carlos_bc: When it comes to movies, what's better than zombies and vampires?

Saturday, April 3, 2010

When it comes to movies, what's better than zombies and vampires?

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There has been a recent trend in Hollywood of movies having to do with the undead. Vampire movies, vampire shows, and zombies too! And I'm all for it. I love these kind of movies! This morning I read an upcoming movies list that has me even more excited about the movies coming out in the near future.

Here is a list of the top 5 (by release date) undead movies that I'm looking forward to in the next year.

1. Resident Evil: Afterlife (September 10, 2010): This movie is the 4th installment of the Resident Evil series. Thankfully Milla Jovovich is returning as the lead role in the movie. I am skeptical about two aspects of this film. The first being the supporting cast. Of all the characters from the original film, Jovovich is the only surviving character and I'm worried that the replacements might not cut it. The second is this edition is being filmed in 3D. This is another recent Hollywood trend...one that I'm not such a big fan of. I understand making animated or CG films in 3D but live action films...it just seems like the quality of the film is going to be degraded. Besides, who wants to sit in a movie theater with glasses on their face for 2 hours?

2. Dark Shadows (2011): This is a remake of a late 1960's ABC TV series. I've never heard of it, but the reason I'm looking forward to it is because it's another Tim Burton/Johnny Depp movie. This will be the 8th movie these guys have worked on together and if the past films are any indication of what this one could be, then I have no doubt it's going to be great.

3. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2011): I'm actually looking forward to this movie because I'm reading this book right now! The mash up of Jane Austen's classic and Seth Grahame-Smith's love of the undead has turned Pride and Prejudice into a much more exciting read...at least in my opinion. If the film adaptation can stay true to the book this might make for a very exciting film.

4. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2011): Another Seth Grahame-Smith book being turned into a movie. This guy is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors. I really hope this movie doesn't get ruined by the Hollywood machine because I couldn't put this book down. I don't know who they could cast to play Lincoln because that guy had very distinguishing features. The book was pretty violent and hopefully the film will be too.

5. Zombieland 2 (2011): If you haven't seen the first movie, I definitely recommend that you do. That film was hilarious! Bill Murray's cameo was classic! Both Woody Harrelson and Jesse Eisenberg have already expressed interest in returning for the sequel which in my opinion is a must...the first one was about these two guys! How could the sequel even hope to succeed without them? In my opinion, it can't.

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