Zombieland

Zombieland

(2009)

Now I know people have more then likely seen this being a funny type movie with zombies in it but I re-watched it today as I didn't feel like doing some hard core review on something brand new or thought invoking. And thus Zombieland review.

Zombieland stars everyone's favourite poor mans Micheal Sera... Jesse Eisenberg! if you want nerdy, whiny, spineless and type casted but can't afford the real Sera? then this is your man! [Though I personally prefer Jesse, meaning I don't want to punch him like I do Sera..]

They even look so much alike..

Anyway the movie is like any Zombie movie, a guy trying to survive this awful zombie virus and keeps himself going, meets other survivors and becomes more about the people dealing with each other more then actual problem of zombies..

Since most zombie movies fit this cliche I won't pick the wafer thin plot any more as after all this is just a zombie movie with lol's along the way and sometimes if you just want to sit back and turn your brain off and enjoy movies like this are what you need.

So the movie starts with our hero telling us about himself and the rules he follows and all the way through the movie these rules pop up and I don't know about you but the rules really reminded me of 'The Zombie Survival Guide' no idea if this was intended or not but it worked.

If you are not a fan of movies who are narrated by the main person then don't bother, normally though I hate movies like that but it worked nicely for Zombieland.

There was alot of things that bugged me about this movie, only little things though like when the woman is chased by all the Disney princesses and one falls off the back, that little girl sure has the power of turning into an adult man, haha with all they spent on gore they couldn't have spent a little more on a much shorter/smaller stuntman? really? well ok, maybe people aren't as nit picky as me.

The story goes back and forth from flashbacks or off topic back to current time and it's placed well and breaks up the story a little more and gives us more depth into the characters. I still really hate the woman and later we find out the have been con artists, what a good sister! teaching her little sister to con men from an early age, well done.

And people are pretty wastefull in this movie, if your really trying to survive why would you not stock up on as much food as you could while you could? and why chuck away perfectly good weapons? Maybe this is just me nerd raging but it doesn't make sense, again it's a comedy so big things like that are allowed to slip where as if this was a real horror.. wtf.

I hope I am not the only one to have made the connections with the  game Left 4 Dead 2's level 'Dark Carnival' and the ending scenes of the movie? even down to the clown zombies... they both came out in 2009 so I don't know which came first. But here, look for yourselves.

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I think it's too much to be just a happy coincidence..

Now the plot is basically our nerdy shut in virgin [kind of like 85% of people who fucking love movies with zombies haha, I kid] and he meets one hell of a badass man and then of course, cue woman cus we need a love interest right?

So food, weapons and everything the world needs to live and protect themselves from the undead is hard to find but apparently there is loads of thick eye make-up around and this woman has enough time to slap it on everyday? and it doesn't smudge or anything, I think they need to market this shit.

And Hollywood, being the very large and tourist based place that it is was very... dead and almost empty.. surely the streets would have been jammed? and this brings me to my next big bellyache of the movie.

Who ever wrote this movie had their tongue firmly up Bill Murray's ass. I like the guy, Ghostbusters was fucking awesome! but this movie was so bumming Mr Murry for a good 15-20 minutes and how bad is a movie when you need to pad it out so much with footage of another movie and loads of references to it? yes it might have been a little funny the very first time but then it just felt awkward.

Was like watching a bad episode of Family Guy and seeing a god awful cut away joke that lasts a good chunk of the show and about five people laugh at.

So when the movie stops jerking off Bill we see the group all hanging out and as goofy as this movie is there is a flash back and we find out the tough boss man had a horrid past and it's done so touchingly and acted so well that it reminds us this movie is still about zombies and people lose their loved ones, it sobers up the mood of the movie if even for the smallest bit.

The last scenes are basically the 'Dark Carnival' level of L4d2 just without Hunters or the likes, it's a pretty awesome ending, it all happens in the last scenes of this movies, zombies everywhere, badass gun fight and saving the girl he loves.

The ending is cliche and a happy one but we don't need every movie to be doom and gloom right?

Best thing about the movie 'Enjoy The Little Things'

Story: 2/5

Acting: 3/5
Gore: 3/5

Humore: 4/5

Over all enjoyment: 3.5/5

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