In total, there are about ten or twenty completely random horror movies. From anywhere from zombies to werewolves, vampires, demons, and even more. The film Zombieland completely removes itself from what a generic horror movie is. I wouldn’t even put Zombieland under the title of horror, but more in the genre of comedy.
Jesse Eisenberg (from Adventureland) stars as Columbus, one of the few survivors from the zombie apocalypse. He is one of the only humans left in his town, mostly because of a list of tips he constructed. Some of his tips include Cardio (because the fat ones are the first to go), always check the back seat (Zombies could be anywhere), keep limber (you don’t want to pull anything while being chased by a blood thirsty zombie), and buckle you seat belt (well that one’s pretty self explanatory). He is traveling to Columbus Ohio to see if his parents have survived. Along the way he meets another survivor, Tallahassee (Played by Woody Harrelson from No Country for Old Men, Semi Pro, and more). Tallahassee is a professional zombie hunter, and hates zombies with a fiery passion. Tallahassee’s main goal in this apocalyptic life is to find a Twinkie, mainly because it reminds him of a simpler time. Throughout the story we found out why Tallahassee hates zombies and why he acts the way he does.
Also throughout their journey, Columbus and Tallahassee meet two girls Wichita (played by Emma Stone from the Rocker and Super Bad) and Little Rock (played by Abigail Breslin from Little Miss Sunshine and My Sister’s Keeper). Both of them are sisters and dealing with the death of their family by going to the theme park they went to as children. They manage to trick Columbus and Tallahassee on several occasions by faking a zombie bite, and later tricking them to get out of their car.
Considering that very few comedies came out this year, I can say with confidence that this was the funniest film of the year. And probably one of the coolest. One of the best parts of this movie was a cameo by Bill Murray. Murray had one of the best cameos by an actor playing himself in a movie that I’ve ever seen. It even showed Tallahassee creepy obsession with the actor, and the two of the recreating a scene from Ghost Busters in which Murray starred. I would definitely recommend this movie and I would easily see it again. The hilarious and awesome Zombieland gets aa 8.7 out of ten.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Team Leno or Team Conan?
I assume that you've each heard of the whole NBC controversy with Conan O'Brien. If you haven't here's the 411 on the whole situation. Both Jay Leno and Conan's rating have gone down hill since Conan took over the tonight show. So NBC had the idea to move each of them back to their original times having Leno at 11:35 and Conan at 12:05. Conan refused this and offered to quit, but NBC decided to buy him out of his contract for 40 million dollars instead. But now Jay has been taking some heat for taking Conan's Job. So now I ask you readers who's team are you on? Are you Team Leno or Team Conan. Please leave comments.
Avatar Review
Being probably one of the most critically acclaimed movies of last year I went in to see avatar with high expectation like I assumed many other people did as well. And unlike many films in 2009, Avatar actually delivered.
Directed by James Cameron, who directed blockbuster hits such as Titanic, Terminator and Aliens, and staring Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana, Avatar makes it as last year’s number one bestseller after only being out for a couple of weeks. Being Cameron’s next film following Titanic he had to make it a big on, and had been in production for this film since 1994, and was originally planned for a 1999 release, but because of the lack of technology needed Cameron pushed it back until his vision was fully realized. And this apparently was a smart choice for Cameron considering within only the first few weeks Avatar had begun breaking a series of world records.
Avatar is about ex Marine Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) who takes his brother’s place on an exploration to a planet called Pandora. In order to further explore the planet and interact with its species (namely the tall blue human like creatures called the Na’vi) Jake must use an Avatar. An Avatar is basically a body of a Na’vi that Jake controls with his mind. Lead by Dr. Grace Augustine (Sigourney Weaver) the leader of the avatar program Jake becomes one of the Na’vi and gets particularly close with a female Na’vi called Neytiri (Zoe Saldana). Soon Jake considers himself one of the Na’vi and forgets about his mission, which doesn’t go over well with Colonel Miles Quaritch (Stephen Lang).
Avatar takes film special effect to a new level by basically creating an entire new world that seems so real that it feels like you’re there as well. This world has color changing flowers, giant dragons, floating mountains and much more. No film can compare to this in special effects. On the other hand, the story line was dry and could have been much better. It’s not really a best picture winner but you can go ahead and assume that this film will win for best special effects and perhaps some other smaller awards such as best cinematography. I give Avatar an 8.9.
Directed by James Cameron, who directed blockbuster hits such as Titanic, Terminator and Aliens, and staring Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana, Avatar makes it as last year’s number one bestseller after only being out for a couple of weeks. Being Cameron’s next film following Titanic he had to make it a big on, and had been in production for this film since 1994, and was originally planned for a 1999 release, but because of the lack of technology needed Cameron pushed it back until his vision was fully realized. And this apparently was a smart choice for Cameron considering within only the first few weeks Avatar had begun breaking a series of world records.
Avatar is about ex Marine Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) who takes his brother’s place on an exploration to a planet called Pandora. In order to further explore the planet and interact with its species (namely the tall blue human like creatures called the Na’vi) Jake must use an Avatar. An Avatar is basically a body of a Na’vi that Jake controls with his mind. Lead by Dr. Grace Augustine (Sigourney Weaver) the leader of the avatar program Jake becomes one of the Na’vi and gets particularly close with a female Na’vi called Neytiri (Zoe Saldana). Soon Jake considers himself one of the Na’vi and forgets about his mission, which doesn’t go over well with Colonel Miles Quaritch (Stephen Lang).
Avatar takes film special effect to a new level by basically creating an entire new world that seems so real that it feels like you’re there as well. This world has color changing flowers, giant dragons, floating mountains and much more. No film can compare to this in special effects. On the other hand, the story line was dry and could have been much better. It’s not really a best picture winner but you can go ahead and assume that this film will win for best special effects and perhaps some other smaller awards such as best cinematography. I give Avatar an 8.9.
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