Just realized "we're coming to get you Barbara", said when they are on the phone with mum, is a parody of "they're coming to get you Barbara" from Night of the Living Dead. Brilliant. Thanks for the wonderful reaction. Cheers.
@@rockero1313 Was the same for me for a long time too, but Hot Fuzz has grown to me even more over the years, so for me it's Hot Fuzz first, than Shawn, than Worlds End.
Theres tons of easter eggs and foreshadowing in the film, but my favourite small detail is Shaun promises to take Liz to "The place that does all the fish." When the camera does a quick cut to Shaun opening the phone book to call the restaurant, its name is "The place that does all the fish"
The most depressing thing about the ending bar scene is the fact that all of Shaun’s friends died asides from Liz, right before the military arrived to save them. If they made the right choices they would’ve probably be all alive.
The vinyl throwing scene has a lot of great jokes for music geeks in it. Not willing to throw The Stone Roses debut album, but being more than willing to throw their follow-up album 'Second Coming' is my favourite.
In case anyone is curious, Stone Roses' debut album was a huge, huge hit in Britain. People went mad for it. There was a very long wait for a follow-up, like five years, with lots of people looking forward to it and expecting something great. Hence they chose the second album title, "Second Coming," which, turns out, was not especially well-received.
"I did not call Dianne a failed actress!" But he did call David a 🐈 🤣🤣🤣 Lotta great jokes in Shaun of The Dead. The channel flipping joke is really good, as are a lot of the editing gags. Fantastic and usually comedic editing has become Edgar Wright's thing. Definitely continue 'The Cornetto Trilogy' with Hot Fuzz.
There's an unspoken rule. Never tell anyone that Prince is dead. If someone is lucky enough to be walking around thinking that Prince is alive and making music, YOU LET THEM. Don't disillusion them! Envy them. The same rule applies for David Bowie.
this movie needs soooo many rewatches to get every little detail. the first morning of the zombie apocalypse is a exact repeat from the morning before. before everything started you can notice little things like the guy fainting or the guy eating the pigeons, ARMY trucks passing, hints in the news. the running gag about the "you got red" that starts with ink and ends up with blood. the flowers he bought for his mom ended up in her hands anyway. the trampoline jump to save his man was a homage to "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" almost everyone around Shawn on the first day ends up as a zombie. and many more things. Fun Fact: when Shawn slips in the store that first ZA morning, the slip was improvised by Pegg. it looked so funny that Wright kept it and added the sound in post production.
Out of all the things I might have expected going into watching this reaction from you, an entire section devoted to your appreciation of Dire Straits was definitely not one of them. But I thoroughly enjoyed it. :)
@@Gankztaidk I never had an introvert girlfriend? But every girl I’ve been with they always want to go out places, go out to eat and meet up with friends, go here, go there, to the club. I just want to chill at the crib sometimes.
It should, however, be noted that some introverts even make a career of playing music in front of very large crowds. For instance, Neil Peart was an introvert (which seems like it would rhyme, but actually doesn’t).
Oh, the obnoxious friend who is dismembered is played by Dylan Moran, an Irish standup comic who wrote and starred in one of the greatest British TV comedies, "Black Books". It's brilliant and demented.
@mazzysmainframe I think I saw Black Books before I ever knew Bill Bailey as a stand up comic. Watching that piano episode now really comes to life. Lol.
😎👍 As numerous other commenters have mentioned, this was the first movie in a trilogy that involves the same cast of actors, but playing different roles. The other two are "Hot Fuzz" (2007) and "The World's End" (2013), all directed by Edgar Wright. I'm glad to see you've decided to not cling too tightly to your original mission of watching every film listed on the IMDB's "Top 250." There simply aren't enough fun comedies of this nature on that list. 🧟♂ Another funny trilogy like this, that involves all the same actors playing different roles is "Waiting For Guffman" (1996), "Best In Show" (2000) and "A Mighty Wind" (2003). You might actually be familiar with some of the actors in those, as they're all either American or Canadian. You're always a blast to watch.
