A bite of fun I should be asleep now, or at least reading myself in that direction, but I wanted to make some quick comments about one of this weekend's new releases, Shaun of the Dead . One of my sons and I caught Shaun late this afternoon, and it was a good time. The filmmakers have a fun sense of humor, but it's also very much a zombie movie. Or, one could see it simply as a romantic comedy with zombies as a critical plot element to effect change. Either way, a real affection for Romero's films is in evidence, at least the first two, as elements of both - especially 1978's Dawn of the Dead - are echoed in this film. It flirts with elements of a British Dumb & Dumber , too, but only just so; the two, central buddy characters are often goofy, but it's much more in the vein of lifelong friends who are keeping each other in perpetual childhood than their simply being over the top and under the bar morons. The laughs are genuine, the pacing's good, and the c...