I always interpreted the ending not as Gary abandoning his friends for the Blanks and choosing to stay in the past, but Gary letting his friends go because he realized just how much of a toxic influence he was to them and going off on his own to recover, travelling with the Blanks for some companionship, and possibly because he doesn't trust himself enough to be on his own. The ending would've been a bit too bitter instead of bittersweet if it ended with Gary all on his own.
I interpreted the ending as Gary taking responsibility for the results of his actions. The Blanks of his friends wouldn't exist without his actions and he's guiding and protecting them in a world that hates them for what they are.
Those blanks are abandoned and left behind, completely alone and hated by everyone, much like Gary himself. So, they're all helping each other. While his human friends are living their own lives
Indeed, CinemaWins pointed out that Gary had clearly grown because he decapitated his blank younger self, something he'd never do usually. Why would he revert back to his old self out of nowhere, especially since he apologised, teary-eyed, on the hill, implying his change wasn't just heat-of-the-moment?
I interpreted it as something of both. He let his friends go because he realized that he is holding them back from whatever live they want to have, but on the other side he himself could not commit to that and so he kind of stayed in the past and stayed by the Blanks. In his mind it was too late for him to really start a own life so he took that one that was closest to his past.
An underlying character trait of Gary's that they show throughout the film is that he is genuinely really smart. He keeps coming out with these speeches that include historical information, uses sort-of Shakespearean language at times, and comes up with arguments his friends (including the actual lawyer) can't argue back to. He tells all the others that Andy is coming, and approaches Andy last knowing that he'll come now that he's convinced the others. Heck, even the scam of keeping the car in Peter's name and changing the address whenever he moved. It just all goes to show that he had so much potential, and could have easily found the same success as his friends. If he didn't develop this mental illness and crippling addiction. It adds so much to the tragedy.
Yes! I was trying to rank those films in my mind by different criteria an my heart wanted "The World's End" at the top by the reason could not compute. So it became my favorite but not objectively the best. It's the message and personal tone that got me in this one, "It's all I've got" and "I thought we were home" and "They tell me where to got to bed, me!" that pull the strings.
Considering the significant hate this one got on release, it's great seeing that with time many people are realising how absolutely genius World's End really is. Not the funniest of the trilogy but by far the most heart
It ranks third for me, I still massively enjoy it but the other two are just incredible films that resonated with me and links it to some happy times in my life.
The scene where Gary explains the car replacements has a dual meaning as well, the idea that you can swap every single component of the car and it still be considered the same car seems like a joke but really it’s a reference to the town and how almost every aspect of the town has been gutted in order for the blanks to gain control.
Ship of Theseus. But also, it happens naturally. Like the idea that you can never go back home, because either home has changed, you have changed, or both. It's why noone but Gary is initially disturbed by all the changes, because the more mundane answer is the more probable...things change all the time. [Edit: Oops, just noticed the video made this point at 23:48 ]
The moment when Gary almost punches the bathroom wall in the exact spot he punched it as a teenager was the most heart-wrenching scene for me. I think the B plot of this movie is far better than the main story. A portrait of a man realising he has nothing to offer his adult self...
Im sad that the garys line “they told me where to go to bed” isnt touched on. Thats always been my favorite line and as someone whose suffered from mental illness I understand the feeling. It also just works so well with his characterization that being told what to do hurts him deeply
Did he say "where"? I always thought it was "They told me When to go to bed!" But either way was very heart-wrenching and Simon acted the hell out of that scene.
“they told me where to go to bed” Assuming that's a typo. Being ordered to bed is a very annoying part of being an inpatient, Especially when you know that it's because staff on the night shift want to sleep rather than do their job. And if you go to bed too early, they wake you up to give you a sleeper... And _we're_ supposed to be the mad ones...
@@LG-cz6lsMy experience was that they are loud as fuck the entire night while everyone else is sleeping. They gave us sleep meds, but not enough to deal with their laughing, yelling and gossiping about the patients.
@@NobodysHome143 I was in the room next to the office once...bloody nightmare! Then there is the racket as they stomp up and down the ward, jangling their keys and laughing as they go... And when they do obs, they seem to delight in either shining a torch on your face until you move or, worse, opening the door to shine a torch on you then letting it slam shut. Try placing a towel or something over the top of the door so that it doesn't make a racket and they chuck it on the floor. Not all staff are key swingers, TBF. A minority aren't in it for the power they have over others, Some don't think that tormenting people who are unwell and highly likely to have experienced serious trauma is an amusing perk of the job. But too many are key swingers.
I especially like how Andy is set up as a rugby player, and as such, he's the only competent fighter amongst them. I feel like most other films would have portrayed him as pretty useless because of his weight, so I'm really glad they didn't go down that road. It's a minor point, but it's appreciated. Also Gary mentions Dutch courage, and sure enough, the more he drinks, the stronger he seems to be.
@@Yggdrasil42 Well Dutch courage is just historical. Dutch gin was used by the Dutch and the English to calm their nerves before battle in the Anglo-Dutch wars.
Hey, Nick Frost has range, now he's well known for his comedic roles but he does a good job with a straight laced character too. Also the rugby back ground was an interesting foreshadow.
One thing that was pointed out in another video, is that the flavour of Cornetto you see in each film is a flavour that colour-codes the wrapper depending on the overall theme of the film: Shaun of the Dead - Strawberry - Red - Zombies Hot Fuzz - Vanilla - Blue - Police The World’s End - Mint - Green - Aliens Very typical of Edgar Wright’s insane attention to detail.
If I remember right, it has nothing to do with that. They just used Cornettos in the first 2 films then got a gift from Cornetto so they added it into the third. I love giving edgar credit where he deserves, and similarly don't want his image overblown by overeager fans. If you expect the finest craftsmanship from a person in everything they do, you'll only be disappointed
An extra thought on the scene where they all prove they're not Blanks by showing scars from past injuries with Gary listing his friends' scars from injuries he caused (just because I've seen people say it's a "plothole" that Gary has a selective memory but can rattle off injuries from years ago): as well as tying into Gary's whole "stuck in the past" attitude, it actually ties back into his depression as well. Essentially, the fact that he exclusively focuses on instances where his friends getting hurt was down to him demonstrates that, while he has a selective memory on a lot of things regarding his friends, what he *does* remember are the times when he actively caused harm and was a danger to other people. And when you have depression, it causes you to focus on the most negative aspects of yourself and your behaviour; you remember things from years ago that literally no one else will remember or think about but where you know you did something wrong or have feelings of embarrassment associated with it. Same for the flashbacks at the start of the film - if you pay attention, the vast majority of them aren't just providing exposition and showing Gary to be an awful person, they're also focusing on Gary demonstrating harmful behaviour, either to himself or to those around him. And since Gary's narrating (despite what he's saying not always matching up with what we see), we can assume the flashbacks are his memories and/or are from his POV.
