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Quint stumbles out of SHAUN OF THE DEAD as though hit by a cricket bat!
Hey folks, Harry here... this film is just bloody brilliant. Many that attended the little screening I had here in Austin feel they will not see a film they love more this year. SHAUN OF THE DEAD could play against any of your favorite, played 150 times horror films and come out smiling. It is really, that fucking great. England gets it next weekend, and my envy knows no bounds. I want to go again, RIGHT NOW! I've been listening to the soundtrack in bliss for the past two days. I LOVE THIS MOVIE! Here's Quint, who wasn't as crazy about it as me... ahem... (sarcasm alert) Ere' ya go...
Ahoy, squirts! The bloodiest, crustiest not yet undead seaman, Quint, here with my review of Edgar Wright's feature film debut. I must admit an ignorance to Wright's work. I've heard of SPACED, but have never seen one single episode. After watching the awesomeness that is SHAUN OF THE DEAD, trust me when I say I'm going to track me down the show...
When the credits rolled, all my thoughts were jumbled in my head. I knew I loved it, but I was trying to figure out what about the film made it work. The story is simple... A kind of loser guy, Shaun (Simon Pegg), fucks up his life. His best friend, Ed (played by the god-like genius that is Nick Frost) is loyal, but a loser. No ambition, no income, but a good heart and great sense of humor. This puts a strain on all of Shaun's relationships, be it with his girlfriend (Kate Ashfield) or his flat-mate (Peter Serafinowicz... with a name like that, I bet you wouldn't believe me if I told you he was Darth Maul's voice... but you'd be wrong!). His life is in shambles, his job sucks, his stepfather's a prick and to make matters worse a bloody zombie outbreak occurs.
The film surprised me. It' not only funny, but it's also scary. The characters are over-the-top, but not cartoons. The situations range from fart jokes (don't roll your eyes until you see the film... the fart joke in this film is in the top 3 of all time, hands down) to real emotion to gore. The film is a love letter to George Romero, but it doesn't feel self referential. I recently saw DEAD & BREAKFAST, which is a film I really wanted to love, but it's got such a hard on for Bruce Campbell and EVIL DEAD 2 that it really just kinda becomes a film that at best is an OK rip-off of EVIL DEAD.
SHAUN OF THE DEAD doesn't suffer from that problem. The movie is so unique, the characters so original, that it never feels like a retread. The film references, for the most part, are not the obvious choices. For instance, who would have thought that Shaun would adopt the "DEER HUNTER" look toward the end of the film?
What I had trouble trying to set straight in my mind after the movie was really how to describe the film. Is it a comedy? Yes, absolutely. A hilarious and extremely witty comedy at that. Is it a horror movie? Yes, absolutely. There are genuine scares and fantastic effects work in this thing. So, does that make it a spoof? No, absolutely not.
Moriarty, Harry and a few others were talking after the screening and Moriarty nailed it. When one of my buddies compared his enjoyment of the film to his enjoyment of AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON, Moriarty lit up. "That's exactly right. SHAUN OF THE DEAD is to zombie movies what AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON was to werewolf movies."
I'm sure he'll go on about that in his review, but he hit it on the head. Just as AMERICAN WEREWOLF was both a sharp comedy AND a great horror movie, SHAUN OF THE DEAD follows that same path.
The characters are what make this movie, though. I was pretty vocal about my disappointment in the newly released DAWN OF THE DEAD remake and how it is kind of a slap in the face to Romero's original films. One of my biggest complaints about the movie was how there was zero character development. There was not one person in the whole movie that I wasn't rooting for getting torn apart in some gruesome way.
So, how is it that the comedy movie that, I'm sure, cost 1/10th of DAWN OF THE DEAD, ended up having the cooler zombies and most well drawn characters? A movie called SHAUN OF THE DEAD had more believable relationships than any genre films I've seen in in recent memory... How does something like that happen? Seriously, there's a character that gets bitten near the end of the film that I liked so much that I was genuinely angry at the filmmakers for dooming this character.
I'm a huge, huge fan of background comedy, meaning the main characters are going about their business, but behind them is where the real joke is. The Zuckers were kings of this in AIRPLANE! and TOP SECRET, but I haven't really seen it done as well since. SHAUN OF THE DEAD has the best usage of background comedy since the hey-day of the Zuckers... I don't want to ruin it, but my favorite bit is right when Shaun and Ed leave the pub and there's a couple making out against the building. That couple is what you need to watch.
