Zombieland
Started by: Gavel | Replies: 30 | Views: 1,532
Sep 7, 2009 2:15 AM #484629
What's your verdict, Ash?
Sep 7, 2009 2:40 AM #484640
Haha. Looks excellent. Prefer slow zombies, but fast ones are better for action. I'll be happy to see another good zombie comedy. The presence of Abigail Breslin and Emma Stone are definite pluses, Abigail for being a talented actress and Emma for being ****ing hot as hell.
Sep 7, 2009 3:07 AM #484656
well ash convinced me, I shall see it. thanks bro
Sep 7, 2009 8:16 AM #484776
**** i wanted to make this thread, movie looks ****ing awesome. the youtube videos are pretty awesome too.
http://www.youtube.com/user/ZombielandMovie
http://www.youtube.com/user/ZombielandMovie
Sep 9, 2009 10:53 PM #485689
Zombies movies are always cool, whither funny or serious. and this one looks great. I can't wait to see it. P.S. best part is that they usually never have a great ending. LOL
Sep 10, 2009 12:36 AM #485737
FRANCIS?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN ZOMBIELAND FRANCIS?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN ZOMBIELAND FRANCIS?
Sep 10, 2009 12:38 AM #485738
Zombieland is one of those movies where all of the comedy is dried out in the trailers and previews to entice you to see it. Upon watching, you'll realize that there are no more comedy kicks in the movie and that there is a complete lack of decent plot, character build and any reason to be watching it after all.
Zombie movies are mediocre solely because the plot is always the same and nothing worthwhile ever happens. This movie won't be a cult hit, nor is it delving in to anything new.
Don't waste your money seeing it at a theater. Don't come back whining on the board that you bothered to see it because you've already been warned - and that's the joke.
Zombie movies are mediocre solely because the plot is always the same and nothing worthwhile ever happens. This movie won't be a cult hit, nor is it delving in to anything new.
Don't waste your money seeing it at a theater. Don't come back whining on the board that you bothered to see it because you've already been warned - and that's the joke.
Sep 10, 2009 1:19 AM #485761
Quote from randolphZombieland is one of those movies where all of the comedy is dried out in the trailers and previews to entice you to see it. Upon watching, you'll realize that there are no more comedy kicks in the movie and that there is a complete lack of decent plot, character build and any reason to be watching it after all.
Zombie movies are mediocre solely because the plot is always the same and nothing worthwhile ever happens. This movie won't be a cult hit, nor is it delving in to anything new.
Don't waste your money seeing it at a theater. Don't come back whining on the board that you bothered to see it because you've already been warned - and that's the joke.
Because you've seen it, haven't you?
Pretentious moron.
Sep 10, 2009 1:24 AM #485763
Quote from AshBecause you've seen it, haven't you?
Pretentious moron.
I don't have to see it to know the outcome.
Sep 10, 2009 2:25 AM #485783
Errr.... Yes you do, actually. Even if you are correct with your assumption that the movie will be subpar, and I'm not denying that it very well may be subpar or even complete shit, it does not mean that you knew that the film was bad before it was shown to general (Or private, outside of the cast, producers, and crew) audiences.
If you claim that the Earth is the center of the solar system, and I disagree just for the sake of being different, and it turns out that you were incorrect, it does not means I "knew" that the Earth was not the center of the solar system, it just means that I was correct. I did not see a piece (or multiple pieces) of evidence that gave me knowledge of the nature of the solar system, I just guessed correctly. The person who calls the correct outcome of a coin toss didn't necessarily know the outcome of the coin toss beforehand.
If you claim that the Earth is the center of the solar system, and I disagree just for the sake of being different, and it turns out that you were incorrect, it does not means I "knew" that the Earth was not the center of the solar system, it just means that I was correct. I did not see a piece (or multiple pieces) of evidence that gave me knowledge of the nature of the solar system, I just guessed correctly. The person who calls the correct outcome of a coin toss didn't necessarily know the outcome of the coin toss beforehand.
