Zombieland

…isn’t really about zombies! It’s really about a nerd (Jesse Eisenberg) trying to get a date. So thematically, it’s pretty light. Not a lot of heavy-duty zombie symbolism, “man’s inhumanity to man”, apart from “it’s rough out there when you’re trying to get a date.” (They're calling it a "zom-com".) The cast is funny, the pace is perfect, and the filmmakers have a lot of fun in post-production -- superimposing titles and little “nuggets” of advice – letting the audience in on a secret gag. There’s also a great, stylish exploitation of slow-motion. Lots of blood, goo and debris cascading through the air; suspended as though there’s no gravity. Eisenberg is less annoying than usual and the lack of a strong plot didn’t bother me. Because the nerd gets the girl. And to me that makes it the most inspirational movie in the world.