Those were my two big complaints. Not only was the grid still on, but so were the lights in every place they visited. Hell Columbus was even able to pump gas at a gas station normally in the begining. Which makes me wonder how he turned the pump on in the first place. :dubious: Did he break into the store or just swipe his credit card? I thought they were supposed to be actual, undead, zombies; not living people driven crazy by a virus. Maybe I wasn’t paying close attention, but did we actually see zombies “dying” from something other than head trauma? If this had been played as a straight horror film instead of a comedy this stuff would’ve really been major plot holes. Zombieland was a funny film, but it’s not quite up to Shuan of the Dead’s level.
Well, one of them got sliced in half by the rocket tower as it descended.
It’s not a movie that can bear close scrutiny, but as a fun-time popcorn flick, I was satisfied. I did, however, make me wonder about other zombie movies in which the virus or whatever can’t seem to decide to compel victims to spread the affliction or rip victims to shreds, because the two goals are contradictory. There’s no point being a carrier if it compels you to kill other potential carriers.
There was a scene in 28 Days Later that I reminded of - one in which a “rage virus” victim spreads the disease to one victim, then moves instantly on to another potential victim. This behaviour strikes me as a bit too sophisticated for a contagion, and reminded me yet again of what a contrived mess the movie was.
Yeah, Eisenberg was on the indie film scene (Rodger Dodger, The Emperor’s Club) well before Arrested Development was on the air.
For those who don’t know, he’s also the brother of that annoying Pepsi twerp. Certainly glad she hasn’t had much of a career since then.
Ah, right, right. I’m never good with names. Thanks.
Just saw this yesterday. I was really looking forward to it. I give it an 8. It was better than Flight of the Living Dead but not nearly as good as Shaun of the Dead.
I think it would have been better with a bigger cast. I never felt as though any of the four main characters was in any real danger because nobody seemed expendable, so there wasn’t much suspense there.
There were too many zombie-free scenes. All those dead people have to be somewhere. Where were they?
All in all, tho, considering that the horror genre is pretty much in the toilet lately, this was a welcome flick. Woody Harrelson rocked it.
The only minor nitpick i have and the only thing that took me out of the movie was 406’s face being covered in dirt and blood when she went zombie. Why? she was sleeping peacefully in a couch, that’s “several months after zombiefication” makeup.
We saw it last Saturday. We bought tickets some 8 hours before the screening and just as well. Each screening had lines stretching out the door, round the building and well into the parking lot (Silverdale, WA). We’re going back this weekend. Best thing we’ve seen all year
Still hot, though.
I saw this movie last night with my siblings. I really enjoyed it, reminded me of The Zombie Survival Guide book. The main character does remind me a lot of Cera but I prefer him to Cera for some reason. I can’t exactly explain why.
There were still some suspenseful scenes and cheap scares to make you jump. One jumpy scene got my twitchy sister pretty well and she dumped her popcorn on my brother’s lap. Good times. 
Definitely one of the funniest movies Hollywood has put out in years, and beats Shaun of the Dead to death.
Saw it last night. Absofuckinglutely loved it! Haven’t laughed that hard at the movies since Grindhouse’s Planet Terror. When the soccer mom went flying in SloMo to illustrate the seatbelt rule I thought, ‘yeah, we’re in for a treat.’
I was confused about what happened to BM. I thought he was wearing a bulletproof vest or something, and didn’t believe he was really dead until they pitched his body over the ledge. Oh well.
Besides that and the obvious electricity plot hole, this was a really fun movie.
The explanation given in the movie is that zombie-ism is really just a majorly fucked up version of mad cow disease. The first victim got it from eating a contaminated hamburger. It shuts down your cognitive functions and makes you want to attack and eat normal humans.
This kind of explains the zombie makeup on 406 as well. I think it was supposed to be swelling, blackened blood vessels, and dripping ichor resulting from the viral infection, not dirt, blood, and decay as you’d expect with living dead zombies.
No misgivings, just a sigh of relief because I realized that this is where BM exits the movie.
Yeah, I kept thinking he was going to double tap as the rest of the group were still getting over the initial shock. That would have been a lot more funny.
This was a great movie; one that will go to my DVD collection as soon as it’s available.
Saw this last night and loved it. I very rarely go to the movies (I’m too cheap and too much of a multitasker), but my husband dragged me out and I’m really glad he did.
I thought the writing was really well done - it was a comedy with a lot of laugh-out-loud lines, and managed one or two poignant moments without getting maudlin. I also loved the way the different threads were pulled in - a smidgen of backstory without going off on a tangential datadump; a reminder of the rules without being beaten over the head with them. I, too, will be adding it to my DVD collection as soon as possible.
Younger brother and I went to see it this afternoon. We both loved it. The cameo was great. My personal favorite snippet was during the driving montage, when Little Rock was explaining to Tallahassee all about Hannah Montana, while listening to Kristin Chenoweth chirping “Popular”.
“She’s only famous when she has the wig on!”
Agreed. I couldn’t believe they actually put “nut up or shut up” in the movie. It didn’t belong alongside the rest of the material in the movie.
As one who hadn’t heard the tagline–or saw any advertising even–before watching the movie, it did not stand out to me in any way (apart from begin funny). I suspect the fact you knew that it became a tagline may be affecting your perception of it. It was no more out there than anything else he said.
Exactly, nut up or shut up is the kind of thing someone like tallahasee would say.
I absofrakkinlutely LOVED this movie, just got back from my second viewing, it’s quite simply the best Zom-Com out there, yes, better than Shawn of the Dead and Return of the Living Dead (the original, not the interminable sequels)
I did have a couple problems with the movie though…
1; throwing away perfectly good weapons after killing a zombie with them/using them, for example, Tallahassee tossing the crowbar after trashing the minivan, dropping the baseball bat and the hedge clippers after offing the zombies in the supermarket, heck, these are melee weapons, they don’t “run out of ammo”, there’s no reason to drop them after offing one zombie, the only “one shot” weapon that should have been tossed after use was the banjo…
2; when they were at B.M.'s house, and Columbus and Wichita were having a drink and getting more relaxed, the candles in the wine bottles between them are different sizes depending on which angle the camera is shooting, the wide 2-shots are all consistent, but the candles have melted to different heights when alternating between the Columbus angle and Wichita angle, maybe it’s a side-effect of too much MST3K, but continuity goofs like that tend to stand out to me
I LOVED the implementation and filming of the “rules” gags though, thoe rules would be useful in any Post Apocolyptic World type disaster
I propose adding a new rule though…
Rule 42; Don’t Discard Your Weapon, just because you’ve run out of ammo in your primary weapon, it’s not completely useless, you can reload the weapon, or scavenge ammo, if your primary weapon is an impact/bludgeon/cutting/slicing/stabbing weapon, there is no reason to discard it unless it breaks