Is Shaun of the Dead funny?

well McBane like everything else the americans like to steal the glory need i mention the second world war? lol they step in the last couple months and now they claim they won it lol nuff said now stop ur petty squabling u lot its getting very boring

Originally posted by Aku
French? WTF?

Most recently:

Amelie
The City of Lost Children
Man Bites Dog
Wasabi
Swimming Pool

..anything by Francois Truffaut or Jean-Luc Godard in the 50's-60's. How is this so uncredible? French cinema has it all.

amilie was great,

Spanish films are great, Sex and Lucia is a great film.

Originally posted by thegreatrudini
well McBane like everything else the americans like to steal the glory need i mention the second world war? lol they step in the last couple months and now they claim they won it lol nuff said now stop ur petty squabling u lot its getting very boring

Do you realise some people in America do not even realise that there was a World War at all. Their only knowledge of it is through Americanised films!
As Little Britain we have a sense of pride when a movie of ours does well.

And as for French films lets not forget some great films were made by the french in hollywood style.
The Fith Element and Leon were both made by Luc Besson - a well known french director. Also a film called Brotherhood of the Wolf quite surprised me as being quite good.
So there are 'some' good things coming out of France to make up for all their frogs legs and snails 😘

Any film, regardless of the country it was made in can be good. They all just need the right mix.
Gaz

Originally posted by McBane

The Fith Element and Leon were both made by Luc Besson - a well known french director.

As was "Wasabi", which is why I mentioned it. It's a complete French film, writer/director, actors, dialogue, but set in France and Japan.

I loved Shaun Of The Dead! I laugh everytime I watch it.

I enjoyed the movie, I thought it was hillarious, yet gory and could have been scary... to a select few.

I'll tell you guys what. I'll give this movie another try when the DVD is released. I ate crow when I saw "28 Days Later" after THREE times, maybe "Shaun" is the same way, and I am trying too hard to be anti-cool. 😛

Originally posted by Cinemaddiction
I give up. This entire conversation is ridiculous, and will only end in negativity.

Stanley Kubrick was born in New York, "A Clockwork Orange" was shot in Britain? Does that mean it's a "British" film? Give me a break. Are we trying to decide what country produces better movies?

i was just mentioning some british films
i think usa produces the best, the only french films ive saw are irreversible and haute tension
so u dont think clockwork orange is british? it appeared on tv in the top 100 british movies of all time
so i guess alien is an english film

the fact the kubrick lived most his life in britain and all the cast and crew are british..id say the movie is classed as british

Some of you guys must of been watching the wrong screen or something because that must have been the most boringest movie i have ever seen. there was only one funny bit and i hardly even laughed at it. i mean it should be called a movie - more like a video camera and people. i was falling asleep ......

Originally posted by Wolfie
I loved Shaun of the Dead! I saw it just for the humor because it wasn't scary at all. As for story, predictability, etc, it's a comedy. IMO, a comedy doesn't need a good story or anything. That wasn't what they were goin' for.

I loved the part when

Spoiler:
that guy with the glasses stepped in front of the window and the zombies broke through. They tried pulling him back in and ripped his legs off. They started hitting the zombies with the severed legs.

😆

I wouldn't know, I walked out before that...

Originally posted by BlackC@t
I wouldn't know, I walked out before that...

but u like return of the living dead 3 😕

Originally posted by Cinemaddiction
As was "Wasabi", which is why I mentioned it. It's a complete French film, writer/director, actors, dialogue, but set in France and Japan.

Good Point.
Gaz

Dean: Yeah, it was an excellent movie, very orginal, not just a huge amount of zombies taking over the world like typical zombie movies.

i woudnt say its excellent....i think i'll stick to braindead or reanimator which are not the usual type zombies films

I really was not impressed by this film.

I gave "Shaun" another chance this evening, whilst keeping a few things in mind, after my experiences in this thread. Of course, I came out enjoying a lot more.

When you allow yourself to enjoy a movie, not strain to identify what is implied to be funny, it comes right to you on a big silver platter. "Shaun" had loads of it. Not so much deep bellylaughs, but situation irony that is so clever, the only people that could POSSIBLY fathom the comedic value in it would be the Zuckers, Jim Abrahams, or Pat Proft.

I mean, a man beating beaten in unison with a Queen song? Classic.

If it takes some of you a second viewing, this time with no expectations or inhabitions, do it. "Shaun of the Dead" is a much more enjoyable film when you just let it flow, I have come to find. It's not really the romantic comedy it's billed as, moreso a horror comedy, with some real life elements. I say that because the "romance" is foreshadowed by Simon Pegg, and his surprisingly professional dramatic acting, which served up some "awww's", as well as being the only time I didn't find myself laughing on my second go round.

The DVD is out on the 21st, and I've pulled a 180 in my support for the film.

Originally posted by Cinemaddiction
I gave "Shaun" another chance this evening, whilst keeping a few things in mind, after my experiences in this thread. Of course, I came out enjoying a lot more.

When you allow yourself to enjoy a movie, not strain to identify what is implied to be funny, it comes right to you on a big silver platter. "Shaun" had loads of it. Not so much deep bellylaughs, but situation irony that is so clever, the only people that could POSSIBLY fathom the comedic value in it would be the Zuckers, Jim Abrahams, or Pat Proft.

I mean, a man beating beaten in unison with a Queen song? Classic.

If it takes some of you a second viewing, this time with no expectations or inhabitions, do it. "Shaun of the Dead" is a much more enjoyable film when you just let it flow, I have come to find. It's not really the romantic comedy it's billed as, moreso a horror comedy, with some real life elements. I say that because the "romance" is foreshadowed by Simon Pegg, and his surprisingly professional dramatic acting, which served up some "awww's", as well as being the only time I didn't find myself laughing on my second go round.

The DVD is out on the 21st, and I've pulled a 180 in my support for the film.

im proud of ya 🙂 lol yeah it does take a second viewing sometimes to appreciate it a bit more

im proud of ya lol yeah it does take a second viewing sometimes to appreciate it a bit more

exactly, that is so true...

I think Shaun was cool because it didnt have the famous British comedians in it like Steve Coogan or Peter Kay etc. But had the actors from the comedy sitcoms. I think they did a really good job and probably even a better job had the actors been famous.