http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Tue, 8 Mar 2005 15:38:35 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/03/08/142025.php#comment-126398 I just got kind of bored during the second half of the film. We've all seen the zombies attacking the house bit a million times, and as the film grew more serious, I grew less interested that that was all that was going on. 126398@blogcritics.org Tue, 8 Mar 2005 15:38:35 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/03/08/142025.php#comment-126394 I'm with Aaron. The shift was somewhat abrupt and threw me for a bit, but I thought it added a nice punch to the movie. Ultimately, it was a huge benefit to the film, far as I'm concerned. And yeah, I absolutely loved Shaun wandering around in the morning completely unaware of the zombies all around him, as well as the channel flipping and not paying attention to the news that zombies are taking over. 126394@blogcritics.org Tue, 8 Mar 2005 15:32:45 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/03/08/142025.php#comment-126386 Eric, i agree that the tonal shift in the second half is a bit disorientating, but i thought it worked really well. 126386@blogcritics.org Tue, 8 Mar 2005 15:22:16 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/03/08/142025.php#comment-126373 I thought the first 40 or so minutes of the film were absolutely brilliant (particularly the length of movie minutes that Sean fails to realize that his world has gone to hell), but the second-half took a serious nosedive as the comedy/horror balance bounced out of whack, or the film ran out of ideas, or something. All in all, I think it's a very nice but not great film. 126373@blogcritics.org Tue, 8 Mar 2005 15:03:59 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/03/08/142025.php#comment-126364 i completely agree Joel. Shaun... was one of my favourite flicks of 2004, and mostly for the reasons you note. It balances the incredibly funny with the heart-wrenching in a manner seen very, very rarely in this day and age. And that Stone Roses joke during the record scene is just wonderful. 126364@blogcritics.org Tue, 8 Mar 2005 14:55:50 EST