Shaun of the Dead - Rave Reviews!

2099net · Post by **2099net** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 3:21 am

Yes, I'm pimping this film, which opens in America today. While I may be British, I'm not supportive of British films because (say it quietly) most suck. They suck rotten eggs backwards through a narrow straw most are so bad.

And they're bad because they aim for the American market as well as the British market, so you get all these films that have neither one identity or another.

Anyhow Shaun of the Dead is a British films I'm proud of, It's totally British, full of "real" British characters, not stereotypes. And you sbould all go and see it. It's a British romantic comedy. With Zombies.

Check out the news
http://news.google.com/nwshp?gl=us&ned= ... %253A64476

And hey, It is Peter Jackson's favourite film of the year to date!

Loomis · Post by **Loomis** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 3:41 am

I'll second that!

Saw this film on DVD last week for the first time, and was quite impressed (of course, I was expecting to like it).

Funny, gory and surprisingly touching (sometimes all at the same time).

It is one of those films that works well as a traditional zombie film AND a comedy, which is a mighty hard thing to do. George Romero seems to like it - so much that he wants to work with Pegg in the future!

Plus, there are a number of other great English comics in there, including Dylan Moran from Black Books.

2099net wrote:And you sbould all go and see it. It's a British romantic comedy. With Zombies.

Or, as they put it, a RomZomCom.

Go see it (and buy Undead, to support the Australian zombie industry).

2099net · Post by **2099net** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 7:29 am

Shaun of the Dead has a staggering 92% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes!

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/shaun_of_the_dead/

MickeyMouseboy · Post by **MickeyMouseboy** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 1:46 pm

2099net wrote:Shaun of the Dead has a staggering 92% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes!

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/shaun_of_the_dead/

See I told you it was coming to america!

Post by **Luke** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 2:47 pm

Whenever I see the previews on TV, I think of 2099net. I know Loomis likes this one too, but I imagine this "Shaun" fellow to be a bit like the Netty JR.

jabroni76 · Post by **jabroni76** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 11:59 pm

I hadn't heard of this film until tonight when I went to a site. It had an awesome rating, and now backed by people on this site, I may just have to give it a shot...

2099net · Post by **2099net** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 1:55 am

Wahooo! One conversion! "Join Us" jabroni76!

And the Rotten Tomatoes rating has risen to 93%

That's the same as Spider-Man 2 and Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring!

Luke, I'm more like Ed, not Shaun!

horseflesh · Post by **horseflesh** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 4:06 am

I must say I wasn't overly impressed with it.

And Dylan Moran is Irish.....

TheZue · Post by **TheZue** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 4:44 am

My husband downloaded it a couple weeks ago and loved it! We'll be going to see it in the theatre this Tuesday:D:D

Loomis · Post by **Loomis** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 6:18 am

horseflesh wrote:I must say I wasn't overly impressed with it.

And Dylan Moran is Irish.....

Well, that much is obvious.

I mean to say 'British' and by that including the British Isles and outlying territories and parts thereof...

Ahh....Dylan Moran transcends territorial boundaries.

2099net · Post by **2099net** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 11:09 am

A big surprise was the debut of the British import Shaun of the Dead at eighth place, despite playing at only 607 theaters. The film took in $3.3 million, or $5,437 per theater

Not bad. I understand it's getting a wider relase in 2 weeks time. Come on people, make it NUMBER ONE!

Sir Hawkins · Post by **Sir Hawkins** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 3:24 pm

Just watched Shaun of the Dead today and loved it! The humor is "lol funny" most of the time, and the zombie FX are very good as well. I would have to say it equals, if not surpasses, 28 Days in terms of style and substance. Plus 28 Days later was about as funny as cancer.

Loomis wrote:(and buy Undead, to support the Australian zombie industry).

I'm sorry, but I can't imagine how anybody could watch that film. I'm not one of these immature morons that goes around message boards trashing every film he doesn't like. People have their own opinions. However, this film is just so incredibly, laughably, unwatchably bad that I just have to warn everybody here, do NOT buy it. The music sounds like something composed on a $10 electronic keyboard by a 10-year-old, the acting is worse than bad (especially by that dude in your avatar, sorry man). Obviously everyone is free to do what they want, but nobody say I didn't warn you.

Maerj · Post by **Maerj** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 5:56 pm

Just wanted to chime in on this one...

I saw a double feature on Saturday of Shaun of the Dead and Resident Evil: Apocalypse. Shaun was an amazing film, very funny! The entire audience rose and applauded at the end, which doesn't happen every day. It was very humorous and actually had a strong message. This is a really great parody of the zombie genre and was made for the fans, but non-genre fans will appreciate it as well. I reccomend it highly.

The Resident Evil sequel was quite good as well in different ways than Shaun, of course. This film features zombies but is very light on the gore. I'd say that its almost an action movie with zombies but there were a lot of those 'jump' scenes that kept my gal pal leaping out of her seat. Fans of the video game will probably enjoy this the most, but it stands on its own as an entertaining action/horror movie.

It was a great night for zombies... ah zombies!

2099net · Post by **2099net** » Mon Oct 18, 2004 11:47 am

http://www.dvdanswers.com/index.php?r=0 ... &n=1&burl=

Region 1 release: December 21st. Oh, just in time for Xmas! I'm sure you're all adding it to your lists to Santa already!

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