Any geek out there is going to die for this film. I predict that within a year of its release, you're going to see high school and college kids quoting Pegg and Frost with the same enthusiasm as they quote from THE BIG LEBOWSKI, Charlie Murphy's True Hollywood Stories ("I'm Rick James, bitch!") and OFFICE SPACE. Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now" and "You're My Best Friend" will have whole new meanings for you. Fanboys will be demanding a McFarlane Shaun figure (with cricket mallet and removable dart, of course).
I could go on and on about my love of this film, but since the whole bloody AICN crew went to the screening, I'll cut the review short and let you hear from them. I know Focus Features has the film for US Distribution, but I don't think they've set a release date yet. I'm sure you'll be hearing lots about this film in the near future. From one zombie nut to another don't miss the chance to see this film!
That's it from me, squirts. This is Quint bidding you all a fond farewell and adieu.
-Quint
email: Email the bloody seaman here, ya dafty cunts! He's a bit of awright!
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Can't wait to see this Zombie flickerama. Simon Pegg's a really funny man and it sounds like they've really nailed it.
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u Americans, its always nice to see you delight in the cream of British humour. Once again, and im sure youve been told many a time in the last few weeks, track down Spaced its a delight. It will only increase the pleasure you obtain from Shaun by showing you that Simon Pegg is a god when it comes to genre movies and referencing them.
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I can't wait to see this. I'm glad to see a resurgance in zombie movies lately. I'm very much looking forward to this. Can anyone tell me how to find out about and get into these advance screenings?? I don't live in Austin, but Dallas has to have some of these once in a while, right?
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Its like when movies go out of their way to give their hero a catchphrase, it just doesn't work. Its got to be natural. -
Apr 03, 2004 6:21:33 PM CST
Well its nice to see yanks are going to suffer with release date
by jigga422
eat shiate ...
we've gotta wait for hellboy, the punisher and waht not ... you guys can wait it out for one fuckin movie!! -
Yes, I really do feel sorry for the Americans having to wait for this film, I really, really do. But hey, at least they got The Cat In The Hat before us eh? Marvellous. Right then, I'm off to be tied up against a lamp-post until this film comes out because if I don't, I shall surely do something rather silly.
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Boosting this film while slagging DOTD has the effect of making me not want to go see it, as I really enjoyed the new DOTD. They appear to be two very different films, so there really can't be a true comparison. The trailer I saw for 'Shaun' was funny for the most part, but the 'Doo Wop' Zombie bit was awful. I'll see it with an open mind, though, and still enjoy DOTD for what it is.
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Trailer looks funny, and Spaced was 'the shit' (americanisms.. the only way to stop them is to overuse them).. Does anyone else notice that AICN has banners and flash movies for some of the worst movies of the year? Texas Chainsaw Massacre, whatever ex-rapper turned cheese actor vehicle is new this month.. Where's the ads for "Eternal Sunshine"... nowhere to be found, just like we haven't seen ones for 21 Grams, American Splendor, Capturing the Friedmans, City of God, Gettin' Square, Japanese Story, Lost in La Mancha, Marooned in Iraq (sounds like a sequel to the former doesn't it?), School of Rock, Spellbound, To Be & To Have, The Cooler, The Fog of War, The Magdalene Sisters, The Man Without a Past, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, The Station Agent, The Triplets of Belleville, Whale Rider, Winged Migration, big Fish.. movies that the makers and breakers of this site actually like... I think the last one I saw that was worthy was 'In America'... but I digress.. this talkback is not about me and my gripes with the site.. I mean shit if it wasn't for AICN, I'd have no site to visit after Dark Horizons... *BAMF*
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This film is just gonan rock if u havent seen spaced plllllllllz track it down its fuckin superb, as 4 shwn i just cant wait after dawn i felt a litte i dunno let down it was grt fun but it was everything a zombie film isent, shawn is gonna set it right, and the fuckin top dogs brits r behind it 2 so no shit yank teen horror bullshit.
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Anyone defending the new Dawn of the Dead needs to just go in a dark corner for the rest of your life. You wouldn't know a good film if it had a neon sign 10000ft tall with the words "GOOD FILM" pointing to it. Shaun of the Dead easily pisses all over it and you will soon find this out. Dawn of the Dead is the Gigli of 2004.
