Zombies! written by Sam
I really like writing with the "sweet mystery of life" theme, which is my way of telling you of things that make me happy or that I hate. That way I get to do you all a favor by letting you know of things that are awesome just because I said so, and also those things that suck. So far I've never been wrong, and if you disagree with me then. . . you're wrong, sorry. Today's sweet mystery is, yes, zombies. Lovely lovely zombies. This takes some background to explain. I do
not do horror movies well. I just don't like them, mainly because I'm a man and thus am expected to be tough and unafraid, however, when I watch horror movies I am neither of those things. I once walked a girl home after watching a scary movie with a big group of friends only to find that once she was inside her warm house that I was very very alone. In the dark. In a small town. . . alone. So I ran to catch up with the other guys who were walking girls home blocks away only to NOT find anyone. alone. Then I ran home but only made it to my friends house scaring his mom to death when I leaped though the side door and slammed to door behind me. So yeah, I don't do horror movies well. Maybe part of it is from the time I dressed up in the Scream costume and scared the girls who were watching that movie in the other room. All I got out of it was a few screams and a hooker boot in the crotch and maybe the inability to procreate. The latter is yet to be proven. Now with all that background it would seem odd that today's sweet mystery of life is, in fact, a horror movie, a zombie movie. But I just like it! If you haven't seen 28 Days Later, you must. 
I would say it's my guilty pleasure because of the R rating and blood and cuss words but I really don't feel guilty. I am of the opinion that the movie rating system is not divinely inspired and that in this case the R stands for "R-eally R-eally good" and that sometimes PG-13 are worse than R's. I make it a point to research movies before I see them for a little clue of what I'm going to be exposed to. The reason this graphic zombie is awesome is that it is not your ordinary zombie movie. Usually zombies will have their head cocked to one side, slow walking, spasms, and easily avoided as well as killed because they are just slow and dumb. However in 28 days later the zombies don't slowly stumble along chanting "braains, braains", they run at top speeds and are not easily thwarted. The movie starts with a man waking up in london in a hospital only to find the entire city abandoned. Turns out the zombies are just people who have been infected with "Rage" and they are just hiding in the dark and sta
rving because they have run out of fresh meat to eat. And as odd as it seems this zombie movie is very artsy and has deep lessons embedded in it and that is hard to do with a zombie movie. My only hurdle in enjoying this movie is the wife, she watched it once and liked it but doesn't want to see it again, so it will be MY movie from now on and since I just bought it at a pawn shop for $3 I can enjoy it whenever I want, as long as she is not present. Woot! Go Zombies!
not do horror movies well. I just don't like them, mainly because I'm a man and thus am expected to be tough and unafraid, however, when I watch horror movies I am neither of those things. I once walked a girl home after watching a scary movie with a big group of friends only to find that once she was inside her warm house that I was very very alone. In the dark. In a small town. . . alone. So I ran to catch up with the other guys who were walking girls home blocks away only to NOT find anyone. alone. Then I ran home but only made it to my friends house scaring his mom to death when I leaped though the side door and slammed to door behind me. So yeah, I don't do horror movies well. Maybe part of it is from the time I dressed up in the Scream costume and scared the girls who were watching that movie in the other room. All I got out of it was a few screams and a hooker boot in the crotch and maybe the inability to procreate. The latter is yet to be proven. Now with all that background it would seem odd that today's sweet mystery of life is, in fact, a horror movie, a zombie movie. But I just like it! If you haven't seen 28 Days Later, you must. 
I would say it's my guilty pleasure because of the R rating and blood and cuss words but I really don't feel guilty. I am of the opinion that the movie rating system is not divinely inspired and that in this case the R stands for "R-eally R-eally good" and that sometimes PG-13 are worse than R's. I make it a point to research movies before I see them for a little clue of what I'm going to be exposed to. The reason this graphic zombie is awesome is that it is not your ordinary zombie movie. Usually zombies will have their head cocked to one side, slow walking, spasms, and easily avoided as well as killed because they are just slow and dumb. However in 28 days later the zombies don't slowly stumble along chanting "braains, braains", they run at top speeds and are not easily thwarted. The movie starts with a man waking up in london in a hospital only to find the entire city abandoned. Turns out the zombies are just people who have been infected with "Rage" and they are just hiding in the dark and sta
rving because they have run out of fresh meat to eat. And as odd as it seems this zombie movie is very artsy and has deep lessons embedded in it and that is hard to do with a zombie movie. My only hurdle in enjoying this movie is the wife, she watched it once and liked it but doesn't want to see it again, so it will be MY movie from now on and since I just bought it at a pawn shop for $3 I can enjoy it whenever I want, as long as she is not present. Woot! Go Zombies!
1 comment:
Hmmmmm. I will ponder on this. I agree that some R movies are overrated (get the pun :-) but I'm not sure this will work for me. I really hate scary stuff. Tell Whit good luck on the job search--not fun.
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