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Zombieland
Cinema Eye with Masai: Zombieland
Acting: 3.5/4
Directing: 4/4
Writing: 4/4
Total: 3.5/4
“How is it that ‘Zombieland' is so full of life?”
It's Oscar season again, folks, and what better
way to celebrate than to watch a gross, funny zombie movie? In the midst of Oscar
season, Zombieland is everything that Oscar hates.
It's crude, lewd, obnoxious, and gory,
and it's absolutely proud of itself. It's also one of
the funniest and best movies I've seen this year.
Brilliantly acted, writing that always keeps you on
your toes and visuals that will make you feel as if
you're part of the chase, Zombieland is a land
full of life.
The setting is an Earth that has been taken
over by zombies. The movie may never tell you why
that is but so what? Does it really matter? It focuses
on Columbus (the nerdy and spectacular Jesse
Eisenberg),Tallahassee (the always stellar Woody
Harrelson), Wichita (sexy femme fatale Emma Stone)
and Little Rock (indie fluff Abigail Breslin), four
survivors who travel across America looking for
other survivors and, of course, more zombies to
kill. They're named after their destinations because
no one wants to get too attached, lest they have to
shoot their new found friends a new air hole in
their brain. Let me just say that all four of
the main actors in the movie fit into their
characters perfectly, especially Harrelson,
who's no stranger to guns and the shaved head,
who has one of the best scenes in the
movie as he locks himself in an amusement park
shooting gallery, killing hundreds of zombies with
just two pistols and Eisenberg, who narrates the
movie as well as sharing his rules on how to
survive, including #1: Cardio, #2: Double Tap and
#32: Enjoy The Little Things. They all make this
movie work because they handle the material
beautifully, they all look great with guns
and even if you take out the zombies, this would
still be a thoroughly enjoyable road comedy. The
zombies are just there to give it a little meaty (haha)
flavor.
The visual presentation is phenomenal. The
opening credits are done in stylish slow motion and
the zombies themselves look like living balls of pus,
always bursting at the seams, which is, of course,
great. The writing is also very stellar. Penned by
Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, the script is full of
pop culture references and more zombie jokes
than you can shake a dead arm at. The characters
are always blasting out one-liners like buckshot
and the celebrity cameo is the best I've seen in any
movie this year. The direction is also spectacular.
Ruben Fleischer directs this zombie road
movie with an eye for fun and mayhem, not just
gross-outs, although they do help, but not on their
own. This is the perfect antidote to all the Oscar
bait that will undoubtedly be released as
the year comes to a close. Grab yourself a Twinkie
and a rifle and fasten that seatbelt. It'll be a
mindless, funny and bumpy ride.
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Screenplay may ne recognized, too. This film was well conceived and nicely directed.
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Favorite Quote:
No one said life was gonna be easy but you gotta pick yourself up dust yourself off and move on.<br /> -Jillian Ruthann
I really enjoyed this movie it was really good