I'm in this movie. I used to drink with Michael Smiley who played Tyres from the Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Jessica Stevenson show "Spaced", we're both Zombies outside The Winchester Tavern, I got paid a quid for the day then we all went out drinking in Soho still in make up. Seriously fun times. Simon Pegg is one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet, he introduced me to my lovely wife who also played a zombie in the film.
Does noodle become a zombie? Watched it a zillion times and I never noticed. Now I'm questioning if he's even called noodle. The lad that works with him that says it first
Fun fact, when Prince died, many unpublished/unproduced albums were found in his vault. He wrote an entire concept album about Transformers....my life is incomplete until I hear that album.
And like we got with the Corneto movies, there is an unofficial second movie with nearly the same cast called Fierce Creatures. Nowhere near as good but forth the watch.
My favourite part of this whole movie is that both times Shaun walks to the store are pretty much one shot, and they’re direct mirrors of each other. This is definitely part of Edgar Wright’s masterclass
Fun facts: Shaun (Simon Pegg) and the woman who played Yvonne (Jessica Hynes), wrote a show years before this movie, called ‘Spaced’. Also, it had the same director, Edgar Wright, and Ed (Nick Frost) and Pete (Peter Serafinowicz) also starred in the show. Simon Pegg came up with the idea for the movie after there was an episode of ‘Spaced’ where his character had been playing ‘Resident Evil 2’ all night and dreamed that he was living in a zombie apocalypse.
Yeah if I remember rightly, it was a mix of them wanting to do a zombie movie after making the Spaced episode, and the idea of what they thought would happen if Dawn of the Dead took place in the UK where there are no guns.
condolences on the loss of Prince. I wish i had all those years to forget he is gone! also, the phone bit as a millennial i can confirm its satisfying to chomp on a phone and that plastic casing sound it makes in the movie is spot on. My favourite joke in this is now lost in translation. its where ed is taking photos of Shaun and Mary the zombie, and after she falls it cuts to them stunned, not sure what to do, then ed starts rolling the camera to the next frame to take another photo before Shaun bats it away. I would think most people born after 2011 wouldn't have ever heard that noise or even used a disposable camera. Loved your reaction!
Dire Straits rules. Mark Knopfler is one of the greatest guitarists to ever pick up the instrument. I agree about Private Investigations, also the outro to Tunnel of Love is amazing
I always loved the amount of research you do for your outros. But holy crap, you even listened to the albums they mentioned in the film?! That is next level! But yes, sadly Prince was one of the casualties of 2016. Which at the time many regarded as the worst year ever. I guess because they hadn't lived through the seven years after it yet... 😅
Fun fact (And there are many in this film) He throws the Dire Straits album in this film, but they make it up in the 2nd film (Hot Fuzz) by including them in the soundtrack. If you want a directional/editing masterpiece by the same director (Edgar Wright) watch Scott Pilgrim vs. The world; a great film.
Some other fun zombie movies: * Warm Bodies - Basically a variant of Romeo and Juliet. Could have been terrible, but turned out to be surprisingly fun. * Dead Alive - An early move from Peter Jackson (Lord of the Rings). Utterly silly and over the top, and exceedingly gory in a variety of silly ways. * Night of the Living Dead (remake) - Directed by George Romero's f/x guy, Tom Savini, it's a really good update of the original zombie movie. * Fido - One of the most creative zombie movies out there, with a great performance from comedian Billy Connolly * Zombieland - A great road trip/odd couple/romcom/zombie movie. Lots of fun.
Oh, I'm so sorry you found out about Prince's passing in such an unexpected and delayed way. A true treasure and absolute artist. A musical genius that transcends his short time on this planet.
These are the oldschool George Romero style zombies. He invented zombie movies, made a bunch of them, and his zombies don't get much smarter or faster than this. Except everyone's favorite, Bub.
You're not wrong, Whimsory. You have developed some impressive movie-reacting chops and grown quite a bit during your sojourn as a first-time film reactor. I caught your debut, and I salute you for keeping it up. You're truly a professional, and I admire the work you put into each and every video. Kudos.
