[Konvas] Zombieland (Completely Off Topic)

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 Two parts to this-- one, the Kodak credit was for the release stock.


Section two-- I thought it was one of the worst pieces of crap I've seen on the screen recently from the story side, but the images were good to a shade better than good, never great. 

"mad cow disease" is not a virus, it is a prion, and by their nature prion disease both is very, very slow, reduces nerve mass and inhibits actions, and could not create the zombie-- that was purely a stupid jump of the plot. 

NONE of the characters had a coherent arc; the young male character barely evolved and changed, the older female character made such a tiny change it was absurd, the younger female and older male characters had no story arc, period.

Several days into the zombie plague and the power grid still worked, there were no widespread fires, and the bodies of the dead just vanished??? Without intervention the power grid would crash within twenty minutes, the water supply might make it forty eight hours, but that's it.? Any small fire would be likely to spread, and without intervention entire cities would turn into infernos, which would help get rid of the bodies, but also would be very noticeable to the travelers, even taking side routes-- huge plumes of smoke, fires spread to the woods, the zombies driven out of the cities. 

If you fire a major caliber firearm inside the passenger compartment of a car you AT LEAST get a ruptured eardrum, maybe both ruptured, and it is likely concussion will knock you out-- you don't discuss it ten seconds later, it may be DAYS before you can hear anything, if then.? Permanent deafness is highly probable. 

Breaking things and trashing places just for the hell of it?? Does that make sense, and would it be a gleeful activiity, or just something videogamers enjoy?? 

On the whole it was so poorly written I would have been ashamed to be associated with it. 

Like District 9, it was written for people of subnormal intelligence who didn't question stupid things, and Adam, if you stop and think about it you may wind up wincing at your earlier evaluation. 

The cameo? more or less worked until you thought through his actions and behaviors, and then they make no sense at all. 

Most of Zombieland was shot in Georgia for tax credits, but most of the actors and crew were LA.? 

It was terrible, terrible, terrible. 



 


 

-----Original Message-----
From: Adam Frey <thefirstrule at chainsawlinux.com>
To: Konvas Discussion List <cinema at konvas.org>
Sent: Sat, Oct 3, 2009 10:53 am
Subject: [Konvas] Zombieland (Completely Off Topic)









I know it's completely off-topic - and has nothing to do with Konvas, 
Kinor, or LOMO, but I saw the new film "Zombieland" last night. It was 
as funny as I had hoped.?
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But my question is this: I thought I saw a Kodak credit, but I've read 
that it was shot with the Genesis and Phantom cameras (mostly in 
Georgia). Anyone have any input on why this was??
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You can take a look at this behind the scenes video and tell me what 
camera(s) you see:?

http://www.americansuperstarmag.com/video/zombieland-movie-behind-the-scenes-video?
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Overall, the story was good and the shots were great. I had a hard time 
telling if this was digital film. Also, there wasn't too much CGI (only 
noticed it in a few shots), but they removed the color green from the 
film. There were a lot of slow-motion shots in the beginning of the film 
- which were really cool. Apparently that's why they used the Phantom - 
since it can do 1000fps.?
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Anyway, I give it two thumbs up.?
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Cheers,?
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Adam Frey?

Director/Cinematographer?