The best thing for zombies since Shaun of the Dead.

Rating: 10/10 (16 October 2009)

I honestly cannot compare the two.
I am cynical in nature, and whenever I see an abrupt death in a movie, I tend to chuckle..like in Blades of Glory, when they showed the girl's head getting cut off, I was the only one in the whole theater that found that funny, and it showed because I couldn't hear anyone else laughing.
I've always found horror movies in general to be funny, because they're usually terrible.
I mean consider House of the Dead, probably one of the worst films ever made,I I couldn't help but laugh through the entire thing, just at how terrible it was. When I saw House of the Dead in theaters, I looked around at the people around me and saw the disgust on their faces, and I noticed them waiting for it to get better, but it never did. It just didn't, and I was the only one laughing out loud throughout. Yes, I realized I wasted $20 in going to see it, but you couldn't try to make a crappier film, and there were zombies...so you might as well enjoy it.
I even find some humor in good zombie movies such as George A Romero's Dawn of the Dead, and subsequent sequels, or 28 days later, But these movies only had some moments that were meant to be funny. They're still very serious in intent.
I wish I could have seen it in theaters, but I missed any opportunity I had. I didn't even know about it until it was on HBO, but when I saw Shaun of the Dead a few years back, I was convinced there would never be a more clever, or hilarious horror comedy featuring Zombies. I would find myself watching it every time I saw it come up in the listings. It was a good zombie movie with the intent of being funny, and not some Hollywood writers' or directors' attempt at trying to be too creative,or too serious, which typically gives you something like House of the Dead.
I scoffed at Zombieland when I first saw the trailer, because I was certain that it could not top my favorite zombie movie of all time, and I was hesitant to go see it. I had a suspicion that it was just an attempt at trying to take something away from Shaun of the Dead and reap the profits from an unoriginal idea.
However, all it took was 20 minutes in to realize that I just might be wrong.
I have never been so surprised in a theater in my life. Usually when I've made up my mind about a movie, even before I see it, my suspicions ring true, and my opinion doesn't change much if at all, but this time it did.
Zombieland is simply hysterical.
As I mentioned before, you cannot compare the two. Shaun of the Dead is like biting into a Golden Delicious apple, and Zombieland is like biting into a Red delicious apple, you might prefer one over the other, but they're both juicy, and offer you the same nutrients.
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