Zombieland 2

JP Liz V1

Ruben Fleischer is returning to direct Zombieland Double Tap for cinema release on October 11th

Columbus, Tallahasse, Wichita, and Little Rock move to the American heartland as they face off against evolved zombies, fellow survivors, and the growing pains of the snarky makeshift family

jones

Nice loved the first one

Defunkd

10 years is a bit too long for a sequel.

TheValeyard

Defunkd wrote: »

10 years is a bit too long for a sequel.

Toy Story 3 was 11 years and worth the wait
Rambo was 19 years and pretty good

Then again Terminator 3 was 12 years and complete crap
Indiana Jones was 19 years and was so bad I kinda agree with South Park about it.



So.............maybe?

pixelburp

Couldn't be any worse than the brief & abandoned (Amazon?) TV show that was attempted.

Defunkd

Murray TheDemonic TalkingSkull wrote: »

Toy Story 3 was 11 years and worth the wait
Rambo was 19 years and pretty good

Then again Terminator 3 was 12 years and complete crap
Indiana Jones was 19 years and was so bad I kinda agree with South Park about it.



So.............maybe?

I can't see the dynamic being as workable with such a large gap in the timeline. Eisenberg can't still be the geeky, insecure adult who's been banging Stone with the last 10 years.

peteeeed

Thomas Middleditch joining the cast

https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/thomas-middleditch-joins-zombieland-sequel/

w/s/p/c/

pixelburp wrote: »

Couldn't be any worse than the brief & abandoned (Amazon?) TV show that was attempted.

God, I remember seeing the trailer for that on YouTube, I thought it was an SNL parody or something... dreadful.

I'm a big fan of the first one, hopefully more of the same from this.

peteeeed

https://twitter.com/rottentomatoes/status/1154421872454356993?s=21

peteeeed

peteeeed

not sure about that

pixelburp

Probably doesn't help that zombies are already a little passé, that was a weak trailer. To the point where I'm wondering if I remember the first more fondly than it deserves.

Mr Crispy

Not a great trailer in all honesty, but the cast might be able to carry it off again. We shall see.

PsychoPete

I thought it was Crocodile Dundee at the start

Arghus

Thought the first one was awful - apart from Bill Murray - don't feel any more enthusiastic about the sequel after watching that trailer.

pixelburp

Arghus wrote: »

Thought the first one was awful - apart from Bill Murray - don't feel any more enthusiastic about the sequel after watching that trailer.

Yeah, this is what I mean when I say I'm suddenly wondering if I actually liked the first one. The Bill Murray scene was funny, and the opening credits to Metallica was cool, but the rest? Ehhhh... might rewatch and see

peteeeed

The first one was great .... The end ��

Basq

That looks dreadful!

CramCycle

It starts Ok, goes downhill with the Terrible cheech and Chong style story, then goes way off by ripping off a joke from Shaun of the Dead but not realising the joke and also thinking it was good enough for the trailer.

JP Liz V1

Abigail Breslin looks older than Emma Stone and Jesse Eisenberg now

mdwexford

First one is class.

Looking forward to this.

Canis Lupus

I liked the first one a lot, it was all light hearted fun and games and everyone looked like they had fun making it.

That trailer isn't looking as good, it looks like it's suffering from sequelitis where they figure they'll take the things that worked in the first and got totally OTT because surely that's what everyone wants....

Also.... I dunno if I can deal with watching Emma Stone trying to talk through her false teeth for an hour and a half but that's just a personal bugbear of mine......

expectationlost

they look like they had fun making it is usually a bad thing for the audience

EltonJohn69

Emma stone has false teeth ?

Canis Lupus

EltonJohn69 wrote: »

Emma stone has false teeth ?

False/ highly worked on teeth. All I can ever see is her trying to talk around her top row of perfect teeth. It's immensely distracting.

