Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Zombieland Summary and Review - Nathan Bond


After watching the Zombieland, I was very impressed. The movie has a very good beginning  by starting with the main character reading off his rules for survival. This shows that the main character, “Columbus”, is smart about surviving. The movie throughout is very interesting though. As a zombie movie I thought that it would be a kind of scary movie. However, you find out very fast that it will be funny. Jessie Eisenberg and Woody Harrelson are the main characters. This right away can show that it will be a comedy. Not to mention that they putt Bill Murray in the mix later in the film!

Jesse Eisenberg’s character’s name is Columbus. He goes by this because he wants to get to Ohio to see if his parents are still alive. As he is traveling down the highway, he meets up with a character by the name of “Tallahassee”, who is played by Woody Harrelson. Tallahassee is very interesting because he is the total opposite of Columbus. He likes to kill zombies and really does not have rules. As they travel together, they get to know each other and eventually come to a grocery store. They do this because Tallahassee wants to get one of his beloved Twinkies. When they are in the grocery store, they kill zombies and find two girls. The girl’s names are Wichita (Emma Stone) and Little Rock (Abigail Breslin). At first the girls seem harmless, but then steal Columbus and Tallahassee’s car and weapons. 

After this great setback, Tallahassee and Columbus get another car and head down the highway. Tallahassee and Columbus eventually meet up with Wichita and Little Rock again. However, this time they ride together. Wichita and Little Rock tell them where they want to go. They tell them about a place in Los Angeles, which is a theme park that is supposedly zombie free. As they head to LA, they stop in a mansion. In this mansion they find another person. This person that they find is no other than Bill Murray. After spending some time there Wichita leaves and Columbus goes after her. Tallahassee feels obligated to go with him. As they chase after them they eventually get to the theme park. At this theme park there are zombies that are chasing Wichita and Little Rock. At the end of the movie the four of them feel like they have all become great friends. They all join each other and drive away with each other.

The movie to me was very good. It gave a different approach on zombies. It made running from zombies seem not as scary. As in other shows and movies zombies seem a little smarter. However, in this movie they only seemed faster. The whole movie keeps you entertained with laughter. To me I really liked this since it was something new to me. I would definitely recommend this to people who want to have a good laugh. This is not your ordinary zombie movie, and it proves that comedy can be in a zombie movie!
  
Nathan Bond

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