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Zombies are not really dead, dead but have possibilities.

Today's film was the wonderful small/big film by Jonathan Levine

Warm Bodies (2013)

I really enjoyed this movie.

It is very clever and never too clever for its own good.

The young stars, Nicholas Hoult (knock dead gorgeous), Teresa Palmer and even the older one, Rob Corddry funny. Dave Franco and Analeigh Tipton fill out the cast.

The story is quite unique, a blend of West Side Story, them and us, and Night of the Living Dead.

There is a tongue in cheek feel but for the most part they play this totally straight and the emotional bonds feel very strong.

Makeup is perfect. It has to be there. But it is done in a way that plays into the central idea that these people are dead but not all the way so and they can come back with love and affection.

Some of it is funny, some is scary. I imagine it on a big screen as quite a bit adrenaline driven.

Oh. John Malkovich is the girl's Dad bent on destroying the nearly dead.

The "making of" extras are great and less self promoting than most, a lot of emphasis on technical detail. The "how to's". I don't normally go for too much of this but it is great postfilm fun.

I would like to see this again some day so I am giving it a highly surprising 5 out of Netflix5. Surprising as I did not expect to enjoy it so much.

Labels: films