Unless that movie is actually awesome (not picture on right)
Of course then you run into the problem of some people thinking certain movies are totally awesome, when they are totally not. "Aw man you didn't like Transformers II!? But it had even less of a smooth plot and more senseless action than Transformers I!" I think that person would also say "Crash sucked cause, um...cause there was too much dialogue." Tarantino has too much dialogue, buts its kinda his thing; Michael Bay has too much suck, but its also kinda his thing. point of this long introduction is, people have different tastes. Judgmentally, some people's taste are, unfortunately worse than others. I like to think that I have good taste (sometimes), but tend to lean more on the side of snubbing my nose at other people's bad tastes. For example:
I specifically chose the French Roast because the beans are the color and the aroma of the licorice smelly markers, you know, the flavor/color that everyone avoided as a child. Yes, its true what they say, Starbucks beans are over roasted, too dark. too bold. You can actually get a medium coffee with just as much robustness and flavor as a bold. I think Starbucks African Bolds are OK, but thats about it. Likewise:
Yes, affliction shirts. I'm pretty sure everyone except for the cast of Jersey Shore and avid followers agree that affliction shirts are reserved for wanna-be MMA fighters, but they can afford to keep their website somehow. This shirt lists for over $48.00, and thats not even at the Buckle, which is a whole 'nother review.
To be fair, I realize that everyone has bad taste in something, its just people like me that like to talk about other people's bad tastes; I'm sure that someone whose complete wardrobe is represented by overpriced skulls designed by ultimate fighters would have at least something in common with me taste-wise. Speaking of taste, if you like human flavored, maybe the movie Zombieland is for you.
Personally, I liked the movie, but it was too built up for me (This is connected to the start of the blog, before I went on th four mile tangent). Lets start with the negative.
It wasn't as funny as I had thought it would be. The Michael Cera looking character is you're average nerdy guy who doesn't have any friends, so being disconnected from people helps with his survival in Zombieland. He, of course, falls in love with the pretty girl who doesn't notice him at first until later, so he does something brave to win her over. I mean, I'm sure that the director(s)/writer(s) wanted a story to go along with all the senseless killing of zombies and what-not, but I think they could have done just a teeny weenie more. That story is every nerdy to semi-nerdy kids booyhood until he is approximately 22 years old. Welcome to every 80's teen movie ever.
Don't get me wrong. I can connect with that story. Well, I could up until about 4 & 1/2 years ago. Not to continue to beat the proverbial dead horse, all I'm saying is that that story... well we've heard it before.
I'm not going to tell you theres a spoiler alert.
You probably saw the movie before me anyway, you, with all your time.
Bill Murray makes an appearance in the move, and its awesome. Because, you think he's a Zombie, but he's not, he's flexed his makeup muscles and donned his acting suit to help survive in Zombieland. Problem is, they try to play a practical joke on the Michael Cera character, and he shoots Bill Murray. O.K., thats funny, In a world of post apocalyptic proportions, one of the few humans left kills a famous actor, who is not a Zombie. But when he dies, the girl he is after starts laughing; I got confused. Are they still playing the joke? Is he really dead? then the scene changes.
It was like when a balloon loses all its air and flies around the room making that funny, completely anticlimactic fart sound. Except this wasn't as funny as that.
Listen, I know what you're thinking. Stop belaboring this stupid scene. Fine.
I generally liked the movie, the best part of it was Woody Harellson (or woodrow tracy Harellson. laugh at his name and he'll wipe your face off), star of White Men Can't Jump and some other basketball movie. I think his role in The Cowboy Way really helped him to take on this role, as a Dale Earnhardt loving redneck from florida.
The main nerdy character, (did I mention he looks like Michael Cera?) has a list of rules that he keeps in order to survive in Zombieland. I really like this them in the movie, because they keep popping up every once in a while. Rule #1, Cardio.
The fat guy got eaten 'cause he didn't follow rule #1
Anyway, Nerdy guy teams up with white men can't jump guy, meets up with pretty girl and her sister, the girl from Little Miss Sunshine. The girls end up screwing the guys over twice before they get in real trouble and need their help. I know, poor choice of words. The final scene is nerdy guy overcoming a severe fear of clowns (interesting its not a world covered in flesh eating zombies) and saves his love to be. Even the entire plot of the rather short, albeit entertaining movie can be summed up in 2 sentences, in between the very non-subtle plot points are fun jokes, Woody harellson, and lots and lots of Zombies running, eating, dying, and getting hit with a plethora of objects including, but not limited to: a banjo, a baseball bat, and a circus hammer. They get shot a lot too.I give Zombieland a cool boy head nod of bro approval.
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