Film 2Friday, October 16, 2009
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Ooh Mr.Roberts.
Looks like an interesting film :D
Can't wait to watch it :)
x
Sounds like my type of movie :)
Im very excited now :p
Nikol.
We were supposed to see it last year with the film club :)
That's right Kris, how do you remember?
Sir, I think I saw this movie... Was it about zombies and humans fighting, with the main genre as comedy, where a 12 year old boy has his dog-like zombie on a chain, tied to a tree, and he tries to save him?
If it was, it was a messed up movie, to be honest, and a bit funny...
emely dissapoined tht I wont be able to make it for this one! :-(
I have heard so much about this movie, and I have been wanting to see it for so long!
Daniel, I can lend it to you, if you like.
Okay I want to watch this!
Can second language students come too?
Myra,
Yes, Second Language students can come - but only if they get the acknowledgement slip signed by their parents - and promise to be regular and not be disruptive during the viewing.
After watching the movie and being told to see the many messages it gives I can easily say......
That it was hard to see what message it gave ? People are so hell bent on other people liking them ? A zombie apocalypse can be dealt with ? Soceity is always based on class ? That good always triumphs ?
seriously what was the message ? the only thing that really stuck out to me when one of the bullies accidently killed his brother and then got chased inside the shed by the zombie.
Both thoughts are disturbing.. Killing your Bro. Getting chased by a crazy stinky ugly maniac in a small shed ?
The acting on the other hand was unique, It was meant to be bad and cheesy which in some way made it good. All the characters were pretty simple so not much to say there.
Overall it was a alright movie with alot of messages that I can't figure out.
(Oh and I reccomend the next movie to be "The Boondock Saints" purely awesome movie)
Well, first things first, WOW what a movie. Everything was so unexpected! I caught myself at many moments laughing but at the same time feeling creepy and grossed out. The director of this movie has used the horatian satire to highlight it extreamely well. He/She has taken a jab at the actions of man if such an incident would take place.
I feel that it was really nice that Timmy found a true friend, this was probably provoked by the fact that he was made fun of at school. According to me, Fido first felt the urge to protect Timmy from the two bullies because Timmy was the first person to actually talk to Fido other than to instruct him about a chore. I think his mother was never entirely appreciated by the father because of his massive fright for the zombies. For example, the whole pregnancy issue, it was really obvious that she was pregnant, and when she mentioned it, the father said something close to "Are you sure you just didn't put on weight?" I also think that the father never got over the whole zombie issue because he clung onto the incident with his father and as rightly said by the mother, he was always expecting pity from everyone else.
My overall review is that I just loved the film, I have never seen a movie of the like and found it really side splitting.
At the very beginning of the movie, when Timmy's family got the zombie, the dad opposed and the mother replied "But we're the only people who don't have one on the street".
Fido was this material object that represents status in our society today. We all want to have Fido, because if we don't, then we're somehow less in standard than everyone else. We're constantly comparing ourselves to everyone around us.
Then Fido became a good friend of Timmy's, for two main reasons. He had no friends, and his father never paid him any attention. His father was blinded by his work and his social commitment. He was more afraid of disappointing a stranger :His friend who the wife pointed out quite loud Timmy's dad never liked, than disappointing his own son, where he was literally running away from practicing/playing with him. He takes his son for granted: Because he loves me, and I'm his father (having authority and power), he really can't be that disappointed. It took the father quite some time to own up and start acting like a family man, ending up dead, sharing with his son close to no bonding memories. Quite sad when you think about it really.
Generally, I think the movie conveyed a very good message about what happens when you try to control people as a mass of zombies. In the movie, they actually were zombies, but look at dictatorships and compare. Timmy's dad said "All it takes is one wild zombie". Think about it. All it takes to bring about a revolution is one strong rebel who affects everyone around them and then the catastrophe occurs where all the wild zombies are on the loose.
Insightful movie, I laughed quite a bit, but only when I found it possible to look at the screen, I get grossed out quite easily, so I was turning away from the screen at the rate of every 5 minutes.
