Good but not Great

Rating: 6/10 (25 September 2004)

Hearing so much about 'Shaun of the Dead' built my expectations high. 'Shaun of the Dead' is a parody of zombie movies with ever day life; any generation Xer will get the factory/service industry humor. Xers live a very left out, hard paced, brain dead Zombie existence. I can relate to this humor with my job, and the people around me. Over educated Xer's expect more, and have seen a depressing decline in the quality of life, while parents and other generations sometimes do not understand us; the family part of the movie explains this perfectly. Life seems pretty bad after college were one makes all their contacts. There is a lot of social humor about gen X in this film. Many people who live in such situations need a childish friend like Shaun has which Shaun needs for stress releases. No one else understands why Shaun hangs out with his loser friend, but this friend keeps Shaun sane. The Zombie humor would not work if done on this side of the Atlantic; the British have a flair for dry(in a good way like dry red wine) foolish humor. The she's drunk scene was great, along with the dad turning off the car radio. Comedy is hard to do, and the film's makers got away with making a funny movie with such a hard concept. Worth renting the DVD over the going to see it. 6 or 7 out of 10, but I probably buy the movie. I love dry humor. One part of the movie that surprised me is how similar the service industry is marketed with North American style Best Buy and Wal-Mart shops.