@@bleachers97 Oh no, as someone who does struggle with depression and considering the people making the film have repeatedly demonstrated in other films that pretty much everything is worth paying attention to, I can almost certainly guarantee that we *are* meant to read that much into it; it's just one more hint before the reveal of Gary's bandaged wrists and hospital tag that there's a lot more going on than Gary just being an irresponsible git who never grew up. Sure, his friends all clearly remember in broad strokes various awful things he did...but then they're not the ones who describe the injuries and how they got them; Gary "I can't remember what someone told me literally 2 seconds ago" King does.
Something I noticed about Gary is that he tends to forget stuff in the moment, but you can still tell he *cares* about his friends behind the self-absorption with what he does remember. Like his friend being in the school play.
that and his misguided attempt to help Peter when he was obviously upset. He tries to give advice based likely on what he’s been told in therapy about his own issues but then resorts to alcohol when it doesn’t work
I think this movie is an absolute masterclass in how genre fiction and literary fiction can be blended together. It's a wacky, comedic sci-fi film, but its heart is a largely universal story about Depression and loneliness and the inability to let go. It's part of why I think the end is a triumph for Gary--he rejects his past self, and is rewarded with some hint of the past without actually returning to it. He's not a positive influence on his friends--they've drifted apart, they have different priorities and values, and Gary was NEVER good for them except for a few shining moments like we see through the movie. He lets them live their lives, moving on from what he used to have. The Blank versions of his friends are a reminder of that past, but they AREN'T the same people, and narrow-minded Gary King getting sober to defend these 'robots' as their leader and protector--an actual positive influence--is a second chance to do things right. I saw this movie before either of the other two Cornetto trilogy, and I think it absolutely stands up on its own and is just as emotionally poignant
This film didn't sit with me when I first saw it 10 years ago at the age of 15. Now 10 years has passed. Having me and my friends all gone down our own paths and grown, there is something now weirdly bittersweet about this film that resonates with me waaaaaay more than it used to.
Something nobody ever points out in these types of videos: In the last shot of the movie, Gary's not dressed like a post-apocalypse cowboy. He's STILL dressed like Andrew Eldritch from Sisters of Mercy! I love this movie so much. It's endlessly funny, great music and action, Gary is a painfully nostalgic character for anyone who had a similar friend (a lot of us knew a charismatic dude in high school who seemed like he had so much potential but peaked as a teenager and mostly just pisses everyone off now), and it's got an appropriate melancholy to it the other films in the trilogy don't have. It FEELS like the end. I wish people could appreciate it. It's so full of feeling.
Absolutely adore this film, it may not be the funniest of the cornetto trilogy but it’s always been the most meaningful and profound to me. I’ve seen it countless times but you still managed to find things I’d missed and your take on it was fresh to me.
Oh! I also love how, at the beginning, they’re telling Gary that he’s late. “You said 3. It’s almost 4.” Then at the end of the scene the camera cuts to each of them in time with the bell chimes, showing it is indeed 4 o’ clock!
This is honestly my favorite film of the trilogy, the themes hit me in a more profound way than the other ones did, and the attention to detail they put into this movie is phenomenal. Definitely one of those films I love to revisit every so often just to appreciate it's craftsmanship.
I recently rewatched Paul from 2011 and it has the same vibe as the Cornetto trilogy. Although not written or directed by Edgar Wright, you can tell Pegg and Frost have worked with him a lot. Of course Simon Pegg wrote the trilogy, but it feels like Edgar was there on set somehow. Very funny and somewhat underrated movie I think.
I did not know The Network's 5 bar symbol was in the background everywhere, even the giant robots' face lights! No matter how many times I've watched this (my favourite of the trilogy) I see new things with every watch. Even ones that are only noticeable throughout the trilogy which are even harder to spot than the obvious running gags.
I don't see Gary choosing his younger friend's blanks as toxic. For a start, the movie says they all got separated at some point, and secondly it shows how Gary's life is finally starting from the point where it should have
Also I read a point in a other comment I liked: by choosing his younger friends, he finally lets go of his older ones and stops dragging them into his shit. Also this opens himself up for the possibility of maturing with them.
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When Gary says "Paint it red", it was actually foreshadowed at the ending where the town was completely red since it got destroyed.
I don't really like watching horror movies either but finally watched Soho last week because of Wright and it's more of an Edgar Wright movie than a horror movie and has probably the best long take he's done. Definitely a must watch for any Edgar Wright fan.
Edgar Wright is easily one of the best writer/director combos working today. Also one of the most unique and visually distinctive artists in film for the last 10-15 years. Every one of his films is an instant cult classic.
Even the licensed music is incorporated in the story. Step On by the Happy Mondays has a line about twisting my melon and Gary tells Andy later in the movie to twist the melon to take off a blank's head. Love this movie
@JoshSweetvale I don't think it's that nostalgia is bad, just don't get forget to be present and don't get lost in the past. It's a lot like addiction - if your able to do it sometimes without it impacting your life you should be fine, but if you find that you can't stop maybe it's time to just move forward.
I wish this movie got as much love as the others in the trilogy. Ive dealt with depression all my life and this movie really understands what it feels like to be so trapped within yourself.
great video but one small painful bit for a brit is it's a £20 note not a fiver!! keep up the great uploads it's always a good day when you have a CinemaWins Cornetto double act
This is just Hot Fuzz taken from the POV of the kids in the pub that was thrown out by the Police in Hot Fuzz.. they grew up. That town has a strange curse.. First it was Zombies (Shaun of the dead) , then HOA (Hot Fuzz) then Aliens (Worlds End)... All of these movies are connected which is why they are called the Cornetto Series.
Just a correction during 18:15, that's actually a £20 note. £5 notes are a light blue with small parts being a greenish blue, whereas £20 notes are a shade of purple with little parts being pink, seen in the 2nd shot with Gary holding the note ^^
I love what you said about change & it goes throughout the trilogy; Shaun's inability to change/grow outside of his routine, Nick not being able to change from that moment in the kid car/the Chief's inability to greive/change/grow along with time & his town & then Gary is self explanatory. This trilogy is AMAZING!!! Great work on your content too love all of it! Makes me want to watch the movies I haven't or not wanted to watch too!!!
Love how the aliens want them to 'relax' not only so they're easier to assimilate but also because any minor anger or sudden bar fight could easily destroy the Blanks.
The picture of Peter having disappeared in the last picture made me feel so unnerved- I’ve only noticed it now and it just works so well Also Gary’s ‘it’s all I’ve got’ hits so hard
Dude, you took out the "to er is human" punchline! He goes "...🤷" the shrug IS the punchline there and it's the hardest I've ever laughed in a movie before.
One thing I love is Simon pegg and nick frost both have one movie where their character has their life completely together one where their life is partially together and one where their life is a train wreck in the Cornetto trilogy. In hot fuzz Simon’s character is fully put together and Nick’s is partially together, in Shaun of the dead Simon’s character is partially together and nick’s is a train wreck, and in at worlds end Simon’s character is a train wreck and nick’s is fully put together.
