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Books 72, 73 and 74 and Film 49
Sep. 21st, 2010 05:19 pm( Book 72 - Sphinx by TS Learner )
( Book 73 - The Skull Beneath the Skin by PD James (possible spoilers!) )
( Book 74 - The Fifth Victim by Beverley Barton - spoilers! )
Film 49 - Shaun of the Dead
I mainly watched this to make sure I had my costume for Bloodstock right - as I was going as Shaun, complete with cricket bat!
This film follows Shaun (Simon Pegg) an ordinary man who wakes up one morning and gradually starts to realise something weird is going on - there are lots of zombies around! He is also dealing with his girlfriend dumping him and his life which is really going nowhere, until this day! He gets together with a group of his friends and battles through the day, to get to the Winchester, their local pub, to try and sit it out until they're all gone. During this he has to kill his mum, and his best friend (Nick Frost) gets turned into a zombie. This film is totally fantastic, and my favourite film!! The first film from director Edgar Wright, it has so many little references to other films, and so many great quotable lines. The actors they've got to play Shaun, his friends and his family, are excellent comedy actors, and while the film is all funny, its not really crude or horrible, despite being about zombies. My favourite bit is when they're throwing the records at the zombie's head's to stop them coming towards them:
Shaun: Wait wait, what was that??
Ed: erm..Blue Monday
Shaun: That was an original pressing!!
which would totally be my reaction if I ever had to throw records at zombies coming towards me! :D :D Highly recommended for anyone who enjoys good British films, British comedy, and film references. Don't be put off by the zombies - I don't like horror films and have never seen any zombie films before, but this is just about a normal day which happens to have zombies appear in it, so its not that scary at all...although Katie says it scares her a lot *because* its so normal and could so easily happen to us!! :) 10 / 10
Coming up next - a book containing one of my top 3 most hated characters, and another film by Edgar Wright! :)
( Book 73 - The Skull Beneath the Skin by PD James (possible spoilers!) )
( Book 74 - The Fifth Victim by Beverley Barton - spoilers! )
Film 49 - Shaun of the Dead
I mainly watched this to make sure I had my costume for Bloodstock right - as I was going as Shaun, complete with cricket bat!
This film follows Shaun (Simon Pegg) an ordinary man who wakes up one morning and gradually starts to realise something weird is going on - there are lots of zombies around! He is also dealing with his girlfriend dumping him and his life which is really going nowhere, until this day! He gets together with a group of his friends and battles through the day, to get to the Winchester, their local pub, to try and sit it out until they're all gone. During this he has to kill his mum, and his best friend (Nick Frost) gets turned into a zombie. This film is totally fantastic, and my favourite film!! The first film from director Edgar Wright, it has so many little references to other films, and so many great quotable lines. The actors they've got to play Shaun, his friends and his family, are excellent comedy actors, and while the film is all funny, its not really crude or horrible, despite being about zombies. My favourite bit is when they're throwing the records at the zombie's head's to stop them coming towards them:
Shaun: Wait wait, what was that??
Ed: erm..Blue Monday
Shaun: That was an original pressing!!
which would totally be my reaction if I ever had to throw records at zombies coming towards me! :D :D Highly recommended for anyone who enjoys good British films, British comedy, and film references. Don't be put off by the zombies - I don't like horror films and have never seen any zombie films before, but this is just about a normal day which happens to have zombies appear in it, so its not that scary at all...although Katie says it scares her a lot *because* its so normal and could so easily happen to us!! :) 10 / 10
Coming up next - a book containing one of my top 3 most hated characters, and another film by Edgar Wright! :)