Arghus

pixelburp wrote: »

Yeah, this is what I mean when I say I'm suddenly wondering if I actually liked the first one. The Bill Murray scene was funny, and the opening credits to Metallica was cool, but the rest? Ehhhh... might rewatch and see

I thought it was the broadest, blandest and ultimately boring zombie movie possible.

Tazzimus

Canis Lupus wrote: »

False/ highly worked on teeth. All I can ever see is her trying to talk around her top row of perfect teeth. It's immensely distracting.

Like a large portion of actors/actresses then.

Fysh

I liked the first one - once you know it was reworked from a tv series pitch certain elements of the pacing make sense but I liked the cast and enjoyed the dynamics and banter.

The trailer feels a bit unconfident opening with that particular line (then returning clumsily to the runup to that scene and hobbling around it), but unless I hear really bad things I'll be watching this as some light relief between meatier films.

EltonJohn69

emma stone is perfect..... leave HER ALONE !!!!!

Slydice

Red Band Trailer

peteeeed

Reviews are in
https://www.metacritic.com/movie/zombieland-double-tap

Slydice

Wierd that metacritic is outta sync with IMDB and RottenTomatoes:

55 - metacritic:
7.3/10 - imdb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1560220/
75% - rottentomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/zombieland_double_tap

Gonna need to see a CinemaScore
https://twitter.com/CinemaScore/status/1184162066841722881

gmisk

Slydice wrote: »

Wierd that metacritic is outta sync with IMDB and RottenTomatoes:

55 - metacritic:
7.3/10 - imdb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1560220/
75% - rottentomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/zombieland_double_tap

Gonna need to see a CinemaScore
https://twitter.com/CinemaScore/status/1184162066841722881

Not that unusual Metacritic scores always tends to be lower than rottentomatoes.
Metacritic is generally a better indicator imo.
IMDb ratings are from every Tom, dick and Harry.

pixelburp

It's a sequel to a cult film, assuming it doesn't completely sh*t the bed, it's always going to play better with audiences - fans specifically - than critics with less or no emotional skin in the game. Wouldn't say it's a critic proof movie but if you've been waiting 10 years for a sequel, reviews ain't going to put you off at this stage.

johnny_ultimate

Slydice wrote: »

Wierd that metacritic is outta sync with IMDB and RottenTomatoes:

Not really. Metacritic is weighted whereas Rotten Tomatoes isn’t. A 75% score on RT simply means 75% of critics gave it some sort of positive review (which can cover a range from ‘alright’ to ‘masterpiece’), whereas 75% on Metacritic means the average (albeit with some vague additional criteria) score was 75%.

As for IMDB - user score unreliable at the best of times, but substantially more so for a film that isn’t out yet

Fysh

Caught this today - it was pretty enjoyable, though not quite as good as the first. If you liked the first you'll enjoy this, occasionally clunky and unsubtle though it is.

Oddly enough it still has some odd pacing and narrative transition issues that feel adapted from a television pitch.

I do hope that we don't see any further films or attempts at continuation, though - there's not a lot more than can be done with the characters and setting, and that's fine.

Slydice

Ah ye, looks like it's just the generalised critics

I'm guessing the audience into the type of film like it.
89% - Audience Score - Verified Ratings: 5,990
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/zombieland_double_tap

kwestfan08

Seen this during the week and really liked it. Was a fan of the first film and this is the rare case of a comedy sequel not being absolute ****e.

It got three laugh out loud moments out of me so I was thoroughly happy with my evenings entertainment. Hadn't heard of Zoey Deutch before seeing this but I thought she was the best thing about it.

Culchie_85

I really enjoyed the first one and they really should've left it alone.

Lazy jokes and lazy story. I thought they could've done better.

Abigail Breslin looks busted now.

I enjoyed it some of the zombie killing was pretty epic, but no where near the first that being said

2Mad2BeMad

Watched it last night.

Enjoyed it, a good sequel not great but Was worth watching.

Doodah7

Watched this last night and found it quite enjoyable. Some funny moments, particularly from Woody Harrelson, who seemed to be having a ball making this.