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Post by mslo79 on Feb 26, 2017 4:14:02 GMT
I thought this would be a good topic/poll since both movies are on the same subject (end of the world), type of movie (straight comedy), and from the same year (from 2013).
I voted the 'Too close to call' option as both are a 6-6.5/10 for me (which makes them a bit shy of being amongst my favorite movies in general (or not much outside of my Top 199 movies, but within my Top 243 movies)) as overall it's pretty close for me either way.
i am curious to see what the users around here think.
but with that said... i think if i was forced to choose i might lean towards The World's End as i feel it's peak bits and pieces have a slight edge over This is the End.
p.s. i somewhat rarely started topics on IMDb's official forums, but i figured this would be something worth posting. i set the poll to close in a bit over 2 weeks from now.
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Post by moviemouth on Feb 26, 2017 4:23:37 GMT
This is the End is hilarious and entertaining.
The World's End is not.
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Post by mslo79 on Feb 26, 2017 4:41:59 GMT
moviemouthi wonder if where someone is from has an effect on what they find funny or not. are you from the UK or America (or somewhere else?)? because one is American and the other is British but i did not really want to mention this in the topic as i don't want people turning this into a 'America vs British' type of thing and i want their HONEST opinion on the movies regardless of where they are from etc. for the record... i am a American. p.s. The World's End is the only Simon Pegg/Edgar Wright(the director) collaboration i like (so far). the other two movies they had together are... Hot Fuzz (2007)(4/10 ; below average) and while i have not seen Shaun of the Dead (2004) i can't see myself thinking much of that given my gut feeling (but who knows, maybe ill give it a shot eventually).
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Post by rateater on Feb 26, 2017 4:43:47 GMT
the world's end
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Post by moviemouth on Feb 26, 2017 4:50:40 GMT
moviemouth i wonder if where someone is from has an effect on what they find funny or not. are you from the UK or America (or somewhere else?)? because one is American and the other is British but i did not really want to mention this in the topic as i don't want people turning this into a 'America vs British' type of thing and i want their HONEST opinion on the movies regardless of where they are from etc. for the record... i am a American. p.s. The World's End is the only Simon Pegg/Edgar Wright(the director) collaboration i like (so far). the other two movies they had together are... Hot Fuzz (2007)(4/10 ; below average) and while i have not seen Shaun of the Dead (2004) i can't see myself thinking much of that given my gut feeling (but who knows, maybe ill give it a shot eventually). I'm American. The World's End is Edgar Wright's worst movie if you ask me.
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Post by mslo79 on Feb 26, 2017 5:04:02 GMT
moviemouthOkay, thanks for the info. but i won't be surprised if i am in the minority because if you go strictly by the IMDb average ratings of the three movies they did together, they rank like this... 1.Shaun of the Dead (2004) - 8.0/10 average (411,200 votes) 2.Hot Fuzz (2007) - 7.9/10 average (366,926 votes) 3.The World's End (2013) - 7.0/10 average (195,655 votes) so i guess i would need to see Shaun of the Dead to make more of a official comment (which come to think of it, i think ill do this soon as it's worth rolling the dice on but given my opinion of the other two it could end up being fairly good or crap etc, but ill find out soon enough.)... but i don't see The World's End leaving the top spot of the three for me personally.
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Post by movielover on Feb 26, 2017 5:12:30 GMT
I've only seen This is the End, which I liked, so I'll vote for that one.
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Post by moviemouth on Feb 26, 2017 5:31:08 GMT
moviemouth Okay, thanks for the info. but i won't be surprised if i am in the minority because if you go strictly by the IMDb average ratings of the three movies they did together, they rank like this... 1.Shaun of the Dead (2004) - 8.0/10 average (411,200 votes) 2.Hot Fuzz (2007) - 7.9/10 average (366,926 votes) 3.The World's End (2013) - 7.0/10 average (195,655 votes) so i guess i would need to see Shaun of the Dead to make more of a official comment (which come to think of it, i think ill do this soon as it's worth rolling the dice on but given my opinion of the other two it could end up being fairly good or crap etc, but ill find out soon enough.)... but i don't see The World's End leaving the top spot of the three for me personally. I dislike Edgar Wright in general though. 1. Shaun of the Dead - 5.5/10 2. Hot Fuzz - 5/10 3. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World - 5/10 4. The World's End - 4.5/10
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Post by yezziqa on Feb 26, 2017 5:54:26 GMT
The world's end indisputably as it is witty and smart. This is the end is just silly and juvenile, americans can't make decent movies except when they make remakes of other countries movies, but you can't credit them for those copies.
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Post by Ashy Billiams on Feb 26, 2017 5:57:16 GMT
Both are nearly equal in my book, but the slight edge goes to This is The End based on laugh factor.
