Shaun Of The Dead

[poliphilo]

We spent yesterday afternoon drinking Cotes du Rhone and watching Shaun of the Dead. Afterwards I had to go and lie down for a while in a darkened room.

Shaun is the best comedy film with roots in Brit TV since Life Of Brian. It's a whole lot better (sharper, more disciplined, better directed) than anything the Comic Strip team came up with.

There's a scene in which a gaggle of young comedy stars makes a fleeting, non-speaking appearance. I spotted Tamsin Greig, Martin Freeman, Matt Lucas. It was like the new generation declaring its arrival. Look, we're here- and we're here in depth. Suddenly it's a golden age.

Comments

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

That's true. Series 2 is unnecessary. the same jokes every week thing takes me back to the radio shows of my youth- like Round The Horne. But David Walliams and Matt Lucas are very talented I think.

[currawong.livejournal.com]

But when you've got the immortal Kenneth Williams saying,"I think the arn-serr loys in the soy-w", it's funny no matter how many times you hear it.

I tune into Little Britain just to hear that mad little scrubber say, "Yes, well, shut-up! you know Rachel she's such a slag well she's a lesbian anyway shut-up no she is, anyway, no I never"... etc. ad nauseam. Which one plays her?

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

That's Matt Lucas.

I'm also very fond of the guy in the wheelchair and his gentle and put-upon carer.