@@philipreid2542 I watched this same video without the censoring just before this re-re-upload... so both are correct, if this video is years old ;) also, op may refer to both this and hot fuzz showing up on the same day :)
@@FulloutPostal fair points well made. sorry btw, didn't realise you hadn't tagged a user in your comment, so now I'm not sure if we're even talking about the same op 😆 (note to self - always double check when posting at 2/3 am)
Gotta get in a few of the corrections from the original upload: "oh crumbs" is a semi-common phrase in the UK, that's a 20 not a 5er, and Doombar is very much a real beer. I understand why people didn't like this one as much as SotD and HF, they are HUGE films to live up to and this one was a little different, but for me this is the best of the three: the jokes and callbacks are still as good as ever, there's some REALLY subtle jokes, the choreography is INSANE, but most importantly for me it has SO MUCH HEART, that "it's all I've got!" is so heartbreaking.
When this film came out, my local cinema did 'The Cornetto Trilogy'. All 3 films, in one sitting, and they sold cornettos in between the films. I'm very glad I did it but honestly it was a massive culture shock coming directly after the first two and while I think it's the best of the three these days, it's a challenging watch and I can't rewatch it like I do the other two. Great video!
Bonus win. The school disco song is FROM 1990 and is literally called Step Back in Time. Kylie's banger is about the lure of nostalgia, which is what brought them all there in the first place.
Being an Edgar Wright film it goes without saying but this movie definitely requires repeated viewings to appreciate it the most. I was a little underwhelmed on my first watch, but it has subsequently grown on me and fully deserves to stand alongside the previous two films.
One thing I like about this movie is how open to interpretation the end is. You can interpret the actions of each character in thwir own way on many different levels. Depending on how you interpret is, Gary is ready to move on from his past, is letting his friends go or is still conpletely stuck in it. Also for the aliens, till the end you can't really tell of they are good or not. I tend to believe their story, because I don't see why else they would simply leave in the end. But from the phrasing I would say that this video treats them more pike the really bad guys of the movie
You could say they're well intentioned, but not really benevolent. They seem to care about the overall well being of the species as a whole, but they're willing to sacrifice individuals in a pretty callous way. It's another take on the evil of "the greater good".
Well, the blanks symbolize huge corporations. They deliver us standardised, safe, easy products, but we lose all the individuality and products made with love...even when they are not that polished. You could also transfer the idea to movies - this kind of edgy, deep movie vs. steamlined, easy to stomach hollywood blockbusters. It's up to you to decide what you prefer.
I like the line because it goes with King still being an immature contrarian. The typical childish I don't want to study, I don't want to pay taxes or do my chores, etc. (If homosapiens didn't like to be told what to do things like social media or religion wouln't exist)
one more win is the amount of small details you dont notice because theyre so natural, In the crossed hands Oliver unbuttons his jacket for the upcoming fight
20 Seconds To Comply is sheer brilliant music choice. You've got a punchy beat and it subliminally refers to the "choice" the Network presents to Gary.
I love the System's final line. "You will be left to your own devices." Computer systems and the like had advanced solely because of it. When it left it took its technology back. Leaving only human made machines. Our OWN devices.
I love this movie the most as someone who also struggles with mental health. It’s very easy to get stuck in the past with some of those illnesses, and although I don’t think I’m anywhere as narcissistic as Gary is, I can relate to his story here. As someone who has been hospitalized, who has done the group therapy and all that, the lack of control, the impulsivity, self-hatred, insecurity and self-destruction that Gary imbues throughout the movie is something I can relate with heavily. It’s implied heavily that Gary was going to attempt self night-night after his drink at the World’s End. But I’m glad he wasn’t able to finish that beer and found something worth living for, anyhow.
My favourite is Gary's line about the "Five Musketeers" as he says "They missed the trick having three because they could have killed two of them off and still had 3 left." This is exactly what happens in the movie with the gang losing Oliver and Pete to the blanks. Perfect Foreshadowing. There's also a line where Gary mixes up "The Good Companions" and "The Trusty Servant" which i believe is Edgar Wright foreshadowing Oliver's conversion to the blanks as obviously one of his good companions becomes a trusty servant of the network.
I LOVE this detail, on my most recent rewatch I noticed while Gary lies a LOT, he can’t look people in the eye when he lies, like in the beginning when he lies about being at Peter’s house he doesn’t look him in the eye. When he lies to Andy he doesn’t look him in the eye when he brings up his mom, but when he says he was his best friend he looks him directly in the eye, he can’t beat lying to people when he’s looking them in the eye, he loves them too much.
18:57 fun fact! doom bar is a real british pint you can get at most pubs and bars :) also its hard to overstate how important the cornetto trilogy is in the british imagination of a certain generation. it feels especially profound that this final part of the trilogy is about letting go of the past in a healthy way, seeing as so many british kids (especially teenage boys) grew up with it.
Love how it portrays men of different levels of (in)compentence, non of them professional, perfect or equally brave, fighting for their life. Just something so refreshing to see something approximating reality, each bearing a mark of their personality and prior experince, all lovingly shot, vs camera either oogling sluggish stage fighting or changing cameras constantly to hide stunt doubles who stand in for star's badassery.
This was filmed in my town of Letchworth. Can confirm that there aren't enough pubs in town - "The Hole in the Wall" is actually the train station and "The Mermaid" is our cinema 😆
*"Paul"* is a movie from 2011 starring Pegg and Frost, and I feel it deserves a mention even if it isn't part of the trilogy, because going on a roadtrip with ET seems ..fitting. 😅
I broke my "no horror movies" rule for "Last Night in Soho" because Edgar Wright is easily my favorite living director (and Matt Smith is my favorite Doctor). It was worth it.
When i watched this the first time when I was twelve, a couple of months after I had first watched Sherlock, I bawled when "John Watson" died and mulched. Now that im rewatching it as an adult, with a couple attemps under my belt myself it means so much more to me and a lot of it is super effective. Studying some of the cornette trilogy in Film so it's a thrill to come back to it; fantastic film
The description of the car being basically entirely replaced but still the car is probably a reference to Triggers broom from a TV show called Only Fools and Horses that was super popular in the UK.
And for some reason the Dead Meat channel wont make a kill count on this in fact they actively make it a point to say this movie isn't horror while making kill counts for mortal kombat games
Shaun of the Dead, in my opinion, is one of, if not the best written comedies of all time. I've watched it I don't know how many times. However, despite it not resonating with me on first viewing, more recently I feel significantly connected to The World's End on a level I didn't think I could. For the first time in my life, I've struggled with my mental health, and since that struggle started, I've watched it at least once a week, and I'm genuinely excited to watch it again this weekend. I get goosebumps every time Gary screams, "it's all I've got!", and I notice something new in the dialog and blocking every time! I truly believe this film was ahead of it's time, or at least ahead of my time anyway.
With Asteroid City out, I would love to see you cover some Wes Anderson movies. The Grand Budapest Hotel is one of my favorite films of all time, so that would be a great start IMO. Love the breakdowns, it's always fun finding new things to enjoy about movies I love or didn't care for all the same. Also the "fuck off back to Legoland" quote is one of my favorite movie quotes ever.
