Post by Vits on Dec 1, 2019 10:30:31 GMT
ZOMBIELAND
8/10
ZOMBIELAND felt like the beginning of a new kind of world that would involve a lot of physical travels but, by the end, the inner journeys of the 4 heroes (TALLAHASSEE, COLUMBUS, WICHITA and LITTLE ROCK) had been completed and, therefore, the story had a proper ending. Later, I read that it was originally written to be a TV show, but I felt it wouldn't have worked as one. This was confirmed when I saw the 2013 TV pilot. Aside from miscasting TALLAHASSEE and not having a single funny moment, there didn't seem to be much of a goal. While ZOMBIELAND PART 2: DOUBLE TAP doesn't provide as many laughs as its predecessor (partly because a lot of ad-libbed scenes go on for too long), at least it tries to have the same kind of narrative. One where it's not so much about the location or about killing zombies, but rather the personal conflicts. I use the word "try" because it's not done very well. Rather than something profound like "I'm looking for the family I never really had," the girls run away because they feel that the guys are overbearing (COLUMBUS as a boyfriend and TALLAHASSEE as a surrogate father (this sequel unfortunately misses the opportunity to connect this to the original's reveal that TALLAHASSEE's son had died)). I can understand this happening in the 1st installment because they had known each other for a couple of days. Doing this after 6 or so years of being together makes no sense. LITTLE ROCK in turn leaves WICHITA behind because she doesn't aprove of her new boyfriend. Wooow! Sooo deeeep! MADISON, are you reading this? I'm being sarcastic, in case you didn't get it. If you're not her, I should explain that MADISON is a new character. Why doesn't TALLAHASSEE care that she or a couple of other new characters use their real names? How do other new characters know about the "city instead of name" rule without even being told about it? Why is this rule still being applied among the main characters? TALLAHASSEE came up with it in order to not create attachments. Seems a little late for that, doesn't it? Maybe you'll tell me that they got used to these nicknames, but: A) WICHITA revealed her name at the end of the 1st movie, which was a way of saying "I want you to call me this from now on;" and B) WICHITA refers to her sister as LITTLE ROCK even when others aren't around.
6/10
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8/10
ZOMBIELAND felt like the beginning of a new kind of world that would involve a lot of physical travels but, by the end, the inner journeys of the 4 heroes (TALLAHASSEE, COLUMBUS, WICHITA and LITTLE ROCK) had been completed and, therefore, the story had a proper ending. Later, I read that it was originally written to be a TV show, but I felt it wouldn't have worked as one. This was confirmed when I saw the 2013 TV pilot. Aside from miscasting TALLAHASSEE and not having a single funny moment, there didn't seem to be much of a goal. While ZOMBIELAND PART 2: DOUBLE TAP doesn't provide as many laughs as its predecessor (partly because a lot of ad-libbed scenes go on for too long), at least it tries to have the same kind of narrative. One where it's not so much about the location or about killing zombies, but rather the personal conflicts. I use the word "try" because it's not done very well. Rather than something profound like "I'm looking for the family I never really had," the girls run away because they feel that the guys are overbearing (COLUMBUS as a boyfriend and TALLAHASSEE as a surrogate father (this sequel unfortunately misses the opportunity to connect this to the original's reveal that TALLAHASSEE's son had died)). I can understand this happening in the 1st installment because they had known each other for a couple of days. Doing this after 6 or so years of being together makes no sense. LITTLE ROCK in turn leaves WICHITA behind because she doesn't aprove of her new boyfriend. Wooow! Sooo deeeep! MADISON, are you reading this? I'm being sarcastic, in case you didn't get it. If you're not her, I should explain that MADISON is a new character. Why doesn't TALLAHASSEE care that she or a couple of other new characters use their real names? How do other new characters know about the "city instead of name" rule without even being told about it? Why is this rule still being applied among the main characters? TALLAHASSEE came up with it in order to not create attachments. Seems a little late for that, doesn't it? Maybe you'll tell me that they got used to these nicknames, but: A) WICHITA revealed her name at the end of the 1st movie, which was a way of saying "I want you to call me this from now on;" and B) WICHITA refers to her sister as LITTLE ROCK even when others aren't around.
6/10
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