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You know, the big difference between the music industry and the movie industry in the way we recognize our tops is that in the movie industry they don't usually pay attention to the amount of money made. The music industry, on the other hand, focuses on who sells the most and simply awards them the top honors, completely ignoring some of the best artists and music out there because they didn't sell. If movie awards were awarded like the Grammy's are, then the Rush Hour 3s of the world would get all the acclaim, while movies like Pan's Labyrinth would be ignored.
I watched a pretty good movie last night by the name of Fido. It's a zombie comedy set in a world that's survived a Zombie War and has settled back into the normal day to day. Well...normal for the time. This is a world that looks like a retro 50s painting come to life.
It's a world in which children go to recess/outdoor learning to learn about making headshots with rifles. It's a world where the elderly aren't trusted after a certain age because they're one foot in the ground already and are sent to old people homes...that are retrofitted prisons. It's a world where huge fences are put around individual towns to keep the outside world from intruding. It's a world where some zombies have been domesticated by wearing collars. It's a world where a family's wealth is gauged by how many zombie servants they have. It's a world ruled by ZomCon.
It stars Ms. Trinity herself, Carrie-Anne Moss, and the sometimes-William-H-Macy-lookalike Dylan Baker. They are unhappily married, with Baker's character utterly focused on death and bases their wealth on how many funerals they can afford (you see, in this world, funerals cost more to have a head casket so there's no chance of turning) and looks upon the prospect of having another kid with that same sense of detachment. Their kid, Timmy, befriends their new zombie servant and ends up trying to protect him...even when the zombie's collar breaks down briefly and he eats the next door neighbor.
It was a pretty good movie and was humorous. There's enough social satire to be found, stretching across a few different ideas and the actors are great in their roles. I'm a sucker for zombie films and I like the juxtaposition of zombies with 50s naiveté. For some reason, it reminded me a little bit of Far From Heaven...except funny. I don't think it was as clever as it thought it was, but it was charming and fun from beginning to end. Zombie fans should definitely check it out.
I watched a pretty good movie last night by the name of Fido. It's a zombie comedy set in a world that's survived a Zombie War and has settled back into the normal day to day. Well...normal for the time. This is a world that looks like a retro 50s painting come to life.
It's a world in which children go to recess/outdoor learning to learn about making headshots with rifles. It's a world where the elderly aren't trusted after a certain age because they're one foot in the ground already and are sent to old people homes...that are retrofitted prisons. It's a world where huge fences are put around individual towns to keep the outside world from intruding. It's a world where some zombies have been domesticated by wearing collars. It's a world where a family's wealth is gauged by how many zombie servants they have. It's a world ruled by ZomCon.
It stars Ms. Trinity herself, Carrie-Anne Moss, and the sometimes-William-H-Macy-lookalike Dylan Baker. They are unhappily married, with Baker's character utterly focused on death and bases their wealth on how many funerals they can afford (you see, in this world, funerals cost more to have a head casket so there's no chance of turning) and looks upon the prospect of having another kid with that same sense of detachment. Their kid, Timmy, befriends their new zombie servant and ends up trying to protect him...even when the zombie's collar breaks down briefly and he eats the next door neighbor.
It was a pretty good movie and was humorous. There's enough social satire to be found, stretching across a few different ideas and the actors are great in their roles. I'm a sucker for zombie films and I like the juxtaposition of zombies with 50s naiveté. For some reason, it reminded me a little bit of Far From Heaven...except funny. I don't think it was as clever as it thought it was, but it was charming and fun from beginning to end. Zombie fans should definitely check it out.