A comedic 'human extinction' kind of approach, where the viewers feel no humor merely a tingling feeling of pity; towards the character and the screen writing.

Rating: 5/10 (26 June 2013)

A comedic 'human extinction' kind of approach, where the viewers feel no humor merely a tingling feeling of pity; towards the character and the screen writing. Warm bodies, a movie, describing the light in the end of the tunnel, for a disease that has taken over and spread throughout the world. A disease mentally and physically affecting the body to transform into a zombie, obviously. The humans have barricaded themselves from these low life creatures using a wall, calling it 'the wall,' obviously. A group of human volunteers were set on a mission, in the zombie territory. A girl by the name Juliet - played by Teresa Palmer- is saved from the terrors of zombies, once the mission failed,by a zombie called 'R' –played by Nicholas Hoult. He returns to his crib namely the airplane with the girl and the romance begins!
It is always obvious what a movie is trying to reach out for; the underlying message the movie conveys through the characters. Even in the worst of circumstances-in other words-when it has failed to accomplish it". This movie defines this statement. Warm bodies has attempted to enlighten the mind of the viewers that even the dead can be enlighten with love. Love is the pulse and beat of the heart. Indeed the events were in front of our eyes, the zombie was cured using love but the movie has failed to make us truly believe it. Probably the comedic approach was a little far-fetched, and ruined the message. The background narration by 'r' where we understand that the human and sane 'r' is speaking to inject humor into the movie. The humor thrown in between the lines was not caught by me, and felt irrelevant. Moreover, the idea of music playing every couple of seconds made me feel I have paid to watch a concert, a lifeless concert! The idea of music might have been to introduce life into the zombie and make him use it as a means to feel the richness of it words fall gracefully on his ears- like humans. Yet again failed and felt unbelievable!
Since the movie is embarking on a 'zombie' journey, a new life has to be created by the screenwriter, a life with new rules. Where humans are on the edge of extinction and zombies have taken over! The new rules set in this movie seemed unrevised and reluctantly thrown into a paper using words and called a 'script.' I couldn't digest what the zombies can and cannot do. What was life there, the viewers couldn't live it. Can they talk? In the beginning the narrator states that conversations are at a minimum where one worded gestures are sufficient. Then 'r' suddenly is talking with a stutter to his comrade but what seemed a proper conversation.
A scene three-quarters through the movie where R is looking for Juliet, and she happens to be on the balcony. That moment struck me; R and Juliet in a balcony THIS WAS A ROMEO AND JULIET SHOWDOWN. Where the high born Juliet is looking down at the low life, where their romance is odd in their society; and deemed as an impossibility. That moment will probably go down in history as the clearest example of a cliché, and how screenwriters grind through the chain of events to reach to something what they consider as epic but is silly at best. A screenplay's chain of events should be left to flow on its own, make it as if it was handpicked from life and shown in a four sided box.
If R was make upped to look dark and gloomy then he is the light of this movie. His acting was rightly fit for this character, his change in his walking/running style was impeccable! The scene where he started devouring someone's brain and started exploring his memories; actually caught my eye a little off guard. I wished and hoped that the dramatic approach would be constantly used in this movie, but sadly disappointed.
The 'memories' theme of the movies can be categorized under what worked in this movie. Along with 'r's acting, and the make up, the vitality of memories was felt by the viewers. It was really the thing which kept us thinking; and shows how the attempt was successful.
If you want a romantic horror movie with a sprinkle of humor, and filled with clichés then this is your movie!