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I like English humor to a point. I thought a lot of the subtle things in shaun of the dead were great, like Shaun lumbering along with a hangover, oblivious to the massive bloody handprint on the fridge door at the convenience store. Had me rolling.
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This is the kind of thing I'm getting at - sure, the irony and analogy in scenes like these is present and correct... but
Shaun of the Dead is hardly the bellowing laughter-soaked genius of comedy it's made out to be in some quarters. It's a knowing, self-aware film... and I find such things exceptionally difficult to like (except
Airplane!, which is of course eternally brilliant).
I've seen so many (mostly shite) post-apocalyptic films in my time that when
28 Days Later came along, all I could see was the same old survivor-story tarted up with low FPS, flashy editing and CGI. When it came to any real suspense or intrigue, I found the film badly wanting.