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Would be the producers prefered genre slot I suspect.
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I saw Dawn of the Dead in its original theatrical release. I am old school zombie fan. I thought the New Dawn Kicked ASS!!! I think Sean of the Dead looks like foolish horse shit. Opinions are like Assholes, etc, etc, etc. So Monty, I will crawl into a hole as soon as you do.
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Harry is a big pile of shit. I hope he dies.
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For continuing the proud AICN tradition of random assholes turning a talkback into the internet equivalent of a diarrhea-splattered bus station toilet.
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does anybody here know if or when this will get a theatrical release down here in oz?
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"I'm already there..."
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AICN has nothing to do with the ads that run on the sight. Someone else picks 'em... he just rents the space. He could be renting to even a less interesting lot... like those whom want you to take a survey, or offer a great mortgage................ but the fact is, "a good movie" is defined by its cult status long after a movie is panned in popular culture. DOTD will be, regardless of how "well" it was made (which was poorly.. by a car ad director)..... it will have its place in the history of a new and forceful wave of zombie films. I wonder, as I open my newspaper, what films out right now you whiny bitches are loving???? Maybe Scooby Doo Too... or Starsky and Hutch? Jersey Girl??? So are you eternally dissatisfied with hollywood's slight and meager attempts to satisfy our puny fanbase??? We pale in comparison to the romantic comedy or court room thriller crowd. YOU ARE ALL A BUNCH OF MORONS. Complain all you want... it will just decimate any concept of a future for our genre loving selves..... email me about this... let's go... unclefishbits@hotmail.com
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For reference... I am a slow moving zombie loving idiot who actually alienates friends and co-managers, employees, and random public by talking incessantly about the philosophies behind what being a zombie means........that being said, I love the original as it was... genius b-movie slop. Which therefore has more meaning, purpose, depth, and development than any given Hollywood film. Horror has always been at the forefront of recognizing the fears and complexities of modern society... zombies with consumerism, nationalism, war mongering, hierarchical power structures... sheesh. If you want to see genius... look no further than American Movie as an example of the drive behind these kind of films.....................But the original wasn't more than b-movie slop. That is precisely what it was... I don't know him, but I would assume even Romero would have trouble defending the "frightening" nerdy hare-krishna,etc... and even in response to those who missed that campy side of the remake... what about it's celebrity shoot out??? Or the head in the cooler at the end????? It was not meant as a groundbreaking film. It was meant for us. Enjoy the simplicity.
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At least when it comes out on DVD in the UK, it'll be a PAL DVD and most Region 2s are dual-coded for R4, aren't they?
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...for a film not even 2 hours long and about 12 characters with a plot where shit actually happened. The original had about 4 characters that sat on their asses in a mall for 2 hours not doing anything. Can't wait to see Shaun either.
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Its the worst film of the year so far. Couldn't give a flying f**k what you fake horror film lovers like, its the worst film of the year. You lot probably like the awful Texas Chainsaw remake too. Get a grip, the new dead lacked everything the old dead had. Seen Hellboy last night and it just made me rubber stamp Dawn of the Dead for what it is. Shit on a stick. Mindless morons will buy into anything these days and thats what you did with the remake of Dead. If you like the new Dead, you didn't appreciate anything of Romero's original trilogy. DOD (2004) is so shit that people defending it, should take a look at themselves. You can call it Spouting Shit, I call it telling you the truth. 28 days later pissed all over it and never even had the same budget. It was more of a Comedy film than Horror, that Zombie baby was the baby from "V". Now give me a horror film, not some diluted piece of crap made for the MTV generation which DOD (2004) is. Another thing, it beat the Passion to #1 because half of the audience for DOD can't f****g read. HELLBOY pisses all over it ten fold and so does SHAUN OF THE DEAD. Wake up and realise you just were conned by a shitty remake, use your f*****g brains. Its asking a lot but try. Piss Poor film watched by a Piss Poor audience. I give up on f**kwits, you're just killing film by not caring what your'e watching. Oh Look its Ving, he's cool and he got a gun. Why can't he use it on himself and do us a favour. Piss poor Actor in a Piss Poor Acted film made for Piss Poor Dumbed Down audiences. Thank You, now f*****g get some taste.
