Props to @eric3579 for pointing this out.

Oh god yes!
The travel-scene from Hot Fuzz elevated that movie from awesome to instant classic for me.

I totally agree, Wright is a very inventive film maker. I didn't like The World's End as much as the Shaun of The Dead and Hot Fuzz because it lacked a convincing core concept and felt more contrived. But he still made it visually interesting and there were some good jokes.

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The slow motion gunfight bit was from Spaced, an utterly hilarious comedy written and performed by the same set of people that are in hot fuzz and sean.

Problem is, most big budget films in America are made as products. Production crew makes storyboards, scripts etc. which get approved by executives. If the director doesn't have the clout and starts to make changes from what's on the boards, he often gets told to 'fix' it. Directors who toe the line get brought on for future projects. Those who don't, often don't get work again. Obviously there are exceptions, superstar directors who can dictate what's in their films, but they are not the norm.

In most other places, films are seen as art and the directors get more freedom to create. Also, budgets are generally lower, so it's not seen as quite the same sort of risk.

I think this describes why I don't find most comedy funny these days... It's all talking, with awkward/disgusting situations mixed in.

I am a huge Edgar Wright fan, Hot Fuzz is probably my favorite comedy ever. However you talk shit about Bridesmaids and you get hit! Bridesmaids was awesome...NO I know more than you!

It's a pity he's now not doing Ant-Man. Stupid Marvel

Old School is perhaps the best american comedy in a decade. That said, I absolutely agree. Comedy here is very one-dimensional. It's jokes, nothing else. Usually very base ones that everyone will get with a spattering of 'gut-laughs'. I agree one of the biggest reasons as Drachan commented on is just how regimented and formulaic our entertainment is in this country.

This also exemplifies why I am so very torn with Edgar Wright leaving Ant Man and potentially Marvel. He's one of the best directors around and so very inventive. I adored World's End, though my favorite of the 'trilogy' will always be Hot Fuzz.

On the flip side, as a fan of the comic Scott Pilgrim was a terrible movie. He clearly took a lot of creative license with the beloved graphic novel while at the same time totally putting off the audience while at the same time doing nothing to bring in people who have never heard of it previously, which is why it bombed so very hard.

So he left Ant Man, easily one of my top 5 favorite Marvel characters, because of creative differences. I suspect he wanted to do something very different then the established material and Marvel was against that because they want to link him to their other movies (DUH!). So while I think the movie could potentially have been fantastic under his direction, it could just as easily have been marvels biggest bomb since Hulk.

Scott Pilgrim: Make Your Transitions Count has been added as a related post - related requested by ChaosEngine on that post.