WARM BODIES is the story of Romeo and Juliet with zombies and people
instead the Capulets and the Montagues. I can't think of any zombie
movies where the main character was a shambling incoherent rotting
corpse. That is really cool. Nicholas Hoult plays a zombie named R who
is looking for more in his undead existence than just walking around
and eating people. Things begin to change however when he sees Julie
for the first time. Julie is not a zombie. She is very much alive but
instead of wanting to eat her R falls in love with her. For some reason
she is able to make him feel something for the first time in a long
time. R brings it on himself to protect Julie played by Teresa Palmer
from his fellow undead zombies and some skeleton people.
There
is a reason why WARM BODIES was previewed in front of BREAKING DAWN
part 2 and that is because there really isn't a whole lot that happens
in this movie. That is not to say that WARM BODIES is a bad film.
Quite the contrary. It is just that this is a romantic comedy, so a
good portion of this film is solely focused on the relationship building
between R and Julie. That is the whole reason to watch a film like
this in the first place. And while Nicholas is a very likable zombie he
is still a zombie. The whole plot about R having a hard time trying to
get this girl to like him because he is dead kind of gets old. The
film can't help but drag a bit. WARM BODIES doesn't give you the high
energy the trailer promises. Some of that I believe is due to not using
the music more effectively in the film and the writing overall could
have been smarter. Still WARM BODIES is a good film. It just isn't a
great film. Click here to continue...
Jason
1 comment:
Make for an interesting date night movie I'm sure.
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