This movie had a few more points to offer if you were a Sisters of Mercy fan. For example, I was the only person in the theater who laughed when the choir opening of SoM's "This Corrosion" played to announce the appearance of young Blank Gary. The thumb holes was also a goth thing so it didn't ping for me that he might be hiding something with them until it became obvious. Gary isn't frugal but between his personality and his addictions I think it'd be hard for him to hold down a job, and his poverty probably reinforces even more his being stuck in the past, because he can't afford new things and is reinforced in really loving his old stuff anyway, so there. Like, living on the margins, it's easier to replace an old car's parts piece by piece than the hassle, expense, and credit checks of buying a new one. When the Network basically tells Gary that it gave humanity iThings, Gary doesn't even know what it's talking about.
One of the reasons that Gary is recovering from his depression at the Morning After is that he discovered a sense of purpose. He even mentions that he is going on a quest.
0:16, I think I disagree with the idea that that line had a double meaning, I think it would have been written way differently if that was actually the case. Gary wouldn't have pointed out that that specific night started out like any other if he was talking about the night the movie takes place, because that night was very different from the routine he fell into after his friends went away
I always assumed the number 8 for the 8th pub (aka The Mermaid) was on "School Disco" sign. The second O in school and the O in disco line up and look like an 8. And because that pub was modernized, I figured it wouldn't have a number sign like the others, so I figured that was it.
I love all the little moments where a character says something metaphorical and then a moment later what they say happens literally. “you gave me the sign” - a minute later Sam gives Gary the “out of order” sign “you’re not gonna wriggle out of it this time” - it immediately cuts to the headless blank wriggling out of Gary’s arms “there is nothing between me and Gary King” - then one of the twins appears between Sam and Gary “we are going to get to The World’s End if it kills us” - just before Peter is killed Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz didn’t have a lot of that type of stuff. I wish there was more stuff like that in those films.
Hot Fuzz is the best Cornetto film objectively but this one has been my favorite one since it came out a decade ago. "It's all I've got" had me crying harder than I did at the mom death in "Shaun," AND the soundtrack of this film is INCREDIBLE. Rewatching it now nearly 10 years after, after so much has happened to the world and to me, makes me love the film even more.
That final shot of Gary saying "They call me the King" and his Blank friends lighting up like a Christmas tree is always a win in my books, and such an iconic moment with him holding Excalibur
Only thing I knew about this movie going in was that it was another Cornetto jam and I was good to go. Legit didn't think it would go the way it did and was delighted all the more for it!
*So.* I have such a mixed soft spot for this movie and gary king as a character, I adore it for usual edgar-simon-nick-ness, wit, heart and everything else but gary as a character hits *so* painfully close to home. When I watched it for the first time in the cinema and saw the bandages on his wrists and put all the things theyd built up with him together- it felt like my stomach dropped through the earth. I think because he's someone I so easily could have become had things not gotten better in my life, it was like looking at an alternate version of myself, except ruder and with a bit more bluster. I caught myself crying without even realising I'd started, and after my friends laughed and said they thought his story was sad but not enough to cry over and I played it off as me just crying easily over things, they didnt know at the time that id just had a *totally* different experience in the theatre to them 😂 so even though this film gets called the worst of the trilogy (which means nothing as theyre all amazing) and even though gary remains a jerk (and thats important) its a movie and a character that I hold with so much softness in my heart.
Yet another layer of the “Knights of the round table” analogy is that the music playing underneath that scene has a sample from the theme tune from “The Magic Roundabout”. While maybe not as direct of a reference it’s still something round, like the round table
saw this vid, and i am so glad i decided to pause it, watch the movie first, then go back to and play this. it is soooooo goooooooood. both the movie and this video.
It’s always been criminally underrated but mostly because of how amazing Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz are. We just need to recognize these movies as a trilogy and appreciate what we were given here, they’re all so great.
Seeing this video pop up today got me to finally watch this one after seeing the first two many times! My favorite little detail that you didn’t touch on was the seventh pub having a “Two for One” (2+4+1=7) special.
I always interpreted the ending not as Gary abandoning his friends for the Blanks and choosing to stay in the past, but Gary letting his friends go because he realized just how much of a toxic influence he was to them and going off on his own to recover, travelling with the Blanks for some companionship, and possibly because he doesn't trust himself enough to be on his own. The ending would've been a bit too bitter instead of bittersweet if it ended with Gary all on his own.
I interpreted the ending as Gary taking responsibility for the results of his actions. The Blanks of his friends wouldn't exist without his actions and he's guiding and protecting them in a world that hates them for what they are.
A King going off to lead people who need him.
Those blanks are abandoned and left behind, completely alone and hated by everyone, much like Gary himself. So, they're all helping each other. While his human friends are living their own lives
Indeed, CinemaWins pointed out that Gary had clearly grown because he decapitated his blank younger self, something he'd never do usually. Why would he revert back to his old self out of nowhere, especially since he apologised, teary-eyed, on the hill, implying his change wasn't just heat-of-the-moment?
I interpreted it as something of both. He let his friends go because he realized that he is holding them back from whatever live they want to have, but on the other side he himself could not commit to that and so he kind of stayed in the past and stayed by the Blanks.
In his mind it was too late for him to really start a own life so he took that one that was closest to his past.
An underlying character trait of Gary's that they show throughout the film is that he is genuinely really smart. He keeps coming out with these speeches that include historical information, uses sort-of Shakespearean language at times, and comes up with arguments his friends (including the actual lawyer) can't argue back to. He tells all the others that Andy is coming, and approaches Andy last knowing that he'll come now that he's convinced the others. Heck, even the scam of keeping the car in Peter's name and changing the address whenever he moved.
It just all goes to show that he had so much potential, and could have easily found the same success as his friends. If he didn't develop this mental illness and crippling addiction. It adds so much to the tragedy.
I think Hot Fuzz is the most finely crafted comedy probably ever, but "It's all I've got" cements this as my favorite Cornetto film. It's so raw.
Yes! I was trying to rank those films in my mind by different criteria an my heart wanted "The World's End" at the top by the reason could not compute. So it became my favorite but not objectively the best. It's the message and personal tone that got me in this one, "It's all I've got" and "I thought we were home" and "They tell me where to got to bed, me!" that pull the strings.
Considering the significant hate this one got on release, it's great seeing that with time many people are realising how absolutely genius World's End really is. Not the funniest of the trilogy but by far the most heart
want anything from the shop? a cornetto....... ; )
It ranks third for me, I still massively enjoy it but the other two are just incredible films that resonated with me and links it to some happy times in my life.
The scene where Gary explains the car replacements has a dual meaning as well, the idea that you can swap every single component of the car and it still be considered the same car seems like a joke but really it’s a reference to the town and how almost every aspect of the town has been gutted in order for the blanks to gain control.
Ship of Theseus.
