Shaun Of The Dead

[SHAFTR]

i saw and really enjoyed this.  I think more viewings will uncover more hidden comedic gems.

[grand theft sparrow]

Is Spaced seriously better than Shaun?

That's kind of like asking if Beavis and Butthead is better than Office Space. OK, bad analogy but they're two different entities, that's my point.  

Spaced is a top-notch sitcom, easily one of the smartest and funniest I've ever seen, and Shaun is a top-notch all-around geek fest, easily the funniest and smartest sci-fi/horror film in ages.  You'd be doing yourself a great service by watching both.

[RegularKarate]

They were showing the pilot for Spaced before Shaun and it was really quite good.  How are we not getting this in the States?

[The Perineum Falcon]

They were showing the pilot for Spaced before Shaun and it was really quite good.  How are we not getting this in the States?

We are. It's on Trio. Tonight at 10 (est). http://www.triotv.com/spaced/

[RegularKarate]

We are. It's on Trio. Tonight at 10 (est). http://www.triotv.com/spaced/

Sorry, I meant to say:

why are we not getting this on DVD or on a channel I get?

[grand theft sparrow]

Sorry, I meant to say:

why are we not getting this on DVD or on a channel I get?

If you have a multi-region player, the DVD of the entire series apparently just came out in the UK.  It's SO worth it.

[mogwai]

the writer/director commentary is hilarious. here's a sample:



simon pegg (shaun): "nick looks like he's entering me anally there."

[modage]

so i just finished Spaced.  oh too soon... man they really have short seasons in the uk.  it was very funny and packed with more geek references than any normal half hour could handle.  the thing i didnt expect about the show (and the film) is how subtley you actually begin to get wrapped up in these characters lives as ridiculous as the tone is sometimes.  by the end of it you arent ready to let go, because you want to see what happens to these characters!  argh, please let there be a Season 3!  but it was really good and safe to say i will be watching for ANYTHING these guys do oh, for the rest of their lives.

[Sleuth]

Then I'll definitely not see it

[Myxo]

I just got back from this and I thought it was terrible.

Ugh..

However, it was barely watchable enough that I couldn't leave the theater. I do not recommend this to anyone.

[Pubrick]

haha, whatever

[Myxo]

haha, whatever

I'm entitled to my opinion.

The first 15 minutes of this film were perhaps the most painful and poorly paced I have ever seen. I was squirming in my seat waiting for a moment to laugh or have the movie move along. I am a big, big fan of dry British humor. So, it wasn't a matter of "not getting it" like I'm sure some people would say.

I tried to come up with something short to describe it afterwards but all I could come up with was "Blah!". That's how it felt to me. By the time they reached the Winchester Pub (which is just a ridiculous sequence), the whole thing had me thinking,

"This is supposed to be a comedy?"

Somebody outside the theater said to me,

"Well, it's alot funnier if you've seen any of the old Romero zombie movies."

I'm thinking, so the only way this thing succeeds is if I go out and watch some other movies made by some other director? You are kidding me, right?

It's totally cool for a director to honor a genre and set out to make a good film at the same time. But try and do both at once or don't bother at all.

[modage]

no, it succeeds on its own.  its enhanced further if you know anything about zombie movies.  it works without it though as a hilarious satire/horror/comedy anyways though.  i dont think there was anything wrong with the pacing in the first 15 minutes but i was laughing through the whole thing.  humor is subjective, so i guess it wasnt funny to you.  if you'd like to point out anything else that was 'wrong' with the movie, i'd be happy to argue some of the finer points with you.

[london]

It was a story, partly of love (romantic love and familial love) about a guy who showed his real mete through the supernatural occurrence of zombies.  Was Shaun really the zombie in the beginning and everyone else was living?  Sleep walking through his waking life.  Perhaps this movie is simply a hero's journey, a self-actualization combined with lots of funny jokes and great english humor although the latter is my own bias.

[Pubrick]

haha, whatever

I'm entitled to my opinion.

relax dude, no one said u weren't.

i don't agree with ur recommendation, so i dismissed it by saying 'whatever'.

mini-mac has made all the best points about it, i'm sure he'll argue with whatever specific problems u had with the film.

i don't think it's too much for a film to ask that u hav sum awareness of other films like it. especially a movie dealing with zombies, it's inevitable that it will reference its predecessors. and it's not like they expect u to hav seen shit movies, it's actually a good thing to go out and watch sum romero films.

at the very least, the satire can be appreciated as playing off the established genre archetypes. and like mod said it succeeds on its own regardless. my recommendation and opinion, which apparently i'm entitled to, is: if u don't like it, well then ur probably not that interesting anyway.