Thursday, September 30, 2004
[Movie] Shaun of the Dead
This is one of those movies which cannot be simply assigned a category. This is neither a comedy nor drama nor any other genre you can think of. Does that mean this movie is a junk? Nope! This is what we call as "Masala" film, here in India. It has the right proportion of all the ingredients that make a great film - 4 tea spoons of humor, 2 tea spoons of love, sentiment & action each, gives this film a perfect 10/10 score. I am a sucker for comedy films, especially British comedy. I loved the entire "Carry on" series and "Lock, Stock and 2 smoking barrels".
Shaun of the dead is a love story with zombies in it. I liked the way Zombies were used as a perfect backdrop for highlighting the main story line. Some scenes had too much gore, which changes the shade of this film. Especially, that girl in the garden, getting impaled on the metal pipe & Shaun shooting his mother in the head - Yuck! These scenes certainly could have been done with out! But I have to agree that these scenes help the movie achieve "Masala" nirvana.
Bottom line: This is a good movie. Go see it now!
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