But also, it happens naturally. Like the idea that you can never go back home, because either home has changed, you have changed, or both. It's why noone but Gary is initially disturbed by all the changes, because the more mundane answer is the more probable...things change all the time. [Edit: Oops, just noticed the video made this point at 23:48 ]
Also, his young Blank friends replace their older selves in the end. Friends of Theseus
I think the fact that it's a stolen joke takes away any sort of deeper meaning for it.
Thought everyone knew this, it's pretty easy to catch if you're not a tiktok brained child.
The moment when Gary almost punches the bathroom wall in the exact spot he punched it as a teenager was the most heart-wrenching scene for me. I think the B plot of this movie is far better than the main story. A portrait of a man realising he has nothing to offer his adult self...
oh man that’s deep
that last sentence…
Im sad that the garys line “they told me where to go to bed” isnt touched on. Thats always been my favorite line and as someone whose suffered from mental illness I understand the feeling. It also just works so well with his characterization that being told what to do hurts him deeply
Did he say "where"? I always thought it was "They told me When to go to bed!" But either way was very heart-wrenching and Simon acted the hell out of that scene.
“they told me where to go to bed” Assuming that's a typo.
Being ordered to bed is a very annoying part of being an inpatient, Especially when you know that it's because staff on the night shift want to sleep rather than do their job.
And if you go to bed too early, they wake you up to give you a sleeper...
And _we're_ supposed to be the mad ones...
@@LG-cz6lsMy experience was that they are loud as fuck the entire night while everyone else is sleeping. They gave us sleep meds, but not enough to deal with their laughing, yelling and gossiping about the patients.
@@NobodysHome143 I was in the room next to the office once...bloody nightmare!
Then there is the racket as they stomp up and down the ward, jangling their keys and laughing as they go...
And when they do obs, they seem to delight in either shining a torch on your face until you move or, worse, opening the door to shine a torch on you then letting it slam shut. Try placing a towel or something over the top of the door so that it doesn't make a racket and they chuck it on the floor.
Not all staff are key swingers, TBF. A minority aren't in it for the power they have over others,
Some don't think that tormenting people who are unwell and highly likely to have experienced serious trauma is an amusing perk of the job.
But too many are key swingers.
p
I especially like how Andy is set up as a rugby player, and as such, he's the only competent fighter amongst them. I feel like most other films would have portrayed him as pretty useless because of his weight, so I'm really glad they didn't go down that road. It's a minor point, but it's appreciated.
Also Gary mentions Dutch courage, and sure enough, the more he drinks, the stronger he seems to be.
As a Dutch citizen I don't really understand where all the expressions about the Dutch originated.
@@Yggdrasil42 Well Dutch courage is just historical. Dutch gin was used by the Dutch and the English to calm their nerves before battle in the Anglo-Dutch wars.
Hey, Nick Frost has range, now he's well known for his comedic roles but he does a good job with a straight laced character too. Also the rugby back ground was an interesting foreshadow.
Gary is a pretty competent fighter too
I've met some bigger folk and learned that these people live with gokus weighted clothing, 24/7. Might not be fast but mass adds force.
One thing that was pointed out in another video, is that the flavour of Cornetto you see in each film is a flavour that colour-codes the wrapper depending on the overall theme of the film:
Shaun of the Dead - Strawberry - Red - Zombies
Hot Fuzz - Vanilla - Blue - Police
The World’s End - Mint - Green - Aliens
Very typical of Edgar Wright’s insane attention to detail.
Also as his version of the Three colors trilogy
If I remember right, it has nothing to do with that. They just used Cornettos in the first 2 films then got a gift from Cornetto so they added it into the third. I love giving edgar credit where he deserves, and similarly don't want his image overblown by overeager fans. If you expect the finest craftsmanship from a person in everything they do, you'll only be disappointed
Green is hazelnut in Germany, where is it mint?
@@frauw1464 the uk
@@samgrant4943you do not remember right then.
The 12 pubs are also Gary's 12 steps of recovery. In the end he's become self aware, lets his friends go and is sober.
An extra thought on the scene where they all prove they're not Blanks by showing scars from past injuries with Gary listing his friends' scars from injuries he caused (just because I've seen people say it's a "plothole" that Gary has a selective memory but can rattle off injuries from years ago): as well as tying into Gary's whole "stuck in the past" attitude, it actually ties back into his depression as well. Essentially, the fact that he exclusively focuses on instances where his friends getting hurt was down to him demonstrates that, while he has a selective memory on a lot of things regarding his friends, what he *does* remember are the times when he actively caused harm and was a danger to other people. And when you have depression, it causes you to focus on the most negative aspects of yourself and your behaviour; you remember things from years ago that literally no one else will remember or think about but where you know you did something wrong or have feelings of embarrassment associated with it. Same for the flashbacks at the start of the film - if you pay attention, the vast majority of them aren't just providing exposition and showing Gary to be an awful person, they're also focusing on Gary demonstrating harmful behaviour, either to himself or to those around him. And since Gary's narrating (despite what he's saying not always matching up with what we see), we can assume the flashbacks are his memories and/or are from his POV.
wouldnt read too much into that..im pretty sure his friends remember all the awful things gary did to them LOL
Really interesting thought!
@@bleachers97 Oh no, as someone who does struggle with depression and considering the people making the film have repeatedly demonstrated in other films that pretty much everything is worth paying attention to, I can almost certainly guarantee that we *are* meant to read that much into it; it's just one more hint before the reveal of Gary's bandaged wrists and hospital tag that there's a lot more going on than Gary just being an irresponsible git who never grew up. Sure, his friends all clearly remember in broad strokes various awful things he did...but then they're not the ones who describe the injuries and how they got them; Gary "I can't remember what someone told me literally 2 seconds ago" King does.
@@overlydramaticpanda fair enough..didn’t realise how in detail Gary went into describing the accidents hahaha
That stung a little bit too hard, considering my prolonged struggle with depression.
Can't believe Gary's "oh, **** off, ya big lamp!" didn't get a win
Something I noticed about Gary is that he tends to forget stuff in the moment, but you can still tell he *cares* about his friends behind the self-absorption with what he does remember. Like his friend being in the school play.
Carbaret 😂
that and his misguided attempt to help Peter when he was obviously upset. He tries to give advice based likely on what he’s been told in therapy about his own issues but then resorts to alcohol when it doesn’t work
Doom Bar is actually a very famous, well loved drink in the UK, for anyone curious.
Cheapest pint down Spoons
Always recommend it to people, it’s a good one
very tasty very cheap cornish ale!!! always highly recommend
@@dylanconstantine9947i usually find cheapest Spoons pint is Ruddles Best, round here its even usually under 2 quid per pint
Was gonna comment this
I think this movie is an absolute masterclass in how genre fiction and literary fiction can be blended together. It's a wacky, comedic sci-fi film, but its heart is a largely universal story about Depression and loneliness and the inability to let go.
It's part of why I think the end is a triumph for Gary--he rejects his past self, and is rewarded with some hint of the past without actually returning to it. He's not a positive influence on his friends--they've drifted apart, they have different priorities and values, and Gary was NEVER good for them except for a few shining moments like we see through the movie. He lets them live their lives, moving on from what he used to have. The Blank versions of his friends are a reminder of that past, but they AREN'T the same people, and narrow-minded Gary King getting sober to defend these 'robots' as their leader and protector--an actual positive influence--is a second chance to do things right.
