Review: Shaun of the Dead

ok, big leap...not checked many of the forum residents, but im pretty sure theres at least 2 ppl from UK here.....including me. so here it goes

UK film, filled with the creme of UK comedy actors. Spoof Zombie film but not 1 of those passe (fancy word, if only my review was good enough to warrant it) "Scary Movie" style spoofs, its actually pure class.... ud have to be English to appreciate the comedy imo, since we have a different sense of humour to the rest of the world. but the timing and quality of the jokes are spot on, to the tee, perfect, ill stop there.

neway, the film itself is actually surprisingly good, lacks a bit of story line (but seriously....its a comedy Zombie movie...2 of the most notoriously bad genre's for story line, mixed into 1 - i was impressed that the characters all had names tbh)

The actors are top quality, actually managing to pull off actual drama acting, while still keeping comedy intact.

all in all, id say its a top quality movie, and any sane British (checks the British/English thread...yup British will do) person should check it out, i garuantee it will be worth the money and bus fare down there 😛

oh, and all u ppl from other countrys....well....erm, u can watch it if u want 😛

im from the uk 😄 woo hoo! i really wanna c shaun of the dead...and i luv british humour 😛

ive seen it twice 😄 thursday and friday night

it was so fecking funny... the serious (not funny) stuff starts getting layed in since theyre all in the car, 🙁, but there are still loads more funny moments!

Spoiler:
when davids guts are ripped out was lush 🙂 and also the hole in mary

its surprisingly believeable 😖 because theyre all down to earth typical people 😛

The Queen bit was awesome 😄

Sounds Good.I'm waiting for it here in the U.S. I believe it doesn't come out till June though.

i like the trailer 4 it lol....*runs over the zombie*....*opens door to check on it*...You OK?....*zombie mumbles*.....Thank God....lol thats soooo funny 😄

Shaun of the dead is not a cinematic film it is a tv show,,,, bad film ! the narrative almost stops in the middle. the creators of this film are comedy sketch greats but lack the conviction of carrying comedy the lenght of a feature film.

I've seen this film twice now and i loved it both times. It is really funny but not stupid like Scary Movie it really is just amazing and i'd reccomend it to anyone.

A teacher at my school used to know the director 🙂

I just watched this movie. Very enjoyable. Lots of fun. Even had some nice gorey scenes.

If its gorey i wanna see it lol bring on the gore!!

I'm gonna see it when it comes out in aust. 😄

It was an ok film but nothing special. The best thing about it was that it had ever British comidy actor in it!

Plus Nick Frost rules! He told us how to stop terrists taking over your bus in 'Danger! Incoming Attack'. For those people who didnt see him in action; you have to take off one of your socks and fill it with everybodys lose change and then smack the terrist over the head with it!

BRILLIANT!!!!!

Elisha Cuthbert is fit

This movie was great. I have never liked a zombie movie until now. Zombie movies are usually pointless gore and not scary (well, they at least aren't scary to me). This movie was hillarious and yet it still follows the general formula of a zombie movie. No cheap spoof jokes making fun of other movies either, just original humor. The gore was quite impressive as well. I especially liked when the ******* got ripped to pieces and had his intestines eaten. The dialog and morals of the movie were much better than normal zombie movies as well. Their was more depth to these characters and more character developement as well. Shaun goes from a lazy son of a ***** to a hero as well as getting his life together in the sense of his relationship with his girlfriend. Along with that, the stereotypical message of zombie movies portraying society as 'zombies' is much more clear.

Rating: 8 out of 10

I just saw the movie last night and I thought it was great.All the points you made above apply to me.Especially,when the ******* got it.God was that satisfying.

DUPLICATE THREAD!!!

Which is my way of saying that we here in the Uk have been seeing this top film since April!

Three times in April infact!

After all the fuss about Shaun of the Dead I finally got to see it yesterday. What can I say? I love the humor and It was funny so I'm very pleased with the movie. I gotta a feeling that this character of Shaun is destined to star in many future films, and why not? I like the character and I find him to be next Mr. Bean!

Now, don't let the statement above make you think I'm comparing both Mr. Bean and Shaun! I think both characters are unique and have their own style of comedy. I love them both. That's why I'm requesting the British to please PLEASE create more characters like Mr. Bean and Shaun. I'm just getting to be a fan!

The movie was funny but only one thing I didn't quite comprehend

Spoiler:
why did it seen that the movie slow down a bit during the Winchester pub? Was it to show that the character of Shaun is a sentimental person? I can understand the whole thing with shooting your own mother......but was it necessary? Still, that didn't make me get side track. I still love it.

My favorite joke in the movie didn't involve any zombies. For me it was the whole

Spoiler:
"there is no I in team.....but in pie like meat pie" (sorry if I misquoted but I laughing during that time)

I had laughs and I found myself attracted to the movie. Very good film I defenetly recommend it for everyone to go see. Great stuff! I'm looking forward to more Shaun movies in the future.

I rate it at 4 out of 5.

i dont usually like movies that contain zombies wether it be funny /horror .. but to me this was quite well done even if its british through and through

I was fortunate enough to pick this movie up in July on a bootleg DVD that I bought for 20 bucks. Needless to say, I agree with all of the other positive reviews on this film. It's great. What can I say? See it, you'll probably like it too.

Totally disappointed.

Nearly totally inaudible dialogue, elementary "humor", slow and plodding build up to absolutely nothing. It was WAY too heavy on the "romantic" cheese factor, and it felt a little contrived, as if it were added just to merit the romantic comedy with zombies bill.

Had some typical Dead trilogy homages, "We're coming to get you Barbara", the bald flannel/jean jacket "Dawn" zombie, and the Rhoads "Day" disembowlment reenactment at Winchester were fun, though. Too bad the rest was just too slow and uninvolving to maintain my interest.

Nice swipe at "28 Days Later" towards the end. Too bad it's a far more superior film than "Shaun". 🙄 If this is British humor, you chaps must be easily amused.

5/10