Warm Bodies

Plot synopsis:
In a post-apocalyptic future, a male zombie still in the early stages of decay lives in a community of the Dead in an abandoned airport near the city. He refers to himself as “R” since he cannot remember his full name, among other details of his life. R reveals through first person narrative that human civilization has been destroyed by wars and disasters, resulting in a mysterious zombie plague. Now whole communities of zombies live in hives, and are separated into two categories based on the amount of decay: Fleshies, the Dead who still have flesh on them, and Boneys, the Dead who have been reduced to nothing more than skeletons with bits of muscle keeping them together. The Boneys are basically the leaders of the Dead, and are seemingly stronger and more intelligent than Fleshies. They can only be killed if their brains are destroyed. The zombies are very lethargic for the most part, have limited speech and short memories, and are notably illiterate. They live in what is a mere, twisted shadow of a normal society. One of the few times they are truly focused and animated is when they go hunting for the Living, their only food source, during which they spontaneously form a hunting party. The brain is the best part, because if they eat it, then they can relive the memories, feelings, and thoughts of their prey. Anything that’s left of the prey is brought back for the others to eat.
R is portrayed as unusual, since he not only contains more empathy and intuition than his fellow Dead, but is also able to express it better than most of them despite being Dead. He openly shows distaste for eating human flesh, and is the only zombie there who is able to form four, coherent syllables in one breath. After a hunt, he meets a zombie woman, and they quickly become girlfriend and boyfriend. She takes him to church where a Bony preacher sees them, and marries them on impulse. The next day, R and his new wife are presented with two Dead children. Seeing them try to play like Living children depresses R, and he is gripped with a feeding frenzy. He leads a hunting party to the city where they find a group of young adults scavenging supplies. Attacking with unusual energy, R feeds on the brain of a young man named Perry. After experiencing his memories, R sees Perry’s girlfriend Julie, and in a moment of mercy, saves her from the others. He disguises her scent with zombie blood, and takes her home where he hides her in a 747 airplane. The airplane is R’s “house” where he can have some privacy, and hoard the interesting objects he finds. He slowly gains Julie’s trust, and convinces her to stay for a while until the others forget about her (though in reality, he just really likes her). Throughout the week, R feeds her food from the airport’s restaurant, entertains her with his treasures, including a record player, and Julie tries to teach him to drive a car which R has managed to get started. She also tells him a little bit about her life. In time, R begins feeling guilty over killing Perry, which is made worse since Julie doesn’t know it was him, and is giving him the benefit of the doubt. Despite his guilt, R continues eating the remains of Perry’s brain, seeing it as a rare treasure.
One night, R eats the last of the brain, and experiences the last of Perry’s memories. When he begins to witness Perry’s death however, R’s thoughts interrupt the scene in an attempt to halt it. To his shock, memory pauses, and Perry scolds him, telling him to let Perry have this memory. R complies, and the memory plays through. After it ends, R falls asleep. When he awakens, Julie is being attacked by several zombies, including M, and R helps her fend them off. M is confused and angry by R’s behavior, but R holds his ground. Suddenly, some Boneys arrive. Although they do not attack, one of them shows R some old photos of Dead and Living fighting each other, telling him that they need to maintain the status quo. They leave along with the rest, and R takes Julie back to the airplane. In the morning, Julie convinces R to take her home, and they attempt to leave while the Dead watch them, half-fascinated and half-afraid. However, the Boneys attack and try to kill Julie, but with M’s help, they get away in R’s car.