I saw this movie before either of the other two Cornetto trilogy, and I think it absolutely stands up on its own and is just as emotionally poignant
This film didn't sit with me when I first saw it 10 years ago at the age of 15. Now 10 years has passed. Having me and my friends all gone down our own paths and grown, there is something now weirdly bittersweet about this film that resonates with me waaaaaay more than it used to.
so which character is you then lets hear all about it i know it took three weeks but here someone is
@@OFFICIALLYBENPEARCEI reckon he’s more of Andrew knight key character
Something nobody ever points out in these types of videos: In the last shot of the movie, Gary's not dressed like a post-apocalypse cowboy. He's STILL dressed like Andrew Eldritch from Sisters of Mercy!
I love this movie so much. It's endlessly funny, great music and action, Gary is a painfully nostalgic character for anyone who had a similar friend (a lot of us knew a charismatic dude in high school who seemed like he had so much potential but peaked as a teenager and mostly just pisses everyone off now), and it's got an appropriate melancholy to it the other films in the trilogy don't have. It FEELS like the end.
I wish people could appreciate it. It's so full of feeling.
Absolutely adore this film, it may not be the funniest of the cornetto trilogy but it’s always been the most meaningful and profound to me. I’ve seen it countless times but you still managed to find things I’d missed and your take on it was fresh to me.
I agree.
Exactly it’s not the best of the three but it’s definitely my favourite
My favorite part is always how the network just leaves because humanity is too stupid and difficult for them to deal with.
i love that 'to err is human' is why the network left and 'to forgive, divine' proves that they likely aren't all that benevolent
because they want to be free to what want they want to do. 😂
And... that´s why alien doesn't visit us in real life.
@@marduke45 Any old time.
Happy 10th Anniversary to "The World's End!" 🥳I love how Gary's narration foreshadowed all of the events later on.
Oh! I also love how, at the beginning, they’re telling Gary that he’s late. “You said 3. It’s almost 4.” Then at the end of the scene the camera cuts to each of them in time with the bell chimes, showing it is indeed 4 o’ clock!
As a recovering alcholic, this movie hit the spot.
Hope you're doing well ❤️🩹❤️🩹
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@@bigboss4178 My father beats me with fish.
@@morro190 unfathomably based
This is honestly my favorite film of the trilogy, the themes hit me in a more profound way than the other ones did, and the attention to detail they put into this movie is phenomenal. Definitely one of those films I love to revisit every so often just to appreciate it's craftsmanship.
I recently rewatched Paul from 2011 and it has the same vibe as the Cornetto trilogy. Although not written or directed by Edgar Wright, you can tell Pegg and Frost have worked with him a lot. Of course Simon Pegg wrote the trilogy, but it feels like Edgar was there on set somehow. Very funny and somewhat underrated movie I think.
I did not know The Network's 5 bar symbol was in the background everywhere, even the giant robots' face lights!
No matter how many times I've watched this (my favourite of the trilogy) I see new things with every watch. Even ones that are only noticeable throughout the trilogy which are even harder to spot than the obvious running gags.
Oddly enough this is my fave of the trilogy. It was just as entertaining but it spoke way stronger to me. I’m happy it’s a ‘sad end’ it fits.
I don't see Gary choosing his younger friend's blanks as toxic. For a start, the movie says they all got separated at some point, and secondly it shows how Gary's life is finally starting from the point where it should have
Also I read a point in a other comment I liked: by choosing his younger friends, he finally lets go of his older ones and stops dragging them into his shit. Also this opens himself up for the possibility of maturing with them.
When Gary says "Paint it red", it was actually foreshadowed at the ending where the town was completely red since it got destroyed.
Why does that make it red?
because the word red is here
"ya got red on ya"
boom call back to shaun of the dead
@@commaJimit's on fire.
Hot Fuzz will always be my favourite cornetto film but The Worlds End is the only one that made me cry. Thanks for giving these another pass.
I don't really like watching horror movies either but finally watched Soho last week because of Wright and it's more of an Edgar Wright movie than a horror movie and has probably the best long take he's done. Definitely a must watch for any Edgar Wright fan.
Edgar Wright is easily one of the best writer/director combos working today. Also one of the most unique and visually distinctive artists in film for the last 10-15 years. Every one of his films is an instant cult classic.
Even the licensed music is incorporated in the story. Step On by the Happy Mondays has a line about twisting my melon and Gary tells Andy later in the movie to twist the melon to take off a blank's head. Love this movie
This movie just gives me feelings of nostalgia and childhood memories.
Whereas the theme of the movie is "nostalgia bad."
@JoshSweetvale I don't think it's that nostalgia is bad, just don't get forget to be present and don't get lost in the past. It's a lot like addiction - if your able to do it sometimes without it impacting your life you should be fine, but if you find that you can't stop maybe it's time to just move forward.
Was NOT expecting this video, but this is one of my favourite films!
I wish this movie got as much love as the others in the trilogy. Ive dealt with depression all my life and this movie really understands what it feels like to be so trapped within yourself.
You doing okay now bud?
@stickiedmin6508 yes I am, thank you for asking.
Oh my god, after several rewatches I finally understand that the 12 pubs is also a subtle nod to 12 step programs.
great video but one small painful bit for a brit is it's a £20 note not a fiver!! keep up the great uploads it's always a good day when you have a CinemaWins Cornetto double act
This is just Hot Fuzz taken from the POV of the kids in the pub that was thrown out by the Police in Hot Fuzz.. they grew up. That town has a strange curse.. First it was Zombies (Shaun of the dead) , then HOA (Hot Fuzz) then Aliens (Worlds End)... All of these movies are connected which is why they are called the Cornetto Series.
Just a correction during 18:15, that's actually a £20 note. £5 notes are a light blue with small parts being a greenish blue, whereas £20 notes are a shade of purple with little parts being pink, seen in the 2nd shot with Gary holding the note ^^
i wanna go to the cinemawins world where a pint only costs a quid lmao
If you know a pub where I can get a pint for a quid... 😂
I love what you said about change & it goes throughout the trilogy; Shaun's inability to change/grow outside of his routine, Nick not being able to change from that moment in the kid car/the Chief's inability to greive/change/grow along with time & his town & then Gary is self explanatory. This trilogy is AMAZING!!! Great work on your content too love all of it! Makes me want to watch the movies I haven't or not wanted to watch too!!!
Love how the aliens want them to 'relax' not only so they're easier to assimilate but also because any minor anger or sudden bar fight could easily destroy the Blanks.
Just in time for the 10 year anniversary! I adore this film, the use of Sisters of Mercy is brilliant.
