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This thing honestly
lingered on my shelf for quite a while, the guilt and curiosity a
telltale heart of wasted gigs on my shiny Mac. Truth be told, I downloaded
one of those DVD rippers without the slightest inkling that it would
actually work. It's not as if I'm going to start a criminal enterprise,
quitting my day job to start hawking three-year-old, pirated movies
on a blanket on St. Marks or anything. The thing just comes in handy
for situations like this one. I had every intention of watching this
thing right after borrowing it from a friend, but somehow got sidetracked
living my life. Think of the ripper as a DVR of sorts; I was able
to return my buddy's DVD and still keep the movie on loan for a rainy
day. Turns out I completely forgot about both the movie (and the ripping
program) until I saw a review for Hot
Fuzz somewhere. The reviewer totally gushed about both movies
and blah blah-ed about how funny and talented these guys are. He sold
me on it, and despite my general so-so-ishness about zombie flicks,
I sat there one late night in front of my 20" Mac monitor and
proceeded the enjoy the hell out of myself. The fact that there were
even zombies in this movie at all is almost beside the point. I could
have watched the Simon Pegg and Nick Frost sit in the pub and jaw
for two hours. There's just something very watchable about these guys.
And despite their kind of typical asswipe and straight man-loser routine,
they seem to keep it fresh. Maybe it's the English accents or something.
I think more than anything you can tell these guys are fulfilling
a dream making this thing, and it brings with it that nervous, fun
energy that (pardon the pun) is just so damn infectious. The basic
premise of the story is that these two relative losers, who do nothing
but hang out in the same pub every night and work menial jobs (or
not at all), live such mundane lives in their mundane town that it
barely registers when everyone turns into the slobbering undead. Once
it does sink in, it becomes Shaun's mission to vanquish the zombies,
and in the act win back his estranged girlfriend. All this while dragging
around his anchor of a best friend, arguing with his evil step dad
and fending off his girl's possible new suitor. Wackiness ensues as
brainless townspeople shuffle around taking shovels and cricket bats
to the head, and occasionally feeding on human brains. I know I should
toss the file in the trash, as my one watch is done (and any more
would kinda constitute stealing) but I want to keep it around for
just a bit longer--at least until Hot Fuzz comes out on DVD.
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