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dorktv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 01:43 AM
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WHY does anyone think that Shaun of the Dead is funny?
It is funny and heart touching and sad at parts but generally just a regular zombie film.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 01:55 AM
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1. I've only seen it twice. I'll watch it again and get back to you.
Edited on Sun Jun-26-05 01:55 AM by primate1
But I did find it hilarious. I think it was the actors and the dialogue.
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lenidog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 01:59 AM
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2. I agree with you I found it rather hilarious myself
It could have been the Brit humor aspect of it that he didn't like. That sometimes falls flat with people.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 01:59 AM
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3. Yeah
I'm a big fan of Brit humour. Spaced (same guys as Shaun of the Dead) was a brilliant show.
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lenidog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 02:05 AM
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6. I have been watching it for years
Black Adder, Monty Python, The Youngs Ones, etc. I love it all.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 02:11 AM
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9. I'm a big Monty Python fan as well
And GirlinContempt recently convinced me to download Black Books, so I'm gonna spend tomorrow watching that most likely, haha.
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lenidog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 02:15 AM
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10. I just heard a couple weeks ago that they are going to be making a new
Black Adder series.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 02:16 AM
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11. Cool
I've never seen Black Adder but I've heard good things.
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Sean Reynolds Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 02:01 AM
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4. The two stars in Shaun have a cameo in Land of the Dead.
They're the two zombies that the "citizens" get their photos taken with.
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lenidog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 02:04 AM
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5. I just saw that today on the TV Guide channel
They had a bit about the making of it.
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WhollyHeretic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 02:06 AM
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7. How was Land of the Dead?
I'm hoping to see it tomorrow.
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Tsiyu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 02:11 AM
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8. You have to enjoy the dry humour of Brits
to get that movie, which I find hilarious and have watched three times in the last month.

If you watch it with the inane trivia comments, it makes it more fun...
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GirlinContempt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 02:19 AM
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12. Because it's brilliant
I looooooooooove Dylan Moran for one, and British comedy for two, and all the actors are from my favorite brit comedys for three, and four is it was just fucking brilliant
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iconoclastic cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 02:53 AM
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13. We saw it tonight! Jeebus, was I rolling.
One of the best movies that I have ever seen, and I have seen about 2 or more movies per week (rental or theater) since I was 16.
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