Simon & Nick Make Me Laugh Real Good
Rarely do I find myself really captured by comedy. Most of the comedic movie stars from Hollywood just don't do anything for me. That's why I am completely surprised that I am a HUGE fan of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. First there was Shaun of the Dead then Hot Fuzz which just came out on DVD and is a huge hit with the family.
As they say, "Brilliant". The both of them - the moves and the actor/writers. Sure, they carry on a long tradition of comedic partners across many countries (I think of Dudley Moore and Peter Cook in Bedazzled). But they are really contemporary - comedy for the Grand Theft Auto-set. They are comedic nerds. There humanity is right there on their sleeve along with the stains from wiping their beer-brimmed mouths.
Both films show how "losers" prevail - not by winning the spoils of the "small-dicks" as the Drive By Truckers call them - but by staying alive to play another videogame or play the peacemaker in small town, England.
I am not sure I want to think too hard and analyze why I like them so much. that kind of goes against the unwritten code of their simplistic nerdism. Let's just say they make me laugh out loud and Nick (my son) and I both really get "it."
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