The picture of Peter having disappeared in the last picture made me feel so unnerved- I’ve only noticed it now and it just works so well
Also Gary’s ‘it’s all I’ve got’ hits so hard
I love how one of the plots of this movie is "Aliens Are Responsible for Gentrification"
Dude, you took out the "to er is human" punchline! He goes "...🤷" the shrug IS the punchline there and it's the hardest I've ever laughed in a movie before.
One thing I love is Simon pegg and nick frost both have one movie where their character has their life completely together one where their life is partially together and one where their life is a train wreck in the Cornetto trilogy. In hot fuzz Simon’s character is fully put together and Nick’s is partially together, in Shaun of the dead Simon’s character is partially together and nick’s is a train wreck, and in at worlds end Simon’s character is a train wreck and nick’s is fully put together.
Double upload from CinemaWins is a true blessing
Was looking for this comment, cause I thought I was having a déjà vu
dude had to censor the destroyed bots because youtube is just stupid and aweful
@@FulloutPostalI think they meant that these videos were first released years ago. I wouldn't mind so much if the description wasn't so misleading
@@philipreid2542 I watched this same video without the censoring just before this re-re-upload...
so both are correct, if this video is years old ;)
also, op may refer to both this and hot fuzz showing up on the same day :)
@@FulloutPostal fair points well made.
sorry btw, didn't realise you hadn't tagged a user in your comment, so now I'm not sure if we're even talking about the same op 😆 (note to self - always double check when posting at 2/3 am)
Gotta get in a few of the corrections from the original upload: "oh crumbs" is a semi-common phrase in the UK, that's a 20 not a 5er, and Doombar is very much a real beer.
I understand why people didn't like this one as much as SotD and HF, they are HUGE films to live up to and this one was a little different, but for me this is the best of the three: the jokes and callbacks are still as good as ever, there's some REALLY subtle jokes, the choreography is INSANE, but most importantly for me it has SO MUCH HEART, that "it's all I've got!" is so heartbreaking.
When this film came out, my local cinema did 'The Cornetto Trilogy'. All 3 films, in one sitting, and they sold cornettos in between the films. I'm very glad I did it but honestly it was a massive culture shock coming directly after the first two and while I think it's the best of the three these days, it's a challenging watch and I can't rewatch it like I do the other two. Great video!
One of the best movies ever made and tied for my favorite Wright movie, Scott Pilgrim being my other favorite
Bonus win. The school disco song is FROM 1990 and is literally called Step Back in Time. Kylie's banger is about the lure of nostalgia, which is what brought them all there in the first place.
Being an Edgar Wright film it goes without saying but this movie definitely requires repeated viewings to appreciate it the most. I was a little underwhelmed on my first watch, but it has subsequently grown on me and fully deserves to stand alongside the previous two films.
One thing I like about this movie is how open to interpretation the end is. You can interpret the actions of each character in thwir own way on many different levels. Depending on how you interpret is, Gary is ready to move on from his past, is letting his friends go or is still conpletely stuck in it. Also for the aliens, till the end you can't really tell of they are good or not. I tend to believe their story, because I don't see why else they would simply leave in the end. But from the phrasing I would say that this video treats them more pike the really bad guys of the movie
You could say they're well intentioned, but not really benevolent. They seem to care about the overall well being of the species as a whole, but they're willing to sacrifice individuals in a pretty callous way. It's another take on the evil of "the greater good".
@@MyzelfaThe greater good. Sorry, had to be said.
Well, the blanks symbolize huge corporations. They deliver us standardised, safe, easy products, but we lose all the individuality and products made with love...even when they are not that polished.
You could also transfer the idea to movies - this kind of edgy, deep movie vs. steamlined, easy to stomach hollywood blockbusters.
It's up to you to decide what you prefer.
You forgot the best line: "Face it! We're the Human Race! And we don't like being told what to do!"
Truer words have never been spoken.
My favorite line: “To err is human! So…err…”
My favourite line, "ah,f**k off ya big lamp!"...epic! 🤣
I like the line because it goes with King still being an immature contrarian. The typical childish I don't want to study, I don't want to pay taxes or do my chores, etc.
(If homosapiens didn't like to be told what to do things like social media or religion wouln't exist)
I have watched this movie close to 50 times, and have never seen the UFO crashing before. Kudos for finding that gem.
one more win is the amount of small details you dont notice because theyre so natural, In the crossed hands Oliver unbuttons his jacket for the upcoming fight
20 Seconds To Comply is sheer brilliant music choice. You've got a punchy beat and it subliminally refers to the "choice" the Network presents to Gary.
I love the System's final line. "You will be left to your own devices." Computer systems and the like had advanced solely because of it. When it left it took its technology back. Leaving only human made machines. Our OWN devices.
I love this movie the most as someone who also struggles with mental health. It’s very easy to get stuck in the past with some of those illnesses, and although I don’t think I’m anywhere as narcissistic as Gary is, I can relate to his story here. As someone who has been hospitalized, who has done the group therapy and all that, the lack of control, the impulsivity, self-hatred, insecurity and self-destruction that Gary imbues throughout the movie is something I can relate with heavily.
It’s implied heavily that Gary was going to attempt self night-night after his drink at the World’s End. But I’m glad he wasn’t able to finish that beer and found something worth living for, anyhow.
I watched this on my birthday last month i luuuuve this film
My favourite is Gary's line about the "Five Musketeers" as he says "They missed the trick having three because they could have killed two of them off and still had 3 left." This is exactly what happens in the movie with the gang losing Oliver and Pete to the blanks. Perfect Foreshadowing. There's also a line where Gary mixes up "The Good Companions" and "The Trusty Servant" which i believe is Edgar Wright foreshadowing Oliver's conversion to the blanks as obviously one of his good companions becomes a trusty servant of the network.
You've got to do Soho for Halloween. It's more Thriller than Horror & it's an amazing movie with all of Wrights passion & talent with an amazing cast.
I LOVE this detail, on my most recent rewatch I noticed while Gary lies a LOT, he can’t look people in the eye when he lies, like in the beginning when he lies about being at Peter’s house he doesn’t look him in the eye. When he lies to Andy he doesn’t look him in the eye when he brings up his mom, but when he says he was his best friend he looks him directly in the eye, he can’t beat lying to people when he’s looking them in the eye, he loves them too much.
18:57 fun fact! doom bar is a real british pint you can get at most pubs and bars :)
also its hard to overstate how important the cornetto trilogy is in the british imagination of a certain generation. it feels especially profound that this final part of the trilogy is about letting go of the past in a healthy way, seeing as so many british kids (especially teenage boys) grew up with it.
This film resonates today more than ever. They are Starbucking us, man!
Thank you for posting the complete collection! Love these movies, and love these videos
Love how it portrays men of different levels of (in)compentence, non of them professional, perfect or equally brave, fighting for their life. Just something so refreshing to see something approximating reality, each bearing a mark of their personality and prior experince, all lovingly shot, vs camera either oogling sluggish stage fighting or changing cameras constantly to hide stunt doubles who stand in for star's badassery.
the double edgar wright upload, you love to see it
This was filmed in my town of Letchworth. Can confirm that there aren't enough pubs in town - "The Hole in the Wall" is actually the train station and "The Mermaid" is our cinema 😆
That’d have been funny if Gary returned and all the pubs he remembered weren’t pubs anymore, would have nailed home the point too
18:50 Doombar is actually an ale that is very popular in the UK, it's a staple for most pubs!
