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.

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[jackiejj.livejournal.com]

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.

The audience here loved Shaun of the Dead--it makes it even more fun when everyone around you is howling and laughing!

My son and daughter both rent a Monty Python every Christmas, and we always cheer when the monks with their boards arrive.

My brother wants to give my mother the complete Rising Damp series on DVD for Christmas if it's available, and he's asked me to search for it over the net.

If there's a new Golden Age of British comedy, I can't wait!

(Oh, and I like Mr. Bean, too. How I would like to sit across the room and just watch him read a book or lift a spoon. His face is wonderful.)

[archyena.livejournal.com]

You know, the last movie I remember seeing is Kill Bill. God am I ever out of the loop.

[cybersofa.livejournal.com]

Yes, I always have to go for a little lie down after Tamsin Greig, too. :)

[ibid.livejournal.com]

I couldn't believe it - a GOOD British film! Good quality script and charactors I could identify with as a Briton!

[currawong.livejournal.com]

I'm a fan of the new wave of Britcom. Starting with the "Fast Show", then the horrid, deadly-funny "League of Gentlemen" then "Coupling" (which started off ordinary, but became cleverer as it progressed), on to "Black Books" and the truly disgusting but gripping "Human Remains". (once seen, never forgotten).

I suppose "Ab-fab" was the first of the new-wave. Series 3 and 4 went off the boil, but along came series 5 and it was back to its vitriolic old self.

All of these programmes make American sitcoms of the "Friends" and "Everyone Loves Raymond" kind, look so insipid. The only American comedy I can watch is "Frazier" which, despite having moments, like all US comedies,of gagging sentimentality has, at least, a modicum of wit. (I would also count "Six Feet Under" if you count it as a comedy/drama)

[currawong.livejournal.com]

P.S. I find "Little Britain" a terrible let-down considering it is produced by the "League of Gentlemen " people. The only thing I find funny in it is the fourteen year old slag who runs off at the mouth unintelligibly at two hundred miles an hour. All the jokes seem to be exactly the same week after week.