Zombieland
Posted by swannernjudd on October 15, 2009
Swanner: After a worldwide pandemic, only a few humans survive in a world overrun with zombies. That’s the premise to this new comedy starring Woody Harrelson and Abigail Breslin. Brian and I braved a screening of Zombieland that also had a costume contest. If you dressed like a zombie you got to see the movie. Almost 70 people dressed up or did they? I’m pretty sure there were real zombies there. It was a white knuckle experience.
Judd: Ugh, you’re such a sissy. I the only thing I braved was the chance of this movie sucking. The zombies behind us may or may not have been real, what was real was the humor, the gore, and the midnight mania fun that Zombieland provided. Zombieland is going to be a cult classic, guaranteed.
Swanner: I loved the way they played with the graphics. One of the characters makes a list of rule on how to survive in Zombieland. So through out the film rules will pop up on screen and many of them add major laughs to an already funny film. I really like how fresh this film made the whole zombie experience. I also noticed that the movie is better than it’s trailer, which is rare coming from Hollywood. I may have white knuckled my way through the movie but I still had a really good time.
Judd: The casting in the movie was fantastic. Woody Harrelson is the major player in the movie and you can tell he’s in it to have fun. Abigail Breslin adds a little prestige and Emma Stone adds some sex appeal. I think the best choice was casting Jesse Eisenberg in a role that easily could have gone to Johnny-One-Note Michael Cera who would have ruined the movie.
Swanner: I agree, Jesse Eisenberg is the heart of the movie both emotionally and socially. He’s our every man character and I felt like I could trust his lead. He thought through things like I do. Most leads are pretty and that’s about it, but here, seeing Eisenberg survive, tells me if I was any good with cardio I might just survive in Zombieland too.
Judd: If a person has to be good at cardio, we’re doomed. The movie mentions that during a zombie outbreak fat people are the first to go. Even meeting up with someone like Harrelson wouldn’t save our fat asses. And you’re afraid of firearms, so you’re even more doomed than I am. I’d abandon you to die a gory horrible death. Speaking of gore, the movie has plenty of it. Zombie heads exploding, zombies vomiting black and green goo, feeding scenes. There’s enough gore for everybody!
Swanner: I was surprised how much gore there was but they were having fun with the whole “zombie” genre. If you have a problem with gore…you’ll know by the end of the opening credits whether or not you’ll make it through the film. I will say that after five minutes I was completely numb to all the flesh ripping and bile spewing. My biggest problem with the movie was the 70 zombies sitting behind me during the screening…had one of them screamed brains, I’m sure I’d have soiled myself.
Judd: Pussy. I would suggest that you and all of our readers who are Zombiphobic avoid all midnight screenings of Zombieland. And for all of our non-pussy readers, I say that if their local cinema happens to have a midnight screening, that’s the one to attend.
Swanner: The idea of a midnight screening of this made my flesh crawl…I guess that’s the point
Swanner: 3 ½ Stars
Judd: 4 Stars
