Scroobious

I love a good zombie movie. Ever since I was a child watching Joe Bob's Drive In with my dad, I don't expect anything better than a B-grade zombie flick to keep me happy. And great, A-level zombie movies, like the terrifying 28 days later or hilarious Shaun of the Dead, show that a good zombie movie can also be just a plain old good movie. So when I heard a TV series was coming out on AMC, who hadn't missed up to this point with an original series, I was stoked. Then I saw the show.

The show consists of terrible melodramatic dialog, delivered through mostly bad acting and atrocious southern accents interspersed with rapid fire shots of zombies getting their heads shot off.

You are never really worried for the safety of the main characters who get out of impossible binds through miraculous and totally unbelievable means.

The show takes itself way too seriously for what it is; a B-level zombie flick. And in this day and age, on a channel like AMC, I would hope that something more innovative than B-level were accomplished. I say don't waste your time.

This is a wonderful movie that was obviously marketed (look at the cover art) to the "American Pie" teenage boy audience. Big mistake. Because they will inevitably be disappointed and they are most likely the majority of votes that have this movie at around a 4.1 rating on IMDb. If the distribution/marketing on this movie had just been honest, or even slightly honest, it would at least have been acknowledged in the indie market. The cover art, title and general feel of the movie will also immediately turn away the exact people that would love this movie. The movie is hilarious, honest and the acting is spot on. The writer of the movie who also plays the sociopath character Todd is stellar and I am amazed, looking at his IMDb page, that he doesn't have multiple projects both writing and acting lined up after making this movie.

This movie reminded me of "The Anniversary," while also making me laugh out loud throughout. Awesome. Hope these guys get another shot or this movie gets the recognition it deserves. Hollywood ad men just ruin stuff cause they think everyone outside of LA and NY are retarded.

Watch this.

This is the kind of documentary that couldn't have been made, or at least not as well, before the advent of camcorders. The story is basically that of a battered family, ending in murder. It raises questions of what murder and justifiable homicide are... and leaves the answer to the viewer.

The most haunting aspects of this film are the homemade footage in which the question is perpetually forced upon the victim/murderer... Wendy? Wendy? The subject is forced, both by her attacker and the filmmaker to look into the camera and decide to answer either honestly or dishonestly.

The version I saw was the HBO documentary called Every F*ing Day, and that title seems much more appropriate. This movie gives a strange new meaning to familial bonds and love, and it leaves you hurting to find out how anyone can come out of such a situation intact.