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was good. anyone who says different needs there head tested. hell ive watched and loved all of romeros movies and even the savini remake and it can proudly stand alongside the other dead movies. so what if its a remake? technically its not. a remake says to me that remade a movie almost exactly, which the producers etc did not. it has the title and the mall, and nothing else in common. just call it 'no more room in hell' like harry suggested and you'll enjoy it a lot more, rather than hating it because it shares a name with a movie which virgins...sorry fanboys cling to religiously, never recognising something different and new. and btw, the running zombies...kicked ass. way way way more threatening than a shuffling zombie, because you actually have to RUN away.
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Apr 04, 2004 12:42:59 PM CDT
"Fanboys will be demanding a McFarlane Shaun figure (with cricke
by grey19
No Quint they won't. Wanna know why? It's because there is no such thing as a cricket "mallet". It's a cricket "bat". Ass. Goddamn Yanks know fuck all about British sport, with the bastardised version of rugby that is American football (how is it football if you don't use you're feet?) Stupid Americans...
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Let's all take up a Paypal collection for Monty, to pay him back for the money he spent on the DOTD ticket. Then maybe he'll shut the fuck up and spare us all from having to scroll past his babbling spew.
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To all those dawn 04 haters you do realise what makes a "good film" or a "bad film" ? Its weather you enjoy it or not. Fair enough you don't like it, slag it off all you wish but insulting the people that enjoyed it? claiming they're not true horror fans? That they are in some way stupid for seeing it and liking it? Get your heads out your arses and just respect the fact that different people like different things.
I like it... you don't its that simple.
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To all those dawn 04 haters you do realise what makes a "good film" or a "bad film" ? Its weather you enjoy it or not. Fair enough you don't like it, slag it off all you wish but insulting the people that enjoyed it? claiming they're not true horror fans? That they are in some way stupid for seeing it and liking it? Get your heads out your arses and just respect the fact that different people like different things.
I like it... you don't its that simple.
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Apr 04, 2004 5:51:52 PM CDT
Screw this! We're still waiting for the big-screen versions of
by uncle stan
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Waste money on going to see the next shitty remake that gets to be released. I wont spout about it anymore, I will just let Shaun of the Dead and The Original Dawn of the Dead do the talking for me. Dawn of the Dead is leaving cinemas anyway, its death has come. People in the end are not that stupid, they do realise shit for what it is.
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As long as you continue this "no character development in Dawn of the Dead 2004" bullshit, I'll know not to pay a bit of attention to any of your 'reviews'. Did you even watch the frickin' movie? There was more character development in that movie than in any of the Romero zombie movies -- and I love the Romero zombie movies. Did you pay attention, or did you write your review before going to see the 2004 movie? Go back and rewatch it. Pay attention this time, and quit looking for things to bitch and moan about. C.J., Jake Weber's character, Sarah Polley's character... they evolve and relationships develop as the movie proceeds (and having rewatched it after reading your 'review', these developments are obvious to even the most casual viewer.) That said, I'm looking forward to Shaun of the Dead... despite Quint's review, not because of it.
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take your critiques and apply 'em to the Romero originals. The same lapses in logic were there, often even bigger. Quit being a sour whiny ponce. It's a damned good movie, no matter what you try to claim. You're not fooling anyone who actually bothered to watch DOTD2004.
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Monty is an angry loser pussy.
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i have an all regions dvd anyway so i can play anyhting, methinks. Arent most dvd's all regions.
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YES... eel.. very well played.... quite a parry.#################################################If I had to fight Monty, the weapons I would choose are words.
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A good indication of a bad movie.
Didn't we go an awful long way to finally get to the zombie baby? And how was it used? Yes, it went 'Bleh!' and made a scary face. An audience shouldn't be laughing at that...but they did.
All in all it was pretty weak, the violence was strangely sanitary and the characters were badly drawn. I didn't even care if they got munched on or not. Shaun looks like a better film. -
Apr 05, 2004 5:54:44 AM CDT
Albeit accidentally, Quint's effusive praise for a certain chara
by dannyocean01
Shame really.
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The polls at the bottom of the home page are all well and good, but how many people have actually seen the majority of the films listed.
Mission to fucking Mars is number 2.
Anyone that has seen this acid thrown in the face of a movie would not be in they're right mind to expend the energy to click.
