Cool News
Uncapie has red on him and hungers for brains! Yet another glowing SHAUN OF THE DEAD review!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with another glowing SHAUN OF THE DEAD review. This film is getting raves all over the place... and you'll be hearing a lot more about it in the next couple months as the publicity machine gears up for the US release. I call for Simon and Nick to appear on THE DAILY SHOW!!! How could would that be? Here's Uncapie's opinion on the rom-zom-com!
Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright have made one of the funniest, creative zombie movies of all time. "Shaun Of the Dead" presents everyman, Shaun(Played by Pegg), who is struggling with the personal crisis of being a 29 year old slacker spending all his free time drinking at the Winchester pub, a stepfather who looks down on him, quarrels with his yuppie and loser roommates and if that isn't enough, the girl of his dreams breaks up with him as he battles the living
dead.
In-jokes pop up throughout the film as references to a character named "Ash" and an Italian restaurant named "Fulci's" are just a few that horror fans will catch.
The supporting cast is topnotch. Kate Ashfield, plays Shaun's girlfriend,
"Liz" who decides that she wants to move on without him has some funny lines and looks great, but its Nick Frost who steals the show as the lazy and
unemployed, "Ed" who gets the funniest moments. After an all-night drinking binge at the Winchester pub to drown out Shaun's sorrows, they discover what they think is a drunk girl in their backyard in the morning as Ed tries to set Shaun up with her. Little do they realize its a zombie.
Then there's the Goblin score from "Dawn Of the Dead" in one scene that
presents itself with three different scenarios which is priceless.
Pegg and Wright know their stuff. Being fans of the Romero trilogy and the late Italian horror film maker, Lucio Fulci, they've created a film with
believable characters and a solid plot that horror fans will be happy to go along with them for the ride.
Uncapie
-
+ Expand All
-
one of the best zombie movies ever. waaaaay better than the dawn of the dead remake.
http://www.freeiPods.com/default.aspx?referer=7454898 -
I think I must be one of the only British readers of this site that hasn't seen Shaun of the Dead yet. But I plan to get the DVD at some point, so all is not lost!
-
Well, we should have a review copy of Shaun of the Dead plopping through the letterbox on Monday morning. Might be rather hard to be unbiased in the review, though.
-
Why the review? I know you yanks haven't had this on the big screen yet, but surely everyones downloaded it by now!! Its been out there online for months man. Bit like Hellboy, still not out here, but seen that shit like 10 times, all praise P2P!
-
...I'm kinda feeling the need for a review.
-
I don't need a review, because this movie is ALL THEY TALK ABOUT HERE ANYMORE.
-
...and the scene where Shaun goes to the shops is a hoot. Did 'em in the wrong order though. This should have been second in the trilogy.
-
Aug 06, 2004 7:59:15 AM CDT
The order should have been as follows... 'Nige of the Living Dea
by workshed
You know I'm right.
-
I swear to god every other goddamn headline at this site is about this f-ing movie. If you want to pimp it this f-ing hard, that's fine - it's your site, but at least wait until it's near the release date. Christ, I remember when you guys pimped Six String Samurai like this and that movie was an absolute waste of film.
-
Are you joking? I
-
Aug 06, 2004 6:32:10 PM CDT
Actually Workshed how about "Night of the Living Ed"
by archduke_chocula
-
Aug 06, 2004 7:49:38 PM CDT
RE: ebonic_plague (Confessions of a sleep deprived zombie.)
by neosamurai85
Glad to here it. Sorry I seemed to forget who you were for a moment. I get up around 6:00AM to go to work and I
-
Aug 07, 2004 12:28:52 AM CDT
This site is turning into Rolling Stone. It just gives good revi
by grabthars_hammer
-
Why does AICN post 400 of the same opinions on one topic? Are they that hard up for news? "ANOTHER good review of blah blah blah." "So and so thinks blah blah blah is FANTASTIC!" It's like Harry has some inferiority complex that can only be quelled by the constant stream of similar opinions.
My favorite though is when he hasn't seen the movie in question. He breaks his back finding tidbits of factoids that make him more "connected" to the film than the reviewer who has actually seen the damn thing. Heaven forbit someone upstage him on his own site! Even for a second.
There is more news out there, let's see some of it. -
Aug 11, 2004 6:16:22 AM CDT
MARTIAL ARTS FILM LIBRARY ? RASHOMON, OLD BOY ? PLENTY OF MOVIES
by el zar
Enter the Dragon, yes. Chinese Connection, yes . But a lot of movies on your list do not qualify.
Readers Talkback
User Login
Top Talkbacks
- Whitney Houston 1963 - 2012 -- 439 total posts 159 posts
- WTF HOLLYWOOD: SOLARBABIES -- 144 total posts 142 posts
- Herc’s Seen Tonight’s Return Of THE WALKING DEAD!! Discuss Also DOWNTON ABBEY, FEAR FACTOR, PAN AM, ONCE, SIMPSONS, DYNAMITE, LUCK, SHAMELESS, BAIT CAR, THE GRAMMYS And More!! Sunday Is Sweeps Day 11!! -- 155 total posts 140 posts
- Avid Comic Reader Hercules Does Battle With Tedium During Kevin Smith’s COMIC BOOK MEN! -- 55 total posts 45 posts
- There's a STAR TREK video game that is going to lead into JJ's STAR TREK 2 apparently... -- 196 total posts 45 posts
- I am The Behind the Scenes Pics of the Day! No, I’m the Behind the Scenes Pic of the Day! -- 35 total posts 35 posts
- If the Behind the Scenes Pics of the Day drops her pen, pick it up, but don’t look at her legs or else it will be on your record. -- 60 total posts 34 posts
- New JUDGE DREDD post production footage pops up -- 127 total posts 32 posts
- To Commemorate The 3D Release Of STAR WARS EPISODE I: THE PHANTOM MENACE, George Lucas Wants You To Know...Greedo Shoots First!! -- 513 total posts 29 posts
- The Sensorties Revisit The Friday Docback (And Still Smell)!! DOCTOR WHO Story #7 Again, The Coming Of Season/Series 7, And More!! -- 118 total posts 27 posts