Shaun of the Dead: Definitely Worth a Shamble to the Theater
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Last night Mrs. blogic and I managed to combine going to a new movie theater (the relatively new Loews on Second Avenue -- not so far from the United Nations) and catching a zombie movie. All in all, that's a great night for me, and it was topped off by Indian food afterwards.
Shaun of the Dead is a comedy, if sometimes a dark one. Of course, zombie movies have a proud history of dark comic moments, dating back to at least the original Dawn of the Dead, but Shaun is as much a comedy as a horror movie. Early on, one testy exasperated characters says "Next time I seem him, he's dead". Well, yes.
It's that kind of movie.
Which is not to say that Shaun doesn't have a number of scary moments, and probably the cleverest ending of any zombie movie I've seen. While I wouldn't say Shaun of the Dead is the scariest zombie movie I've seen, it's certainly the most even, and probably overall the best.
You can see reviews of Shaun here. It's Rotten Tomatoes score is 92%.
Shaun of the Dead is a comedy, if sometimes a dark one. Of course, zombie movies have a proud history of dark comic moments, dating back to at least the original Dawn of the Dead, but Shaun is as much a comedy as a horror movie. Early on, one testy exasperated characters says "Next time I seem him, he's dead". Well, yes.
It's that kind of movie.
Which is not to say that Shaun doesn't have a number of scary moments, and probably the cleverest ending of any zombie movie I've seen. While I wouldn't say Shaun of the Dead is the scariest zombie movie I've seen, it's certainly the most even, and probably overall the best.
You can see reviews of Shaun here. It's Rotten Tomatoes score is 92%.
