Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz are two fantastic comedy action films, Both films contain lines which will be repeated and remembered fondly forever. However The World's End does not, Me and two other friends left the cinema completely unaffected by this film, We couldn't remember a single line or engaging moment in the whole film and apparently neither could the rest of the theater as the film barely got a laugh throughout, 2 people to our right, Left about 20 minutes from the end.
The pub crawl concept is actually decent but it was ruined by the lack of cohesion between the five main characters, You never really felt that these five were really lifetime friends, When some of them inevitably met their demise you honestly didn't care.
I also found it a bit strange seeing Simon Pegg in the role of the idiot and Nick Frost in the role of the serious character, Gary King played by Simon was not a likable idiot the same way Ed and Danny were.
The pacing of the film was very odd too, It starts off fairly smooth but suddenly goes all over the place, The last 30 minutes was directionless chaos with a forced in at the last minute message about Technology.
To put it simply, The World's End suffers from sequelitis, It was always going to be compared to the first two but you hoped it was good enough to stand on it's own two feet. Unfortunately it never did.
The pub crawl concept is actually decent but it was ruined by the lack of cohesion between the five main characters, You never really felt that these five were really lifetime friends, When some of them inevitably met their demise you honestly didn't care.
I also found it a bit strange seeing Simon Pegg in the role of the idiot and Nick Frost in the role of the serious character, Gary King played by Simon was not a likable idiot the same way Ed and Danny were.
The pacing of the film was very odd too, It starts off fairly smooth but suddenly goes all over the place, The last 30 minutes was directionless chaos with a forced in at the last minute message about Technology.
To put it simply, The World's End suffers from sequelitis, It was always going to be compared to the first two but you hoped it was good enough to stand on it's own two feet. Unfortunately it never did.