The Blood and Ice Cream AKA The Cornetto Trilogy
Posted by Itheliving 12 years, 2 months ago to Movies
The Blood and Ice Cream Trilogy Aka Three Flavors Cornetto Trilogy / All three parts rated R for bloody violence.
At the time I set out to see The World’s End with Simon Pegg (currently the Star Trek series engine-room man “Scotty”) I didn’t know the film was the 3rd in some kind of trilogy. The trilogy started in 2004 with the film Shaun of the Dead, continued in 2007 with Hot Fuzz and culminates now with The Worlds End.
After spending Saturday, Sunday and Monday viewing them in order, I can tell you that it doesn’t make any difference what day of the week or in what order you see them. They represent works that have thematic connections, ensemble style casts and ongoing gags but the stories are unrelated per se. The actors do not play continuing characters in the three films. They have very little to do with ice cream although there is a lot of blood flowing. As for Cornetto brand ice cream, the connections are in sight but subtle and unimportant to anyone just out for a fun movie.
Let’s run through the trio. They all star the above mentioned Simon Pegg. Nick Frost is the co-star and other familiar actors show up in all the films in one way or another. They are all co-written by Pegg and director Edgar Wright. They are all British films, made in Britain and two of the three feature former James Bond portrayers.
In Shaun of the Dead, SP plays a simple electronics store salesman at odds with his girlfriend and unable to help his Mum as much as he would like to. He is a good person out to change these conditions. He has a lazy friend. who has been living off him for several years, does not work, plays endless video games and likes to eat and drink beer. This is Nick Frost. To cause extra problems the Zombie Apocalypse hits England and interferes with Simon’s plans. The movie is an entertaining and fun look at the Zombie films especially George Romero’s Dawn of the Dead and Day of the Dead. While fun for some to watch, there is a lot of Zombie blood and gore. Be warned.
In Hot Fuzz, SP plays a citation winning London Bobby sent down to a small village so he won’t spoil the career of everyone else in the Police Department. In the village he runs into Nick F. again who is a local Constable and the son of the Police Chief. Soon an ax murderer, dressed as the Grim Reaper, starts the bloodletting . There is more going on here than meets the eye. Besides spoofing the serial killer films it is also a great imitation of the cop/buddy films, culminating in slow motion lead (incredible and unbelievable amounts) flying around in slow motion during the BIG shoot out.
The World’s End is about a group of 5 pals from a small village who 20 plus years ago attempted to go through all 12 of the villages pubs, drinking a pint plus in each one. The opening and very funny montage highlights this epic quest. The story then moves to 20 years in the future (today) and brings the 5 middle age guys back to the village to try once again to complete the quest and make it to the final pub known as The Worlds End. Like the other two films, more than a big bender is in store. This time it’s space aliens in the form of blue blooded robots which now reside in the city. It’s a lot like Invasion of the Body Snatchers from either 1956 or 1978 with better effects and more fun. You can take the film title seriously.
Both Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz are available in BluRay in a 2 disc set for under $10 total. The World’s End is now in theaters.
Rated SOTD 3.0 out of 4.0, HF 3.3 out of 4.0 and TWE 3.6 out of 4.0. BEWARE the bloody violence in all three films. Pick up a package of Cornetto Ice Cream cones if you can find them. Get the red, blue and green ones as they are relevant to the films. Cornetto Cones rated 3.5 yummy’s
At the time I set out to see The World’s End with Simon Pegg (currently the Star Trek series engine-room man “Scotty”) I didn’t know the film was the 3rd in some kind of trilogy. The trilogy started in 2004 with the film Shaun of the Dead, continued in 2007 with Hot Fuzz and culminates now with The Worlds End.
After spending Saturday, Sunday and Monday viewing them in order, I can tell you that it doesn’t make any difference what day of the week or in what order you see them. They represent works that have thematic connections, ensemble style casts and ongoing gags but the stories are unrelated per se. The actors do not play continuing characters in the three films. They have very little to do with ice cream although there is a lot of blood flowing. As for Cornetto brand ice cream, the connections are in sight but subtle and unimportant to anyone just out for a fun movie.
Let’s run through the trio. They all star the above mentioned Simon Pegg. Nick Frost is the co-star and other familiar actors show up in all the films in one way or another. They are all co-written by Pegg and director Edgar Wright. They are all British films, made in Britain and two of the three feature former James Bond portrayers.
In Shaun of the Dead, SP plays a simple electronics store salesman at odds with his girlfriend and unable to help his Mum as much as he would like to. He is a good person out to change these conditions. He has a lazy friend. who has been living off him for several years, does not work, plays endless video games and likes to eat and drink beer. This is Nick Frost. To cause extra problems the Zombie Apocalypse hits England and interferes with Simon’s plans. The movie is an entertaining and fun look at the Zombie films especially George Romero’s Dawn of the Dead and Day of the Dead. While fun for some to watch, there is a lot of Zombie blood and gore. Be warned.
In Hot Fuzz, SP plays a citation winning London Bobby sent down to a small village so he won’t spoil the career of everyone else in the Police Department. In the village he runs into Nick F. again who is a local Constable and the son of the Police Chief. Soon an ax murderer, dressed as the Grim Reaper, starts the bloodletting . There is more going on here than meets the eye. Besides spoofing the serial killer films it is also a great imitation of the cop/buddy films, culminating in slow motion lead (incredible and unbelievable amounts) flying around in slow motion during the BIG shoot out.
The World’s End is about a group of 5 pals from a small village who 20 plus years ago attempted to go through all 12 of the villages pubs, drinking a pint plus in each one. The opening and very funny montage highlights this epic quest. The story then moves to 20 years in the future (today) and brings the 5 middle age guys back to the village to try once again to complete the quest and make it to the final pub known as The Worlds End. Like the other two films, more than a big bender is in store. This time it’s space aliens in the form of blue blooded robots which now reside in the city. It’s a lot like Invasion of the Body Snatchers from either 1956 or 1978 with better effects and more fun. You can take the film title seriously.
Both Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz are available in BluRay in a 2 disc set for under $10 total. The World’s End is now in theaters.
Rated SOTD 3.0 out of 4.0, HF 3.3 out of 4.0 and TWE 3.6 out of 4.0. BEWARE the bloody violence in all three films. Pick up a package of Cornetto Ice Cream cones if you can find them. Get the red, blue and green ones as they are relevant to the films. Cornetto Cones rated 3.5 yummy’s
