Release Date: October 2, 2009
Studio: Columbia Pictures (Sony)
Director: Ruben Fleischer
Screenwriter: Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick
Starring: Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin
Genre: Comedy, Horror
MPAA Rating: R (for zombie horror violence/gore and language)
Official Website: Zombieland.com
Synopsis- After all of humanity is turned into zombies by a virus- a phobic, play-it-safe, wimpy dude who is still normal finds a badass, Twinkie obsessed man who loves killing zombies, after a while they grow closer and weather it’s zombie killing, Twinkie hunting or road tripping… they make the perfect duo.
So the first trailer for this movie, wasn’t that great- I didn’t really want to see it but after a while…. it grew on me and once opening day came, it hit me that I had to see this. So I couldn’t last weekend, but I did today. Especially the things people have said about this movie, it’s getting a great buzz… and the cameo rumor gets me…. I am a fucking SUCKER for cameos in comedies, its my thing, i go banana sandwich over funny cameos.
So Ill start off by saying that Jesse Eisenberg is NOT Michael Cera. NO NO NONO. no. I thought he would be, but in this movie he (thank god) proved he wasn’t Cera. His role was splendid, and he nailed it. This movie was shockingly emotional at times, and it was legitimately scary at some scenes… which was a great extra, because it was thoroughly funny from beginning to end as well.
Woody Harrelson was AWESOME. The killings where not only gore, no- they where SMART which made them cool as shit. The fact that he had 3000 guns and made weapons out of gardening tools, made him awesome….. his face expressions where also ace. And they didnt just make him funny and badass, they went the extra mile…. not only was his character emotional (which explained why he was a badass) he was charismatic…especially the way he way he liked twinkies… and a lot of more things.
There where 3 scenes, that KILLED ME, I could NOT stop laughing. One had to do with a clown, one had to do with Twinkies, and the other was about one of the “rules” Jesse Eisenbergs characters have, and how the rules that are introduce get funnier through the movie.
I hate nitpicking, but I do it…because when it comes to movies… I have SEVERE Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. This movie has like 20 scenes that made me go like “NO! WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT, Why ______ when you can _____???!!??!?” There where a couple of scenes in which they did something people would never do if the world was filled with zombies. Its like youre in a vampire movie, and you throw the guns away and start throwing apples at them. Makes no sense.
So overall I give this movie a 87% B+ for being what it was supposed to be (comedy, and it was funny as SHIT) and going the extra mile. The famous person cameo, i have to stress, was awesome. So check it out NOWWWW!!!!!!!!
Heres the trailer =]