{"id":6250,"date":"2004-10-03T14:23:55","date_gmt":"2004-10-03T21:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2004\/10\/03\/aim-for-the-head.html"},"modified":"2004-10-03T14:23:55","modified_gmt":"2004-10-03T21:23:55","slug":"aim_for_the_hea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/10\/03\/aim_for_the_hea.html","title":{"rendered":"Aim for the head"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"shaun.jpg\" title=\"Aim for the head\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/images\/shaun.jpg\" width=\"171\" height=\"247\" class=\"right\" \/>Some films become cult classics.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0365748\/\"><em>Shaun of the Dead<\/em><\/a> is richly deserving of this fate, and I&#8217;d love to watch this film several times more, on a regular basis.  Generally funny, with occasional unexpected-and-all-the-more-impactful-for-that bits of drama, this tale of a London loser in his late 20s trying to get his life together against the backdrop of an unexpected zombie plague is a wonderful gem of a flick.  &#8220;A romantic comedy &#8230; with zombies,&#8221; one of the film&#8217;s tag lines, is spot on.  <\/p>\n<p>The audience&#8217;s awareness of the growing horror faster than Shaun&#8217;s is part of its charm; the later part of the film as Shaun becomes the kinda-leader of a coterie of friends, family, and hangers-on becomes a bit more forced, but is still entertaining.  I saw some bits of the film at the San Diego Comic-con this summer, and am glad it&#8217;s finally getting an American outing.<\/p>\n<p>I found the inevitable zombie gore not as off-putting as some, and you can even consider the movie a somewhat thoughtful commentary on how our internal dramas sometimes override our dealing with reality around us.  Whatever.  It&#8217;s funny, bloody, gut-wrenching (sometimes literally), quirky enjoyment.  <\/p>\n<p>Funniest line with didn&#8217;t get a laugh from the sadly under-educated audience:  &#8220;We&#8217;re coming to get you, Barbara!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Two slightly gnawed thumbs up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some films become cult classics. Shaun of the Dead is richly deserving of this fate, and I&#8217;d love to watch this film several times more, on a regular basis. 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