Critics Consensus: Warm Bodies is a Date Night of the Living Dead

Hey I will glady see a Rom Com with Nicholas Hold, John Malcovich, and Teresa Palmer wiht my wife over another Rom Com starring Shovel Face and No Emotion.

Feb 1 - 03:01 PM

Zombie Romeo and Juliet is still more interesting than Romeo and Juliet.

Feb 2 - 05:49 PM

King Simba

There's a reason Romeo and Juliet has remained so popular for so long. It's a classic story with a premises that can work in almost any setting. I don't see what's so sad about giving it a zombie twist anymore than giving it a 1950s musical twist (West Side Story). Besides, as Chris said, it's directed by the guy who did 50/50, so it'll most likely be a lot better than most of the other young adult adaptations coming out this year.

Feb 1 - 05:52 AM

Daniel Irwin

Agreed. Hunger Games and Twilight can suck a dick!

Feb 1 - 06:32 AM

Exactly and the only huge problem with 50/50 was Seth Rogan. SO it will be great to see this director cut loose with out a Seth Rogan on his back.

Feb 1 - 03:02 PM

Debra Hamtan

Hear hear Bradly.

Feb 2 - 09:15 AM

"West Side Story"? I'm not a big musical fan, but shifting the R&J; story to ethnic NYC street gangs makes a lot more sense than adding a nonsensical zombie element (of course any 'rules' about a zombie's capacity for human emotion must be thrown out the window, making it equally ridiculous to both genres).

I guess this is a bad time to mention that I wasn't terribly impressed with "50/50" either.

Feb 1 - 04:44 PM

Mohd Syafiq Bin Jabaruddin

West Side Story was bollocks.

Feb 2 - 05:50 PM

50/50 is why people gets excited for Warm Bodies. That, and the book was entertaining too.

Feb 3 - 06:13 AM

Felix Pena

Cause West Side Story was so realistic with NY street gangs dancing and singing....

Feb 3 - 03:48 PM

Thank God we don't have any Zombie Musicals yet, but this a step in that direction.

Feb 3 - 04:19 PM

Alberto Zeeky

Bullet to the Head will probably perform like Arnie's Last Stand. Really like seeing these guys in film again though.

I'm also going to venture a guess of 9% on Haunting in Conneticut in Georgia, jeez that's one contradicting horrible title.

Jan 31 - 04:43 PM

Infernal Dude

Its a Walter Hill film. I'll see it out of principle.

Feb 1 - 12:49 AM

What was his last good movie? "Johnny Handsome"? "Extreme Prejudice"? It hurts me to say, as I'm a big fan of his 78-84 work.

Feb 1 - 04:46 PM

Infernal Dude

I do like Trespass and Last Man Standing but he has been slipping for sure. He's been in Hollywood too long and lost his edge. Bullet in the Head looks terrible but... I'll probably still see it.

Feb 1 - 10:03 PM

Dave J

As a person who who loves action films without CGI it's "Bullet To The Head" for me!

Jan 31 - 05:10 PM

As a professional visual effects artist. I'll pass.

Feb 2 - 05:50 PM

Dave J

Yeah, why do viewers even need actors anymore when they can just use CGI!

Feb 4 - 02:52 PM

Wade Tubbs

Dang. I was hoping for "The Stand Up Guys" to be Oscar Worthy material. Don't care much for any of the others.

Jan 31 - 06:01 PM

Adam Jones

So I guess Warm Bodies is basically a Zombie version of Twilight. I have to admit the premise does seem intriguing, as there has been a major zombie overdose in all types of fictional media in the last few years but none that has gone in this type of direction. I wonder how well it will perform at the box office. This film lacks the massive hype the Twilight Franchise and it's (demographic and economic) successor, The Hunger Games Franchise enjoy but I still would bet on it winning the box office this weekend seeing as how this year has skewed heavily in R rated films so far (and only Mama having any real appeal to teen girls, Warm Bodies will appeal to them even more than that film). And of course teen girls are one of the least affect demos by the Super Bowl this Sunday.

Bullet to the Head seems similar to Arnie's Last Stand (except Stallone didn't take a lengthy break from acting). It should do better than Last Stand but not by much.

Stand Up Guys is opening in too few theaters and reviews are too mediocre (older folks are more sensitive to professional reviews than other demographics) to make much of an impact at the box office this first weekend of February.

Jan 31 - 06:15 PM

David Saldana-Montgomery

Beyond affection between a girl and an undead boy, it has not much else in common with "Twilight". It's wickedly funny, shares a nice "Zombieland"-esque taste for skewing the genre, and knows how to play the romance just enough without getting out of hand; Hoult and Palmer are energetic, sweet, and really funny and def. not the morose pair of Patterson/Stewart.

Jan 31 - 09:45 PM

Feb 1 - 04:47 PM

Jaclyn Tsang

Feb 2 - 12:59 PM

Mohd Syafiq Bin Jabaruddin

I thought the same Adam until I saw the trailer, give it a chance and you might be surprised.

Feb 2 - 05:51 PM

Warm Bodies is based on a YA novel that is self-aware and does not take itself seriously, instead of going for 'epic' and such. That's one reason to see it.

Bullet To The Head is more similar to The Last Stand than you think. Both of them pit 'good immigrants' against 'bad immigrants', except in Arnold's film the hero is the former while in Stallone's movie it's the 'good cop' partner. It also shares something with Jack Reacher, in which a disabled evil property developer from a foreign country is also the villain.

Feb 3 - 06:19 AM

I don't think I'll take "Warm Bodies" seriously either.

Feb 3 - 01:34 PM

Justin D.

I'll skip Warm Bodies. Sure it's doing something different w/ the zombie sub-genre, but different doesn't always mean good. I'm still gonna check out Bullet to the Head, though I hope it turns out better than The Last Stand.

