Movie Review: Warm Bodies

Movie Review

Warm Bodies

Rated PG-13

Language

Zombie Violence

Well for starters you will either love this movie or think it’s stupid. No middle ground from what I’ve read. The message is clear in this movie, and no it’s not necrophilia is acceptable. But rather, love cures all or something. I never thought of love as a cure, but there you go. All you need is love.

“R” (Nicholas Hoult) is a zombie just going about life death, doing corpse-y things, thinking corpse-y thoughts. One day as him as his zombie buddies are hungry and on the prowl, he comes across the beautiful Julie (Teresa Palmer) after he eats her really hot boyfriend (Dave Franco). R begins to feel something he has never felt in death before. And his heart starts to beat. All he knows is that he wants to keep her. He takes her back to his pad (an airplane) and a montage of getting to know each other ensues. While there he eats her bf’s brains on the DL because eating people’s brains are the closest that the undead have to dreaming. When they do that, they can experience their victim’s memories and it makes them feel alive. Or at least it does in R’s case, he’s an odd one.

Why yes, this is a better love story than Twilight.

Julie’s father (John Malkovich) is the leader in this post-apocalyptic world and is building a giant wall around their city where no zombies can get through.  He’s lost his wife to the infection and he ain’t gonna take no more! He’s kind of a general  or leader, I didn’t really get the official title but he runs things.  Now Julie realizes that she has feelings or R and that he is slowly changing back and she has to tell her father, but will he understand?

This is a new twist on movies with a central theme of forbidden love. There were a lot of Romeo & Juliet references. It was predictable but I liked the concept. I’m actually going to purchase this when it comes out on DVD. I feel bad for the main girl because she looked so much like Kristen Stewart and it must suck getting compared to another actress (my 10 year old even noticed the similarity) when you’re trying to stand out.

"Since there is no Facebook, this is a pic of the girl I'm stalking"

This movie is based on a book which I will definitely have to get my hands on since sources say they took a lot out of the movie. Movies usually do that. Go fig.

All in all I found it enjoyable aside from scenes defying logic, but then again, we’re talking zombies here. I give it 8 out of 10.