Sep 10, 2009 2:40 AM #485790
Oh snap.
Sep 10, 2009 3:15 AM #485804
He's just a failure at trolling, I'm obliging him as debate practice.
Sep 10, 2009 3:33 AM #485813
Quote from randolphDon't come back whining on the board that you bothered to see it because you've already been warned - and that's the joke.
Lol. I hope this movie is good just so that you look like a complete idiot with this statement. Then again, you sound like one of those opinionated asshole types who would completely write off the general public's opinion of it and capitalize how he solely felt about it because, well, your word is law and everything you like others must follow.
Oct 4, 2009 7:21 AM #495694
This is such a ****in awesome movie, just saw it last night
Nut up or shut up is my new saying :3
My favorite ****in part is the clown, hes just like MALLET TO THE FACE!
Nut up or shut up is my new saying :3
My favorite ****in part is the clown, hes just like MALLET TO THE FACE!
Oct 4, 2009 1:40 PM #495802
Good ****ing god, man, your sig and avatar are ****ing terrible. Did you even try to get good-quality pictures?
Anyway, I saw the movie yesterday. It was incredibly good. It's one of the first really high-budget zombie films I've ever seen, with a budget higher than the remake of Dawn of the Dead and 28 Weeks Later, from the looks of it (The production budget hasn't been revealed yet)
This means it had a lot of really cool set-pieces, not to mention one of the coolest opening credits sequences I've seen since, well, the Dawn of the Dead remake, which I consider to have the single greatest opening credit sequences ever conceived. It's a slow-mo ballet of high speed cameras and high-speed zombie attacks, something I've wanted to see in a zombie movie for a long time.
The movie makes the word "zombie" feel natural, breaking the taboo of the zed word that is so ever-present in the genre from the get-go. In fact, this is the first time I've ever not been uncomfortable with the word's usage in a zombie movie or game. Maybe I'm just too used to it? Or maybe I was just too engrossed to care?
Zombieland's performances are mostly unimpressive, but I don't think anyone came here for Monster's Ball or The Notebook, so that's not a disappointment. I'd like to point out, though, that I was mildly impressed by Jesse Eisenberg, the younger male lead and narrator. He had a difficult role, since beyond being a phobic nerd through the whole film, he also had to both interact with the hot as shit Emma Stone and narrate without droning. Narration is often the crux of some films, but this film made something of it.
The biggest success of this film is the laughs. I laughed throughout most of the film, the biggest laughs peaking when they should, in the last act of the film.
Now for the most important part of any zombie film review: the zombometer. How does it stack up in terms of zombie goodness. There are various considerations of the zombometer, including gore, violence, zombie sounds, zombie behavior, apocalyptic conflict, and finally, scares.
This movie excells at gore and violence, having some of the most entertaining zombie kills committed to film since the lawnmower scene in Peter Jackson's Braindead, or even the helicopter decapitation in the original Dawn of the Dead. The gore seemed tame to me, but that's probably because I'm desensitized to zombie-related gore such as vomiting, flesh-eating, and dismemberment.
The zombies are fast ****s, not quite as fast as in Dawn of the Dead or 28 Days Later, as the characters can outrun them as long as they have good cardio (Which is the subject of one of the film's first jokes), and it's pretty much common knowledge that I prefer slow zombies to the speedy ones. It didn't bother me here, though, and in fact it seems to fit the film well. Some things that annoyed me, though, are that the zombies shrieked constantly, which seems to be the trend with fast zombies (I prefer moaning, myself), and that they had the stupid "instant decomposition" syndrome attached to their zombification. Granted, the film's zombies aren't exactly decomposed, after all, in here they aren't "undead", they're just infected, but they do get blood-covered faces, dark veins all over, etc. In this movie, when you turn into a zombie, it seems that your face instantly get all kinds of ****ed up. There's never any mistake when someone is a zombie here. We never do see a transformation, here, only a before-and-after, meaning we see a character before they are zombified, time passes, and then after they are zombified, but when this happens, the character hasn't contacted the outside world at all in the intervening time, so why is the character all ****ed up? Well, it could be worse. In the horrendous remake of Day of the Dead, the zombies actually instantly have facial decomposition like a corpse that had been in the ground for several weeks. Ridiculous.