This really did leave me baffled and muddle headed, because I seriously don't understand what the 'hidden meanings' behind this movie are.
I can just point out a few things they portray, for example, how people are so influenced by the society, and what the community and others think of them. Of how status is such an importance, how treating other less-fortunate humans like scum makes some individuals feel more superior, and in 'power'. Comparing ourselves to others is part of human nature.
The movie also represented how truly innocent and pure a child can be, as Timmy did not take heed to others' instructions, and instead chose to mingle with Fido, and show affection towards him. Giving the zombie a name depicted Timmy's graciousness, especially the way in which Timmy spoke to Fido almost as if he were an equal. He refused to put a leash on Fido, and constantly questioned other's on whether Zombies were dead or alive, as he seemed to feel they were still living.
What saddened me was Timmy's relationship with his father, who obviously had no time for him, which led Timmy to turn to his only hope, Fido. Getting bullied was quite a blow to him, but having Fido protect him raised his spirits immensely. Twice, when Fido's collar seized to work, and it was time that he craved human flesh, he did not devour Timmy, or his mother. This led Timmy to gain more trust in Fido, and I personally felt that the Zombies were still alive in a way, if they were allowed to show such compassion.
Agreed, majority of the scenes were quite gruesome, and I had upon a look of disgust throughout the movie, but the balance of comedy in the film was refreshing; so as nauseating as I found some scenes, I couldn't help but laugh out loud :)
And P.S. I'm glad Timmy's father got the funeral (head-burial) he always wanted, haha.
I loved the movie :]
The humor, the gory scenes, the 1950s-esque setting.
It was the perfect combination.
It portrays how people chose to compromise these days because they fear they might not fit in to society.
It shows how people these days become pathetic in order to just be like everybody else, Timmy was an incredible character. He was sweet but he longed for some attention from his father who was to busy trying to make everyone else think they have a "perfect" family. So Timmy found a new friend, Fido.
He sort of played a father-like role to Timmy, he also gave the affection (well i guess you can call that affection) that Timmy's mother deserved.
(I was actually glad Timmy's father got his wish), he didnt really make much of a father to Timmy. Even if he sacrificed his life to save Timmy he still neglected him and made him feel like he was unimportant.
Nikol :)
Haha, what a movie! I loved the way they so smartly put across so many botches of today's society in a humourous manner!
The most ideal example is Timmy's mother saying to him 'Please don't play baseball alone, it makes you look lonely!' Very facetious way of limning how conscious we all are of others opinions. Everything is a status symbol, from owning brain-dead (obviously!) zombies to playing in your own backyard. As bootless as it may sound, it is the absurd reality!
It never ceases to amaze me, how crucial it is was human kind to be part of, if not at the very center of, the flurry of this social vortex! This movie very correctly reflected how large a part society plays in our lives, in everyone's lives. Families as a whole, the parents, the children and even neighbors!
I enjoyed it, and am looking forward to your next pick! :D
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Hahahaahahahahaha, I loved it.
To be honest, I'm still pretty confused about what exactly the movie tells us. But if I were to guess, I'd say it tells us about how people can be so conscious of what society thinks of them, especially women - as it is Timmy's mother that brings up the idea of getting a zombie on a leash since everyone else had one.
Also, it shows how cruel us humans can be - cruel enough to disrespect anything that's of another species. Timmys father is a good example of this - he may be scared of Fido, but either way, he treats the Zombie pretty harshly.
It is also quite saddening how the man doesnt seem to spend as much time with his son, but his affection for Timmy is displayed towards the end of the movie, and it is only then that we are reminded that he IS after all Timmy's father, and cares for him just like any other father - he just doesn't know how to play his role as one very well.
Timmy is so innocent and pure-minded, that he is barely affected by the fact that Fido is a Zombie. He seems to look at the zombie as a friend, ever since he first protected the boy from the two bullies. The act took place again, and this got him to get closer to Fido.
