Went to see Zombieland today.

First thing: This movie was GREAT.

It's got a story, it's got zombies, it's got Woody Harrelson.


But, I've said it before, and I'll say it again, YOU NEED TO HAVE A ZOMBIE ACTION PLAN!

You simply cannot turn on a millions lights at night and expect that the zombies won't ruin your fun. Zombies make their living ruining fun. Aside from eating people, it's really all they do.

Second thing: Unless you can reload like friggin Roland-the-gunslinger, a double-barrel shotgun should not be your weapon of choice. At the very least a pump action mossberg or a bullpup should be considered. Get a hacksaw, shorten that damned thing up for close quarters defense.

Third thing: And I hate to nitpick, but if you're gonna "blend" with the zombies, you're taking a pretty big risk.


Now go see this movie before the outbreak happens and we all start boo-hooing over our lack of proper planning.




Here's my favorite image from the movie.

Random story for the day? One of my brother's law school friends grandfather was murdered (a federal judge) by woody Harrelson's dad. Not that this is highly important or anything, but now whenever I see him I think about that. 6 degrees of Woody Harrelson for the day.

Yeah, Woody's dad died at the Supermax here in CO. He'll never do that again.




Enjoy the Kool-Aide (made from real crap)

Wasn't Woody's dad also one of the well-dressed "bums" at the grassy knoll the day JFK was shot?

The trailers for this movie look KILLER. Heh.

I will most certainly be watching this.

Heh... University of Florida has a Zombie Attack Plan

http://www.news4jax.com/video/21177423/

"This is a fun place, but these people will turn on you like a pack of badgers on meth if you're not careful." - big d

I LOVED THIS MOVIE SO MUCH. CAPSLOCK (NOT THE GUY) IS SO NECESSARY.

B.M.

FREAKING AMAZING.

I don't give a shite 'cause I got my Guinness Stout!

Bowel movement?

I'm not telling.

I don't give a shite 'cause I got my Guinness Stout!

If you're gonna camp in a Hollywood mansion, make it an A-list star.

That was awesome!!




Enjoy the Kool-Aide (made from real crap)

It was kind of unbelievable how great that bit was. A very nice touch.

I don't give a shite 'cause I got my Guinness Stout!

Who dies first?


- Peaceniks who think we should all get along?

- Fat people who don't possess the cardio training required to outrun zombies?

- Old people?

- Frat boys who think they can keep pet zombies for entertainment purposes?

- George W Bush?






Enjoy the Kool-Aide (made from real crap)

I'll go with G.W. since it's probably his fault anyway.

I am

My kids are zombie crazy. They can handle the violence. Is there a lot of profanity? Is there any sex?

In other words, can a permissive parent take her kids to this movie? What is it rated?

I saw it this weekend and also thought it was great. No sex, I'm not sure about profanity as I'm kind of prone to cursing myself, so it just sails right over me. There are plenty of gory bits and "gotcha" scare moments.

I'm amazed how well they were able to blend the different elements and make a refreshingly original "zombie movie". It was a huge dollip of funny, exciting, and scary, blended with a puree of flying gobbits of flesh and an unhealthy amount of rotting bodily fluids.

I'm giving it 9 fingers up and a rictus grin.

I don't recall how old your kids are, but I'd say it is rated R and I wouldn't take a kid younger than 11 or 12, I think.



This isn't a judgement of your parenting Lizzlee, but it seems strange to me that people are much more comfortable with their kids seeing violence than sex.

Why is it, that Americans are so much more comfortable with their children seeing death than seeing love? I'd much rather explain to my son that people have both physical and emotional needs and sex is just about the only thing that can satisfy both, than try to get him to understand the violence is almost never the right answer in spite of what the movies portray.

I make the point about this being an American problem because I've seen movies edited for Europe and then seen the same film edited for American release and they are NOT the same.

The Euro movies have much more sex, and less violence than the same film edited for release in the US. Wild at heart is one specific example.




Enjoy the Kool-Aide (made from real crap)

This is an oversimplification (or just flat out incorrect), but maybe it's because America was settled by a bunch of buckle-hat Puritans who worshipped a vengeful God and thought that ladies who showed a little ankle were whores.

Land sakes alive, the steak's alive.

On one hand, I think there's merit to pointing back to our puritan roots. On the other hand, that was a really long time ago.

I dunno.




Enjoy the Kool-Aide (made from real crap)

That's a really good point, $8. I'm going to have to think about that. I certainly don't want my kids desensitized to violence.

I think a SMALL part of the answer to your question is that it is easier to discuss violence with a child than sex -- comfort-level-wise.

There is a good chance that watching violence won't give your kid a boner-

Watching sex and or violence, depending on the age isn't all that great- Emotionally they are unable to handle the feelings associated with it- I forget the stats, but it is something like by the time your kid is 18, they have seen something like 10,000 acts of violence on TV and the movies- might be even higher now that video games are bigger than the movies.

I waited til my son was 18 years old to see an R rated film with him.

My kid may see some R rated movies before he's 17, but I'll be pretty careful to be sure that I know what he's going to see befire he sees it.


thankfully, I don't have to worry about that at his current age.


I guess, my advice to Lizzlee would be this. Take your kids to age appropriate movies. They don't need to grow up any faster.




Enjoy the Kool-Aide (made from real crap)