*"Paul"* is a movie from 2011 starring Pegg and Frost, and I feel it deserves a mention even if it isn't part of the trilogy, because going on a roadtrip with ET seems ..fitting. 😅
Best line for me was when Gary says shut up you big lamp to the network. Gary is holding a £20 note not a £5
I broke my "no horror movies" rule for "Last Night in Soho" because Edgar Wright is easily my favorite living director (and Matt Smith is my favorite Doctor).
It was worth it.
Doom Bar is actually a real English Beer. It's lovely as well.
When i watched this the first time when I was twelve, a couple of months after I had first watched Sherlock, I bawled when "John Watson" died and mulched. Now that im rewatching it as an adult, with a couple attemps under my belt myself it means so much more to me and a lot of it is super effective. Studying some of the cornette trilogy in Film so it's a thrill to come back to it; fantastic film
The description of the car being basically entirely replaced but still the car is probably a reference to Triggers broom from a TV show called Only Fools and Horses that was super popular in the UK.
I love any movie with these 2.
And for some reason the Dead Meat channel wont make a kill count on this in fact they actively make it a point to say this movie isn't horror while making kill counts for mortal kombat games
I know the Doom Bar got a chuckle, but it actually is just a beer! A pretty good one, too.
Shaun of the Dead, in my opinion, is one of, if not the best written comedies of all time. I've watched it I don't know how many times. However, despite it not resonating with me on first viewing, more recently I feel significantly connected to The World's End on a level I didn't think I could. For the first time in my life, I've struggled with my mental health, and since that struggle started, I've watched it at least once a week, and I'm genuinely excited to watch it again this weekend. I get goosebumps every time Gary screams, "it's all I've got!", and I notice something new in the dialog and blocking every time! I truly believe this film was ahead of it's time, or at least ahead of my time anyway.
With Asteroid City out, I would love to see you cover some Wes Anderson movies. The Grand Budapest Hotel is one of my favorite films of all time, so that would be a great start IMO.
Love the breakdowns, it's always fun finding new things to enjoy about movies I love or didn't care for all the same.
Also the "fuck off back to Legoland" quote is one of my favorite movie quotes ever.
This movie had a few more points to offer if you were a Sisters of Mercy fan. For example, I was the only person in the theater who laughed when the choir opening of SoM's "This Corrosion" played to announce the appearance of young Blank Gary. The thumb holes was also a goth thing so it didn't ping for me that he might be hiding something with them until it became obvious.
Gary isn't frugal but between his personality and his addictions I think it'd be hard for him to hold down a job, and his poverty probably reinforces even more his being stuck in the past, because he can't afford new things and is reinforced in really loving his old stuff anyway, so there. Like, living on the margins, it's easier to replace an old car's parts piece by piece than the hassle, expense, and credit checks of buying a new one. When the Network basically tells Gary that it gave humanity iThings, Gary doesn't even know what it's talking about.
One of the reasons that Gary is recovering from his depression at the Morning After is that he discovered a sense of purpose. He even mentions that he is going on a quest.
0:16, I think I disagree with the idea that that line had a double meaning, I think it would have been written way differently if that was actually the case. Gary wouldn't have pointed out that that specific night started out like any other if he was talking about the night the movie takes place, because that night was very different from the routine he fell into after his friends went away
I always assumed the number 8 for the 8th pub (aka The Mermaid) was on "School Disco" sign. The second O in school and the O in disco line up and look like an 8. And because that pub was modernized, I figured it wouldn't have a number sign like the others, so I figured that was it.
I love all the little moments where a character says something metaphorical and then a moment later what they say happens literally.
“you gave me the sign” - a minute later Sam gives Gary the “out of order” sign
“you’re not gonna wriggle out of it this time” - it immediately cuts to the headless blank wriggling out of Gary’s arms
“there is nothing between me and Gary King” - then one of the twins appears between Sam and Gary
“we are going to get to The World’s End if it kills us” - just before Peter is killed
Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz didn’t have a lot of that type of stuff. I wish there was more stuff like that in those films.
6:07 Not only are the light fixtures different, there also is a poster for the school disco dance and the disabled toilets has an Out of Order sign
Hot Fuzz is the best Cornetto film objectively but this one has been my favorite one since it came out a decade ago. "It's all I've got" had me crying harder than I did at the mom death in "Shaun," AND the soundtrack of this film is INCREDIBLE. Rewatching it now nearly 10 years after, after so much has happened to the world and to me, makes me love the film even more.
11:56 I believe the phrase "oh crumbs" was in reference to a catchphrase from Danger Mouse, a British animated series from the 80s.
That final shot of Gary saying "They call me the King" and his Blank friends lighting up like a Christmas tree is always a win in my books, and such an iconic moment with him holding Excalibur
Only thing I knew about this movie going in was that it was another Cornetto jam and I was good to go. Legit didn't think it would go the way it did and was delighted all the more for it!
*So.* I have such a mixed soft spot for this movie and gary king as a character, I adore it for usual edgar-simon-nick-ness, wit, heart and everything else but gary as a character hits *so* painfully close to home. When I watched it for the first time in the cinema and saw the bandages on his wrists and put all the things theyd built up with him together- it felt like my stomach dropped through the earth. I think because he's someone I so easily could have become had things not gotten better in my life, it was like looking at an alternate version of myself, except ruder and with a bit more bluster. I caught myself crying without even realising I'd started, and after my friends laughed and said they thought his story was sad but not enough to cry over and I played it off as me just crying easily over things, they didnt know at the time that id just had a *totally* different experience in the theatre to them 😂 so even though this film gets called the worst of the trilogy (which means nothing as theyre all amazing) and even though gary remains a jerk (and thats important) its a movie and a character that I hold with so much softness in my heart.
Yet another layer of the “Knights of the round table” analogy is that the music playing underneath that scene has a sample from the theme tune from “The Magic Roundabout”. While maybe not as direct of a reference it’s still something round, like the round table
Another thing with the recurring # 12 is that AA has a 12 step program for recovering from alcohol addiction.
saw this vid, and i am so glad i decided to pause it, watch the movie first, then go back to and play this. it is soooooo goooooooood. both the movie and this video.
It’s always been criminally underrated but mostly because of how amazing Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz are. We just need to recognize these movies as a trilogy and appreciate what we were given here, they’re all so great.
A double cinemawins video is a good day
The Queen Bee pub has a honeycomb patterned carpet.
Double upload from CinemaWins is a true blessing. As a recovering alcholic, this movie hit the spot..
Something not talked about enough is how absolutely amazing the soundtrack is. By far my favorite of the trilogy.
Seeing this video pop up today got me to finally watch this one after seeing the first two many times!
My favorite little detail that you didn’t touch on was the seventh pub having a “Two for One” (2+4+1=7) special.