Zombieland hold a unique memory for me. It was the very first film I saw on one of those high definition modern televisions.
And I really don't think it helped the film at all.
It made everything look like it was on a camcorder, and I honestly thought the film was poorly made the first time I saw it.
Now I've seen it on a slightly better television that doesn't try to reproduce that camcorder effect.
It was a heck of a lot more enjoyable to watch the second time around. It's one of those films where you kind of forget all the small minut details and only remember big character moments or dramatic scenes.
Such as Woody Harrelson trying to look for Twinkies and finding a whole truck full of those coconut treats instead.
Or when Bill Murray got shot.
That whole part of the movie was just weird. They had Bill Murray for a couple of minutes in his own home.
Kind of astounding in some ways that the entire movie rests on four main characters and two of them aren't even introduced until about 20 minutes in.
I forgot just how simplistic the movie is. It didn't fall into that zombie trap of introducing hundreds of characters throughout the film that either needlessly die or become a hindrance larger than the zombies.
It really does make the world feel kind of empty.
And it's just nice to see that.
Not every zombie film has to be a commentary on the fall of civilization or Man's hard struggle with oneself even in a crisis situation.
Sometimes it can be about a bunch of dorky people roaming around the countryside and kind of trying to interact peacefully with each other. Even if two of the characters do screw the other two over a couple of times.
And it might sound kind of weird but this is the dorkiest film I can think of. Everyone in this movie is a big old dork. It's enjoyable for that too.
There's no massive ego or people trying to prove how cool they are. Everybody has their own unique style.
The zombie design is pretty fun overall. They're fairly conventional but they're fun to watch and they have their own unique Flair.
Some of the CGI animation is a bit cheap but it doesn't take away from the film, if anything it has its own style and let you know just what kind of movie you're watching. There's not supposed to be any high-stakes tension. It's just a group of odd balls hanging out together and occasionally coming across the undead.
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