Thank you, Whimsory! 🧟♀ This is my favorite of Edgar Wright's comedies. If you'd like to compare to one of his dramas, try LAST NIGHT IN SOHO (2021). I love it, too... saw it in the cinema. He does action, as well... BABY DRIVER (2017).
One obscure reference is when Shaun says "you've been to a lock-in" to Liz. Edgar Wright previously directed a music video for a song about lock-ins called After Hours by The Bluetones.
For those unaware of what a lock-in is... It's when a pub (bar) locks up (closes up) but allows regular customers to stay in and drink after the legal licensing hours. You get a lot more detail from the song and the video is based on Bugsy Malone.
Your comments about how dumb everyone was made me laugh. There IS a team who are making all the right choices, led by Yvonne, but this isn't their movie. Great reaction as always! ❤
You know I've always wondered if her group ACTUALLY survived. Because iirc, she is the only one who returns at the end thankful that someone survived. It's entirely possible that her group got wiped out despite making all the right moves
0:22 I'm guessing you meant to say you need to brush up on your Zombie movies a little bit... And if that is what you did mean... I'm excited, I love zombie movies!!
Both Zombieland movies are great. Another funny zombie movie is Scouts guide to the zombie apocalypse. Or from Europe for example Cockneys vs Zombies, Dead snow or Doghouse. Zombie comedies are great 😀
Didn't expect a long Dire Straits tangent in a Shaun of the Dead reaction! I freakin' love Private Investigations. Such a dark, film noire type of mood with beautiful instrumentation. That and Telegraph Road are my favorites.
Hello Miss Whimsory!😊 You might have heard this film is part of the Cornetto Trilogy. This is the first film. The next film is "Hot Fuzz" (2007), and the final film is "The World's End" (2013). All three films star Simon Pegg and Nick Frost in different rolls. "Hot Fuzz" is the best IMO. Great reactions to your very first film in the Cornetto Trilogy, Miss Whimsory!!!🎬👏👏👏👏 Are you brave enough to continue?😉
Great video on Shaun of the Dead. I enjoy rewatching these in compressed fashion alongb with your commentary. Also, as massive Monty Python fan I thought your reaction to Holy Grail was perfectly appropriate. They did very zany humor and audiences back then came in knowing their sketch show.
Top work as always. I too will defend Dire Straits and Prince's Batman soundtrack (although the Elfman score for that film is even better). Looking forward to you getting to that one eventually
Gonna talk about Prince any time i can. He is still my favorite musical artist. Funny, today I have been listening to "Sign 'O' the Times" and just turned it off to watch your video. I think you have eluded to being a musician and Prince is known as a "Musician's musician". Tons of great music. Ever considered music reactions? Also he has some movies out. you may have heard of one of his little films "Purple Rain"? And my personal favorite, in glorious black and white, "Under the Cherry Moon". (The soundtrack to that one is my favorite Prince album. It is called "Parade" and you should REALLY listen to it. So Beautiful and brilliant. I would venture to say you have never heard anything like it.) Love your channel.
The prince batman albums and "Diamonds and Pearls" song got me into prince and yes.. THE BATMAN ALBUM IS SOOOOO GOOD I LOVE BATDANCE, TRUST AND PARTY MAN SOOO MUCH. SUCH GOOD JAMS!!!
ALL of the tv personalities in the film were real tv personalities over here in the UK, Plus the voice of Keith Chegwin. Also pretty much everyone in the intro, from the supermarket workers (Mary), to the people queuing and the hoodies turn up as zombies.
another great reaction - your hard work always shows. 2 movies come to mind on the back of this - 'Paul' another Frost/Pegg collaboration and 'Train to Busan' a true classic of the Zombie genre.
Edgar Wright is a master filmmaker. His ability to transition from scene to scene only gets better as he goes. Also excellent at both foreshadowing and callbacks. Look out for those carefully on the rewatches.
