10/10
A Comedy for the Ages!
8 June 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Shaun of the Dead is directed by Edgar Wright and stars Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Kate Ashfield as its lead characters. The movie starts off with a conversation between Shaun and his wife, she's telling him that they should spend more time together. Shaun lives with his... ahem "best friend" and Liz says that Shaun living with Ed is a bit too far and maybe he ought to spend more quality time with her. There are some hilarious moments at the drinking table when they look over at the people sitting over at the table talking about them and say e.g, "Ed, it's not that I don't like you."

I went into this movie expecting an "okay" zombie invasion movie and that is NOT what I got, I got way more! The use of music for more comedic moments is absolutely hilarious and works so well! His friend, Ed is lazy and just sits around playing video games all day. Simon Pegg's performance as Shaun is absolutely bloody brilliant, he is so oblivious to the world around him, he doesn't watch where he's going and he's just... HILARIOUS! He works as a Television businessman, helping customers with prices and all that fun stuff.

Shaun begins to see weird things, people acting all strange and he can't help but stop staring. There are some cuts in this film that feel like they're done properly and not like stupid cuts that are done these days. One of the most hilarious scenes in the entire movie is when Shaun gives the flowers to his wife, Liz, only to find out they were actually for his mother because it has a card that says, "To a beautiful mother." There are many scenes in the movie like that and the comedy is top-notch.
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