The Antidote to Downtown Abbey

So, a lot of people are newly depressed about Downtown Abbey. I have an antidote. I really recommend Freezing. It revolves around a couple also played by Hugh Bonneville and Elizabeth McGovern but it's a COMEDY! Plus, it has everyone not in Downtown Abbey including Tom Hollander, Alex Kingston, Andrew Garfield, Anthony Head, Ben Miles, Ruth Wilson and Fenella Woolgar.

Warm Bodies

I don't normally do zombie movies but Warm Bodies promised to be something a bit different...a zombie romantic comedy. Plus, it has Nicholas Hoult and Teresa Palmer...I didn't find out until watching that it has Rob Cordry and John Malkovich, too.

It also had the bonus of the trailer for Now You See Me which I want to see immediately.

Has anyone read the book for Warm Bodies?

I'm curious about whether it also has a sarcastic tone. I also wonder about whether there was more to it or it just seemed that way. The movie had that feeling that a movie does when trying to shorten a book into an easy to understand movie. Do we find out more about R's past? Does it have the same use of flashbacks?

The film is actually a lot like Pleasantville but with zombies. Hoult's character is a bit different but when he starts caring for Palmer's character, it starts "infecting" the other zombies as everyone grows more and more literally human. However, there was also the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet...I guess her name is even Juliet and they didn't rule out Romeo for R's name...

I really liked how the infection is what caused people to become ill but what made them STAY zombies was that other humans gave up on them so they became less and less human. Some became so depressed that they gave up on living and became "boneys". Boneys no longer have any sort of cognitive thought. They just exist; attracted to a beating heart as their next meal. This is nicely compared with Palmer's human boyfriend who isn't infected but acts similar to the boneys. The key to curing zombies is treat them as humans again and help them through their zombie disability.

It reminded me of one thing that my high school history teacher used to say...I know, damn those liberals...
In order to win wars, you have to dehumanize the enemy.

It's been true for millennia and it will sadly always be true. Look at how they dehumanize poor people so that others will think of them as nothing more than leeches?

I kind of wish I could listen to stoners discuss this film and what metaphors they could see in it. I think it could be done very easily. You have the majority of humans who try to control everyone and have written the zombies off, much like "the man" but then, the movie shows how both human and zombies can work together towards a better end. However, there are also the unfeeling "boneys". I almost think the "boneys" are actually more ideas than people; hunger, violence and oppression that seek to destroy everything they come across.

So, all in all, I enjoyed the film. It was cute, funny and thoughtful.