Shaun of the Dead

Directed by Edgar Wright starring Simon Pegg as Shaun

This was a hilarious take on the zee -z topic infused with Brit humour. The famous line "... Go to the Winchester, have a nice cold pint, and wait for all of this to blow over." was these guys idea of dealing with those zombies which are amazingly slow, will resurrect again unless you bash them up the in brains.

The uncanny resemblance between Shaun and zombie behaviours really early in the morning is hilarious. The shots of people on this supermarket assembly line working away listlessly is so zombie-like. I love it. The comparison to real life is so real.

Shaun lives with his loser friend, Ed, who does nothing much for the household except eat all their food and fart and play loads of computer games. Their third roommate is Pete who is this high achiever.

Shaun's life is a terrible mess. His girlfriend Liz complains that all they ever do is hang out at the local pub, the Winchester, with their loser friends. They never get to spend quality time together, he never brings her out somewhere else nice and basically he's not working the relationship. She breaks up with him when he couldn't get them a nice date place. (Too bad loser, you had your chance).

Shaun hates his stepdad of 17 years. They chance upon and confronted a girl zombie at their backyard, who was the same face in the beginning shots (one who is a cashier at the supermarket). From using LD to attack the zombies, to formulating the plan to rescue Liz and her loser roommates, to getting too his mom's place to save his mom (and the stepdad tagged along), the ideas are refreshing.

Passing by their friends along the backyard, where the female leader asked where they were going and heard it was the Winchester, says Good Luck! They obviously had a better plan of action.

Shaun had some redemptive chances- made up with his stepdad who professed love for him, had no choice but to kill zombie mom, and finally gets rescued by that lady leader who went to get the military.

I really thought they were going to die.

Oh and the part when they pretend to be zombies to get into the Winchester? That was hilarious.

This show was obviously written from a male point of view. After the dust has settled, Shaun asked Liz, obviously living together now, what was the plan of the day, to which she named a list of frivolous things like watch TV, have a beer, whatever. What made her change her mind about his lazy, purposeless lifestyle?

And oh they got to keep Ed chained up as a pet for gaming purposes.

It is a funny but totally unrealistic depiction of life.