Monday, November 2, 2009
Zombieland: The New "Scary Movie"
You're probably wondering about the title of this entry. Well, you'll get your answer soon enough. Zombieland is about four human survivors in a world run by man-eating zombies. The story is narrarated by Colombus(Jesse Eisenberg) a phobic(he fears a lot of weird stuff) college student who carries around a double barrel shotgun and a list of rules on how to survive Zombieland. These rules are often mentioned in the movie. Colombus meets Tallahassee(Woody Harrelson), a tough, dangerous, zombie killing redneck who agrees to take Colombus to his destination in his huge Cadillac. (Colombus lost his car to the zombies) They soon meet Wichita(Emma Stone) and Little Rock(Abigail Breslin) two sisters who end up stealing Tallahassee's car and taking their weapons. Luckily, Colombus and Tallahassee soon find a Hummer with keys and lots of weapons. Then they set off to find the Cadillac and get revenge on the sisters. They soon find the Cadillac but end up getting taken hostage by the two sisters. They all soon agree that they will stick together until Pacific Playland, an amusement park rumored to be zombie-free. The gang eventually finds themselves liking each other and when they get to California(where Pacific Playland is located) they take refuge in Bill Murray's house. They soon go to Pacific Playland and have an all-out battle with the zombies. I won't spoil the end, but if you want you can just go ahead and see the movie yourself. Now that you have waited so long, I will explain the title. Most of you probably saw Scary Movie or its sequels. Well, in a way Zombieland can be similar to those movies. 1. Zombieland is considered a spoof of many famous zombie movies, similar to Scary Movie being a spoof of horror movies. 2. There are more laughs that frightning moments in this movie also similar to Scary Movie. But there are many differences too. 1. Zombieland has a plot and sticks to that plot. Sometimes Scary Movie has a basic plot, but veers of story to make a joke. 2. Zombieland is naturally funny, and not just jokes about Michael Jackson and Amy Winehouse. Scary Movie is hilarious, but most of the humor is just making fun of celebrities and stuff like that. Anyway, as far as ratings go for story it gets 5 moviereels out of 5. The story is awesome and it doesn't veer off in a different direction. For acting it gets a 4 1/2 moviereels out of 5. All the actors were great, especially newcomer Jesse Eisenberg. For special effects it gets a 5 moviereels out of 5. Zombies looked amazing and scary, just like a real zombie. Overall, this movie gets a 5 moviereels out of 5. Amazing movie, wouldn't change a thing. It is of course rated R, only because of gore and language. They do use the F word a few times and the zombies are very gory. It is for kids around 12 and up. And I promise you, it is not very scary. I hate scary movies and I loved this. Other than blood dripping out of the zombies mouth, nothing scary about it. Movieman out.
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