Shaun of the Dead

Freakin brilliant. Almost par-feck! Must for any collection.

Seriously, this film is perfectly summed-up in its tagline: "A romantic comedy . . . with zombies!"

Buy the DVD and watch it religiously, again and again. I know I will.

VG



OK fine I just can't let it go with just that - need to give more - the charm of this movie is the characterization and the dialogue. It could have been an independent movie and still been great, but you can tell it was done with a lot of care and precision, but in the end - the humour and the dialogue are what drive this movie to complete hilarity.

Of course, you can't miss the fact that most of these people are "zombies" to begin with - the opening shots of people on the street or on the bus, looking completely zoned (emblematic of the general ennui of our "slacker" lives) - which, in fact, is what this movie parodies on pretty much all levels.

The basic thrust of the movie: we are all slackers, and in the end it takes something like the end of the world to bring out the inherent heroism (or lack of) in all of us.

again . . . freakin' brilliant!!

VG