Eh, I disliked it. In my opinion the two elements of "romance" and "horror" didn't mix well, the humor was bland, all the characters were unlikeable, aside from Shaun, and it was chockful of Dead trilogy nods just for credibility.
I think the trailer was better than the movie itself. That, and I agree that "Scary Movie 3" was funnier in comparison, but then again, I am a little partial.
Originally posted by thegreatrudini
lol notice dean how its all the yanks that dont like it and dont find it funny because they dont get british humour tis quite sad realy since we have to try and figure out there humour but we get it in the end. Without slagging it off because we dont understand lol bless em. 😛 👿
There's nothing to figure out about British humor, other than it's apparently bland.
Of course, not one of you has ever bothered explaining exactly what the **** "British" humor is, after NUMEROUS..NUMEROUS inquiries. So, until then, expect me to have a scathingly negative opinion of it.
Quentin Tarantino also loved "Assault on Precinct 13", for what his opinion is worth, which, like Romero's (who isn't exactly a great director anyway), is not much.
british humour is funnier than american humour in my opinion, all my favourite comedys are from britain such as 'only fools and horses(offically no 1 british sitcom eva, if u aint saw it then it proves your ignorance)
if u like scary movie 3 more than sotd then its pretty obvious what your problem is....no attention span...if a comedy dont make u laugh every 30 seconds then u dont like it...im not just talkin about americans, but everyone...
scary movie 3 and shaun of the dead are two different films altogether anyway
Originally posted by dean7879
british humour is funnier than american humour in my opinion, all my favourite comedys are from britain such as 'only fools and horses(offically no 1 british sitcom eva, if u aint saw it then it proves your ignorance)
if u like scary movie 3 more than sotd then its pretty obvious what your problem is....no attention span...if a comedy dont make u laugh every 30 seconds then u dont like it...im not just talkin about americans, but everyone...
scary movie 3 and shaun of the dead are two different films altogether anyway
As usual, no takers on what "British Humor" is. How about we institute a new law that says if you can't explain what it is, DON'T USE IT TO DESCRIBE THE GODDAMN MOVIE! You people seriously have no idea how many times I have asked, and how many times I have been either ignored, or people have failed to come up with a reasonable, logical explanation. Too many, that's really how many.
"Shaun of the Dead" wasn't funny to me. I don't know if it's something you Brits "relate to", if you're geographically biased, or if most of you are just easily entertained, but I would really appreciate it if people would STOP claiming "we don't get it", if you continue to fail in explaining what it is we don't necessarily "get".
I didn't find it funny. Unless calling each other "cunts" and "wankers" and posting for photos with zombies is supposed to be humerous? Guess it works on different levels for different people.
and i suppose scary movie 3 is not full of unoriginal gags..dont it get borin watching a movie that started to make fun of how tired horror movies were getting, but now is also becoming a bit tired itself..buy hey, whateva floats your boat...if u dont know what british humour is then i suggest you find out for yourself and watch more british programmes or find out on yahoo search....i'll even reccomend some bit comedys for you:
only fools and horses (i know u aint saw this, its annoys me slightly and shows your nature towards british comedy. what would your opinion be of me if i said i have never watched the simpsons because i feel that american comedy wont make me laugh?)
red dwarf
little britain
the office
blackadder
fawlty towers
absolutly faboulous
you dont find the whole posing with the zombie funny then fair enough, to be fair, neither did i find it funny..neither did i find the woman whos hat kept growing in scary movie 3 funny...it doesnt mean i will be more apposed to watch american comedys
i watch alot of american comedy and love it...i think u will find that britan watches more american comedy then americans watch british comedy.....so i woudnt say we are biased. quite the opposite
Scary Movie 3 actually only parodied 2 maybe 3 Horrors. The Ring, The Others, most notably. Personally, I don't get tired of Zucker's movies. I'm a huge fan of his, and he literally created the spoof movie with "Airplane!". Zucker's sight gags are the stuff of legend.
I'm to understand that "British Humor" is nothing more than bawdy, larger than life, over the top characters? "Monty Python", I understand. "Shaun of the dead"? No. There's nothing original or outlandish about the movie, aside from it's premise which really failed to mesh on all levels, IMO. Clever plot device, but it's nothing new.
I wish people would take into consideration that some people just may not find something funny, and it isn't that we don't "get it". On top of it being incredibly naive and snobbish, it's plain wrong.
yeah i inderstand what you are saying but i think americans should take a liittle more time with british comedys and explore more of them..not every comedy is the same...men behaving badly i reccomend you should watch...some americans remade it because they thought it was hilarious(its not a movie by the way)....the remake had rob snieder in it...i hate it when american remakes of british sitcoms come out,steptoe and son was remade and became stanford and son. Red dwarf was remade, the office might be remade, fawlty toweres was remade! america was also thinking of remaking only fools and horses!!!!!! how can u remake perfect classics like that???! thats like the british trying to remake the simpsons, or friends..why are so many british comedys being americanised? is it because that americans dont get the comedy or is it somethin else?
not all characters are over the top...its best to check a few brit comedys out and then decide
Originally posted by BlackC@t
Oh my! this movie sucked! I can easily say it was the worst movie I've ever seen.It was so shit me and my cousin walked out of it. What an awful, boring and crappy movie.
I advise you all, stay away from it!
You have to have no sence of humour to stay away from this film. It's possibly one of my favorite comedies in a long time.
Originally posted by MornGlory
i dont think Shaun of the Dead is suppose to be funnythats why the movie poster says --"romantic comedy with zombies"
You're absolutely right. Comedies usually aren't too high on laughs.
Originally posted by <<Solo>>
You have to have no sence of humour to stay away from this film. It's possibly one of my favorite comedies in a long time.
Humor is one of the most subjective matters when it comes to cinema. I'd like to think I have a fair/open sense of humor, and I didn't find 1/2 of "Shaun" even remotely chuckle-able.