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Post by mslo79 on Feb 26, 2017 13:56:12 GMT
moviemouthWe are on the same page outside of The World's End... 1.The World's End (2013) - 6-6.5/10 2.Shaun of the Dead (2004) - 5/10 (Thumbs Down) 3.Hot Fuzz (2007) - 4/10 (below average) 4.Scott Pilgrim vs the World (2010) NOTE: i just finished seeing Shaun of the Dead (2004) as i waited til i finished it before making this reply to you. but anyways, Shaun of the Dead starts off a bit dull but hits it's stride about 25 minutes into the movie and is decent enough for a viewing. but in the end it's not a movie ill re-watch. yezziqaNot another American bashing post. *roles eyes* ; if you want to go down that route... i think when looking at movies as a whole us American's are quite a bit ahead of the rest of the planet. sure, i realize we all have our own preferences and that's fine but looking at the masses i think it's hard to argue against America being #1 all around. but with that said, to get back to the movies in the topic... i can see why you said what you said about the two movies as The World's End is a bit more sophisticated in it's feel/comedy style etc (basically what you said) where as This is the End is more vulgar/blunt/simple etc (basically close enough to what you said). but come to think of it... i did not mention in my initial post that a fair amount of the comedy in This is the End is not funny for me but this movie as a whole is still funny enough and works well enough to be not much outside of my favorite movies. so i agree with you on some level here even though overall the movies are really close for me either way on the whole like i mentioned in my initial post even though i think if i was forced to pick, like i was saying, i would likely give the slight edge to The World's End. from my best guess... assuming one of those movies falls off for me eventually as i age i would expect it to be This is the End before The World's End because of basically what you said probably is a bit safer for The World's End to be liked by a wider range of age groups where as with This is the End, given it's style of humor, i would imagine it's appeal is primarily amongst the young crowds. Ashy Billiamsso which did you vote for? 'Too close to call' or 'This is the End'? my best guess based on your wording there is you went with the 'Too close to call' option.
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Post by gadolinium on Feb 28, 2017 22:36:53 GMT
The World's End
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Post by poelzig on Feb 28, 2017 22:57:03 GMT
The world's end indisputably as it is witty and smart. This is the end is just silly and juvenile, americans can't make decent movies except when they make remakes of other countries movies, but you can't credit them for those copies. The world's end was neither witty or smart unless you're neither witty or smart. Since you're a sad little bigot it sort of explains why you're an idiot.
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Post by yezziqa on Mar 1, 2017 0:02:54 GMT
The world's end indisputably as it is witty and smart. This is the end is just silly and juvenile, americans can't make decent movies except when they make remakes of other countries movies, but you can't credit them for those copies. The world's end was neither witty or smart unless you're neither witty or smart. Since you're a sad little bigot it sort of explains why you're an idiot. Oh dear, someone is taking things way to personally. Is that logical? To hear critisism about movies (dead objects) and then attack a person (living objects)? I'll take it as you know I'm right, but you don't want to admit it. So what you are saying is: 1. A person bashes the US if the person bashes their films? 2. If a country throw a lot of money on trendy actors that look good and with no formal education or ability to act and spend even more on special effect etc except for on script that are good and interesting, the films that are produced makes them #1? Am I getting you right?
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Post by poelzig on Mar 1, 2017 0:20:44 GMT
The angry little bigot yezziqa said "Oh dear, someone is taking things way to personally. Is that logical? To hear critisism about movies (dead objects) and then attack a person (living objects)? I'll take it as you know I'm right, but you don't want to admit it."
It proves my point by being unable to grasp the concept of irony. It's not only a bigot but also either disingenuous, wallowing in self denial or both. Then again it has shown it's amazingly ignorant so perhaps it's so lacking in even the most informal of education that it doesn't realize how transparent it's bigotry is to everyone.
By the way sweetie, if I were taking any of your bitchy little comments personally I would be insulting you instead of just pointing out obvious facts.
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Post by shadylady21 on Mar 1, 2017 0:21:59 GMT
It was a tough choice, but Danny McBride stole the show in This is the end. I rewound his scenes more times than I care to share. Everything he does is pure gold!
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Post by ashverses on Mar 1, 2017 1:06:47 GMT
The World's End. Although I prefer Shaun of the Dead.
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Post by Ban on Mar 1, 2017 2:59:56 GMT
Like them both, but The Worlds End
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Mar 1, 2017 3:21:30 GMT
I voted for The World's End (2013). T'was a bit of a let-down after the brilliance of Hot Fuzz (2007) - which is my favourite comedy of the century - but I like Simon Pegg and the film was good for some chuckles.
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Post by mslo79 on Mar 1, 2017 8:23:17 GMT
yezziqa You said, "americans can't make decent movies except when they make remakes of other countries movies" ; that's where i got my American bashing post comments from specifically that comment you made. i just think it's hard to argue against America's output of movies as a whole as i think it's pretty clear cut that America is #1 all around vs everyone else as the vast majority of movies people remember (or called classics etc) seem to be largely American ones, especially amongst English speaking countries. also, "technically good acting" is not worth nearly as much as charisma/screen presence as those two are critical in my mind as it's basically what makes the huge stars stand out from everyone else, pretty much. those with the strong screen presence/charisma are the people who carry movies and you can't be taught this either as you either got it or you don't.
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