What I think shocked me the most to learn from this article is how when during wartime, the amount of people going to see zombie movies escalates. I’m still a bit confused as to why this is. Is it because the story line is simple? Or maybe it’s because they are already seeing carnage from the TV so people want to see it in the movies as well? That last one wouldn’t really make much sense and so Kyle Bishop points out something very interesting within the first paragraph. Many movie producers and writers are influenced by what happens during wars. Such as the introduction of certain weapons in WWII, they later turn up in movies such as Godzilla and Them! What makes wars so “likable” to the movie industry? It’s a very weird and complicated question but I feel it needs to be asked. Back onto the subject of zombies, I am honestly not a fan of zombies movies or even tv shows with zombies in them. I feel that they are very cheesy and have no real story line. It’s always the same thing, infection of virus that hits almost everyone in the world and now zombies have been born and are attacking anyone that is still human. The storyline, if you can even call it that, has never been changed and thus has made any further zombies movies that have been made boring to watch and very silly. The only ones that I find tolerable are Zombieland and Shawn of the Dead. The only reason I like them is because they make fun of the other zombie movies that are trying to be serious about the subject. Which is why I think they fail in my point of view because they are trying to be too serious about it; make them a bit funny and I guarantee a better response.
I agree with you, it is odd that people seem to go see zombie movies more during times of war. You would think that people would want to see something that doesn't think of war or destruction. It also doesn't make much sense that the movies are so popular because each has such similar story lines. I haven't seen Zombieland or Shawn of the Dead, but by what you said about them, I would like to.
ReplyDeleteGood job. Very well written piece. Funny thing is I wrote about the same subject. It seems perplexing that we have an affinity for these types of movies during war. But, when you think about it, it really isn't that odd. We see war as all consuming, just like Zombies or any other monster. So, to me it sort of makes sense. Zombieland is totally bad ass. I love the funny monster movies.
ReplyDeleteI always enjoy reading your blog posts. I think it is also really odd that the zombie viewing escalates during war times. We are at war now and there are zombie movies, and video games that are coming out more often now than I could remember before. I think the story line makes it so that people are better entertained and fascinated during these hard times. The way that all of this looks on screen vs literature is really fascinating. Good blog post.
ReplyDeleteI think it is funny that you brought up that zombies are cheesy. When you said that I immediately thought of zombies just walking around with their clothes torn, hands sticking out in front of them, and just growling, because zombies can't talk. The article mentioned that zombies are unlike any other monster created because they used to be people and because they are stupid. Zombies are unintelligent, they do not plan, plot, or think, in most movies they wander around aimlessly until they spot a human, then they chase them down so they can eat them. I did also enjoy Zombieland, and my favorite game is Plants vs Zombies, because I think it's funny when the zombies say, "Brains!" Many other students in our class also said that the connection between zombie movies and major events is far fetched and somewhat wrong, but I do think that Kyle Bishop did a very great job connecting the two.
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