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It's at Best Buy for $9.99. and im in the mood to watch a comedy but is it worth the price and/or any good?

Guest El Satanico
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it's worth a blind buy, If you don't have a problem with British humour

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One of the best zombie films ever made (one of Romero's favorites, actually), and just, all-around, a great movie. Only romantic comedy I'm not sickened by, and there's enough bloodshed and gore and slapstick to keep most people entertained. Also, pay attention to the movie before ANY zombies show up. Half of the dialogue is repeated later in the film.

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Awesome movie. Full of awesome quotes and 100% Hilarious.

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I'm a bit biased, but...have you seen Land of the Dead?

 

It's about 10 times better than that, at least.

 

Everything is played straight, but the situations and the way it is directed is damn hilarious.

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That movie is a steal for $10, I never watched a zombie movie in my life before seeeing it and I loved it

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thanks guys for the advice, i ended up buying it and watched earlier today. It had its moments and i thought it was pretty good if not a little overrated. 7.5/10

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Buy the DVD and love it, then go region-free and buy the entire Spaced series.

 

That's a great suggestion. Spaced was an excellent show.

 

There was only 14 episodes (two series of 7 each) of Spaced ever made so it's not like you'd have to fork out for a massive box set or anything.

Guest Psycho_Freak
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^ Never Heard of Spaced but Shaun of the Dead Great Movie

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Only romantic comedy I'm not sickened by

 

Have you seen Braindead / Dead-Alive? That movie, IMO, is at least as funny as Shaun, and has a much better romantic element. Definitely the original romantic comedy with zombies. Plus it's absurdly gory.

 

Actually, it may sickening for other reasons.

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Only romantic comedy I'm not sickened by

 

Have you seen Braindead / Dead-Alive? That movie, IMO, is at least as funny as Shaun, and has a much better romantic element. Definitely the original romantic comedy with zombies. Plus it's absurdly gory.

 

Actually, it may sickening for other reasons.

No, never. I've never seen any of Peter Jackson's earlier work, or Father McGruder: Kicking Ass for the Lord, the Nazi Vetrinarian, or the intestines that refuse to die. "Party's over" is completely lost on me. Paquita? Lionel? Pfft...those names mean nothing.

 

...okay, overkill.

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Watch paint dry is 10 times better than Land of the Dead.

 

Hell no. Dennis Hopper + Eugene Clark as Big Daddy + Dead Reckoning + some great makeup and gore + a machete-wielding zombie Savini made it well worth it.

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Land gets shat on far too much. FAR, far too much. The symbolism in it, the cameos, and the zombie-munching fun that are lost in pretty much every non-Romero zombie flick that matters in the least make it worth watching. That, and Leguizamo fucking rules in every movie he's in. And Asia Argento is hot. Plus it beats the shit out of Day.
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I like Land a hell of a lot more these days since I picked up the DVD.

 

Although I like Dawn and Day quite a lot, Night has aged horribly. The rules it layed out, the imitators and sequels it spawned are hard to separate from the film itself.

 

I watched the Land commentary, and Hopper brought a lot of great ideas to his character. The scene where Chulo offers him a drink (and he then ignores it and pours his own), as well as when he is trying to make his escape and warns that guy to GET DOWN (before shooting him in the head) were Hopper's little contributions.

 

When I first saw it the symbolism seemed beat-you-over-the-head annoying. Now it doesn't seem quite so much, although it has a few groan-worthy moments.

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