directed by Ruben Fleischer / starring Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin
I saw this in cinema last year, and now watched it again with my brother, because he wanted to. And I didn't really mind. Zombieland, like anything, was better in cinema, but made me laugh on a small screen, too.
Zombies have taken over the world. I guess it's some virus. Anyway, only a bunch of people still remain, er, people, and they make their best to survive in Zombieland, or Z-land, everyone in their own way. Columbus (not his real name, but you don't use your real name in Zombieland) is geeky, introverted young man, who has survived so far by strictly obeying his neurotic list of rules (e.g. beware of bathrooms, limber up, when in doubt, know way out, and most importantly, double tap). He teams up with Tallahassee, a Southern badass, who was born to kill zombies and eat Twinkies. On their roadtrip they meet Wichita and Little Rock, two sneaky sisters on their way to Pacific Playland.
Jesse Eisenberg is kind of adorable. He delivers his lines with his bone-dry voice, making some of the average jokes actually quite funny. ("Oh, you're about to learn who you're gonna call... Ghostbusters.") I can't wait seeing him in The Social Network! Woody Harrelson is a funny, charismatic guy, and they work very well together with Eisenberg. Opposites forced to get along together is always fun. I like Abigail Breslin, because of Little Miss Sunshine. She has funny scenes with Harrelson's character, that Hannah Montana moment and all. Emma Stone is the mandatory pretty girl, providing the mandatory romance plot. Though I like that one random laugh. Which brings us to THE cameo. Which was obviously very funny. Easily the funniest part of the film.
Zombieland isn't high culture. It has incoherent, idiotic, with a couple of poor, clumsy attempts to make the characters more dimensional and the story deeper, but it's a solid package of bullet-proof (and zombie-proof) entertainment. Some days that's all you can ask.
(Below, something I didn't notice the first time. These are some of the Zombies they were chased by in Hollywood. Seriously, a Tramp Zombie? You don't see that every day, haha. Excellent.)
"I'm not great at farewells, so... that'll do, pig."
Jesse Eisenberg is kind of adorable. He delivers his lines with his bone-dry voice, making some of the average jokes actually quite funny. ("Oh, you're about to learn who you're gonna call... Ghostbusters.") I can't wait seeing him in The Social Network! Woody Harrelson is a funny, charismatic guy, and they work very well together with Eisenberg. Opposites forced to get along together is always fun. I like Abigail Breslin, because of Little Miss Sunshine. She has funny scenes with Harrelson's character, that Hannah Montana moment and all. Emma Stone is the mandatory pretty girl, providing the mandatory romance plot. Though I like that one random laugh. Which brings us to THE cameo. Which was obviously very funny. Easily the funniest part of the film.
Zombieland isn't high culture. It has incoherent, idiotic, with a couple of poor, clumsy attempts to make the characters more dimensional and the story deeper, but it's a solid package of bullet-proof (and zombie-proof) entertainment. Some days that's all you can ask.
(Below, something I didn't notice the first time. These are some of the Zombies they were chased by in Hollywood. Seriously, a Tramp Zombie? You don't see that every day, haha. Excellent.)
"I'm not great at farewells, so... that'll do, pig."
