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Shaun of the Dead
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, Jul 31 2004 04:48 PM
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Posted 07 October 2004 - 02:44 AM
| QUOTE (Peter T Chattaway @ Aug 31 2004, 01:38 AM) |
| Don't know what to say about this film, as I have never seen any of the "classic" zombie films. I thought the funny scenes were pretty funny, and the dramatic scenes were very convincing, and the gore effects were few but perfectly done ... and yet I am not sure whether all these things really "fit" together, side by side. One minute we've got apathetic humour of the Futurama sort, the next minute we're supposed to care -- I mean, really care -- about Shaun's relationship with his mom and stepdad. |
Is postmodernism,no?
Edited by David, 07 October 2004 - 02:44 AM.
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Posted 07 October 2004 - 04:00 AM
| QUOTE (David @ Oct 7 2004, 07:43 AM) |
| Is postmodernism,no? |
(shudders) Sorry, I'm allergic to that word.
Anyho, I saw Shaun quite some months ago now and very much enjoyed it. Enough to go straight home and order both series of Spaced. The one thing which always bugged me though was Nick Frost's Ed. I couldn't *stand* him and just can't see why so many folks seemed to love the character. I mean, even his friendship with Shaun is based on his selfishness and irresponcibility. There's nothing endearing in the character and that really bothered me.
Sometimes these sorts of 'dead weight' characters, who sit around being jokey whilst the movie carries on aorund them, can be hilarious (Father Jack in the sitcom Father Ted being one of the better ones) but Ed just didn't work for me. Which surprised me when I went back and watched Spaced as Frost's character there works extremley well.
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Posted 17 October 2004 - 03:34 PM
Good review.
I saw Shuan last weekend and thought it to be the funniest movie I've seen all year. Despite my entery into middle-age, it is the first Zombie movie I've seen and, as a record collector, I loved the scene where the hero and sidekick were debating which LPs to throw at a pair of advancing zombies.
Out of the blue, I was loaned a copy of "28 Days Later" last night. This movie made a much different impression. In addition to the zombie dreams last night (never pleasant), I keep thinking about the idea that rage (anger) is so contagious. Or on another take, the uninfected humans were just as destructive as the infected humans.
Two very different zombie movies over two weekends. Both very well done in my opinion. And I don't feel the need for more.
Clive
I saw Shuan last weekend and thought it to be the funniest movie I've seen all year. Despite my entery into middle-age, it is the first Zombie movie I've seen and, as a record collector, I loved the scene where the hero and sidekick were debating which LPs to throw at a pair of advancing zombies.
Out of the blue, I was loaned a copy of "28 Days Later" last night. This movie made a much different impression. In addition to the zombie dreams last night (never pleasant), I keep thinking about the idea that rage (anger) is so contagious. Or on another take, the uninfected humans were just as destructive as the infected humans.
Two very different zombie movies over two weekends. Both very well done in my opinion. And I don't feel the need for more.
Clive
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Posted 18 October 2004 - 01:45 PM
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Posted 19 October 2004 - 10:41 AM
| QUOTE (opus @ Oct 18 2004, 02:44 PM) |
The Region 1 DVD is due out on December 21, just in time for Christmas!  |
And it's going to have everything on the R2 disc plus a couple of new surprises, according to Pegg. Woo-hoo!
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Posted 31 October 2004 - 12:13 PM
Saw this last night. I'm not into horror movies much. I don't watch many and certainly haven't seen any of the other zombie flicks, but I loved this one. The humor will pull me in every time.
For me the Ed character makes great sense given the whole of the film -- in the sense that he was a walking dead even before he was bitten, in the sense that he was consuming (time-wise) Shaun as the living and still trying to consume (eat) him in the end, in the sense that his life really did not change after he changed (you yourself even use the term "dead weight"). And Ed seems completely OK with this so his fate makes sense to me.
I can't account for why people may find him endearing, but I do believe the inclusion of his character was a master stroke.
QUOTE(Shantih)
The one thing which always bugged me though was Nick Frost's Ed. I couldn't *stand* him and just can't see why so many folks seemed to love the character. I mean, even his friendship with Shaun is based on his selfishness and irresponcibility. There's nothing endearing in the character and that really bothered me.
Sometimes these sorts of 'dead weight' characters, who sit around being jokey whilst the movie carries on aorund them, can be hilarious (Father Jack in the sitcom Father Ted being one of the better ones) but Ed just didn't work for me. Which surprised me when I went back and watched Spaced as Frost's character there works extremley well.
Sometimes these sorts of 'dead weight' characters, who sit around being jokey whilst the movie carries on aorund them, can be hilarious (Father Jack in the sitcom Father Ted being one of the better ones) but Ed just didn't work for me. Which surprised me when I went back and watched Spaced as Frost's character there works extremley well.
For me the Ed character makes great sense given the whole of the film -- in the sense that he was a walking dead even before he was bitten, in the sense that he was consuming (time-wise) Shaun as the living and still trying to consume (eat) him in the end, in the sense that his life really did not change after he changed (you yourself even use the term "dead weight"). And Ed seems completely OK with this so his fate makes sense to me.
