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It’s not because we’re only two degrees of separation from Simon Pegg (he was the college roommate of my brother-in-law’s Brit ex-wife’s brother, now a banker in Hong Kong). It’s more that we’re big Shaun of the Dead fans. English parody isn’t for everyone, but it’s for us (ie. my family). For one thing, it’s not flat out comedy; it has elements of drama and elements of extreme violence, but takes time for the smallest little human foible snicker. Hollywood will find all that confusing. It’s not perfect. It could have used some editing (does he really need to fight the Big Munsterlike guy twice?) and volume control (does every action need woofer reverberation?) That said, it’s probably better on the second viewing when you can watch for all the wonderful little moments like how the crime scene geeks (dressed in white with blue face masks) manage to retain a “cool vs geek” hierachy based soley on tonal responses (ie. Yeah! said like Elvis is cool).