The polls just become a list of the films watched by the most people.
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BlackBooks' first season ran on Comedy Central about a year back. They didn't promote it all that much, so I only discovered it during it's last couple of episodes. (The one where they house sit and proceed to put a dent in the guy's wine cellar was hysterical.) Will be importing the DVD set soon.
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Import this movie now... That's right I'm not talking about a limited release, I'm talking about wide-freaking-release so this movie can make money, and be cherished by those who will get it... Studio Executives who read this site: Freaking put some money into this movie, and import it to America right now.
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The Dawn of the Dead remake entertained me. A lot of stuff entertains me. Good stuff entertains me and bad stuff sometimes entertains me. I saw some things in this version I liked and enjoyed it enough to say I didn't feel like my money was wasted. If you did then fine by me but why insult me and others who didn't find it bad because you want to obsess over how much you feel it insulted your precious original version.
Get over it. It was made, it made a reasonable amount of money and it didn't piss off the majority of it's audience like you'd hoped it would. The final verdict on it goes something like "Despite loud protests from misguided George Romero Zealots the remake of Dawn of the Dead satisfied more people than it let down. Much like the remade Battlestar Galactica it proved that a vocal handful of fans of the original mean absolutely nothing and remain as impotent in their rage as they've always been. Their animosity towards it merely provided a teaspoon of additional publicity." -
It sure seems like everyone that enjoyed the film just says why, everyone that hated it tells the people that enjoyed the movie to drop dead (I find that ironic being a zombie flick and all).
Every year since I discovered the 3 originals, I would dust them off on a warm spring evening and sit up all night to enjoy the wonderful work of art Romero had created. This makes me pretty well versed in the original trilogy, and I think a pretty big fan.
All this being said, I did enjoy the NotLD remake and the new DotD. I never said that any of the 5 were (Good) movies, just that I enjoyed them all. I thought Disturbed was an excellent choice for the titles (Down with the Sickness) and there were modern throwbacks to the original that were not in your face (Gaylen Ross dept. store, the copter from the original, etc...).
There was also plenty of background humor. The Celebrity Shootout was wonderful, and when they first enter the mall, the Muzak overhead is "Don't worry, Be Happy" with three other wonderfully selcted choices through their stay. The Paris Hilton video at the end, during the increadable sequence of the end credits. The end credits (Which had people stand still from their hasty departure, and giong back to their seats in my theater).
Character Development, I knew the gunstore owner without a single line. Honest, hard working, a GREAT shot, a good planner, smart (remember the chess matches, and the white board was his idea). Ving was a cop, was in the military prior to that, big strong silent type, Wanted nothing more than to get to his brother.
Slack off, if you didn't enjoy it don't byte me. I am down with the Sickness!
P.S. Cost 28mil and has made 52mil to date, 200x cost is a boxoffice hit...
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(I already did this in an old talkback a few weeks ago, but that's lost to the clutter of the aint it cool news junkpile)...1) A virus/infection that spreads only from being bitten would not break out simultaneously nation/world-wide overnight.******** (We never find out how it started, and how long it's been lurking and building up. For all we know, it was a space probe from venus just like was implied in NOTLD. It could have infected people all over the place all at once. It could be a disease with a Patient Zero. It could be a sickness from God. That's not the point of zombie movies, ever. The point is that something has happened and there are zombies roamin' around. If you try to nitpick it at that level, you're doing yourself a disservice and you'll NEVER find a movie you like)..... 