October 11, 2009

Zombieland

Data
Title: Zombieland
Year: 2009
Length: 80 minutes
Director: Ruben Fleischer
Writers: Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin
Music: David Sardy (but mostly non-original music)
Distinctions: currently #143 on IMDb's Top 250

My reaction
Synopsis: everyone's a zombie: stay alive
How I saw it: in the theater, today
Concept: Indifferent. If it weren't for the good reviews, it never would have occurred to me that this might be something to deliberately watch.
Story: Indifferent. Yeah, story really is not the point.
Characters: Good. Almost an exercise in how to develop characters for an ADD audience.
Dialog: Great.
Pacing: Great.
Cinematography: Indifferent.
Special effects/design: Great. Bonus points for the paintings in "BM"'s mansion.
Acting: Good. Harrelson is actually really great, which is pretty impressive considering how easy it would be for an actor to just phone in a movie like this.
Music: Good.
Subjective Rating: 8/10 (Great). Non-stop fun, pretty funny, and if you want to see zombie-killin', I doubt you could do any better.  There's something to be said for a comedy with a stunt crew almost seven times larger than the credited cast.
Objective Rating: 8/10 3.1/4 (Very good).

[eta: re-watched, 4/8/2012]

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