Brody Anthony
Mr. Edwards
EMS 30
09/06/15
I choose Shawn of the Dead, a 2004 zombie,
romantic-comedy. It runs for 1h and 40minutes and that means its almost two
hours of awesome! This is one of my favourite movies and that’s because its got
a twist that sets it apart from your average zombie flick. It’s a genre bender
if you will. This incredible movie really plays with the conventions of a
zombie movie. For example, the cluelessness characters tend to have when the
virus shows up. For whatever reason no one seems to catch on until they
encounter one and even then they are still pretty clueless; asking “what do you what?” or “what are you
looking at?” This movie has all that but with a hilarious twist to take the
edge off of the fact that everyone is dying. The relationship he has with his
girlfriend sucks but he still has his best friend. That isn’t enough though.
The apocalypse gives Shawn a reason to get his girl back by saving her life.
This is where the romantic codes and conventions come in teaching lessons about
never giving up and fighting for the girl. This makes Shawn of the dead a great
experience to watch. Even with your girlfriend.
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