2) No background info on any character aside from Polley's (other than one had a kid and another had a brother, and why Mekhi Phifer to be a father), so no reason to like or relate to any of them, and no real bonding occurred, and no motivation for their actions learned. (how about bonding because they're human beings in a terrible situation? I don't need to know that C.J. had a rough childhood to find the character likeable. Apart from the Eminem-meets-Gomer Pyle deputy security guard, i found the whole cast to be filled with believable, non-stereotypical characters who were fleshed out better than in the vast majority of horror/action/scifi films out there. As for 'no real bonding', i've seen the movie twice in theaters and highlights of it on the PC, and there's more bonding in it than you get in 99% of zombie movies... and not just in the "Down with the Sickness" montage, but there's plenty of bonding (and quite a bit of coupling) in that) *******3) Fucking zombie with no legs drops down from overhead pipes onto victim. HOW THE FUCK DOES A ZOMBIE WITH NO LEGS CLIMB UP TO OVERHEAD PIPES!?!?! (okay, one possible scenario: guy gets mangled, climbs up into the pipes, dies, becomes a zombie. Seriously, there are a lot more egregious scenes in a lot more 'beloved' zombie films) ********4) When the dog goes into the gun store, a couple of zombies climb through the doggie door and bite him. What, Mr. Gun Nut didn't watch to make sure the door closed with a pistol pointed towards it? Please. (he tried, if you watch the scene. But the zombies overpowered him and were more determined than he expected. Remember, most of the zombies he'd seen at that point had been lumbering around, he got caught offguard by their quickness)********5) When characters go to gun store, they barely get in with all the zombies around. But when they make the return trip, no zombies in sight. (there were plenty of zombies there then! They don't just stand there drooling, they keep lumbering around the whole scene)********6) If characters broke into mall, why couldn't zombies break in through same way? (I think you're looking for too much 'morris the explainer' stuff. They don't have to stop and explain everything to you, there's a lot you can figure out for yourself. they could have barricaded the entryway after they came in, there are any kinds of ways around it. it would have been nice for them to explain it, but not necessary)********7) Why could zombies punch through car windshield, but can't break through glass at mall? (okay, this is the one where i really think you're grasping at straws. 1, Polley's zombie husband punches the windshield but doesnt break through, and 2, when Mekhi sees the zombie clawing at the window of the mall he makes a comment about how thick the glass is.)********8) Why did Polley's zombie husband break through door instead of turning the door handle? She obviously didn't lock it. (his brain skills ain't at their max. The little girl may have been dying when she got to the house, opened the door with a key she knew was under the doormat, and died before getting up the stairs...)********9) With running zombies, why in the hell wouldn't the characters want to stay in the mall, where they were safe and had food and water? Since the zombies weren't breaking through the glass, and weren't getting in through other ways, no reason to risk leaving.(they had limited supplies that were running low and were planning to take their time before making a break for it. the fuckup during the gun store rescue causes them to have to leave five days earlier than they'd planned)********10) When the pompous guy leaves the turned over truck, he gets jumped by a zombie from above. When the others come out minutes later, neither he or the zombie is anywhere to be seen at first, but then he shows up without any discernable wounds - he looked just fine. Of course, he was a zombie. (what, the bites have to be out and prominently on display for you? it was so quick-cut, you can't be sure where or how extensively he was injured)********These, and other, lapses in plot and storwriting, made it very difficult for me to enjoy this film. Yes, it's a freaking zombie movie, but in order for science fiction/horror to work, there still must be a framework within which the story takes place that is logical and believable. This failed way too many times in those categories to be a truly great film. (i'd argue that in logic and believability, it succeeds more often than nearly any zombie movie since the original NOTLD. Sure, there are some plot holes, but you seem bound and determined to declare molehills to be mountains. And what movies do you consider "truly great", because i bet there are some fucking huge plot holes to be found by nitpickers in some of those)
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How could this movie be anything BUT great! The trailer and the reviews I have read have definitely put this on my "must-see" list!
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I'm not one who insists that all must Agree With Me, and i'm not an apologist who will look past any flaws in a movie i take a liking to, but I do feel that DOTD2004 is a damned fine piece of filmmaking, and has a lot to offer for fans of the genre... and it's one of the smartest horror movies I've seen in a long time, so i wouldn't want to see it buried in the same pit as House of the Dead and such. Hope the next time you watch it, and see some of those little touches like Mekhi referring to the thickness of the glass and such, that you can enjoy the film a little better than you did the first time. cheers.
