An average comedy

Rating: 1/10 (13 November 2009)

I've been noticing a pattern in the most recent comedy movies. They all seem to suck real bad, yet, for some odd reason, they get reviewed fairly well, whereas actual movies that require some thought (just a little bit) get bad reviews. This trend is the reason film makers and studio executives are getting away (with millions of dollars) with putting out such crap.
As for this, I have to say, this is nothing as spectacular as the IMDb ratings and reviews elsewhere indicate. This is just an average comedy movie (with quite a few clichés) based in a zombie infested environment. The only character I even slightly enjoyed was Woody Harrelson's character. The guy provided some laughs (and no, not because of the fail search storyline). See, it's not like I went in expecting to some dark humour masterpiece, in fact, I expected this to be "bust your balls" straight up comedy. By the end of the movie, I wasn't even sure it was a comedy. There was barely anything funny about the movie, and most of the time, it seemed pretty serious (of course, followed by a dumb "comic" twist). Really, even cheesy 80s action movie one liners were funnier than this stuff. If dumb humour was really what was to be expected from this movie, why was there no moment where I was rolling with laughter? In fact, I don't know anybody who was. How this movie qualifies for the IMDb Top 250, I have no idea because there are at least 251 movies greater than this that deserve that accolade. The beginning looked quite promising, and I expected the whole movie to be of the same standard. Geez, I mean, it's almost like they fired the writers from the first half of the movie and employed new ones.
Lastly, let me say, I am in no way a rigid movie goer. I enjoy my dumb popcorn flicks as much as I enjoy my "masterpiece" movies. I've watched a couple of movies that rate on IMDb below even 3 and mildly enjoyed them. I don't demand my movies to be of the highest caliber at all times. If not making a movie of a high caliber, least they can do is not insult my intelligence. I mean, there have been movies that have utilised clichés in a funnier way. The "romance" in the movie had me throwing up inside my mouth. Is that the best they can do 50 - 60 years after the art of motion picture was perfected? I've given this movie a 5/10. No doubt there were some funny parts, but just a word of warning to everybody who looks at ratings before watching a movie, do not be fooled by this movie's given rating. It's okay, not a comic masterpiece as the ratings and reviews indicate.