Even though Timmy saw Fido eating the old woman, he learnt to accept it as part of his "nature", as his mother tells him. This lets us know that Timmy would do anything to prove that the zombie was innocent, as he was Timmy's only actual friend apart from the girl next door, to whom he still wasn't as close to.
Timmys mother saw the man she fell in love with, in Fido. Signs and body language from her part, especially the time she got so engrossed with dancing along with the zombie, made me wonder whether she would have left her husband for Fido, had he been alive and human. However, it's hard to tell as Fido doesn't get an opportunity to voice himself, so she didn't really get to know him. But the way he looked at her, and vice versa - it looked like it could have been love. This is not to say that Timmy's mother wasn't in love with her husband - she was, but their spark seemed to have died away.
All in all, i LOVED the movie :P It was funny, grotesque but i liked that, hahaa. Entertaining, VERY unexpected, and im so glad the father died. :)
Tannya,
Nice comment :) I enjoyed reading that.
Fido was an amazing treat for me (:
it talks about society and the director portrays this by showing the life of one of the upper class families. How we think rich people have things easy in their life when they really don't. The wife never gets enough time with the husband she actually starts liking the zombie and even the child never gets time to spend with the father so he therefore befriends the zombie.
It talks about how the society wanted to control the zombie but they wouldnt always be able to do so , no matter how hard they tried to.
As I am a girl i paid special importance to the clothes the mother wore (: and i actually decided i loved the emerald green dress she wore in the movie and i can actually imagine myself getting it tailored one day. Im so going to hear a lecture for commenting on 'not so important things' like clothes on Sunday!
It was quiet an entertaining movie it had some pretty "ewww" moments in there anyways to me what stood out the most was the fact that parents don't usually have time for their kids which was heartbreaking and out of all things a zombie fido who kinda stood out like a father image to timmy because he never got that attention. It also brings out how picture perfect the "humans" where in that movie all well dressed and all but how unperfect they were in their thinking.
well i kinda liked the movie at first i was not so sure but yea it had some funny moments in there as well especially when fido smiled en shook his head kinda looked retarded haha. Yes Shima me and Jessica kept thinking about the moms clothes as well sorry Mr. Roberts you have to admit they were nice :P
I think Fido was pretty good despite the "eww" or "gross" moments.
The movie potrays how having a "zombie" becomes so important in the society like when Timmy's mother saw that everyone in the neighbourhood had one she decided to get one.
I also agree to Tannya that the movie shows how cruel humans can get towards another species .
& I have to agree to Shaima that I did discuss the clothes the mother wore in the movie and how much i loved them and THE YELLOW HOUSE which was quite appealing to me :P
Hahahahaha.
-Vrinda
Mehvash practically said everything i wanted to say :P.It was as most people said,weird,because the way things worked in the movie.They had deadly creatures like zombies being treated like pets almost as if they were harmless.It was a funny movie with some disgusting parts but none-the-less funny.People weren't really taking care of the serious threat in hand and killing a zombie seemed a common thing among people even the kids.Maybe it resembles the way people are with global warming like it has a big threat to everyone but its taken as a slight issue-very lightly.
I enjoyed this movie thoroughly :) While others found the gore disturbing and 'gross', I loved it, as it complimented the humour present in the film.
Fido was a very strong character. I believe there were significant traces of human innocence in him, which was depicted in the way he showed affection for Timmy's mother in those suggestive glances that they shared, and by how he stood up for Timmy against the bullies. Another aspect that pointed out Fido's compassion was during the instance where his collar was not working, but he still did not consume Timmy OR his mother.
It also brought to our awareness of how self conscious people, mostly women, are of themselves in the face of their community, or society as a whole.
What drew to my attention was Timmy's father. Perhaps he lacked a true relationship with his son as he had to face a dreadful deed of killing his own father when he was young due to his father turning into a zombie. By the time he realized what was missing and decided to build a bond with his son it was too late, as he himself got killed.
Overall the film was a great combination of gore and humour, which was portrayed in a sense applicable to reality.
-Joshua Rego 10B1
[I encountered some problems with my account, which is why I have had to use Mehvash's]
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