Zombies taking on a Facebook Nation - Loves It!

Rating: 10/10 (29 July 2010)

For me, this is just about as good as it gets. Not only are zombie films my favorite genre, but I'm always up for a great laugh, tough chicks and wonderfully filmed movies. Zombieland was a bold approach in my opinion and could have gone horribly wrong. However, a stellar, fresh cast pushed this movie to be a wonderful success.
Zombieland's game-like approach and the Kills of the Week were smart-moves. While it's a zombie movie, the real focus of this movie is about the journey and the people – often the zombie-killing almost feels secondary - although usually artfully executedliterally. The typical zombie movie formula is that you're usually introduced to a group, one-by-one they're picked-off and you're left with the obvious few remaining survivors in the end. Instead, this movie starts with one survivor, who gradually meets three others and they get stronger as a group throughout the movie with impeccable comedic timing.
Now, for the real treats of this movie. Jesse Eisenburg is a Facebook-generation God – his timing and very being are spot-on. Woody Harrelson, of course, is always a treat from head to toe. And the fact that Little Miss Sunshine is Little Miss Bad-Chick in this movie was unexpected and fabulous all at the same time. Bill Murray's cameo was "WTF-exciting" and Jesse Eisenburg had a well-deserved nomination for MTV's "Best Scared as S*!t Performance" when 406 wakes up. Additionally, Woody Harrelson turns a carny-booth mass zombie kill into a colorful and bloody ballet.
But my favorite treat of all time would be the opening credits of this movie – simply delicious! They take us through "normal" everyday scenes when the outbreak was first introduced throughout the country – creating vignettes as visually appealing as Macy's of NYC Department Store windows at Christmas. Using 3D titles, these scenes are some of my favorite scenes of a movie of all time. Just genius.
While I stay loyal to George A. Romero and the zombie revolution he created, I love how the Facebook-generation has taken-on the zombie film. Shaun of the Dead and Fido were great startsZombieland, however, drove it home. And what's even better? A sequel is in the works!