Now In Theaters - Zombieland

I will have to admit that I was pretty eager to see this one. 'Zombieland' stars one of my all time favorite guys to watch, Woody Harrelson. I just flat out love watching this guy. On top of that, the trailers really made this one look like it had potential to be pretty funny. But now that I have seen it, I am sorry to say I was pretty much let down. It wasn't so much the acting that let me down, but more so the extremely dull story line. Now of course, I didn't go into a zombie flick expecting plot and storyline... but this one was just left a lot to be desired.

Woody and co-star Jessie Eisenberg gave pretty good performances. And as silly as this will sound given the nature of the film, both gave very believable performances. This film pits us in the midst of a post apocalyptic America that has been over run by mindless, flesh eating zombies that used to be regular Joe and Susie 6 packs just like me and you. One thing that seems to be catching on, that I really like, is that the zombies can actually run. Woody plays a zombie's worst nightmare in the character "Tallahassee". The reson behind his name is because he doesn't want to know real names. I guess it's too personal to really get to know someone who more than likely is going to be dead soon. Hence, his co-star Eisenberg is dubbed "Columbus" from the hometown that he hopes to get back to in Ohio.

Now usually, with a zombie flick you either want 'Dawn of the Dead' or 'Shaun of the Dead'. This one leaned toward 'Shaun', but just wasn't as funny. You can easily overlook the ridiculous storyline and lack of serious action when you are laughing your socks off. But this one just didn't give us the laughs that we need in order to sustain us from the fact that this is a lame love story about twinkies and an infatuation with brushing a girl;s hair over her ear.

Overall, the movie isn't terrible per se` but it left a lot to be desired. I did enjoy Woody's character very much (as I pretty much enjoyed all of the characters, just didn't really enjoy the movie itself) and feel as though there was a good idea here. I just feel it fell remarkably short. I am going to rate this one about a 6.8 out of 10. I can't quite give it a 7, but it's close. Maybe I will have to take a second look at this one, but upon first look... I'm not impressed.