It's a trip. Funny

Rating: 6/10 (11 March 2010)

Tallahassee (Harelson) and Columbus (Eisenberg) team up with Wichita (Stone) and Little Rock (Breslin) to fight and kill Zombies that have taken over parts of the United States. Tallahassee is also on a quest to find a Twinkie. Yes, a Twinkie. Go figure.
To think I had to watch Zombieland to find a movie with real laugh-out-loud (at times) comedy in it. Zombieland has many, many good lines and physical comedy within. To put it bluntly, it's a trip. Normally, I would have stayed away from anything to do with Zombies (hey, I have to sleep at night), but a promo I saw gave me a different perspective, and, of course, the promo was a funny one. So I took a chance.
If the movie explained how the Zombies were all over the place, I missed it. Didn't matter, it was what it was. Yes, there is some gore in the beginning, but the scenes didn't last long and later on the gore had subsided. But, cover children's' eyes when you fear a close-up of a Zombie is coming toward you. Later on the Zombies didn't seem to have the same scary effect. They become kind of funny. Really.
Harrelson gave a comfortable, comedic, spot-on performance. He is extremely talented. The rest of the cast performed well and no one over-acted or acted stupid, or silly like you usually see in what they call "comedies" these days. A good job by all. Well done.
Not sure why Bill Murray was in the movie. In fact, those scenes at his residence could have been anyone's place. He was okay, just not sure why he was in there. He was not a Zombie, but was outfitted like one. His reasoning for the get-up did make a lot of sense. But what was really bad, was what happened to him. Didn't make sense. Judge Judy doesn't like things that don't make sense. But, there it was Judge. Go figure.
To sum up our history. We have gone after Indians, the British, the Mexicans, each other in the North and the South, Vampires, and now Zombies. What is next? Is there anything left? Whatever it will be, let's hope that there is a serious sense of humor about it all. This was surprisingly good.
And, they left it open for a Zombieland 2. Can't wait. This one was a trip.
Violence: Yes. Sex: No. Nudity: No. Gore: Yes, not really for kids Language: Yes, some, not much.