Yesterday just happened to be my 17th birthday! Me and my family dined out at Denny's, hooray for me! Since I didn't have classes today due to a school holiday, I decided to go to the movie theater to watch my first R-rated film without any older companions, and it was the British cult hit "Shaun of the Dead". Boy, was I never disappointed with this one! Its a story of a loser with a dead-end job who must try to win back his girlfriend and improve his own life while at the same time fighting off zombies that has risen from the dead for no apparent reason (no wonder they promoted this film as a romantic zombie comedy or "rom-zom-com"). The film has a great blend of thrills, dark scatalogical humor, all-out gore and countless pop culture references to classic zombie films galore! Shaun of the Dead is British comedy at its finest. Here's some sample dialogue I culled from imdb.com:

Ed (Shaun's best friend): Any zombies out there?
Shaun: Don't say that!
Ed: What?
Shaun: That!
Ed: What?
Shaun: The 'zed' word, don't say it!
Ed: Why not?
Shaun: Because it's ridiculous! (A reference to the fact that most zombie films like Dawn of the Dead and Resident Evil never utter the word "zombie" at all- PML.)

[Shaun and Ed back up to the body of a man they've just hit and Shaun rolls down his window] Shaun: Excuse me... are you alright? Hello?
Ed: Aw, come on, why can't we just go?
Shaun: I've got to be sure of something.
Ed: He's going to be dead either way!
Shaun: That's not the point, Ed! Excuse me... are you all right?
[the body rises and moans, zombified, at Shaun and Ed]
Shaun: Oh, well, thank God for that. [car speeds out]

I can't wait for the DVD release, speaking of which, the DVD of "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" was just released today. Can't wait to buy or rent it!