"Don't say that!"
"What?"
"That!"
"What?"
"The zed-word. Don't say it!"
"Why not?"
"Because it's ridiculous!"
A Romantic Comedy...with zombies, and it's British.
Shaun (Pegg) is content with his life. He has a job, a girl friend he loves (Liz, played by Ashfield), and he lives with his best friend Ed (Frost). But his perfect world begins to crumble when Liz ends their relationship because they do the same thing: go to the local pub, the Winchester, there is no adventure. After drinking away his sorrows with a little help from Ed, they return to their flat where their other roommate Pete (Peter Serafinowicz) expects Ed to move out because he is just holding them/Shaun back.
The next morning people are becoming flesh-eating zombies. When a person is bit by a zombie, they die (from bloodloss) and arise a zombie. The only way to kill a zombie is decapitation or bludgeoning the head. Despite warnings to stay indoors and not confront the zombies, Shaun and Ed gather their friends: Shaun's mom Barbara (Penelope Wilton), Liz, and Liz's roommates Dianne (Davis) and David (Moran) and barricade themselves in the Winchester until help arrives. Armed with a cricket bat, pool cues, a tetherball pole, and other various objects they attempt to survive the night and keep the zombies from physically ripping them apart.
That was great! I don't usually watch this movie from start to finish because till I realize it is on TV, it is at the same place (right before they reach the Winchester)...but I definitely suggest watching the film in its entirety, multipe times if possible. The early scenes set up most of the film...the dialogue (little pieces here and there), the camera angles, etc. with a big comedic payoff if you pay attention enough to catch it. I don't watch zombie films, but fans of that genre will be able to pick out specific traits found in zombie movies. While I preferred the second film by Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg (Hot Fuzz), this one is excellent as well.
Dude, it's quotable: there are some memorable lines (but there is a lot of blood, and cursing)
Rent it multiple times: you catch more after you've seen it multiple times
Shaun of the Dead (2004) 99 minutes
Rating: R for zombie violence/gore and language
Director: Edgar Wright
Starring: Simon Pegg as Shaun
Kate Ashfield as Liz
Nick Frost as Ed
Lucy Davis as Dianne
Dylan Moran as David
Shaun (Pegg) is content with his life. He has a job, a girl friend he loves (Liz, played by Ashfield), and he lives with his best friend Ed (Frost). But his perfect world begins to crumble when Liz ends their relationship because they do the same thing: go to the local pub, the Winchester, there is no adventure. After drinking away his sorrows with a little help from Ed, they return to their flat where their other roommate Pete (Peter Serafinowicz) expects Ed to move out because he is just holding them/Shaun back.
The next morning people are becoming flesh-eating zombies. When a person is bit by a zombie, they die (from bloodloss) and arise a zombie. The only way to kill a zombie is decapitation or bludgeoning the head. Despite warnings to stay indoors and not confront the zombies, Shaun and Ed gather their friends: Shaun's mom Barbara (Penelope Wilton), Liz, and Liz's roommates Dianne (Davis) and David (Moran) and barricade themselves in the Winchester until help arrives. Armed with a cricket bat, pool cues, a tetherball pole, and other various objects they attempt to survive the night and keep the zombies from physically ripping them apart.
That was great! I don't usually watch this movie from start to finish because till I realize it is on TV, it is at the same place (right before they reach the Winchester)...but I definitely suggest watching the film in its entirety, multipe times if possible. The early scenes set up most of the film...the dialogue (little pieces here and there), the camera angles, etc. with a big comedic payoff if you pay attention enough to catch it. I don't watch zombie films, but fans of that genre will be able to pick out specific traits found in zombie movies. While I preferred the second film by Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg (Hot Fuzz), this one is excellent as well.
Dude, it's quotable: there are some memorable lines (but there is a lot of blood, and cursing)
Rent it multiple times: you catch more after you've seen it multiple times
Shaun of the Dead (2004) 99 minutes
Rating: R for zombie violence/gore and language
Director: Edgar Wright
Starring: Simon Pegg as Shaun
Kate Ashfield as Liz
Nick Frost as Ed
Lucy Davis as Dianne
Dylan Moran as David
Funnily I didnt like this!! Just didnt find it funny. I know I know, Im out on my own on this because all the critics liked it, but heck films are still about what you think and not what others think
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