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I don’t get the whole zombie thing, but this movie is so damn funny that it overcame all that. Single-handedly justifies Harrelson’s career.
What’s more:
The obsession with zombies completely eludes me. I can’t think of a monster movie concept that I have less interest in. I grew up on local channel 38’s Creature Double Feature on weekends. I like my monster movies plenty, although I’m admittedly old school; I prefer that Lugosi or Lon Chaney be in most of them. But I can go in for vampires if done well, and I love the Alien series. Dinosaurs? Love dinosaurs. Frankenstein monsters of any type. I’ll even stop for a giant octopus or two-headed shark if I’m just after fun.
But my science teacher father, who loves all of these, raised me right and taught me to look for the underlying logic behind the admittedly ridiculous and fantastic. These things didn’t have to be brilliant, but there had to be some sense behind the fantastic. And zombies are bad science. There is so circumstance in which the logical outcome of an infection would lead to eating brains. I can’t get past it.
But the opening sequence of Zombieland is a grabber. Instantly sets the pitch-perfect dark comedic tone for the movie. I caught the first minute while flipping one night and never looked back. This is a star-making role for Eisenberg, and his quirky character and his rules give the movie a great, funny start. Once you get to Harrelson’s Tallahassee you’ve got enough fun to run all night, but don’t forget how important those opening minutes are.
Because the movie is so funny it gets a lot more leeway in the blood and gore department than I usually have stomach for. Don’t be misled: this is a gory, brutal, violent movie. It just doesn’t feel like one. Just stick it out, faint-hearted, time to “nut up or shut up”.
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Bechdel Test:
Pass
| Main Cast | Jesse Eisenberg Columbus, Emma Stone Wichita, Woody Harrelson Tallahassee, Abigail Breslin Little Rock |
| Rating | TV-14 |
| Release Date | Fri 02 Oct 2009 UTC |
| Director | Ruben Fleischer |
| Genres | Comedy, Horror |
| Plot | A shy student trying to reach his family in Ohio, and a gun-toting tough guy trying to find the Last Twinkie and a pair of sisters trying to get to an amusement park join forces to travel across a zombie-filled America. |
| Poster |  |
| Runtime | 88 |
| Tagline | Our land is their land. |
| Writers | Rhett Reese (written by) &, Paul Wernick (written by) |
| Year | 2009 |
