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Editor says, what if the comedy element of Zombieland had been removed from the artistic concept? Please note that the opinions expressed in this post do not necessarily reflect the views of the author(s).
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In 2009, on this day the super-violent American zombie horror movie For Whom the Bell Tolls premiered in cinemas across the United Kingdom. Starring Woody Harrelson in his most gory role since "Natural Born Killers" the movie shares its name with the signature soundtrack from Metallica.
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From Whom the Bell TollsIn a key scene, the zombie killers stay in lead singer (pictured) James Hetfield's Californian mansion and they club the living dead to death with one of his electric guitars.
To say that the actors got into character would be an understatement, big time. Because on his return from the film-shoot, Woody Harrelson assaulted a photographer at La Guardia Airport in New York, claiming that he mistook the cameraman for a zombie. "I wrapped a movie called "From Whom the Bell Tolled," in which I was constantly under assault by zombies, then flew to New York, still very much in character," Harrelson said in a statement issued by his publicist. "With my daughter at the airport I was startled by a paparazzo, who I quite understandably mistook for a zombie," he said.
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© "Zombieland" (2009) written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick and directed by Ruben FleischerStory Tags
Permalinks: Post, Day. Browse Thread: Movies Source: Wikipedia Labels: Zombies, Woody Harrelson, Zombieland, Pacific Playpark, Bill Murray. Editor says, Plot Summary from Douglas Young of the Movie Guy: The entire world is hit with an apocalyptic infection that turns people into zombies once they have been bitten by an infected zombie. Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) is a young geek who has a lot of phobias about almost everything from clowns, to bathrooms, to checking the back seat of cars. Being alone and scared of the outside world has kept him alive. His new fear is being eaten by zombies. To survive, Columbus has begun making a long list of rules to survive. Each time he gives you one of his rules, you see an example of his rule in action. Columbus explains to the audience in a background voice such as wearing your seat-belt, or the double-tap rule after you shoot a zombie make sure he is dead by shooting him in the head again. Trust me; this is not a wasted shot. The number 1 rule is to be sure that you can outrun the zombies, because the overweight and slow people were caught first by the zombies. He decides to go home to Columbus to see if his parents are still alive. Along the highway, he meets Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) a redneck zombie killer who loves Twinkies and misses his puppy Buck. They team up and head for Tallahassee. On the way they meet and join forces with two girls, Wichita (Emma Stone) and Little Rock (Abagail Breslin). They may be the last surviving people on earth, and they must rely on each other to survive.
~ Haven't seen the movie, can't really comment. I do notice that you refer to both vampires and zombies---aren't they very different classes of undead? Fixed. Thanks - Ed.
~ Technically, only vampires are considered "undead." Zombies are "the living dead."
What's the difference? As I understand it, vampires come back fully conscious and are generally (at least in modern lore; some older legends say differently) fully human-looking and preserved, as long as they get a steady supply of blood. By contrast, zombies rise in a rotting condition which is only imperfectly held at bay by their own gross feeding habits (suggesting that unlike vampires, zombies wouldn't be able to stay active for centuries) and typically are, well, "zombie-like" in their mental state. Fixed. Thanks-Ed.
~ Freaky....
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