Okay, why does everyone keep hyping Shaun of the Dead as a hysterically funny movie, with zombies? It isn't. It isn't a rom-zom-com, as one critic called it, nor is it hysterically funny.

It is, at times, fairly amusing. It is, at other times, kind of boring. It is also sad, and sometimes really disgusting. It is not, at any time, a hysterically funny romantic comedy with zombies.

It's certainly not a movie I'll ever need to see again.

Alibelle is a wonderful, smart, insightful human being...most of the time. I just got back from the movies and have to say that Shaun of the Dead is often very funny, at times hysterically funny and even at moments quite moving.

Huh. Either Robin can sometimes be wrong, or they cut most of the hysterical parts out of the version Alibelle and I saw, and only left in the kind of funny ones.

Was it really hysterically funny? Were you laughing so hard or so much that your tummy is now sore? Because that means hysterically funny, to me. The best this did for me was the occasional, "heh." Like during the part where he's going through his routine, not realizing that everyone is dead and/or a zombie. And the part with his dead mom was moving.

But I just don't get what all the hype is about, I guess.

ETA: Hi Lee!

I laughed hysterically a couple of times (like when they all greeted their counterparts ), but I was smiling and chuckling most of the film--even better, I wasn't bored or annoyed.

I laughed in several places, especially in the first half of the film, but the gross out stuff towards the end counteracted that, so I ended up not liking the film that much. I am the first to admit though that I am a really big wuss about gross out stuff.

Were you laughing so hard or so much that your tummy is now sore?

Yes. And even moreso the second time, because I noticed more of the callbacks. (The first time around, I completely missed that the scene towards the end where they're taking the zombies out with the shotgun is a near shot-for-shot and line-by-line replica of the scene in the beginning where Ed is playing the video game. It's beautifully done.)

I saw "A Dirty Shame" this weekend. It wasn't a masterpiece, but it was pretty funny.

The plot (well, what there is of one, anyway), is pretty negligible. It's the cast that makes the movie. Tracey Ullman, Chris Isaak, Selma Blair, and Johnny Knoxville give stand-out performances. It's also a very funny movie. The "Hokey Pokey" scene is arguably the funniest scene from any movie of the past year.

Sadly, the movie seems to lose track of both its plot and its sense of humor about halfway through, and while it remains enjoyable, it really loses its purpose (though it does make one strong one thgroughout the film).

Also, the movie ends fairly abruptly, leaving the viewer somewhat unsatisfied. I was left wanting more, and not in a good way.

It's still one of the best movies I've seen this year (#3, maybe), so if you like this type of movie, I recommend it.

Also, the movie ends fairly abruptly, leaving the viewer somewhat unsatisfied.

And with a headache.

About Shaun of the Dead. I liked how zomie-like everyone was in the first few scenes. Then when they all started turning to zombies and Shaun didn't notice.I found that all very amusing. As were the scenes where he was imagining how his rescue plan would play out. And the scene where they are being coached on how to pass for a zombie.