a romantic theme that only plays during their emotional scenes. We even see the exact moment Nicolas realise he’s in love with Danny when the old lady asks if he’s buying flowers for a special someone and he says “….Yes” with a shy little smile.
The only thing missing is an actual kiss but in the Cornetto trilogy romantic relationships are rarely sealed with a kiss. In Shaun of The Dead the main romantic couple Shaun and Liz never kissed once and they had as much physical contact as Nicolas and Danny.
It’s funny to watch this movie and realise it has more queer content than some more modern movies and shows that are hailed as good queer media.
Like, I’ve never heard anyone accuse Hot Fuzz of queerbaiting but because it treats Nicolas and Danny’s relationship the same way most movies treat straight romances in the genre (it was literally originally written as a straight romance) people just didn’t notice it was a queer movie or thought it was a joke on homoerotic buddy cop movies. If it came out today it would absolutely be on the queer movie list.
Cuban Fury Directed by James Griffiths Screenplay by Jon Brown (based on an original idea by Nick Frost) UK, 2014
Watched on 10th June 2014 First viewing
Cuban Fury is exactly the kind of underdog dance-based rom-com you would expect from Nick Frost. Nick Frost plays Bruce, an underachieving office worker who abandoned his childhood passion for salsa dancing after being bullied. When he discovers that his attractive new boss is a salsa dancer, his passion for Latin rhythm is reignited.
It has a decent cast, including Rashida Jones as the object of Frost’s affections, Chris O'Dowd as his obnoxious (extremely obnoxious) colleague / love rival, Olivia Colman as his cocktail-waitress sister / former dance partner, and Ian McShane as his hoary mentor. You can imagine exactly the kind of film such a plot and cast would produce, right? Well you’re not wrong.
