You won't get anywhere by moaning
Apr. 23rd, 2004 10:13 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kingandyWent to see Shaun of the Dead with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
mrssshhh. I am definitely in the "Yay" camp here. It starts as comedy, but there's a slow - almost imperceptible - descent into horror. It treats the classic slow-moving movie zombie very well - one by itself is harmless, farcical even. But a whole crowd of them, implacable, relentless, unstoppable... that's life-threatening. And when it's people you know, shambling around wearing their faces and trying to devour you...
Saw most of the twists coming, but the end was still funny, if disturbing.
Something else I really liked was that they weren't important to the plot. They didn't happen across the cause of the whole thing, they didn't discover a cure or save the day or have any impact on anything beyond themselves. The thing was never even explained on camera, except for a few half-heard news reports about deep space probes. It was just a terrible thing that happened, and people having to cope with it.
"Reports that the incident was caused by rage-infected monkeys have been dismissed as bullsh-"
Not all of them are terribly versatile actors - most of them are playing their characters from Spaced, though Jessica Stevenson's brief appearances are reasonably distinct from Daisy - but it's still an engaging performance and a lot of fun.
mrssshhh. I am definitely in the "Yay" camp here. It starts as comedy, but there's a slow - almost imperceptible - descent into horror. It treats the classic slow-moving movie zombie very well - one by itself is harmless, farcical even. But a whole crowd of them, implacable, relentless, unstoppable... that's life-threatening. And when it's people you know, shambling around wearing their faces and trying to devour you...Saw most of the twists coming, but the end was still funny, if disturbing.
Something else I really liked was that they weren't important to the plot. They didn't happen across the cause of the whole thing, they didn't discover a cure or save the day or have any impact on anything beyond themselves. The thing was never even explained on camera, except for a few half-heard news reports about deep space probes. It was just a terrible thing that happened, and people having to cope with it.
"Reports that the incident was caused by rage-infected monkeys have been dismissed as bullsh-"
Not all of them are terribly versatile actors - most of them are playing their characters from Spaced, though Jessica Stevenson's brief appearances are reasonably distinct from Daisy - but it's still an engaging performance and a lot of fun.
