Shaun of the Dead and Last Party 2000
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Sometimes you just can't find anything decent in the local DVD rental place. Then you go there one day, looking for something specific and don't find what you're looking for, but tons of other movies worth seeing. Well, that hit us yesterday.
First we watched Last Party 2000, a documentary about the 2000 US presidential election. An old topic, but the movie was interesting. It was hosted by Philip Seymour Hoffman, one of our favourite actors. His style was better than Michael Moore's, while the documentary was less entertaining than Moore's work. It was good, fairly neutral document giving voice to both republicans and democrats, but especially to the activists, who felt an injustice in the system, be it racism, fraudulent vote counting, WTO or whatever. I enjoyed it and found the document thought-provoking.
After that it was time for serious comedy. I've read lots of good things about Shaun of the Dead so we had to see it. It's highly recommended and one of the best movies I've seen this year! Absolutely brilliant! Simon Pegg, known to us from Big Train is great as Shaun, a sad loser who wants to turn his life around: he wants to win back his ex-girlfriend and improve his relation to his mother. That good cause is unfortunately slightly troubled by dead who wake and become zombies...
The beginning of the film is hilariously subtle, and the action picks up speed from there. The movie has good actors, many of which are well known from British comedy series like Black Books and The Office. The plot is full of references to ...of the Dead -movies, but the comedy works without any previous knowledge. Shaun of the Dead is a must-see for fans of either British comedy or zombie movies.
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