Within the first few minutes you
find a very thin line between humor and classical gore in Zombieland. The movie
sets up this post-apocalyptical time and a quick gruesome
zombie-flesh-eating scene quickly masked
by a layer of comedic satire. The reason that this worked well together was
because director Ruben Fleischer focused not mainly on the undead, but the
living.
I also believe the choice of actors
and actresses had a huge role in making a film like this work. Harreleson and
Eisenberg are an unbeatable team when it comes to wit and humor, they owned the
movie. Harreleson proves to be a typical badass, while Eisenberg has this emo,
anti-social personality and with them combined you’re in for a few laughs.
Stone and Breslin (sisters) have a
different agenda of their own. You soon find out they steal Harreleson and
Eisenberg’s car and guns (but eventually meet back up). Emma Stone has the
sexy-sass that makes an audience wish they could either be her, or be with her.
And Abigail Breslin has the younger but tough outer shell down pat and
authentic.
I believe that without the cast,
the film would have been a flop. The humor, gore and sometimes too clichéd
storylines made Zombieland exactly what it was supposed to be. A violent but
humorous zombie-killing good time.
Brittany Aho
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