Time For A Movie Review!

Today I have come across the best grade B comedy/horror flick I have ever seen that does not star Bruce Campbell. It's a British film to boot!

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Shaun of the Dead

A Romantic Comedy. With Zombies.

Catchy title, eh?

Shaun, our hero, is just a loser bumbling through life. He's failing to keep his girlfriend happy. He's a mamma's boy. He works at a demeaning job surrounded by those lousy teenagers and their music. He tries to keep peace between his roomates. He spends all of his free time with his obnoxious best friend who's holding him back.

If I've described anyone reading this, then, yes, you too are a loser.

Of course, thankfully, loserdom is not necessarily permanent. In this case, the cure just happens to be a zombie invasion.

Now, the last British Zombie movie I saw was 28 Days Later. Also a very good film, but, not even remotely similar to Shaun of the Dead. 28 Days Later is actually scary. Shaun of the dead is hilarious, and not in a "that horror movie was so bad it was funny" kind of way. It's meant to be funny. At least I hope it is.

I wouldn't say this movie is for the feint of heart. There are some incredibly gruesome scenes combined with some sad, heartfelt moments. It's a bit of a grab bag really. Starts of as an apparent romantic comedy, swaps into horror comedy, then some dramatic horror, action horror, then back to romantic comedy. It's a strange brew. On that note, Strange Brew was also a funny movie, eh.

I'm probably biased as I enjoy this type of movie, so, if you don't like it or don't find it to be funny, don't blame me. Unless you're Jaci. I'm going to make Jaci watch it. Though, someday she's going to make me watch Dirty Dancing, so I feel we're even.

In the end, I feel the movie was worth a watch. I won't run out and buy it or anything, but I'm a poor student so that's to be expected.

Ha ha, crazy Brits. Gotta love 'em.