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shaun of the dead - 07:14 PM
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we saw shaun of the dead on dvd last night. really funny. pretty gory in some places but for someone like me who is scared really easily, it was not too hard to handle, despite me holding my Safety Couch Cushion™* up in front of my face a couple of times .. just in case.
i heard a review of it on triple j a few months back & thought it sounded pretty funny, but i wasn't absolutely sure until i saw the shorts for it running at the video shop. scary, yes, but definitely funnier than it is scary. it is gory & scary enough though, that i wouldn't recommend it for kids.
it's a british comedy, too, so there are some really nice subtle pieces of humour in there, unlike many american comedies which feel they have to hit you over the head with it & then include some canned laughter just in case you don't get it the first time.
there was one scene in particular played out near the corner of a fence which had a very clever bit at the end that could easily be missed if you weren't paying attention. matt lucas ("i'm the only gay in the village!") from the british comedy tv series 'little britain' makes a small appearance in that scene as cousin tom.
this is the sort of movie that you could watch more than once & find something more each time you watch it. i'll be really surprised if this doesn't become a cult classic.
*Safety Couch Cushion™: the closest scatter cushion on the couch which you grab & hold up between your face & the tv to block the view of any potentially Really Scary Bits® in a movie. is also useful for hugging when the boyfriend/husband/partner's shoulder isn't within snuggling distance, however, the shoulder & the cushion can be used in combination.
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You are so right, those guys were so funny. They have a new movie that they are working on where they spoof an action movie scenario. I'm really looking forward to that because I enjoyed the humor, but I'm not much into the gore either. Not that it was real scary for me, I just find it distasteful.
I almost didn't see the film just because it's a zombie movie. Have no interest in zombie movies. But then some friends and reviewers whose opinion I respect really said good things so I took the plunge.
I'm glad I did, but I'm still looking forward to a non-gore effort from those two.