26/365 Zombieland
by Melly on February 11, 2010
in 365 Challenge: Movie Style
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Abigail Breslin, Emma Stone
Genre: Campy Horror
Discovery: I kept hearing about this movie. Into the netflix queue it went. Then I saw it was a ‘very long wait’ so I ran to the video store to rent.
Summary: Imagine a world that has been overrun with zombies and you are the last peeps on the planet, throw in a dose of dark humor, little bit of love and you have Zombieland.
First Glance: I dig this film so much; right down to the voiceovers by the main character, Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg). It has these quirky “popups” explaining the rules of survival that he lives by that added some visual interest. The DP definitely has an unique ‘eye’ and captured the zombies in a truly interesting way. (Behind the scenes girl says: the opening sequence is perfection! You can’t beat having a zombie eating someones guts as the credits play.)
Deeper Look: I found that this isn’t your typical slasher horror zombie film. It had a dark edge to it but still stayed funny. That is a delicate balance. Keeping the gore there without going to over-the-top so we zone out with too much violence. Woody Harrelson does funny, odd zombie killer better than anyone around. He was fantastic in his role. Twinkie, anyone? *wink* A theme that really struck a cord is how over the course of the film these characters connected like a family.
What I Took Away from this Movie: Zombie films are cool.
Final Glimpse: Enjoyable, campy fun. Please try it. Tell me what you think.
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I had really high expectations for this movie but came back mildly disappointed. In all, the plot doesn’t seem to go anywhere and they had to include the lengthy cameo to drag the movie to a barely reasonable run time. Woody Harrelson was great but in all the movie lacked an emotional punch. It was a B- for me.
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OK, I personally loved this movie! Jesse Eisenberg is one of my new favs, ever since Cursed I have enjoyed his performances even though they have been pretty much the same kind of character. The grossness kind of threw me, I don’t mind some gore but it was crazy gory! I agree, it was deeper than I was expected that there could be much humour in a dark world, fascinating. To finally be good at something and it turn out to be so horrific, well, that’s damn good writing.
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I loved this, especially the extra special cameo in it, which I love that you didn’t mention/spoil. I had no expectations and saw it at the second run theater — cheaper than a rental at $3.50. Just perfect price for it IMHO. Woody Harrelson surprised me, I thoroughly enjoyed his character.
I also love that Jesse Eisenberg was also in AdventureLand.
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I’ll admit, I was very resistant going into Zombieland, because I’m a huge zombie movie lover (recent convert) and I felt like this was bringing something so indie to mainstream and I was all like “Hey! That’s not for sharing!” But, it is.. it so it!
Took a while to warm up to it but oh my goodness, it’s a not only a slick movie but really funny. It knows the zombie audience as well as bringing in new fans of the undead. Wouldn’t have believe it, but it’s does a fantastic job of both.
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