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Maybe you saw 2012 this weekend (and if you did, submit a review for the show.) Maybe you became enamored with Charlie Frost (Woody Harrleson) and his conspiracy theories in the park.
Maybe you want more of Charlie. Well, the viral advertising team figured you may take a shine to this wondrous crackpot whose videos appear to be Harrleson just cracking wise with the scope of the material. But you can check out his channel here.
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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="539" caption="Woody Harrleson and Jesse Eisenberg are in Zombieland"][/caption]
[Zombieland is one of the films we're doing on next week's Rotten Tomatoes Show! See that, Whip It or A Serious Man and send us your webcam review by Sunday at midnight. You could get $100 and TV glory.]
The art of the zombie film has been the subject of much scrutiny since the resurgence of "modernizing" them. Whether it was tweaking the notion into a rage virus and spawning runners or Shaun of the Dead's complete revitalization of the genre, zombies are back.
They're cheap, they're little girls, they're even raped by awkward teenage boys!
In other words, Zombieland should be a bonafide grand slam of culture, slick directing and everyone's favorite undead horror trope. And it is.
It just isn't any good.
Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) provides our nerdy narrative introduction to a world overrun with zombies as a first-person P.O.V. of a person crawling out of a destroyed motorcade framed by a burning U.S. Capitol Building. Cue zombie Secret Service agent, extreme zoom-out and one of the most compelling slow-motion title sequences set to Metallica's For Whom The Bell Tolls.
From there, we get Tallahassee (Woody Harrleson) and the sisters Witchta (Emma Stone) and Little Rock (Abigail Breslin) to complete our zombie slaying family unit. Not to mention the ever-growing list of "The 42 Rules to Surviving Zombieland" that Columbus and a series of eye-catching digital effects display on screen, further proving that the opening sequence to Panic Room is the most influential segment in the last decade.
The argument for style over a plot is something that Ruben Fleischer appears to be a heavy advocate for, as there's almost nothing beneath the veneer of pop-up rules and a mercifully short film. The banter between Columbus and Tallahassee, courtesy of Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, is enough to make up for random segeways back to "life before Zombieland," especially as Harrleson just plays the lovable bad-ass bellowing lines like "Thank GOD for Rednecks" before shooting an uzi into the air and driving off in an H3.
Not to mention, the Bill Murray cameo may be the single greatest scene of 2009. Hands down, it even beats Bill Motherfuckin' Murray from Coffee and Cigarettes. So why mention it, even if it is a cameo? That and Woody Harrleson's delivery help Zombieland transcend from a flashy genre exercise into a moment of legitimate cultural currency. It is both the high and low, since no moment in the film can ever bring the level of energy back to this, nor is any other scene as interesting.
It's odd since, for the first time in any zombie film, you feel confident that there is no way any of the main characters will die. No other significant survivors are encountered, except in one-off shots or Bill Murray, and the tone taken is almost like a genre fanboy screaming "FUCK YEAH, BOOM HEADSHOT" over and over again. But all can be forgiven because of the cameo.
Unfortunately, it's just as easy to forget Zombieland.
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The Rotten Tomatoes Show brings you our 90 Second Oscar Picks when it comes to the Best Supporting Actor nominees:
-Matt Damon in "Invictus"
- Woody Harrelson in "The Messenger"
- Christopher Plummer in "The Last Station"
- Stanley Tucci in "The Lovely Bones"
- Christoph Waltz in "Inglourious Basterds"
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Brett Erlich and Ellen Fox join forces with bloggers, comedians, students and citizen critics to review "The Messenger."
The Rotten Tomatoes Show is a movie review show that airs on Thursday nights at 10:30 e/p on Current TV. From reviews of the newest releases to commentary on cult favorites and movie trends, each episode of The Rotten Tomatoes Show is a fast-paced, comedic journey through the week in cinema.
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For more about movies from Current: http://current.com/moviesBrett Erlich and Ellen Fox join forces with bloggers, comedians, students and citizen... more
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Brett and Ellen pay tribute to the upcoming Oscar season.
The Rotten Tomatoes Show is a movie review show that airs on Thursday nights at 10:30 e/p on Current TV. From reviews of the newest releases to commentary on cult favorites and movie trends, each episode of The Rotten Tomatoes Show is a fast-paced, comedic journey through the week in cinema.
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For more about movies from Current: http://current.com/moviesBrett and Ellen pay tribute to the upcoming Oscar season.
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For the first time in (human) history, movie review haikus performed on television, courtesy of Brett Erlich and Ellen Fox.
The Rotten Tomatoes Show is a movie review show that airs on Thursday nights at 10:30 e/p on Current TV. From reviews of the newest releases to commentary on cult favorites and movie trends, each episode of The Rotten Tomatoes Show is a fast-paced, comedic journey through the week in cinema.
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For more about movies from Current: http://current.com/moviesFor the first time in (human) history, movie review haikus performed on television,... more
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Brett Erlich and Ellen Fox join forces with bloggers, comedians, students and citizen critics to review "Zombieland."
The Rotten Tomatoes Show is a movie review show that airs on Thursday nights at 10:30 e/p on Current TV. From reviews of the newest releases to commentary on cult favorites and movie trends, each episode of The Rotten Tomatoes Show is a fast-paced, comedic journey through the week in cinema.
For more from the Rotten Tomatoes movie show: http://current.com/the-rotten-tomatoes-show
For more about movies from Current: http://current.com/moviesBrett Erlich and Ellen Fox join forces with bloggers, comedians, students and citizen... more
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In Trailer Time we show you some of the newest trailers in the theaters and
on the web.
The Rotten Tomatoes Show is a movie review show that airs on Thursday nights at 10:30 e/p on Current TV. From reviews of the newest releases to
commentary on cult favorites and movie trends, each episode of The Rotten
Tomatoes Show is a fast-paced, comedic journey through the week in cinema.
For more from the Rotten Tomatoes Show visit: http://rottentomatoesshow.com
For more about movies from Current: http://current.com/moviesIn Trailer Time we show you some of the newest trailers in the theaters and
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