On the way to the city, it starts raining, and they are forced to stop in the suburbs. They camp out in one of the houses, and Julie allows R to share a bed with her. To his surprise, R experiences some more of Perry’s memories, during which R has another conversation with “Perry”. The next morning, Julie calls her father, and sends R out for fuel. When he returns however, Julie is gone. R begins walking back to the airport in a heavy rainstorm, and feels cold for the first time since he “died”. On the road, R runs into M and some other zombies who have been chased out by the Boneys. The zombies have been changing like R, and experiencing things such as dreams and old memories. R decides to go after Julie, and recruits the other zombies’ help to get inside the stadium. Along the way, Perry shows R more of his memories, saying that he doesn’t want to leave yet. When R and the others arrive at the stadium, he impersonates a Living person, and has his friends “chase” him to its doors. The soldiers let him in, and R sneaks through the stadium following Julie’s scent to her house. R sees Julie on her balcony, and they reunite. R also meets Nora, Julie’s best friend. With no other options, the girls let him stay the night, and R has another Perry dream. The next morning, the girls give R a major make-over to make him look human, and take him on a tour of the city. They take him to the cemetery where they visit the grave of Julie’s mother, and Julie tells him how her mother died. While there, R finds Perry’s grave, and has a waking vision of Perry. By now, it’s become apparent that some form of Perry’s soul is living inside R, and has intertwined with R’s own. Perry warns him of the changes to come, saying R needs to take control or be swept away. The vision ends, and the three of them leave the cemetery. After a tense run-in with Julie’s father, Grigio, they take him to a pub where Julie spikes their drinks with real alcohol, and R gets drunk. He goes for a walk to clear his head, but runs into a soldier who realizes what he is, forcing R to attack him. As R begins eating him, he regains control and stops, causing the soldier to reanimate as a zombie. R runs back to Julie, and finally tells her that he killed Perry. The Dead soldier is found and killed, but Grigio orders a widespread search to find the second zombie. He arrives at the house, deduces what R really is, and attacks him despite Julie’s protests. Nora holds a gun to Grigio, and Julie and R escape from the stadium. Outside, the crowd of zombies has grown. What Julie and R have between them has infected many others, causing them to change.
As they deliberate on what to do next, the Boneys attack. R and Julie flee back to the stadium in the hopes that the Living will kill them off, but the Boneys quickly gather in huge numbers, more than any have ever seen. Julie is astounded by the siege, but Perry speaks to both of them inside their heads, and tells them that it’s because the Boneys are afraid of the change they represent. The couple meets up with Nora, and they flee to a roof where they see the battle between the Boneys and the Living. As they watch, Julie has an epiphany: the plague started because the human race crushed itself beneath the weight of its sins until it released a dark force that changed the humans so that everyone could see their evil. In the midst of the chaos and bloodshed, R and Julie do the only thing they can think of: they kiss. The strength of their love cures R of the plague completely and their eyes turn gold. Suddenly, the moment is interrupted by Grigio, who is quickly descending into madness. Grigio tries to kill them, but one of his soldiers intervenes, and Grigio nearly falls off the roof. A Boney appears, and begins eating Grigio, who has finally given up. Julie shoots it, and both fall off the roof as Grigio shrivels away into a pile of dust and bones. The fight on the roof somehow causes the Boneys to give up, and they disperse.
After the battle, the Living decide to give the reviving Dead a chance, and let them try to assimilate into their society. Those that haven’t started changing yet, either start to change or fade away into dust. In light of the new beginnings, R has decided to remain “R”. They still have a long way to go, but it’s a start.

Tags: comedy, murder, violence, flashback, psychedelic, romantic, entertaining

Review:
Yes, the movie could even be seen as an allegory on solitude, not fitting in, and how hard it is to truly connect to others in modern society.Zombie makeup was rather minimal, and they managed to make the protagonist kind of attractive, in a goth-like way, mostly because of his great hair and pale blue eyes.
'Warm Bodies' is a fantastic film about a zombie named 'R' who falls in love with a human and tries his best to protect her from the rest of the zombies.The plot is very strange but if you embrace its weirdness and eccentricity then it is brilliant.
A lot of people have described it as being like Twilight except with zombies but it is far better – there's depth to the characters, a lot of really funny and embarrassing scenes but there is also a lot of really frightening parts which I did not expect.
I am glad there were some scary moments, with zombies you expect a little scare here and there regardless of the genre but, I am surprised at the films' 12a rating.
The plot is well paced and you're not bored or waiting for something interesting to happen – the film entertains you from start to finish.Nicholas Hoult is brilliant in this; it must have been difficult to do this role – especially without blinking most of the time.
When I was going to see this movie, i was thinking that it gonna be another teen movie about a girl that's discover the natural identity of her boyfriend, but it wasn't like this, it was so much better, with alternative focus and interesting events this movie comes with a brand new type of history, a very well produced time line that will keep you with your eyes opened until the last second, it's simply awesome, great for family, adaptable for all ages, and will touch even the youngest and the oldest person that goes to see it, it's not a reflexive movie, that will be in your head for a long time, but it's a huge font of entertainment, i recommend it for all the people in the world.
