Blibb's Blobby Reviews

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I know we now have an official record of review threads but this one is a little more selfish. i hope to start writing some good reviews in the near future and what better place to start than land of MOFO, a place where ridicule and critisism runs side by side with laughs, friends and Django Hunting. Huzzah!

SO the purpose of this thread is not to only inform the readers of my interpretations of the wonder of film, but to also see if i Myself can interpret my feelings on the wonder of film....to paper.

SO enjoy my reviews, for every new film i review, i will most likely have it as my current avatar, so whenever my avatar changes, thats when there'll be a new review! they wont be as frequent as some others but i'll try to pop some in when i can and any feedback is always appreciated.

Allyoop.

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Shaun of the Dead (2004, Dir. Edgar Wright)


The tag line reads "A Romantic Comedy. With Zombies." and this certainly gives you a good idea of what to expect. Parodying George A. Romero's 1978 classic zombie flick Dawn of the Dead, this British offering adds something to the zombie genre that seems to have been absent for too long...comedy and love!

The film comes from the same minds behind the classic, cult TV series Spaced. If your a fan of Simon Pegg then you should already know enough about Shaun of the Dead and stop wasting your time on this tedious review. If not however...
Simon Pegg, star of Spaced, penned the script along with director Edgar Wright and introduces several familiar British comedy stars into the movie. Pegg however is also our main protagonist Shaun, A lazy, loser who doesnt seem to be destined for anything greater than employee of the month at Dixons. The film more or less follows the same route as Dawn of the Dead but in a wonderfully more British way, which is where the appeal lies. Shaun is a part time sales assistant in Dixons (Electronic Shop) and not a fancy Tv Reporter. His friends are snobby failed actors, boring coffee swilling univeristy lecturers and big fat smelly slobs, not handy helicopter pilots and protecive security guards. And their eventual stronghold and protective post from the white eyed, granny paced Zombies is not a luscious Shopping Mall with everything a person/Zombie needs...but a Pub. The Winchester Arms to be exact. It is with these new surroundings and characters that the comedy and sly p!ss take of the Zombie genre can unfold. Wright and Pegg manage to faithfully parody Romero's original, even opening the film with the original soundtrack and showing his versions of "consumption" as we see the zombie-like inhabitants of Great Britain going about their daily business. (even the poster gives us a hint about this) The plot may be slightly different but this is necessary for Wright and Pegg to produce their own twist on the Zombie tale and avoid those feelings of Deja Voo Doo. The comedy of the film however lies in the "reality" of it. Why run away from Zombies that walk 0.25 miles an hour? Why use chainsaws to chop them into messy and unsightly pieces? Wont a salt shaker or old Dire Strates LP do the job? Sean proves that it does and the outcome is brilliant. With this humour of the reality of the Zombie infestation, we also have the emotions in the reality of it. Simon Pegg delivers some truly moving moments in the film, shocking the audience from laughter to real sadness in the most suprising of places. Its not all fun and games killing Zombies and amongst the humour, Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg, along with their brilliant characters and Peggs suprisingly touching acting, show us this.

Simon Pegg is outstanding as Shaun along with the rest of his cast who are no strangers to comedy roles. We see The Office's Lucy Davies(Dawn) act brilliantly as the bitchy flatmate, Bill Nighy as Seans moody Step Dad and a host of other cameos from the casts of such brilliant comedy offerings as Little Britain, Black Books, League of Gentlemen, Spaced and The Office.

Although some of the British humour in the film may be lost on a foreign audience and some of the jokes may lay unappreciated due to unfamiliarity of the actors unique style, any fans of Zombie movies or a good honest comedy will thoroughly enjoy this new Brit-flick-Rom-Zom. In some places the humour is confusingly mixed with true emotion and the jerky parody of Romero's cinematography can sometimes be dissorientating there really are not many bad words to say about Shaun of the Dead. Although i can think of five words that CAN be used... Laughs, Tears, Vomit and Romance...oh and Enjoy.

