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Hampton, NH
I literally gasped when I heard this pairing. You cruel, cruel bastards. As much as I love Ocean's 11, Hot Fuzz is the gift that keeps on giving. I could watch a hundred times and catch something new on every viewing, and for that, it gets my vote. Jog on, Soderbergh.
This was a tough choice for me. Edgar Wright is one of my favorite directors and Hot Fuzz, while far from his greatest work, is filled with amazing jokes, written or visual, and has about a dozen layers like every film in the Cornetto-trilogy. But while I rewatch Hot Fuzz to catch new things I didn't see before, I rewatch Ocean's 11 because it's just really, really fun to watch it. Soderbergh might be much less of an in-your-face presence in his own films than Wright is, but he makes films that just *work* - films that are fun to be around (see also the criminally underrated Logan Lucky). Hot Fuzz makes you think about its comedy. Ocean's 11 lets you lean back and be completely entertained again and again, and that's so much harder to do and so much less appreciated in film criticism. It has my vote.
Ocean's 11 is a very enjoyable heist movie that has a lot of visual flair. Hot Fuzz is a perfect comedy that reveals layers and layers of jokes with every subsequent viewing. It is harder to make a re watchable comedy than it is to make George Clooney and Brad Pitt look cool. I say to you that Hot Fuzz is the greater achievement.
Ocean's 11 is one of those well-crafted and surely enjoyable films that has nonetheless faded into the recesses of my memory... and this is from a confirmed Soderbergh fan. HOT FUZZ might lack the first-ness of Edgar Wright's SHAUN OF THE DEAD, but I still find it to be the strongest and best of the Cornetto trilogy (...and this is from a confirmed Zombie fan), and probably Wright's best movie overall.
This one was a tough one for me. As a whole, I find Steven Soderbergh to be a bit overrated, but Ocean's 11 is a clear highlight in his filmography, possibly his best. On the flip-side, I find Edgar Wright to be slightly overrated (though he's my personal preference between the two). But Hot Fuzz, for my money, is Wright's best by a wide margin. Making it more difficult is the wild difference between tones. Ocean's 11 is laid back and cool, while Hot Fuzz is frenetic (comically aping the kind of editing that plagues Michael Bay films) and sometimes feels like it needs a time-out in the corner until it calms down. You could say that in the acting department, Ocean's 11 has the advantage, and I wouldn't disagree. But when it comes down to it, I personally love Hot Fuzz and have ever since I saw it. I re-watch it now and then and every joke still lands... and I find that I'm still picking out little in-jokes or nuances every time I revisit it. I don't necessarily think its a better film, but its the better film for ME. Hot Fuzz, for the greater good. The greater good. (I know everyone else in the poll has made that joke, but I just couldn't help it, okay?)
Hot Fuzz needs to win in the name of the greater good (the greater good).
Hot fuzz has this for me, no contest.
There's not a wasted line in the screenplay, and I could quote the whole movie.
I feel as a comedy it is timeless, and wouldn't feel out of place were it to arrive at the cinema tomorrow.
I feel the message of a movie where the hero police officers don't kill any of the perpetrators, favouring arrest and prosecution, complete with paperwork montage is only even more pertinent than what it was a decade ago.
Easter eggs like Cate Blanchett's uncredited appearance and the two Bill Baileys reading the fiction works of Iain Banks and the science fiction of Iain M Banks are but a scratch on the surface of this film.
And it has some great shots like double Timothy Dalton smiles, and the two andys leaving the frame. And it has a Chinatown reference!
And who can forget "Make Sandford Great Again", a now even more poignant line from our villain.
Hot Fuzz should probably win this madness, for the greater good.
Hot Fuzz is more than a crime ensemble comedy; I'm a Crown prosecutor and we use it for police training because (1) the police elements are solid; and (2) humour isa great teacher.
I saw a Cornetto triple bill in London a couple of years back. All three were well received but Hot Fuzz was easily the winner as far as "joke-density" was concerned. And that's not just me talking, that's science. Both 11 and Hot Fuzz require your attention but HF pays higher dividends.
I love HOT FUZZ and the dopey cop movies it's making fun of as much as the next person, but OCEAN'S 11 is Soderbergh's master class on how to smuggle avant-garde filmmaking into a remake: by telling people it's cool. The cast is cool, the heist is cool, that shrimp cocktail Rusty's eating is cool. It's so cool, it should skate into the tournament.
Danny: That oughta do it, don't you think? We have all we need for Filmspotting Madness.
Rusty: [Silence.]
Danny: You think we need one more?
Rusty: [Silence.]
Danny: You think we need one more.
Rusty: [Silence.]
Danny: All right, we'll get one more. How about Ocean's Eleven?
Rusty: [Blinks.]
Danny: All right.
I love Ocean's 11. I will always watch it if it comes on. It's so fun, despite Don Cheadle's unintentionally-embarrassing-worse-than-Dick-Van-Dyke accent. The direction, characters, score and pacing are superb,
BUT HOT FUZZ! I'm not sure I could vote against Edgar Wright if you paid me.
Monticello, AR
If Hot Fuzz gets into the final bracket of the tournament, I think it'd be all for the Greater Good (the greater good).
Hot Fuzz should be the tournament's number 1 seed, not a Filmspotting Madness Play-In!!! Oh no... oh no... it's the Filmspotting Madness! I can feel it pulsing through my veins... taking me over... gurgle.
Hot Fuzz all the way! Oceans gets all the attention but Hot Fuzz is arguably the height of Edgar Wright's Cornetto Trilogy and an incredible homage to action cinema. And if we're talking comedically, there's absolutely no contest.
[from Sherwood, AR]
This was one of the toughest play-in pairings, but it came down to the fact that Ocean's 11 is one of a handful of films that I'll watch repeatedly no matter what part of the film I enter. And it's Soderbergh.