redbrunja: (zombie love | r)
2013-02-25 11:08 pm

Unquestionably The Best Zombie-Human Rom-Com of the Year

I saw Warm Bodies with [livejournal.com profile] qualapec yesterday and loved it. I can already tell you that it’s going to end up in one of my top five movies of 2013.

I would love other people to watch this movie so here is the trailer (watch halfway through and then click out of the window - the trailer editor tried to show the whole movie in three minutes, like they always do):



If you watched that and thought, ‘Huh, that could be good,’ know that yes, it is good.

Here are some non-spoilery things to get you to watch the movie:

-It's funny. R’s inner monologue is priceless.

-the music choices are brilliant. They choose some great songs and used them perfectly.

-the heroine, Julie, is a total fucking badass

-Julie has an interesting backstory with her ex-boyfriend (shocking, right? someone who is clearly the romantic interest is written to have a LIFE and a PAST of her own)

-Julie is also friends with ANOTHER badass zombie killing girl. There is no jealousy and no bitchiness in their relationship and the friend is allowed to be funny. (Girls being funny! It happens!)

Now, once you’ve seen this movie, here are some spoilery things that I want to talk about

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