Shaun of the Dead Review (no spoilers)

one cool limey



Sunday I went out with Manda to see the movie Shaun of The Dead and I freakin' LOVED IT. By far it is the best movie I've seen in months! It combines old school zombie horror with a bit of dark comedy. It was great. The zombies looked great, the cast was great, it was just a great movie!

The whole concept was brilliant: Think about it, if the world was being taken over by zombies would we really notice? I mean it's not so hard to believe. We've all heard stories about commuters stepping over dead bodies on subways or ignoring cries for help. Hell, I remember driving home from work and saw this homeless guy bleeding badly from the head and yelling that he just got robbed, but nobody even batted an eye. Hell, even I kept driving (I'm not a fucking saint). What if the guy was bitten by a zombie??



Everyday we go through the same, painful, tedious motions of our lives with all the enthusiasm of a dead fish until we start to resemble the living dead. Society's ever increasing level of apathy self-absorbing attitude is well portrayed by the main character Shaun as the world is literally going to hell around him, He doesn't notice though because he's too caught up in much more important tasks such as goofing off with his fat slob of a roommate, Ed, bitching about his shitty job and trying to salvage his failing relationship with his girlfriend (who is SOOOO much better than he deserves).



Anyway, enough of the social commentary shit, this is just a good movie! I wasn't bored once, although it was kind of hard to understand the thick British accents at times, but I got the general idea. I wanted to KILL Ed because he kept fucking up everything and nearly gets everyone killed on several occassions, but he was still likable. We ALL have friends like Ed.

The special effects were very well done for a movie with a limited budget. I was pleasantly surprised at the amount of gore in this film. The comedy was funny, but not over the top wacky funny like it could've easily been. It had just the right amount of dark humor to keep me entertained. Hell, there were actually a couple of emotionally tense moments as well, especially the part where Shaun has to make a pretty harsh decision concerning someone very close to him. I Won't spoil it though!



Manda didn't like the movie, but she was hit many times in the head when she was a kid so I'll forgive her.



Enough yappin'. I highly suggest you watch this film and keep an eye out for zombie-like behavior.