In the faraway England, there is a well-known group called: the British Weird Iron Triangle . They are: director Edgar Wright/actors Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. These three good friends can be said to be a "weird" landscape in the film circle.
So they are mainly from 2004-2012, they jointly launched a series of comedy works: Blood and Ice Cream Trilogy . Just look at the name to know how big the brain hole is. This should be the name of the most ingenious trilogy in the history of the film industry. They include: Shaun of Zombies/Blood Detective/World's End .
The reason why it is called blood and ice cream is because each of the three movies has a different color of plasma / different flavors of cute ice cream . The idea is said to be a parody of the famous "Red, White and Blue" trilogy .
Due to the limited space, only the first "Shaun of Zombies" in the trilogy will be introduced here , but it does not mean that the other two will not work. This series is still very successful.
In the audience's impression, zombie films are generally full of flesh and blood, full of danger, and cannibalize people at any time. But in this film, you will change your understanding of zombies. This film jumps out of the frame of traditional zombie films, no longer emphasizes the difference between humans and zombies, but focuses on the commonality between humans and zombies . Even Quentin Tarantino applauds the creativity of these three weirdos.
At the beginning, a few pictures were used to introduce the environment of Sean's life. Stations, companies, pedestrians, almost everyone is working mechanically and living repetitively. Just like the people on the island in "The Truman World" , there are no surprises, and even the frequency of walking is the same.
The protagonist Sean is a thirty-year-old man who has accomplished nothing. He hangs out with his friends in a bar called Winchester all day long, and even his love with his girlfriend turns red.
But it's not that he didn't want to change, but due to his own inertia, the days passed by, and he also lived a mechanical life like the person in the opening picture.
On this day, Sean went to work as usual, and everything around him was extraordinary. A virus began to spread in the city, and people began to get sick. There was even a phenomenon of eating raw pigeons. But for all this, Sean didn't notice it, and still went to work and went to get off work as usual numbly. Here the director used a two-minute long shot to interpret the degree of Sean's numbness . This shot is very exciting.
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Gradually, the city has been occupied by zombies, and even a female zombie ran into Sean's garden. At this time, he and his friend Ed thought it was a drunk girl.
Until the girl was punched through a hole in her stomach, she still jumped at them. At this time, they finally woke up. Run home and sit down to discuss what to do next. In the end they decided to take Sean's mother and girlfriend to the bar because smoking and drinking were allowed there. Optimistic indeed.
Unexpectedly, when they arrived at the bar, they found that there were also a large number of zombies there. I'm spoiled by the end. The film has a very big brain hole, with a British style of black humor, and many details are worth pondering.
Zhou Xingchi also acted in a movie called "The Night of the Soul ", which is called a horror comedy like this movie, and they are all very exciting. If Xing Ye's "Return to the Soul Night" horror index is five stars, then this film only has one star, so don't worry.
The purpose of this film is quite obvious. It shows us the irony of the monotonous and boring life of modern people. Just like Sean's performance at the beginning, the boring life does not know how to change. This film advocates that people should treat themselves Passionate about work and life.
The most ironic thing is that at the end, when the crisis is over, people coexist harmoniously with zombies, and many zombies work in place of people, which is not absurd. All in all, wonderful.
Happy viewing to you all.
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