I think it's just a risk of the types of movies that these guys make. They're equally competent in genre stuff as they are with the character stuff. I could watch the quaint British dramedy about these guys doing the pub crawl after 20 years, and I could watch the sci-fi movie about this really unique alien robot…

@avclub-7d1b5eadf3d0b75e1c4b55880ef5ac96:disqus I do think the Shaun ending is a bit more bright and hopeful. He's successively synthesized the two halves of his life into something that is workable day to day — it's his house, but Liz has decorated; they'll have some tea and brunch, but still cap it off with a drink.…

Oh, I totally get that, and really love that shift — my issue is, when it shifts, it then re-shifts into another 3 or 4 things. It's not as simple as Last Orders to Village of the Damned; it's Last Orders to Body Snatchers THEN Village THEN The Day The Earth Stood Still. That back half has so much going on, it becomes…

Wow. This could not be further from how I felt about the ending walking out of the theatre, but I think you make some valid points.

I think this is why Shaun is a bit more beloved than HF, even if HF is the better movie: there are still only about 20 Zombie Movie tropes that anybody even somewhat culturally aware will be aware of. HF is firmly entrenched in the buddy cop thing, but riffs on those Tropes in a way that's a little more knowing, and…

The World's End is basically John Carpenter's Before Midnight.

It's easily the least of the Cornetto trilogy, but it's still one of the best movies in years — and not just comedies.

I don't know, I think to say, "Oh, these movies are comedies, they're not really saying anything" takes away what makes these movies special.

Just the one ending actually.

I would not in any way call that movie a celebration of immaturity/growing old. Gary is pathetic from the go, and basically succeeds over the network by accident; his strength is being too big a prick for them to deal with. And then the entire coda seems to be designed to put him in a really pathetic situation.

Oh, I loved it.
SPOILERSIt is perfect Kenny Powers logic that the only way he can find true happiness is to do that mid-80s Action Star die-then-be-reborn thing.

I mean, we can talk about doing the merits of another season (I'll take more Kenny however I can get him, even if that third season finale was essentially perfect), but you can't argue that the casting on this show is perfect. Don Johnson, Matthew McConaughey, Michael Pena, Lily Tomlin. I don't know how Lohan fits in,…

You leave William Bendix out of this you son of a bitch

Best part is, he didn't even receive the email - it was forwarded to him by someone else.

Does Burt Wunderstone count as a comedy?

Funny, I think Olivia Wilde is the same way. She's usually the sole bright spot in whatever shitty thing she's in. If she appeared in a good movie for once, she'd be a mega star.

That kid's not really her son, but THEY don't know that lol

Am I the only one who didn't even realize there was no banana stand?

I was like 17 when this happened, and I remember thinking, "Man, this guy's a real asshole" but now, I get it, and that exerpt is really interesting.

Female Friendly?