Movies We Watch

When I saw the previews for this film, I laughed so hard, I HAD to see this film. We needed to go near a town that actually had shopping and theatres so we decided to make a day/evening of it.

We got to the theatre early enough to get our preferred seats, when of course someone had to bring their damn kids (under 10 it appeared) that couldn’t sit still prior to the film starting so we moved up a bit closer. Still good seats, but why do people bring young children to an R rated film.

The film started out well. The Rules are pretty funny. I wish we had gotten more of them. Supposedly there are 32 rules, but we only get a few of them. After seeing the rules we got to see, I really wanted to see the others.

I liked the characters in this film. You had to like Columbus. Talahasse was bothersome, but in a good way. You knew you could count on him and that he was having fun and dealing with the situation the best way he could. The girls were a bit off putting at first, but you warmed up to them as they warmed up to the guys.

As a buddy flick, I guess this was ok. As a Zombie flick, this was disappointing. As a comedy, it lacked funny in the measure the previews had me anticipating. I just wanted more. More breaking of stuff, more odd interplay between Columbus and Talahasee, more great zombie kills, more zombie kills of the week, more twinkie, more weapons, just more.

I felt like I had been promised 11 and was delivered 7. And their could have been an 11 on that dial. Their should have been.

I regret that I cannot add this to the household favorites category. It was a good movie. It was fun enough, but didn’t deliver all it promised.

In a movie like this, you can never really be over the top. Its Zombies!

And the cameo, great, but again, undelivered.

imdb.com

In the horror comedy Zombieland focuses on two men who have found a way to survive a world overrun by zombies. Columbus is a big wuss — but when you’re afraid of being eaten by zombies, fear can keep you alive. Tallahassee is an AK-toting, zombie-slaying’ bad ass whose single determination is to get the last Twinkie on earth. As they join forces with Wichita and Little Rock, who have also found unique ways to survive the zombie mayhem, they will have to determine which is worse: relying on each other or succumbing to the zombies.