A gore-tastic, Zombie breakdancing

Cool review Blilbby! Film looks like it is a scream!

To do the popcorn boxes:

{rating}4_5{rating}

just replace the curvey brackets with the regular one and it will work. that entry would do 41/2 boxes of popcorn.

Cheers

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Nice Review!

I really enjoyed Shaun of the Dead, but I found it lacking in its build up to the finale, not really amounting to either horror or comedy, still, there are a load of good laughs in there.

Also, I fail to see the connection between Dog Soldiers and this, other than them both being British films???

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Yes this is a fact that i wasnt sure about writing but did anyway. Was chatting with some friends about this a few days before i saw the film and i seem to remember reading somewhere that its from the same production company, but either way im not 100% sure and if it wasn't so late when i wrote the review i wouldnt have put that in, but i did and forgot to check it out. Sorry! But ill do some researching and find out..

Great review!
I can hardly wait to see this film.

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Uh......Ok.

Great review man.

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Thanx for the compliments guys. Im doing this as practice as im writing reviews for my university Student magazine this coming September so i wanted to get some under my belt for practice and to show the editor.

Would you guys/gals or anyone else be able to comment further though? What did you like? What didn't you like? Constructive Criticism?

I know my grammar is pretty bad but thats the kind of thing i can sort out as i re-read my stuff. Thanx for yout time anywhoooo...

Your style is fluid and easy to read, and you also outlined the story very nicely without giving anything away.
Maybe I'm too easily satisfied, or too clement, to find anything but minor flaws.

Sure man. The first thing I see is that maybe you would break down the big paragraph into two smaller ones, maybe breaking it right after you talk about the creators. Then the next paragraph would start your description of the film. This is actually a comment I got from Yoda on one of my reviews, as I had a monster paragraph in it. Otherwise good stuff!

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I agree with you man.
Keep up the good work, blibblobblib.

Blibby, great review. We can never have enough reviewers here. I found your review of Shaun Of The Dead very inciteful. You want further regards? O.K. I agree with Sedai that one part of your review needs to be divided from its chunk, to two more easily read ones. Apart from that I find very little to critisise about.

The good points include your personnal opinion of the film which makes understanding the film easier from having a point of view to judge it by. I also like the mention of some of the people behind the film, it shows commitment to reviewing and thus makes people respect the content more.

Fine job, can't wait for more from the blibby stable.

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It's getting crowded on this band wagon.

I'm really glad you decided to start writing reviews, man. Your general kookiness and unique way with words ought to make this a really fun review thread.

Any idea what's next?

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Thanx for all the nice words guys, gives me a lot more confidence in writing my next review. About the long middle paragraph, i thought about dividing it but was not sure where to begin. then again Sedai/Yoda's advice on structuring sounds like a good one. I'll get better as i go along i hope. Glad you all liked the review though.

Thats right Slay, Youve created a Monster!! I call it Reviewglar, his powers of copiuos reviews are strong, and i am in his grasp!!!...........

ANYWAY, im currently doing some research on some stuff for my uni deadlines but i should be reviewing Kill Bill 2 this week, or maybe something else when i get back to Uni next week, as im home in Essex at the mo and parents computer is rubbish. Either way there'll be another review within a week or two at the most.

Thanx for the reading guys!

Well done blib.... welcome to the sticky club...

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Excellent

Aaaaah jeez Thank you Finally a club where i AM a member, and not the creepy guy who looks though the window...

Ah… blib... You’ve always been a member of the mofo favorites club…

Your so lovely Cait

Shaun Of The Dead has been one of my most anticipated movies since I heard of it. I doubt I'll be seeing it in theaters due to the fact I live in the middle of nowhere (or just near the middle of nowhere) and a lot of the people around here wouldn't know a good movie if it landed smack-dab between their eyes. I'll definitely rent it though, now that I've read your review. Nice work!