Jan 31 - 06:34 PM

Gordon Terry

You the guy from The Bronx who doesn't like DIE HARD --- faaaarr out, man. The Die Hard movies are awesome (Die Hard 3 wasn't so hot though).

Jan 31 - 08:43 PM

Daniel Irwin

The new one is gonna be so exciting. I hope I'm right.

Feb 1 - 06:33 AM

I hope it will be "a good day" when it comes out.

Feb 1 - 03:36 PM

Gene Bodyl

I'm definitely gonna give Warm Bodies a shot. It's directed by the same guy who did 50/50 and the reviews have been good borderline great so I'll give it a shot. I'm gonna refrain from talking crap about this film(unlike a few people)until I actually see it. I may see Bullet in the Head. I like Sly so this may be worth it despite a generic premise. I want to see Stand Up Guys but the reviews may keep me away. I may see it at some point though.

Jan 31 - 07:27 PM

Big Brother

Only problem I have with Warm Bodies is I can hear us already having to hear the term "Zom Com" over and over again in the years to come if it's a success.

Jan 31 - 08:11 PM

Gene Bodyl

you got a point there. that name will get old pretty fast. but i really hope this movie is a success.....

Jan 31 - 09:38 PM

Mark Marquis

I know. Whoever coined that term is feeling pretty pleased with himself right now.

Feb 1 - 08:29 AM

Mick Travis

Uh, am I the only one here that remembers SHAUN OF THE DEAD being advertised in the trailers as ROMZOMCOM?

Feb 1 - 02:47 PM

You are correct Mick it was, so was Fido.

Feb 2 - 05:52 PM

Jon Cox

checking out Bullet to The Head and Warm Bodies this weekend, Girls Against Boys isn't playing anywhere where I am so Im skipping everything else

Jan 31 - 09:10 PM

Bertram Krogh

Zom-Com? I like that.

Feb 1 - 12:45 AM

ray uhler

I was looking forward to Stand Up Guys, but now, not so much.

Feb 1 - 04:58 AM

King Simba

Looking forward to Warm Bodies. Having never read the book, I must say for a while I thought it would be another Twilight wannabe. However, the trailers were pretty good, plus it's from an acclaimed director. It actually looks a lot better than the much more hype World War Z coming out latter this year.

On the other hand, Bullet to the Head looks like another run on the mill action film. At best, I'll check it out when it starts airing on TV.

Feb 1 - 06:30 AM

Esteban Martinez

The "It's from an accalimed director" thing is the only reason the critics gave it high reviews, I think. But acclaimed directors are not safe from making crap look at Paul Schrarer.

Feb 1 - 09:07 AM

Francesco Fortuna

Or maybe the reason why is has a pretty good score right now is because it's actually good? How about lets see the movie first before saying things like that and if you don't end up seeing it then you shouldn't be saying things like that...

Feb 1 - 01:28 PM

Esteban Martinez

Hm? What I said is that the accalimed director thing is quite likely one of the reasons critics are more lenient with the film and gave it high scores. I didn't even say the movie was crap, if you look closely you'll see I said acclaimed directors are not safe from making crap. Where did I mention the movie's quality?

Feb 1 - 02:15 PM

Esteban Martinez

Well, considering the devoid of a brain girl falls for sparky pseudovampire cashcow is done for and since Twilight also had werewolves falling madly in love with six year old girls, I guess it's time to do the romance thing with a teenager and a zombie. Which is stupid, IMO. Zombies eat people and not in a sexual way.
Oh well, I guess there's still enough girls high on Twilight to give this new glorification of necrophilia a chance.

Feb 1 - 08:57 AM

But it looks so silly, don't you miss silly? I miss Airplane. Honestly the only part that bothered me about the Trailer is showing Teresa Palmer fire her shot gun in slow motion. IN regular speed it just sorta makes me role my eyes when I see actors wince and shy away from the kick back of guns but this preview shows it in slow motion and this bad ass zombie survivor chick looks absolutely terrified of the Gun she is holding....bleh. I know I know, I'm being a bit silly myself for buying into the zom com premise but shouting OH COME ON at another actress afraid of Guns.

Feb 1 - 03:09 PM

Mindy Seo

I'm confused. Why shouldn't people be afraid of guns? What exactly is wrong with that? It's not like guns are harmless. They're meant to maim and kill, and even doing a fake shot but be very difficult to handle for most people. Especially if you've never actually shot a gun before.

Feb 1 - 06:22 PM

The Slightly Agitated Film Buff

Right, Exactly. If you have NEVER shot a gun before. She's playing a bad ass zombie hunter apart of the last military faction on earth. her being terrified of guns is absurd dude. Let's not pretend like an actor or actress can't get over this either because the great one's always do.

Feb 1 - 08:57 PM

Checked out Bullet To The Head today - it's alright, nothing too special. If it's even shown anywhere near me will check out Stand Up Guys upon UK release.

Feb 1 - 02:04 PM

I want to see all but I want know which one's the best action-comedy. I want to see one with tons of action with humor thrown in. Any suggestions?

Feb 1 - 03:19 PM

Dave J

The first two Lethal Weapon films started the whole buddy action comedy thing and then theirs Jackie Chan which is martial art comedy!

Feb 1 - 04:32 PM

@Dave J and Janson Jinnistan, I'm talking about the movies that are out this weekend but I do love Lethal Weapon and Jackie Chan movies.

Feb 1 - 04:58 PM

Sorry, I don't think this is a very good week myself. I'd either try to catch "Django" or wait until the new "Die Hard".

Feb 1 - 05:04 PM

@Janson, saw Django last week so I guess I'll have to wait a few weeks.

Feb 1 - 05:28 PM