1) Zombieland
Rom-coms are a sure fire way to ensure everybody has a great time whilst watching a film, as they’re pretty much designed to cater for anybody’s tastes. Throwing zombies into the mix (making a zom-rom-com, of course) might not seem like a good idea at first, but Shaun Of The Dead showed that adding horror or sci-fi elements to a rom-com won’t alienate people. In fact, it might just make them enjoy it more.
Zombieland sets out to improve on that formula though and (dare I say it?) it does. It’s a great story about the nerdy, lonely geek getting the beautiful, bad-ass girl and its set during the zombie apocalypse so the action is pretty constant throughout too. Unlike Shaun Of The Dead, it never really gets bleak or upsetting; Zombieland keeps the gags rolling throughout and it’s massively enjoyable as a result. The entire finale is set in a funpark and sees Woody Harrelson killing zombies with a shotgun while riding a rollercoaster – what more do you want in a film?
With plenty of laughs, a great bunch of action sequences and a romance plot which doesn’t get too sickly, Zombieland is a great first date movie. Plus, it features the greatest celebrity cameo of all time! No, seriously, you’ll absolutely laugh your ass off here. If the real life zombie apocalypse is going to be this fun (it better feature Emma Stone too), get the crazed scientists working on it right now.
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