‘Village’ Download and Reviews

December 25, 2009 by Paul Wall  
Filed under Horror, Thriller

“Village” Movie Details

Village tagline: Their Days Of Peace Are Over (Denmark)
Village - DVD Cover

Village DVD Cover

Actors:
Bryce Dallas Howard Ivy Walker
Joaquin Phoenix Lucius Hunt
Adrien Brody Noah Percy
William Hurt Edward Walker
Sigourney Weaver Alice Hunt
Brendan Gleeson August Nicholson
Cherry Jones Mrs. Clack
Celia Weston Vivian Percy
John Christopher Jones Robert Percy
Frank Collison Victor
Jayne Atkinson Tabitha Walker
Judy Greer Kitty Walker
Fran Kranz Christop Crane
Michael Pitt Finton Coin
Jesse Eisenberg Jamison
Directors: M. Night Shyamalan
IMDB Rating: 6.6/10 out of 81,757 votes

“Village” Movie Review

“Village” Plot Summary

The population of a small, isolated countryside village believe that their alliance with the mysterious creatures that inhabit the forest around them is coming to an end.

Amazing movie, don’t listen to critics

The Village is an excellent movie in all respects, possibly not Shyamalans best, but definitely up there. I really can’t imagine why reviewers gave it low scores, I don’t know anyone personally that dislikes the movie at all.

The Village centers around a quaint 19th century village in the middle of nowhere. The inhabitants of the village are relatively happy, despite the constant fear of the horrible creatures in the woods surrounding the village.

The characters are extremely believable and beautifully crafted. Granted, there is some broken dialogue, and it makes one cringe at one point or another, but it is not common and does not ruin the characterization. Joaquin Phoenix is excellent as usual, as is Bryce Dallas Howard, a new face in the cast of Oscar winning actors.

The plot is a typical Shyamalan twist fest with a little romance added for good measure. This does not take away from the atmosphere at all, however, and is done very well. There are a couple parts that are quite chilling, but not SCARY per se. I definitely felt a tingle run down my spine a few times. The ending, if it hasn’t already been ruined for you or you don’t figure it out half way through the movie, will leave you in shock.

Overall, this is an amazing movie, I highly recommend it to anyone and everyone; you will not be disappointed.

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‘Zombieland’ Download and Reviews

September 16, 2009 by Paul Wall  
Filed under Action, Comedy, Horror

“Zombieland” Movie Details

Zombieland tagline: This place is so dead
Zombieland - DVD Cover

Zombieland DVD Cover

Actors:
Jake Akins Banjo Zombie
Daniel Burnley Frightened Pedestrian
Chris Burns Bicycle Zombie
Dalton Cole Bubbie & Pee Paw’s grandson
Anthony J. Davis Store Patron
Jesse Eisenberg Columbus
Travis Grant Riot Zombie
Woody Harrelson Tallahassee
Barry Hopkins Panicked Pedestrian
Bill Murray Zombie
Steve Prouty Punched in face zombie
Clay Walker Mechanic
Steve Warren Metro Station Zombie
Travis Young Grocery store zombie
Elle Alexander Zombie Meter Maid
Directors: Ruben Fleischer
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10 out of 56,752 votes

“Zombieland” Movie Review

“Zombieland” Plot Summary

The horror comedy Zombieland focuses on two men who have found a way to survive a world overrun by zombies…

Fantastic, offbeat

Zombieland is a gleefully twisted mockumentary about a world full of you-know-whats, wherein only five living people remain in the entire world. Its gory and disgusting, but most of all, its terrific fun, with just the right mix of violence and off-kilter comedy

Jesse Eisenberg plays a young man named Columbus (because thats where hes heading, across the wasteland that is the middle US). Columbus is scared of just about everything: clowns, the cloths people use to wipe down tables, bathrooms, you name it. A hot apartment neighbor comes down with this hot new disease that all the cool kids dont want to have, and before you know it hes killed her (well, rekilled) and is on the run, fleeing zombies and making up a long list of rules of how to survive in the eponymous new land. Near the beginning of our story, he meets up with a man he calls Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson), whos, uh, on his way to Tallahassee, and they in turn meet with a couple of con girls (Abagail Breslin and Emma Stone).

Comparisons to Shaun of the Dead are somewhat apt, as both movies are comedic takes on a horror subgenre, and director Ruben Fleischer was influenced by the Simon Pegg-Nick Frost movie. But. Zombieland is both funnier and more sincere; its not a slapstick comedy, and its not really a horror film, as Shaun of the Dead was. In fact, its sort of quirky and genreless

There were a LOT of laugh-out-loud moments for me in this movie, and I think a chief reason it all gels is that the leads are so perfectly cast. Eisenberg is awesome as the protagonist, the vulnerable hero, and Harrelson is a real hoot as the Mad-Max-like (or maybe Ash from Evil Dead) gentle psycho who desires nothing more than to waste zombies and find one, just one, Twinkie. Yes, I said Twinkie! I also really liked Abagail Breslin as the moppet Little Rock. Its always tough for child actors to make the transition into more-adult roles, but shes up to the task here. Emma Stone is tough and sweet as her sisterly counterpart

Theres a cameo thatll surely surprise you and whats more, it really works. The actor no spoilers here! really sells the role. Lets just say that he plays himself. Did I mention that the main characters are headed to California and that basically everyone else in the world is either dead or a zombie? Everyone? You dont often hear people applaud during a movie, but applaud we did at a couple key moments. The final scene in an amusement park is witty and lighthearted, at least as lighthearted as mowing down zombies with machine guns can be

Now, granted, theres plenty of blood splattering, plenty of gore, plenty of cursing, and even some nudity. And yes, its even gratuitous. But not for a zombie movie. For a zombie movie, those things are sort of underplayed a little bit, at least in the true horror sense theyre played much more for chuckles than anything else. If anything, Zombieland is a movie that dares you to take it seriously, just so it can pull the rug out from under you and we can all laugh. Its an offbeat look at an overused genre that cranks out the guts and guffaws in equal, lethal doses.

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