Shaun of the Dead

By request and only a week late for Halloween. One of the best new zombie movies in a long time but also one that makes me cringe when I watch it. They were obviously very high when making this movie and some of the things they thought were a good idea obviously were not.

1. Dramatic Relief

You know that goofy character who always breaks the tension a little during the really tense moments of your favorite action movies? This movie doesn't have one of those. The guys making this movie weren't trying to make a really intense drama, they were making a comedy. They ended up creating Dramatic Relief. Short spurts of really serious heartfelt drama that is completely out of place in a comedy. His step-father's dying speech was so touching yet completely out of place in what could have been a truly hilarious movie. Don't get me wrong, the movie is still very funny, it is just not as funny as it could be. Dear writer's, please stop interrupting my good mood with Dramatic Relief. Its pointless and annoying. Love, Me.

2. Consistency

I noticed throughout this movie as I rewatched it that they take a lot of liberties with their zombies. Sometimes zombies have super kung fu grip and you can't get them off without help. Other times you can run through a mob of 50 zombies without one of them getting a grip on you. Whats up with that? Are they lazy zombies? Or was that a crowd of Twilight fans he ran through? I really wish they would just make up their minds about what they want their zombies to be capable of. One of the zombies even kicks a soccer ball at Shaun's head! Next they are going to have zombies that can use guns! (I'm talking to you Romero, you hack.) Why can't zombies just be zombies?

3. Chris Martin

They had the dude from Coldplay in the movie. Thats almost enough to make me not want to watch it ever again.

4. I'm hungry

All this talk of zombies has made me hungry and I can't think of anything else that is really worth mentioning about the movie. Oh except for the time Ed pulls the car up and says "Whats up niggas!" That was kind of offensive.

Okay now as soon as I get a chance to rent some movies I'm going to write another. Thanks for reading!