One of my favorite movies of all time. Infinitely rewatchable along with the other two in the trilogy. I'm sure I won't be the only one to request that you complete The Cornetto Trilogy aka The Blood and Ice Cream Trilogy. The other two in order of release are Hot Fuzz and The World's End. The films are not directly related story-wise to each other, but have the same actors and recurring jokes and gags. Great trilogy of movies. Great reaction Whimsory. Love the effort you put into your videos.
Hi Whimsory, thanks for another great outro. You did miss one thing in your research this time. This film is the first one of a trilogy called the Cornetto Trilogy. This was a horror spoof, the second (Hot Fuzz) is a cop spoof and the third (World's End) is a Si-Fi spoof. All are great and I would love to see you react to them all. By the way a Cornetto is a type of ice cream cone, you can see one in Shaun's mouth as he walks home form the shop near the beginning of this film. Keep up the great work and looking forward to the next instalment.
My all time favourite movie. Love the way they reuse the script but for different situations. Love ya work mate. I recommend The Crow for your next watch
'Hot Fuzz' is defly the best of the Cornetto trilogy ('World's End' is a bit disappointing), but they did another movie, 'Paul', which was a real labour of love. Simon Pegg and Nick Frost (Shaun and Ed) are best friends in real life, and are also massive nerds, so in 'Paul' (which is about an alien who has escaped from Area 51) they are really just playing themselves. I'd love to watch your reaction to that one! 🥰
After this you really need to see Hot Fuzz if you haven't already. You'll see why. Sort of.. PS Throwing away Dire Straits was barbarism. I always have trouble with that scene. PPS David (the twat) was played by Dylan Moran, who is very funny in his own right. He had his own series called Black Books, which might be an acquired taste but I liked it. He played a very different character in that (nobody who'd be confused with an accountant)
I have to break it to you, Freddy Mercury is also dead.... also Hot Fuzz is the same bunch, and really good. There's also a series called Spaced, with several of the same people that is quite funny. It was the first project Simon Pegg and Nick Frost did together I think.
I have to question the wisdom of your patreons suggesting satires/parodies. If you haven't seen the source material, a lot of the (inside) jokes fall flat. Your sponsors need to do a better job of picking movies for you. For instance, Hot Fuzz (another Simon Pegg movie) is also great, but I wouldn't suggest seeing it if you haven't seen some of the movies it parodies or references (Point Break, Jaws, The Crow, Trainspotting, Scream, etc).
It goes without saying that you need to watch the other two installments in the trilogy! Also, what's wrong with Dire Straits? Mark Knopfler is a great guitarist. Check out the very excellent film "Local Hero". Aside from it being a sweet comedy, the score is one of Knopfler's best.
9:48 a fun little easter egg, we're coming to get you barbara is a reference to the original night of the living dead, where they say "they're coming to get you barbara"
This film needs a few watches to notice all the things going on in the background. Also, there's lots of call backs and references to past zombie films.
One major reason i prefer British comedy to American comedy is that it's usually more clever and witty. I find no humour in movies like Dumb & Dumber or Step Brothers because there is no wit. It's just adults acting like children. If British comedy is like the lyrics to a rap battle song, then American comedy is like the lyrics to a UK Eurovision song.
this film is a homage to zombie movies, and it is a legit zombie movie as well, the place shaun mention the place that does all the fish, is name fulci, which is a very prolific film maker who did zombi. a zombie movie. if you notice everything is fore shadowed, and comes back
Every time I get any kind of cut or gash, naturally I clean it with tap water, or run under the tap. And all I think of, every time without fail, is "I'm quite alright, Barbara. I ran it under a cold tap."
Whenever you get around to watching JoJo Rabbit I want to see the two boys in that movie play kid versions of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. They would be so good.
One of the great things about Edgar Wright (the director) is that he doesn’t make the same movie over and over. Every movie is different from the last, even when he’s using the same actors.
Several actors, including Sean, Ed, Yvonne, Pete, and a couple of random zombies, were in a TV series called "Spaced" also directed by Edgar Wright. Great show, too bad there were only like 14 episodes.
