this is an ill-thought out opinion, first of all edgar wright's films were never "saying" anything about the genres they're parodying.
>other than the way it was made, doesn't do anything clever within the genre
so basically it does do something clever within the genre? please try to write with coherence
>The main plot points and how the story develops is quite basic
unsubstantiated
>and the romance plot isn't all that developed or interesting
on the contrary there is quite a lot interesting about it. the oedipal undertones for example and how that relates to the strange "family" baby is a part of
>Usually when Edgar Wright deals with movie clichés it is done in a tongue in cheek kind of way but that wasn't the case in this.
except it was and you would have to be tone-deaf not to see this.
>Thus once you take away the gimmick of having the soundtrack integrated so well in the movie and the cool chase scenes, the movie doesn't really stand out as much
you mean when you take away the crux of the film it turns it into a different film? obviously.
please write with more thought next time