If you liked the movie I highly suggest reading the book, by the way.Warm Bodies was well paced and acted, and one of the better zombie movies I have seen.
Don't be turned off by the premise of a zombie romantic comedy - it manages to parody human relationships on many levels the way "Shaun of the Dead" parodied zombie movies.
Among them, R (Nicholas Hoult), who is a young zombie without recollections but very introspective.R eats Perry's brain and revives his memories and sensations with Julie, and he falls in love with her.
But the fearful Bonies are seeking out Julie and R to eat them."Warm Bodies" is a movie that combines comedy with romance, horror and action genres.
But the delightful story in worthwhile; the zombie with existential crisis is adorable; Julie comparing R with the cover of Lucio Fulci's "Zombie" in Blu-Ray is cult; and in the end I loved this cute movie.
There are your typical shot to the head to kill the zombies but those quick scenes are nothing compared to watching 10 minutes of The Walking Dead or the like.
"Warm Bodies", directed by Jonathan Levine (of the delightful comedy-drama "50/50" and the incredibly wicked "The Wackness"), who also adapted the film from Isaac Marion's bestselling book for young adults, combines a mixture of 5 different genres (comedy, horror, romance, drama, even a little bit of sci-fi) that makes the film more smarter and even more better than "The Twilight Saga".
The supporting cast is also incredible, including Analeigh Tipton, who is hilarious as Julie's friend, Nora, Dave Franco (James's little brother from last year's "21 Jump Street") who gets a brief amount of screen time, but really sticks it out as Julie's ex-boyfriend, Perry, who (in order not to spoil this) gets called for a dinner date that includes brains on the menu and the great John Malkovich excels as a man who believes that the zombies are nothing more than just flesh-eating corpses looking forward to get shot in the head, but doesn't believe that his only daughter is in love with one.
Note: "Warm Bodies" is pretty tame, but pushing the envelope for a PG-13 film involving zombies who eats brains and Bonies who consumes hearts.
OK it is a bit predictable but the way it all developed is great and we are left with a great ending.I think this film will really surprise a few people, it is definitely worth watching.
The idea here is to have the zombie narrator as one of the target audience, a teenager baffled at the 'deadness' of modern life, a music geek and awkward with the girl he loves, stuttering every time.
There's even the inane visual bit, the equivalent of sparkly vampires, with the hearts of 'awakened' zombies beating red!You'll know the filmmaker is a dull mind, if you observe the scene, it's a small moment but very indicative, where 'good' zombies have decided to make a stand, rousing Scorpions music kicks in the soundtrack; instead of giving us say a flat, comedic side-shot where zombies simply limp along into the frame one by one, he has them coolly walk towards the camera...
It takes itself too seriously to poke fun at things like Julie's controlling father, or how awkward zombie kisses could be, and not seriously enough to give any kind of emotional depth to the characters.
The relationship between Julie and R reminded me much more of Tarzan and Jane than Romeo and Juliet.I suppose if you're looking for a fun date movie with the all the appeal of the word zombie and none of the gore, horror or anything relevant to the title, and you're still in high school, this movie has appeal.
The part of the movie that makes it more interesting is they made it to the way comedy/love/vampire gore and most of all action scenes to were they should be placed at the right moment.
I would have gone into the movie and murdered all of them, that would have made it more entertaining.Started with R saying that zombies can't walk fast, then later jumped into action trying to save human life!
Girlfriend being kidnapped by lover in a plane and felt so at home....reading books, listening to music....oh come On!And those white teeth R has after eating human brains.....Don't know if i miss a scene of R brushing his teeth after every meal.Lucky I walked out, would have gone mad seeing them kiss in the end.**warning** this movie murders the walking dead TV series...
So I'll start off by saying that this film does have Twilight themes to it but is 1000 times better and manages to tell a better film in one movie as opposed to four.The film starts straight away; there is no dwelling on how it all happened or even how far into the world it reaches.If you are expecting a Walking Dead, Dawn Of The Dead or Resident Evil level of zombie, flesh, blood and violence then you are going to be disappointed.
