What I reckon: Zombieland

As mentioned previously, I’m rather over zombie films, and when I first saw the trailer for ‘Zombieland’ I was underwhelmed. Great, I thought, a ‘Shaun of the Dead’ inflected buddy comedy with zombies and Woody Harrelson. Whatever. The only reason I showed up on cheap Tuesday to see it was an absolutely glowing review from my Internet girlcrushes, Popcorn Mafia. They loved it, I love them, I was in the mood to check my brain in the door. I had few expectations. And it totally blew my mind.

The premise is simple: it’s America, post-zombie apocalypse. The film opens with a hypochondriac college student, played by Jesse Eisenberg, who I only imagine is reiterating his uptight college student role from ‘Adventureland,’ outlining his rules for surviving a zombie apocalypse. Like many of the film’s moves – Woody Harrelson’s redneck Tallahassee, the eventual gathering of a group of ragtag survivors, the much-vaunted celebrity cameo – in lesser hands it all could have gone wrong, but overall it’s hilariously pitch-perfect. Not to mention that it has the best opening titles since ‘The Watchmen,’ after the jump.

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