Dawn of the Dead and Shaun of the Dead

Over the past couple of days, instead of studying for my chemistry and biology exams, I decided to watch Dawn of the Dead (the new version) and Shaun of the Dead to get ideas for my research paper. Dawn of the Dead wasn’t that exciting; I definitely liked Land of the Dead better. In the movie the zombie outbreak was just happening and the people didn’t know what to do. All the main characters end up trapping themselves in the mall to hide from the zombies. I didn’t like how the zombies in this film could run! I thought zombies always walked around really slowly making loud noises, but not in this movie. Shaun of the Dead was the funny version of a zombie movie that made a lot of reference to Dawn of the Dead. Just like in Romero’s Dawn of the Dead, the zombie outbreak was just beginning in this movie and the people had no idea what they were. The movie turned out better than I thought it would be. It had a love story, and it developed all of the characters really well, unlike in Land of the Dead. I’m glad I watched it because it helped me develop a lot more ideas for my paper. After watching it, I decided I wanted to write about the differences in special effects of Shaun of the Dead and Land of the Dead. Hopefully, by writing about both of these movies, I’ll have a lot to say and I won’t have to worry about the paper being too short.