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Originally posted by PR3SSUR3
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.
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I absolutely agree with both points you just made.
'Shaun', for me, was nothing more but a chuckle, and a little boring.
And 28 Days Later just didn't work for me.