Friday, I watched Zombieland. (yay! Zombie movies..) Let me just say you should not read further if you have not seen the movie and don't want to know what happens....I'm about to spoil it for you.
Let me just start by saying that when one goes to a Zombie movie, you enter with certain expectations, or rather, you lower your expectations.
You don't evaluate a zombie movie on the same scale with which you would rate a indie movie or arthouse film. The scale is really about how bad it is, how gross the effects were, what was the most interesting zombie kill, how inappropriately clever or cheesy the dialogue is, how absurd the plot is. You rate it, on a Zombie scale.
I loved this movie. Don't get me wrong, I know its bad, that it had so much potential...blah blah blah....... But it made me laugh out loud, it had some of the best zombie kills I've seen in awhile (with the exception of Dead Snow, which should be another post, but I digress.) So the zombie kills - kill by piano drop, kill on an amusement ride, kill in a prize booth, and a zombie attack in a toilet. Classic!
In terms of absurd plot .....it wasn't a fantastic plot, but it had elements I appreciated.......I mean, seriously, how can you not like a movie, that has a alpha male hero obsessed with twinkies and Bill Murray, a sidekick who has that Michael Cera cadence and awkward geek factor, a re-enactment of a scene from Ghostbusters, and a great soundtrack. It also had a list of zombie survival tips which I found probably more amusing than I should.
Therefore, Zombieland = AWESOME.
Thank you for the shameless escapism, I feel full on my weekly cheese consumption :)
Let me just start by saying that when one goes to a Zombie movie, you enter with certain expectations, or rather, you lower your expectations.
You don't evaluate a zombie movie on the same scale with which you would rate a indie movie or arthouse film. The scale is really about how bad it is, how gross the effects were, what was the most interesting zombie kill, how inappropriately clever or cheesy the dialogue is, how absurd the plot is. You rate it, on a Zombie scale.
I loved this movie. Don't get me wrong, I know its bad, that it had so much potential...blah blah blah....... But it made me laugh out loud, it had some of the best zombie kills I've seen in awhile (with the exception of Dead Snow, which should be another post, but I digress.) So the zombie kills - kill by piano drop, kill on an amusement ride, kill in a prize booth, and a zombie attack in a toilet. Classic!
In terms of absurd plot .....it wasn't a fantastic plot, but it had elements I appreciated.......I mean, seriously, how can you not like a movie, that has a alpha male hero obsessed with twinkies and Bill Murray, a sidekick who has that Michael Cera cadence and awkward geek factor, a re-enactment of a scene from Ghostbusters, and a great soundtrack. It also had a list of zombie survival tips which I found probably more amusing than I should.
Therefore, Zombieland = AWESOME.
Thank you for the shameless escapism, I feel full on my weekly cheese consumption :)