I can't account for why people may find him endearing, but I do believe the inclusion of his character was a master stroke.
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Posted 18 January 2005 - 01:53 PM
John Leguizamo on Land of the Dead
John Leguizamo, who plays a junkie in Rogue Pictures' Assault on Precinct 13, also stars in George A. Romero's Land of the Dead, which hits screens in October. . . . What does Leguizamo think of the recent 'zombie renaissance' with movies like Shaun of the Dead? "The guys from 'Shaun of the Dead' are in the movie. . . ." He's not sure what "Shaun" stars Simon Pegg and Nick Frost play. "I didn't see that getting shot, so I don't know, but the beauty about Romero is that there's always been a sense of humor about things. I mean, there's always a little bit of a wink to it."
ComingSoon.net, January 18
John Leguizamo, who plays a junkie in Rogue Pictures' Assault on Precinct 13, also stars in George A. Romero's Land of the Dead, which hits screens in October. . . . What does Leguizamo think of the recent 'zombie renaissance' with movies like Shaun of the Dead? "The guys from 'Shaun of the Dead' are in the movie. . . ." He's not sure what "Shaun" stars Simon Pegg and Nick Frost play. "I didn't see that getting shot, so I don't know, but the beauty about Romero is that there's always been a sense of humor about things. I mean, there's always a little bit of a wink to it."
ComingSoon.net, January 18
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Posted 21 January 2005 - 11:27 PM
QUOTE(Peter T Chattaway @ Jan 18 2005, 01:53 PM)
John Leguizamo on Land of the Dead
stars Simon Pegg and Nick Frost play. "I didn't see that getting shot, so I don't know, but the beauty about Romero is that there's always been a sense of humor about things. I mean, there's always a little bit of a wink to it."
ComingSoon.net, January 18
stars Simon Pegg and Nick Frost play. "I didn't see that getting shot, so I don't know, but the beauty about Romero is that there's always been a sense of humor about things. I mean, there's always a little bit of a wink to it."
ComingSoon.net, January 18
Frost isn't in Land of the Dead, actually ... it's Pegg and Edgar Wright (shaun's director) and they're both playing zombies ...
#30
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Posted 10 July 2005 - 06:10 PM
Caught this last night, and I'll add myself to the list of fans.
I thought it was a perfectly contructed two act satire. Set-up, knock-down. Not a single gag, device or plot twist wasn't layed out in the first act.
A really fun little send-up of a very bizarre sub-genre.
I thought it was a perfectly contructed two act satire. Set-up, knock-down. Not a single gag, device or plot twist wasn't layed out in the first act.
A really fun little send-up of a very bizarre sub-genre.
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Posted 05 September 2005 - 02:47 AM
QUOTE(SZPT @ Oct 31 2004, 11:13 AM)
Saw this last night. I'm not into horror movies much. I don't watch many and certainly haven't seen any of the other zombie flicks, but I loved this one. The humor will pull me in every time.
For me the Ed character makes great sense given the whole of the film -- in the sense that he was a walking dead even before he was bitten, in the sense that he was consuming (time-wise) Shaun as the living and still trying to consume (eat) him in the end, in the sense that his life really did not change after he changed (you yourself even use the term "dead weight"). And Ed seems completely OK with this so his fate makes sense to me.
I can't account for why people may find him endearing, but I do believe the inclusion of his character was a master stroke.
QUOTE(Shantih)
The one thing which always bugged me though was Nick Frost's Ed. I couldn't *stand* him and just can't see why so many folks seemed to love the character. I mean, even his friendship with Shaun is based on his selfishness and irresponcibility. There's nothing endearing in the character and that really bothered me.
Sometimes these sorts of 'dead weight' characters, who sit around being jokey whilst the movie carries on aorund them, can be hilarious (Father Jack in the sitcom Father Ted being one of the better ones) but Ed just didn't work for me. Which surprised me when I went back and watched Spaced as Frost's character there works extremley well.
Sometimes these sorts of 'dead weight' characters, who sit around being jokey whilst the movie carries on aorund them, can be hilarious (Father Jack in the sitcom Father Ted being one of the better ones) but Ed just didn't work for me. Which surprised me when I went back and watched Spaced as Frost's character there works extremley well.
For me the Ed character makes great sense given the whole of the film -- in the sense that he was a walking dead even before he was bitten, in the sense that he was consuming (time-wise) Shaun as the living and still trying to consume (eat) him in the end, in the sense that his life really did not change after he changed (you yourself even use the term "dead weight"). And Ed seems completely OK with this so his fate makes sense to me.
I can't account for why people may find him endearing, but I do believe the inclusion of his character was a master stroke.
I just saw this this evening, but I think that this is a great observation.
#32
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Posted 05 September 2005 - 07:11 PM
Why, thank you. Every once in while something comes out of my brain besides moths.
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Posted 06 September 2005 - 01:22 AM
QUOTE(Russell Lucas @ Jul 31 2004, 06:16 PM)
...A legitimate zombie romcom.
A zomromcom?
