Zombieland

Zombieland

I watched this movie last night and was surprised how good it was. Going into the movie theater, I knew that this film was right up my alley, and the trailers looked very good, but I wasn't prepared for the laughs I received. You must understand that this movie isn't a horror flick. It is a comedy, much like Shaun of the Dead, with a few scary parts including an infected Amber Heard. The story focuses primarily on the male character known only as "Columbus" (Jesse Eisenberg), because he's from Columbus, Ohio. He narrates a lot of the movie from his point of view. He states that he has only survived in "Zombieland" because he has stayed within a strict set of rules he has created. Rule #1 - Cardio. Naturally, he says, the fat ones got eaten first. Rule #2 - Double Tap. That one extra shot to the head can, and will, save your life. He has other rules such as to check the back seat of a car, stay away from bathrooms, limber up in preparation to run, don't be a hero, know your way out, and he adds a new one - enjoy the little things (which is what the movie mostly seems to be about)- after meeting "Tallahassee" (Woody Harrelson), a renown zombie killer with a dark, yet funny, sense of humor when it comes to zombies. Columbus states that when Tallahasse kills zombies, he sets the bar of "not to be f***** with." It soon becomes clear to Columbus that Tallahassee's only objective is to find the world's last Twinkie, something that Columbus can only guess is a way for Tallahassee to remember a time before the outbreak. They run into two girls, "Wichita" (Emma Stone) and "Little Rock" (Abigail Breslin), who con them several times, taking their supplies and transportation. The four survivors soon create a bond, however, and realize what they're surviving for... the little things. Final word - this is a great "zomedy" and definitely delivers the laughs. Highly recommended for Rated R audiences. I'll definitely be buying this movie when it comes out on DVD. Here are some links:

Zombieland Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-cIjPOJdFM

A Little Off The Top

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPykpz56w6U

Rule #1 - Cardio

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmLaDn7Obl4&feature=PlayList&p=7143EE0908CFE017&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=28

Rule #3 - Seatbelts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlYNbUylJEg&feature=PlayList&p=7143EE0908CFE017&index=30

Rules #1,3,4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnRHfTyR5cs

"Mamma Told Me"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LURZfQxXoTc

Lost in LOST

LOST

I had to write a quick blog about my all-time favorite tv show, LOST. I first heard about this show long before I started watching it. In fact, the show had already finished the third season and was a month or so away from the season four premiere. I was dogsitting for my friend who was in Ohio and I had his house to myself for a week and a half. I rented the first disk of season one at Blockbuster and I watched all four episodes that night. For the next ten days I rented every single disk from all three seasons. Sometimes I rented two disks, which is eight episodes, and would watch them in one go. I couldn't get enough of it. If you've never watched it, I highly recommend trying it out. The story mostly takes place on this mysterious island after Oceanic Flight 815 flying from Sydney, Australia to Los Angeles crashes on it, somewhere in the South Pacific. It follows the lives of the crash survivors and what transpires on the island. They initially stay on the beach where the majority of the plane wreckage is, but as the days turn into weeks and so forth, they are forced to improvise and adapt in order to overcome and survive. I don't want to ruin anything, but the island holds many surprises for the survivors and everything is not as it always seems. There is something in the jungle, and the survivors may not be the only ones on the island. I was able to finish seasons one through three just in time for the premiere of season four. At the time of this writing, seasons four and five are already finished, and they were great seasons. The next and final season, six, will premiere in early 2010, a few months away. Hopefully the mysteries and questions raised in the first five seasons will be answered, but nonetheless, LOST is undoubtedly one of the greatest show on television, and I am lost in it. Thank you abc. If you've seen and liked LOST, check out FlashForward, abc's new show. Some say it's the new LOST... we'll see.