Shaun of the Dead - HD DVD Version (2004)

martin bennett from Trowbridge, Wiltshire , 01/11/2007

I first saw this 2 years ago and having viewed it again recently, (in the HD-DVD format) this is still the funniest film i've seen.

Too many memorable lines and scenes to mention, although my favourite line is quoted above and the use of a certain Queen song is absolutely classic.

The cast is superbly chosen and the ending is also great.

If you are a 'zombie' movie fan there is added fun as numerous

homages are (respectfully) paid to George A Romero's films.

The HD version also sports a slightly better (dd+) soundtrack as well as a sharper and more colourful picture.

If you don't already have the standard dvd this is highly recommended.

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Jeffa from Southampton [Highly rated reviewer] , 25/03/2008

The only problem I have with this film is that it is wholey unconvincing. If you are a great fan of the type of droll dry hung out to dry humour spouted by prgrams like 'The Office', then you may enjoy this sort of humour. At first I was trying to find out the difference between the Zombies and the humans that are meant to be normal. Some scenes are funny but they are too far and few between. If Simon pegg was trying to pay homage to the Zombie movies I am afraid this didn't do it. In fact I would say that it did them a diservice. Let us put it this way, you have the undead banging on your windows and you decide to sit down and have a drink and sit quite casually thinking about it.

The extras pointed out the plot holes which were not filmed, to be honest if they had been added and the film gone into the cinema like that either people would have walked out or just plain fallen to sleep. Worst bit.- the first 23 minutes. The best bits - News buletins on the TV performed by real news presenters. The only issue I had here was a conflict in interest. I have seen these news presenter ideas carried out in Docu-Dramas' but not in comedies. Now the newscaster has their credibility checked when they read the news each time now. I never believed Trisha Goddard in the first place so her credibility was never any lower than the drainage system it is in at present.

Yes there are plenty of extras on the disc but that depends on if you enjoy the film or not. 2 lines of commentary and a scene bookmarker. Deleted scenes and extended scenes.

If you enjoyed Simon's work in Hot Fuzz, then you will most probably enjoy this one.

If you are interested in Undead movies then I would select something like Resident Evil or Resident Evil Apocolypse. At least these take the subject matter seriously and professionally, instead of making a joke out of it. Everything else is semantics. Whenver Simon does anything in a movie he always tries to justify it every step of the way.

These kind of coments don't really inspire good confident film work and would rate the acting at Mundane at best.

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A customer from Hull , 10/02/2008

I watched shaun of the dead expecting a rip roaring movie full of laughters. There were some excellent scences but on the whole people's build up of the movie wasn't really justified. Good but not essential viewing.

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A customer from Hull , 10/02/2008

I watched shaun of the dead expecting a rip roaring movie full of laughters. There were some excellent scences but on the whole people's build up of the movie wasn't really justified. Good but not essential viewing.

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