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| I HATE The Walking Dead |
Yo (este flaca blanca gringa) vi la pelicula Guerra Mundial Z
en Tijuana con mi familia Mexicana.. erm-
There were a couple of rowdy groups of
youngsters in the theater and I thought this was going to be a totally
disastrous waste of my life.
Fortunately for my positive karmic levels,
the movie was sufficiently captivating enough to silence the foolish movie
goers, who perhaps were too ready for a straight up horror movie; ready to
scream and squeal at all the appropriate fright queues.
What I saw in World War Z, en da Englishez,
was a compilation of notes taken from a list of other movies the filmmakers must have enjoyed:
I saw the epic scale from LOTR; the family unity dynamic from Signs (child with asthma anyone?); a certain kind
of sensitivity from the recent disaster film The Impossible (I implore: go see this one- bring tissues. It brings the
blubbering out of everybody.); the goofy espionage tactics of Argo; unexpected character deaths from films like Hurt Locker and Psycho; the globetrotting and body crunching of the newer James Bond
films; a great G.I. Jane shout out; of course, obviously, 28 Days Later influences... Oh, and though it is not in the film medium, just throw in some BioShock problem solving for good measure.
I’m making conjectures about that list here but, wherever they grabbed their inspirations from, the final product brought the audience
into a universe that was a thrill to become involved in. No matter how
uncomfortable the situation, you somehow didn't mind being there. (Prometheus
failed to meet this criterion.)
Brad Pitt's character sustained throughout as
a comforting presence: a father figure doling out the hurt like a mo’fo’ while
still being sympathetic enough to wince along with when the smack downs land on
his ass.
I think we all had a fun romp-along with a
likeable protagonist, if I may speak for my companions as well. It was not an
after school Life Time women's drama special (with ‘the more you know' star and
rainbow) like The Walking Dead- for which I cannot suspend my disbelief, not whatsoever. Not know-how.
From the outset, I do not care if the world
becomes one democratic nation of undead 'zekes' with liberty and justice for
all or rot, I mean not. I am not intrigued by the implications of global zombie-dom
or by this zombie-mania that has caught everyone up in its festering clutches.
I am bias AGAINST the lot of it so for me
to say I enjoyed this movie is saying quite a bit.
“You know, sometimes I even amaze myself.”
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