Fun ridiculous entertaining

Rating: 7/10 (19 March 2011)

I really, really like Nick Frost, Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright's films. I loved Hot Fuzz the first time i saw it, not as good second time but still. I had heard from many that Shaun of the Dead is actually even better and after finally seeing it I can say I agree. Not just better, Shaun of the dead is one of the best comedies I have seen in quite some time. It's both very smart done and brilliantly funny. It perfectly knows what to put the focus on. The story is nothing that really matters much, there is one but it serves only the purpose of holding it together. Still one never gets the feeling that it is to thin, because you quickly into it get the picture that the story is not what will hold this up. I love the kind of humor this film has but it's not jokes and that kind of fun. An example when some are sitting talking and all seems normal but then the camera slightly turns. Much of the humor works kind of like that first everything is normal and then quickly something unexpected and funny is revealed. Sometimes music is used brilliantly funny in the same way. The film is violent but not as much as Hot Fuzz where I felt it became a bit overdrawn. Here it's used just enough. Like the story it's always over the top, unrealistic and extremely funny to watch. Impressive how great characters they managed to create, this being a comedy and not that long. Shaun of the Dead is not just a comedy like others, well of course somethings are but this movie just makes every aspect massively better than the usual stuff. Just lean back and be just as entertained as impressed. Shaun of the Dead is brilliant and a pleasure to see.