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Zombieland
Ozymandias:
Really? You're dissing on World War Z?
No. Get out.
Just get out.
pilsner:
I'm not proud of it, but there are parts of that book that make me tear up a bit every time I read them. Especially the bit about the pilot who parachutes out of her plane and has to hike to safety. Something about the ending of that chapter....
Oh yeah, and the interview with the feral kid.
Nodaisho:
--- Quote from: Ozymandias on 22 Oct 2009, 21:00 ---Really? You're dissing on World War Z?
No. Get out.
Just get out.
--- End quote ---
Soon as Max Brooks stops trying to pretend he knows anything related to the military or firearms, sure.
Alex C:
--- Quote from: pilsner on 22 Oct 2009, 20:49 ---Zombieland was a comedy. So yes, people might not have acted like you would expect them to. Comedy.
--- End quote ---
You can take the condescension and shove it.
I'm just talking about verisimilitude or if you're a Colbert fan, truthiness. A movie can be balls out ridiculous but still somehow ring true a bit. For example, Nolan's Batman films are by no means realistic, but most people (including myself) don't really notice or particularly care that there's plotholes you could drive the batmobile through. That's because the movie is very consistent about characterization and is very dedicated to its tone. As Hitchcock once said, a good movie should play the audience like a piano. But with Zombieland, they just couldn't quite cover the bases well enough to get me to buy into the sentimental "We're a family now!" moments, and that's why I can sympathize a bit when Khar says that he thought the mawkish stuff was tough to appreciate, particularly since I'm basically incapable of relating to a protagonist who would act like that.
pilsner:
When Bill Murray pretended to be a zombie, it lacked verisimilitude.
The world was barren. And here is this man playing golf and pretending to be zombie.
"Show more verisimilitude!" I cried.
But Bill Murray could not hear me.
Because he was dead.
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