Zombieland (2009): Quarantine Cinema Day 7

Zombieland (2009) is our next quarantine flick.

Did you miss me? I'm not sick SICK, but I did have a little migraine. For today's installment, we're watching one of the few zombie comedies on my list. A zomedy.

Zombieland (2009): Quarantine Cinema

Zombieland is a fun romp with campy graphics and lots of silliness. The flick opens with a quick glimpse into the past showing Washington D.C. in ruins and how suburban America has fallen.

A still from Zombieland (2009): Quarantine Cinema showing the American Flag waving in front of a burning building.

A still from Zombieland (2009): Quarantine Cinema showing Washington D.C. on fire.

A still from Zombieland (2009): Quarantine Cinema of zombie kids trying to break into a car.

Soon it's clear that the world as we know it is over. No more princess birthday parties.

A still from Zombieland (2009): Quarantine Cinema when Columbus first meets Tallahassee

Quickly we meet our main character, Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg), a young white "everyman" survivor. He shares with us his rules of survival. For my fellow fatties, the scene introducing the rules is very ableist. That's the only problematic bit I noticed, but there's possibly more.

A still from Zombieland (2009): Quarantine Cinema where we meet Tallahassee

Columbus has a nervous enounter with Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson). Calm heads prevail and they join up.

A still from Zombieland (2009): Quarantine Cinema when we meet Wichita and Little Rock. They are standing back to back and defensively holding guns.

Next to join the team is Wichita (Emma Stone) and Little Rock (Abigail Breslin). These sisters are on a mission to find a zombie free amusement park all the way across the country in L.A. Yes you heard that right, we're headed to an amusement park and the characters suspect… no zombies‽ LOL.

A still from Zombieland (2009): Quarantine Cinema showing the empty streets of Atlanta.

Our group travels through empty cities and encounter some crazy survivors along the way.

A still from Zombieland (2009): Quarantine Cinema of Columbus and Tallahassee shopping at a roadside tourist stand.

One of my favorite parts is a stop at a Route 66 style, old-fashioned, stereotypical tourist roadside shop.

A still from Zombieland (2009): Quarantine Cinema of our main characters shopping at a roadside tourist stand. Rule #32 is floating in the upper corner that says "Enjoy the little things".

Where we're encouraged to follow Rule #32: "Enjoy the Little things." I know this had been challenging for me lately, so personally, I'm going to work on that rule.

A still from Zombieland (2009): Quarantine Cinema as they arrive at a seemingly empty amusement park.

FINALLY we arrive at the amusement park! Spoilers, I guess, there are ZOMBIES.

A still from Zombieland (2009): Quarantine Cinema showing a clown zombie.

The last half of the movie is a romp through the amusement park. Fun fights with zombies and tender moments where are thrown together band of misfits becomes a family. This movie does pass the Bechdel test, but there are no main or really even bit characters of POC.

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Let me know what I should add to my ever growing list either on social media or email me here. For now I'm sticking with movies -- theatrical releases, straight to DVD, or TV movies. #quarantinecinema

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