This is a different take on zombies; they still eat flesh but it's a lot more toned down than any of the previously mentioned titles.The film is narrated by 'R', as he spends his days hanging around an abandoned airport, on the outside he is sluggish and struggles to even get one word out but he seems intellectually capable and aware in his mind.
I did find it weird that these zombies are more functional than most, having the ability to open door and play records.It's also different to see that when the zombies eat a person's brain, they get their memories, feeling and emotions and there are also two types of zombies; the more human ones that can evolve or the 'bonies' that gave up on life and just become an empty shell.It has a really good cast with most of the focus on Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer and Rob Corddry but with Dave Franco, John Malkovich and Analeigh Tipton rounding out a good group of actors.The soundtrack is also worth a mention with songs by Bob Dylan, Bruce Springstein, Roy Orbison, Guns N' Roses and Bon Iver.An enjoyable movie that should at least be watched once but I wouldn't be against watching it again..
Production value is not bad, acting not bad, Ponies not bad, lol and idea wasn't bad but this movie had a strong way of annoyance with the humans and zombies working together due to a couple comprising of a boy zombie and a girl.
Warm Bodies, rated PG-13, is a hilarious look at what could be, a world in which humans are uncommon and zombies roam the land looking for fresh bodies to eat.This may not sound appealing, but according to 15-year-old KIDS FIRST!
When a zombie named R (Nicholas Hoult) meets a Human girl named Julie, he starts to feel like there is more to life than just being the walking dead.
Naturally the zombies eat people in this movie, but it is filmed in such a way that brought a sense of humor to the whole thing and the blood was very minimal.
A zombie named R (Nicholas Hoult) eats the brains of Perry (Dave Franco) and thereby falls in love with Perry's girlfriend, Julie (Teresa Palmer).
If you're looking for a funny zombie movie, check out "Shaun of the Dead," and "Zombieland." If you're looking for a fully realized romance between a living woman and a dead man, watch "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" and "Truly Madly Deeply." If you like romances between women and monsters, see Jean Cocteau's "Beauty and the Beast," or "King Kong." "Warm Bodies" isn't a bad movie.
Probably the best part about this movie was that it gave an honest try at an original idea, which is obviously more than we can say about the majority of movies.Nicholas Hoult and Teresa Palmer were the two main actors in the film.
John Malkovich plays the recognizable face that doesn't really need to be in the movie, but it's more marketable if he is character of Teresa Palmer's strict father.The main issue that I had with the film was that there were so many conveniences.
In fact, "Warm Bodies" is a clever take on the Romeo and Juliet story, spinning the zombie genre on its head.
All in all this one works much better than the similar-themed Twilight saga but it's not a big miracle considering that the latter doesn't work at all...I recommend it to those who wish to be entertained by a well-thought out, funny romantic comedy with a lot of action and originality considering it's genre.
However it should be clearly stated that this is a teen-romance love-story not a zombie film.
Having said all that however, this film is a rom-com, and as such is entertaining and quietly funny.In boy-meets-girl romance stories it is very difficult to make a film that entertains, holds the tension, keeps you wondering if the romantic interest can grow into love, and how it will end, all the while maintaining, and not breaking, genre rules.
Its about zombies changing and thinking instead of zombies being the bad ones and getting killed Nicholas Holt did a great job definitely going to recommend this movie to friends,family etc, anyone who rates this movie bad is wrong watch it, its a feel good romantic,comedy loved it...i am going to watch this again cause thought it was great, it was awesome 9/10 best romantic comedy I've seen in a while all films out now are just alright but when i saw this i knew i was going to love it, give it a go it was GREAT.
I watched it on good quality too wish i saw this in cinema would've been more amazing, john malokovich did a great job and so did the lead girl, never seen her in anything before, don't want to write any spoilers so better leave it at that overall feel good movie, lovely romance and comedy, leaves u smiling at the end, lovely movie..
Not much gore really and it is more of a love story but it is amusing, down right funny in places, and the characters are all likable."R" is not only charming and handsome, the inside of his plane is fabulous, a set that's little bit of paradise for "quirky stuff" mongers, like me.
