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Shaun of the Dead
A mild mannered electronic salesman is forced to rise up-to the occasion during a zombie apocalypse.
I think Edgar Wright's British origins put him at a greater disadvantage to cultivate a bigger fan base. For me he is an auteur. His directorial style is very distinct. The way he works with his editor to cut shots and insert zooms is unique. But his style is very niche. It has that UK countryside feel to it. That makes the movie extremely hard to market internationally. The dialogue has a sense of uniqueness and flare to them that reminded me of Tarantino but in a good way. Since the tone of the movie is extremely comedic you can't really compare them with twisted movies of Tarantino. So he is unique in that aspect. Whats interesting about the film is that the circumstances and situations the characters in the movie are being put into are entertaining.
The movie starts of by showing the daily routine of characters. It makes a social commentary about the self important nature of society and how long it takes for people to realize something is wrong in the current society. It also explores how human relationships and priorities and quite frankly humanity forces people to veer of ideal mechanical plans and settings. The movie slowly descends into pretty dark stuff. The film forces humans in the movie to exhibit full range of emotions in the apocalyptic setting and not just survival as it happens with most of the movies from this genre. The apocalypse even forces the protagonist to be more committed to his family, girlfriend and most importantly be a leader.
The negatives are related to the directorial potential of Edgar Wright. His movies are extremely specific. Not just in geography but also style. I can't really imagine him doing a epic scale movie. His sensibilities are not weighty enough to carry the huge set pieces in a big budget movie like the way Tarantino does. Baby driver did show potential but it was still a thief movie. Unless he pull off a Spielberg. I don't really see him expand on the scale of his movies.
A mild mannered electronic salesman is forced to rise up-to the occasion during a zombie apocalypse.
I think Edgar Wright's British origins put him at a greater disadvantage to cultivate a bigger fan base. For me he is an auteur. His directorial style is very distinct. The way he works with his editor to cut shots and insert zooms is unique. But his style is very niche. It has that UK countryside feel to it. That makes the movie extremely hard to market internationally. The dialogue has a sense of uniqueness and flare to them that reminded me of Tarantino but in a good way. Since the tone of the movie is extremely comedic you can't really compare them with twisted movies of Tarantino. So he is unique in that aspect. Whats interesting about the film is that the circumstances and situations the characters in the movie are being put into are entertaining.
The movie starts of by showing the daily routine of characters. It makes a social commentary about the self important nature of society and how long it takes for people to realize something is wrong in the current society. It also explores how human relationships and priorities and quite frankly humanity forces people to veer of ideal mechanical plans and settings. The movie slowly descends into pretty dark stuff. The film forces humans in the movie to exhibit full range of emotions in the apocalyptic setting and not just survival as it happens with most of the movies from this genre. The apocalypse even forces the protagonist to be more committed to his family, girlfriend and most importantly be a leader.
The negatives are related to the directorial potential of Edgar Wright. His movies are extremely specific. Not just in geography but also style. I can't really imagine him doing a epic scale movie. His sensibilities are not weighty enough to carry the huge set pieces in a big budget movie like the way Tarantino does. Baby driver did show potential but it was still a thief movie. Unless he pull off a Spielberg. I don't really see him expand on the scale of his movies.