Zombieland

Well Zombieland is a movie that came out a little while ago that I was finally convinced to see thanks to a friend of mine. It uses the whole "zombies take over the world" basis that has been used in the past but explains how it happened in a more creative way by relating it to a progression in mad cow disease.

It is more of a comedy but I still really didn't want to see it because I thought it'd be a stupid, pointless movie with some gore thrown in (turns out there really wasn't that much gore, though you do see a few people get eaten). Needless to say I was surprised by this movie. It turned out to be a lot less concerned with zombies and the destruction of the world and more about relationship and dealing with loss and trust.

Zombieland did bring up some interesting points. One such as, are humans going to end up being our own downfall? It certainly seems that way lately with all the wars and threat of nuclear weapons. Also, as I said earlier, loss and how it affects those that have to deal with it. All characters loose something really but there is one that stands out from others (not going to say much about it to try and not spoil it if anyone hasn't seen this movie and wants to). Anyways, through flashbacks, the characters personality is shown to be totally changed. Even further into the movie it develops even further as the character somewhat reverts back to the way they were before zombieland as they continue to grown more attached to the other characters.
For ideas like these to be put into a comedy/adventure movie, it really surprised me. Hopefully it's showing a growing trend that people want more then the mindless junk they are more normally being given in tv, music, and movies (don't get me wrong, some of those things can be good it just seems there are way too many lately) and that producers of these things will continue to put deeper ideas into they're works, even comedies.

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