"Warm Bodies" takes the notion of zombies that have a little heart, and hope, and turns it into a vaguely Romeo and Juliet story.The star, the zombie who shows signs of depth, is pretty amazing, and he makes the movie.
In the long annals of walking dead fiction, "Warm Bodies" is likely the first work to ever actually get inside the head of a zombie.
And it turns out his thinking process is not all that different from yours or mine - if you can just get past that whole "I want to eat your brains" thing, that is.Skillfully written and directed by Jonathan Levine, "Warm Bodies" may not be the first attempt at a zombie-movie parody - "Shaun of the Dead," "Zombieland" and "Fido" got there before it - but I'll bet it's the first to apply a "Romeo and Juliet" template to the genre (his name is "R" and hers is Julie, and there's even a charming balcony scene between the two to clinch the parallel).
The most refreshing part of the film is not the Zombies and the Land of the Dead-esque situation but the blossoming love story between the leads which is handled brilliantly and sets up the ending very well.
Finally an original zombie movie with a different plot to the normal run or get eaten and then more running.Acting and special affects were great what can i say i loved every minute of it and one of the first zombie love stories you ever watch.
They develop a strong bond and soon creates situation which will embark on new journey for lifeless and give zombies a chance to regain their life back.Based on popular novel of same name by Isaac Marion, Warm Bodies is directed by Jonathan Levine who gave riveting drama 50/50.
The glowing reviews and good box office collection of Warm Bodies made me watch the film and I loved it immediately.
When he sees Julie, there's an instantaneous connection that feels with her, causing him to want to protect her, instead of eating her, like the rest of the Dead would do in his position.It may be a bit surprising, given this movie's protagonist is a zombie...
The acting was good, even though acting as a Zombie does not take all that much work :-) It was an entertaining movie, the main characters Nicholas Hoult, and Teresa Palmer did a wonderful job of pulling you into the movie and getting you to feel for the Zombie.
Than you have even more plight when the humans have to fight off the zombies because now they can't judge by appearance alone, makes it a bit more gripping.Now don't get me wrong I enjoyed 40% of this film the stuff with the zombies was great, it was funny at times and the character R was charming.
Doesn't matter point being even in the flashback or dream sequences she yammers on about how life is so detrimental and we need to exhume humanity...ugh now you sound like a pretentious hipster who uses words like exhume to sound smart, I hate you.I'm pissing a lot on this movie I know, but its because they took a very charming short film concept and padded it out with pre-teen nonsense; driving a car real fast on an airport strip would be fun I don't want to watch that though, not in a zombie film.
Thanks to a complete lack of irony and a wonderfully gifted cast, this manages to be a feel good zom.-rom.-com.The story follows the 'life' of a zombie who's a little off, for example, he likes to collect things.After falling for a pretty girl during an attack, he starts to develop romantic feelings and more besides.Recommended for guys, recommended for girls and anyone who enjoys a good story..
On the face of it, 'Warm Bodies' is a very interesting film: one part zombie-action movie, one part comedy-romance, and one part whimsical science fiction.
Warm Bodies had some unique twists and turns not seen in other zombie movies that came before it as well as some good performances.
Warm Bodies could work as a gateway movie to get certain people to watch other, better zombie movies..
I personally believe that this movie should be up there in the 'classic zombie dramedy' list for anyone that enjoys light hearted humor along with a great and extremely well acted stories.
Warm Bodies is the story about a zombie called "R" which falls in love with a human.
It provides some original and fun concepts but nothing else.If you want a better zombie comedy I suggest you watch "Shaun of the Dead" or "Zombieland" which I absolutely love..
At which point the movie decides to become a romantic comedy as the boyfriend-eating zombie in question decides that he's in love with her and promptly takes her back home with him.After that the film can do pretty much anything and it would be acceptable because it has already veered so far off the beaten track.
I know a lot of people like this movie, but it didn't really win me over, the romance was the strongest part of the story, but I really didn't find Nicholas Hoult and Teresa Palmer believable, they didn't have a lot of chemistry and once Hoult's character became able to speak properly, their unconditional love became even less believable.
Warm Bodies is a good movie experience for people who not only appreciate this genre but also enjoy logical romances filled with thrills.Rating 7/10.