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I think all genre movies are the same. It just takes good writing, and that usually means 1 in 10 are great, 2 in 10 are entertaining, the other 70% suck.



It also takes good direction. I appreciated that fact a lot more after Shaun of the Dead.

That said, it's hard to sort out the good stuff from the crap when you've seen nothing.


The thing about Shaun of the Dead is that it transcended "genre" - that's the key. It wasn't a zombie movie. It was a comedy ... with zombies. Transcending is always worth big bucks.


If only 70% of genre movies suck, they are an exeception to Sturgeon's Law (90% of everything is crap).




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