I decided to do my second blog post on the most
recent movie I have seen in theatres, Warm Bodies. The trailers play on TV and
it focuses around Zombies which are a huge trend in movie society right now.
Directed by Jonathan Levine, whose other work includes: 50/50, The Wackness
and How to Make It in America. Not only directed the film but also helped to
write the film, which I found interesting. The lead actor of Warm
Bodies is Nicholas Hoult, who is an English actor best known in America for his
role as Beast in X-Men First Class in 2011. Personally I know him as Tony, the
star of Skins a UK series about rebellious teenagers and their lives. Until
doing research, I had no idea Warm Bodies was based on a novel, but in fact it
was. Warm Bodies is originally a novel by Isaac
Marion. The idea of Warm Bodies is that R (Nicholas Hoult) is a zombie but he
has thoughts and feelings and his quest to change after meeting his dream girl
played by Teresa Palmer.
Based on Hoult’s other work Warm
Bodies is somewhat similar, X-Men is also SiFi but Skins, which ran for seven
seasons and is Nicholas’s longest running work. Is based around a group of
English teenagers. I like Warm Bodies and thought it was interesting because it’s
funny, it’s not the same zombie movie everyone expects like The Walking Dead or
I am Legend, it’s in a league of its own.
I think this movie is important
because it is so different and funny and is a zombie romantic comedy, I think
it sheds a little light in the dark genre of zombies and flesh eating
creatures. It definitely reflects the trend of supernatural and zombies,
vampires. The target audience is young people for sure, that’s obvious just by
watching it and checking out the people in the theatre. It actually breaks a
lot of stereotypes because it is a zombie romantic comedy and it is about
changing from a zombie to a human not the other way around. This is really interesting.
I think the good thing about this
movie is that its different, it expands the audiences thinking about zombies
and supernatural creatures. Its weakness would be although I loved it I can see
how many people may not enjoy the film, it was funny but if it wasn’t funny it
seemed a little boring at times. I don’t think it’s the best piece of work
these actors have done, Nicolas has Skins and James Franco another star in the movie
has 21 Jump Street which was hilarious. It was memorable to me, so I would say
yes definitely it’s memorable and won’t be forgotten next week.
The critics of this movie are
definitely split, as for the professional Richard Roeper he loves the film and you can read all about it in the
review he wrote, http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130130/REVIEWS/130139997/1023
he writes “I kinda love this movie” and describes it as “well-paced” and that
it has a “terrific sense of humor” which I love and completely agree with.
Although I read on the rotten tomato a bit of different reviews, http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/warm_bodies/
Although rotten tomatoes doesn’t provide professional opinions it provides real
life relatable opinions which is why I think it’s important to know that some
called it “luke-warm at best”
After watching the film I did look up
Nicolas’s Hoult’s other work, it was interesting to see the new movies he has
in pre-production. My friends really liked the movie, they went to see it with
me and they laughed just as hard as I did.
For the most part I loved the movie, I
thought it was funny, and fresh and different something needed in today’s world
of violent slaying and action packed killer zombie movies. Although I can definitely
see the other side of the coin as well, it wasn’t a box office hit and it won’t
be remembered as one of the greatest movies of all time, but it’s something worth
seeing if you want something light hearted and fun.
