Review of Warm Bodies (2013) by Melanie D — 03 Sep 2014

So, I'm not the biggest fan of zombie movies. I've seen the original Night of the Living Dead, and while I enjoyed it, it's definitely not my favorite anything. I just find the whole genre a little dumb.

It has to be really good, and contain a lot more than just shambling dead folks to keep my attention. When I saw the trailers for Warm Bodies, I almost peed myself. A zombie comedy that also has a love story? I definitely had to see this.

It was way funnier than I had even expected, while still managing to have some good, tense moments, and the romance, while really being the whole point of the "humanizing" that's happening to the shufflers, is not shoved in your face.

Anyone saying that this is just Twilight with zombies needs to shut up and actually go see the movie. It was well written, well acted, and well filmed. And it was really awesome to be able to pick out Montreal landmarks! Had I known it was being filmed in my home town, I may have enjoyed hanging around to catch a glimpse of the zombies in action.

All in all, it's a very entertaining film, and I give it two enthusiastic thumbs up! (And 10/10, hehe.).