I was just wondering how many other fans of Shaun of the Dead there are in the USA... (or how i can make simon pegg come and have lunch with me... okay the latter won't happen but a girl can dream.... ) Well fans in the USA Let me hear you... Later- Libby

I'm close. I'm in Canada. And I lurve Shaun of the Dead.

Whatwhat! Representin' Mid west, I live in Southern Illinois, about 15 minutes out of St. Louis, Missouri.

Big fan from Quebec, Canada here.

-Yannick

there's a ton of us on this board. I'm from Yorktown, VA. Soon moving to Huntington, WV.

I saw another one of your posts... check my post called HELP from US in this same forum area to learn how to get the spaced dvds.

There's *also* a section of the forum for Shaun of the Dead related threads.


But, I am from Ohio. And hello! I like the movie. But I think you figured that out already.

Shout-out from Purgatory...more commonly known as Los Angeles. Howdy, Libby

Orlando FL checking in.

how did SOTD go down with audiences and critics in the States?

You tell us:

90% Fresh Rating @ Rotten Tomatoes

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/shaun_of_the_dead/

better yet... go to www.movies.com They use a good chunk of the national US newspapers and big reviewers and put them onto their site. They use a 1-5 ranking, 5 being the best, by averaging the score of the national papers. This year Shaun of the Dead ranked in as one of the top rated movies of ALL that were released this year...

Shaun ended up with a 4.67/5. CHECK IT HERE!
http://movies.go.com/moviesdynamic/movies/movie?id=669521

Out of 15 reviewers, it got 13 positive and 2 mixed, and 0 negative. That NEVER happens on movies.com.

SOTD ranked HIGHER than Oscar favorites such as The Aviator, Hotel Rwanda, Finding Neverland, and Sideways (those all got around a 4/5 just to put these reviewers in perspective) and it tied other oscar faves The Incredibles and Million Dollar Baby.

Now my question is... since SOTD got reviewed so blatantly well here... why is it not getting ANY oscar talk? It got rated better than all of the above which are all that are being talked about!

You are all rad! Nice to hear that I am not alone here being a SOTD fan. Thirtyhelens- nice ref to Kids in the Hall... another Fav of mine... Justin... im lookin to find Spaced... any other info on how to get Simon Pegg or Nick Frost or Edgar Wright Projects in the US would be helpful... Have a good weekend everyone! Later from Wisconsin

Box office sales, maybe. Or, perhaps because it's just a simple indie film (if it is one, even)?

Honestly I don't think it would be Oscar material, but it is a cult classic for years to come. I mean, look at Evil Dead! It's obviously not oscar material, but it is a classic, and a very memorable one at that.

lil ol canton ohio

Libby, as frostitute told me... you have to order it from www.amazon.co.uk or some other site like that, AND you need to get a region-free dvd player. I heard you can get a region-free dvd player (which basically means you can play international dvds) at places like circuit city and best buy, you just gotta start asking around. I don't think they're really any more expensive than a regular one. I think it will be worth it to get the spaced DVDs! I can't wait to get mine (i'm saving up for the 3 disk set and the dvd player right now)

Yeah... i don't necessarily think its an "oscar" type movie. But it could get a nom at least for stuff like screenplay based off original material and stuff like that. Its just sad to see that one of the best reviewed movies in america has just been completely ignored.

new york city giving a bit shout out to all USA fans of spaced & sotd..

i was out sick one day last week, so i stayed home and watched sotd twice, once without zomb-a-meter, and once with.. also watched episodes of spaced, series 1.. sure made the flu more enjoyable

cheers,
--jb

"Shaun" fan givin' a shout-out from Pittsburgh, home of the Living Dead.

The Pitt's okay, good malls, good friends, a tad polluted....

...oh, yeah, and the undead mass about once a year to feast on the flesh of the living. Not fun. Well, at least I'm comforted that I can use a cricket bat to defend myself.

--Cliff

thanks a bunch... libby

hey us colonials got to stick together. haha. i love saying that.

austin, tx here. love the movie. this week my sister had been talking about the show, and we found a copy to rent at a local video store. i think i've watched it 5 times already. we're waiting for season two to be free.

Im from East Marion NY but I attend Stony Brook University in NY.. Im glad to see there are so many other fans in the US and Canada

oh, you're just down the road from me.

Welcome fellow USer.

Quick poll:

How many other people were in the cinema when you went to see Shaun for the first time?

For me, it was 8. Total. Including myself and the usher. And I was the only one who showed up before the theatre opened and queued up for it.

However, being that this was the only screening house in the entire state showing it that day, that means that I was the first person in all of Vermont, potentially all of the northeast, to purchase a ticket on US soil.

I saw it first at a preview with the boys there, so there was a good amount of people. But I also paid to see it when it came out properly and I would say the the theatre was pretty full.

Being from the UK the things that bother me most is how we get things last. But on the + side we have much better comedy but we do have Jonathan Ross as well and the US have Jay Leno they are both evil but which is the lesser?

Jonathan Ross - lesser

He's okay.

Jay "comic" Leno ont he other hand/pond is like some 70's ironic comic who's revivied his kitcsh punchlines about geese and bananas....

I would agree. I like Jonathan Ross, he's entertaining at the least. Leno is just an old fogey.

Jay Leno has nothing on the true King of Late Night, Connan O'Brian. Also, I never got to see SotD in theaters. I remember specifically seeing it as a preview before Hero and I wispered in a friend's ear "That looks so bad ass" and my other friend wispered into the the same friends other ear "That looks retarded." Obviously he was wrong. But any way, I never saw an add for it to be in theaters, but I was wondering around the video store and boom there it was...happiest day of the year, or one of the happiest of my life? MAybe.

Hey, hey from the USA.

uh oh!!! we have two people with the same avatar!!! Welcome.