'Zombieland'

Saw the film 'Zombieland' last night at the cinema. It was directed by Ruben Fleischer and it's a horror comedy. I went into it thinking it was just going to be a rip off of Shaun of the Dead - nothing beats Simon Pegg and Nick Frost - but by the end of the film, I was convinced that it was a completely different style of "ZomCom".
It was a very surreal film but I really liked the way it had been produced. As the story goes on, the main character narrates to the audience the rules of survival in 'Zombieland' and as he does so they appear on the screen and they move along with his movements or the action that is going on in the film.
For example, in one scene the four survivors go into a shop and begin to smash everything up and compeltely ruin it. As they are leaving, one of the lights is swinging from the ceiling and the words 'Rule #32: ENJOY THE LITTLE THINGS' come up in line with the light and they swing with the light.
I really liked this effect because it happened throughout the film and it helped me as an audience member to get inside the mind of the characters and the way they had to think in order to survive.
Another effective aspect of the production of the film was the music and lighting used together in order to build up dramatic tension and to inform the viewer that something bad is going to happen. For example, when they go into the shop checking for any zombies, the lighting is very dark, making it mysterious and extremely tense.
Also, the gory parts of the film were much more realistic than those in Shaun of the Dead which shows how much editing technology must have progressed since 2004.
Not as funny as Shaun of the Dead, but a great film all the same, watch it!