This movie was GREAT but can we please stop this US vs UK argument..

Rating: 10/10 (24 September 2004)

My review of the movie itself is pretty short for the sole reason that every time I start to talk about this movie to anyone, I can't help but want to reference scenes that aren't quite spoilers, but I know I would rather have be a complete surprise to me. This is one of those movies that I was glad I knew very little about (other than the trailer looking hilarious) before I went in.
Simply put, this movie was GREAT. The closest parallel I can think of is Evil Dead 2 or Army of Darkness, not from any similarities in plot/structure/etc, but simply for the fact that the movie is both a strong comedy AND a strong horror. I was very surprised that it was able to pull off both so effectively.
On the comedy angle, the trailer almost doesn't do justice to the film. Sure there are a few things you've seen, but this movie hits you with joke after joke after joke. I am positive that the second time around, I am going to pick up on a lot of things that I completely missed the first time. There are subtle jokes all over the film (AFTER you see it, check out the IMDb trivia and look at everything you missed.. I was amazed).
On the horror angle, I was very surprised. While the movie is definitely a comedy were I to have to pick only one genre, it has all the chaos and gore of an Evil Dead, 28 Days Later, Dawn of the Dead, etc. In fact, there are a few scenes fairly late in the movie that are downright disturbing. This, for me at least, was largely because they blindsided me. I was laughing along with the movie and trying to not miss jokes while laughing when suddenly the zombies do something unspeakable to one of the characters and your laugh turns to "Ha haaaaohhhh damn!!!"..
Yet the movie will follow one of those scenes with something hilarious literally seconds later, often playing upon the very fact that the horrific action happened. There is fun-gore, disturbing-gore (one particular scene.. all I'll say is.. Winchester.. Guy with glasses.. Window.. damn), slapstick silliness, very dry humor, situational humor (of which the characters are often completely unaware), raunchy jokes, and even a few scenes that make you, dare I say it... sad!
This is what makes this movie so great.. It is a roller-coaster ride that never takes you too far in any one direction. If you are a fan of much of any British comedy and like horror movies, don't miss this..
Rating: 9.5/10
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A word, though, about this idiotic argument that is going on on IMDb about "Will US people get the jokes?".. This is quite possibly the dumbest argument I have been witness to in the past 10 years. Not to mention, the level of insults, stereotyping and inflamed jingoism (about things that have nothing to do with this movie) is simply baffling to me.
First of all.. It's a freaking movie! Are people really so angry in life that you can't just turn off the outside world for a while and go watch a movie and maybe, just maybe, remember that we're all pretty much the same people despite our political differences?
The argument itself is ridiculous given that it relies on stereotyping to support it. "British Humor"? "American Humor"? Rubbish! Bollocks! (my apologies to my UK friends if I spelled that wrong hehe).. I've watched comedies of all sorts my whole life, including a ton of British comedies (Are you Being Served, Yes Minister, Fawlty Towers, Red Dwarf, Monty Python (duh), Black Adder, Mr Bean, etc etc etc).. The idea that there is a general line you can draw through "British Comedy" is ridiculous.. There's the range of dry-wit to falling-down slapstick just like everyone else.
Anyway, I'm rambling.. But seriously people.. Get over yourselves and learn to laugh more!!