March 20, 2009

Shaun of the Dead

Title: Shaun of the Dead
Year: 2004
Director: Edgar Wright
Writers: Simon Pegg & Edgar Wright
Starring: Simon Pegg, Kate Ashfield, Nick Frost
Music: Dan Mudford, Pete Woodhead
Distinctions: formerly on IMDb's Top 250
Synopsis: relationship troubles during a zombie attack
How I saw it: on video (rented from Netflix), March 2008
Subjective Rating: 7/10 (Good).
Objective Rating: 7/10 (points off for characters, cinematography and music) c. 2.8/4 (Good).

For a while I had avoided watching this because the trailer led me to believe it is a spoof of zombie movies. In fact, it's just a comedy that happens to take place during a zombie apocalypse. Hard to explain the difference if you haven't seen it. The zombie bits are just as scary/suspenseful as any other zombie movie, and the comedy bits are very funny. It seems strange that it was on the top 250 list, though.

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