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Black Books is totally amazing. It was on Comedy Central here, but they only showed the first series. I bought an all region PAL/NTSC converting DVD player just so I could get the DVDs of Black Books. I agree that the second series isn't as good as the first, but I still thought it was hilarious as well (of course I live in a country that thinks that Friends is one of the best comedies ever). I am drooling over a chance to see the new third series. I loved the Office as well, but I am waiting for the DVD of the second series to see it (I can't stand watching them with comercials on BBC America). I am considering inporting the Spaced DVDs, but have been kind of waiting to see Shaun of the Dead before I do. Actually to me there is very little that can come close to Father Ted as far as comedies go (probably only the Simpsons and Faulty Towers are better). That is one of the most amazing shows ever made. Well, on topic, I am actually looking forward to seeing Shaun of the Dead more than any other zombie movie in many years. It looks like a real zombie movie (humor aside). The new Dawn (though I will admit I enjoyed it on it's own merits) is just a mild zombie movie that steals from 28 Days Later (which IS NOT a zombie movie in any way, technically, or spiritually) to scare with fast moving foes, rather than the classic zombie movie staple of facing overwhelming odds. Honestly one criticism of the film that I don't think can be defended is that when they came up from the sewers, and were spotted by the zombies they absolutely would not have stood any chance of safely getting into the gunshop. They would have been swarmed by a thousand extremely fast and agile zombies in seconds (because the film itself showed that no matter what condition the zombie was in it was extremely fast and dexterous). Every zombie that they showed between the mall and the gun shop would have swarmed them. No chance period. Again I enjoyed the film, But that is one flaw that can't be overlooked, unless you shut down absolutely all sense of logic, which I am not prepared to do for any films sake. Luckily that is probably the only flaw of that capacity in the entire film, so it is more overlook-able.
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....what a ballbag. Why does it upset you so much that people actually like Dawn of the Dead? Up yours, you ranting little nob. You sound like a spoiled child.
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Apr 06, 2004 4:20:36 AM CDT
Re:HOW THE FUCK DOES A ZOMBIE WITH NO LEGS CLIMB UP TO OVERHEAD
by bufordtzombie
Damn those cuntlip fuckers. We might actually have to use our imagination to justify that!! Goddamn lousy bastards. How dare they not explain everything so idiots like us can understand it!!! I am so pissed! FUCK THIS MOVIE!!!!!!! I remember going to see E.T. and being really fucking pissed because there is no fucking way a fucking bicycle can fucking fly.
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Hmm... I can't seem to find anything here about The Butterfly Effect opening here in the UK - I saw the trailer next to the one for Shaun.. Anyway, I'm not sure what it's about, but it seems to come with a funky little game:
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Wow. What an original play on the title. "Shaun of the Dead." Rhymes with "Dawn of the Dead." Clever. Real @#$%ing clever.
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SexyBeast, I'd like to explain that my comments were meant to be tongue in cheek. Unfortunately, I forgot that sarcasm doesn't travel as well via text as it does vocally. While I maintain that Quint is an ass for getting it wrong :) I didn't mean for my comments to be taken seriously, I was just having a laugh pretending to be the stereotypical Yank hating Brit. Hell, I know fellow Brits who don't know the names of items of sporting equipment ("tennis bat" anyone?) BTW, Quint did mean "cricket bat" as if you look at the publicity pictures currently doing the rounds over here in Blighty one of them shows one of the actors (possibly Lucy Davis from The Office, not sure though as my memory's abit fuzzy) holding a cricket bat whilst surrounded by zombies. Anyway, I can't wait to see this film at the weekend. There really aren't enough romzomcoms around for my liking. Oh, and Black Books rules!
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loved it. Captain Wow.
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I think the problem with DOTD 2004 is the fact that it's never said it's a full remake but is just tsking the name of the series and piggybacking it with vague similarities to the 'original' version with 'cool new gen-x effects and music' etc. Yawn. Seen it all before. SOTD takes a completely diferent approach & is what we need more of; fresh ideas, not lazy, rehashed ideas fed to you on the premise that because it uses the same name, it's going to be as good. End result? Watch DOTD 2004 if you are a zombie, SOTD if you have a mind of your own. Natch.
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Cock Locked and ready to rock!
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Shaun is the best indie film you will see this year. I saw it at the Prince Charles in London at a special preview. It was introduced by Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright who are very funny in real life by the way - though they did take the piss out of Romero, though not in a malicious way. See it if you can when it comes out.
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It cant be worse than a film being called "Dawn of the Dead" which has less gore and less action and less story than a film in the 70s called "Dawn of the Dead". Thats what just happened to all of society, they got hoodwinked by something with no originality. Defend the new one all you like, it stinks of shit because that was the skill of the actors who worked on it. Hope they never appear in a film again and go to another country to earn their money. Bunch of wasted pieces of shit making money which belongs to people with talent. Sarah Polley is such a good actor, seen better acting on The Teletubbies.
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