ANyway, as far as zombie films go, this is a must-see, and definitely one of the best zombie film's I've ever seen.
From a universal perspective, I give this film a 8/10. It was enjoyable, funny, gory, and had the best Bill Murray cameo ever committed to film. Ever.
Anyway, I saw the movie yesterday. It was incredibly good. It's one of the first really high-budget zombie films I've ever seen, with a budget higher than the remake of Dawn of the Dead and 28 Weeks Later, from the looks of it (The production budget hasn't been revealed yet)
This means it had a lot of really cool set-pieces, not to mention one of the coolest opening credits sequences I've seen since, well, the Dawn of the Dead remake, which I consider to have the single greatest opening credit sequences ever conceived. It's a slow-mo ballet of high speed cameras and high-speed zombie attacks, something I've wanted to see in a zombie movie for a long time.
The movie makes the word "zombie" feel natural, breaking the taboo of the zed word that is so ever-present in the genre from the get-go. In fact, this is the first time I've ever not been uncomfortable with the word's usage in a zombie movie or game. Maybe I'm just too used to it? Or maybe I was just too engrossed to care?
Zombieland's performances are mostly unimpressive, but I don't think anyone came here for Monster's Ball or The Notebook, so that's not a disappointment. I'd like to point out, though, that I was mildly impressed by Jesse Eisenberg, the younger male lead and narrator. He had a difficult role, since beyond being a phobic nerd through the whole film, he also had to both interact with the hot as shit Emma Stone and narrate without droning. Narration is often the crux of some films, but this film made something of it.
The biggest success of this film is the laughs. I laughed throughout most of the film, the biggest laughs peaking when they should, in the last act of the film.
Now for the most important part of any zombie film review: the zombometer. How does it stack up in terms of zombie goodness. There are various considerations of the zombometer, including gore, violence, zombie sounds, zombie behavior, apocalyptic conflict, and finally, scares.
This movie excells at gore and violence, having some of the most entertaining zombie kills committed to film since the lawnmower scene in Peter Jackson's Braindead, or even the helicopter decapitation in the original Dawn of the Dead. The gore seemed tame to me, but that's probably because I'm desensitized to zombie-related gore such as vomiting, flesh-eating, and dismemberment.
The zombies are fast ****s, not quite as fast as in Dawn of the Dead or 28 Days Later, as the characters can outrun them as long as they have good cardio (Which is the subject of one of the film's first jokes), and it's pretty much common knowledge that I prefer slow zombies to the speedy ones. It didn't bother me here, though, and in fact it seems to fit the film well. Some things that annoyed me, though, are that the zombies shrieked constantly, which seems to be the trend with fast zombies (I prefer moaning, myself), and that they had the stupid "instant decomposition" syndrome attached to their zombification. Granted, the film's zombies aren't exactly decomposed, after all, in here they aren't "undead", they're just infected, but they do get blood-covered faces, dark veins all over, etc. In this movie, when you turn into a zombie, it seems that your face instantly get all kinds of ****ed up. There's never any mistake when someone is a zombie here. We never do see a transformation, here, only a before-and-after, meaning we see a character before they are zombified, time passes, and then after they are zombified, but when this happens, the character hasn't contacted the outside world at all in the intervening time, so why is the character all ****ed up? Well, it could be worse. In the horrendous remake of Day of the Dead, the zombies actually instantly have facial decomposition like a corpse that had been in the ground for several weeks. Ridiculous.
ANyway, as far as zombie films go, this is a must-see, and definitely one of the best zombie film's I've ever seen.
From a universal perspective, I give this film a 8/10. It was enjoyable, funny, gory, and had the best Bill Murray cameo ever committed to film. Ever.