Unbelievably, I bought into it...

Rating: 8/10 (24 October 2014)

Warm Bodies had all the makings of a 2/3 star rating for me, but here I am giving it an 8. I really enjoyed the film, but would normally have trashed something as ridiculous as this.
I thought it was fabulously well produced, even down to the beginning and end titles. It used copious cheesy references to famous musicians from years-gone-by such as Dylan/Joni Mitchell/etc, even a corny flick through the 'cool' record collection somehow stored on an abandoned plane with full electrical power, but even so, the film is still miraculously plausible, i.e with the small pieces of the plot jigsaw fitting and making sense even though the larger picture is completely implausible and couldn't possibly happen, if you care to think about it. On that note, the film is never going to become a classic because of the long-term implausibility, but short-term it was really fun and entertaining.
Besides being entertaining and madly plausible, the film is unusually original - even though there is nothing original about a post-apocalyptic zombie invasion scenario. The unusual presentation or 'take' on this possible scenario is the key, and one that I'd never experienced before. It's a film of positives for me, with lots of humour and plenty of decent music, which mostly worked.
Yes, there are some distractions. John Malkovitch's performance grated. If he'd been ever-so-slightly camp or comical, fair enough, I could have bought that, but not the deadly serious anti-zombie exterminating warlord. Also, when zombies become 'human' again, they don't get shot in or around the heart, bleed to death and carry on as though they're zombies. They're either zombies or humans, or at least I didn't understand that. Also, girls that see their long-term boyfriends getting mutilated and killed by zombies, don't fall in love with the guilty zombie after a about a week. The 'bonies' sort of attacked viciously at times, but conveniently paused and waited to attack at other times. It's all completely bonkers, but it didn't bother me. Shall I go into further plot-holes, such as the flimsy door that anyone could use to gain access to the stronghold, that our 'hero' zombie manages on his own, including walking through enclaves of humans without being detected? No, I don't need to, because somehow I forgive it all, for all its weakness, and still give the film an 8.
Enjoyable, silly, original, humorous, violently entertaining and completely aware of how ridiculous and implausible it really is. Great stuff 8/10.