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The Amazing Mr Blunden (2021)
How to butcher a classic!!
An awful remake of a classic film. All the charm of the original is gone, replaced by a forced sense of humour and unlikeable characters. All the classic one liners that made the original so funny and enjoyable are gone. If you really want to enjoy the story of The Amazing Mr. Blunden then watch the original, the only one worth your time. Such a shame.
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015)
I literally haven't laughed this much watching a film in a while.
I literally haven't laughed this much watching a film in a while. From Start to finish I was chuckling. In certain scene's I was hysterical with laughter. Yes Scouts Guide To The Zombie Apocalypse feels like America's answer to Shaun Of The Dead. Yes we have Zombie Land. That as well was hysterical. However to me this film had me laughing more. My personal opinion, but then again I have a strange sense of humour. And yes I could relate because I used to be a scout.
So what is Scouts Guide To The Zombie Apocalypse?
To put it simply, it's a zombie film where the main hero's are 3 scouts against a horde of Zombie's. Right there is an idea that already has me chuckling. The film starts off in funny lip-syncing fashion of a Janitor having way to much fun mouthing to Iggy Azalea while the opening credits come onto screen. We are then shown the basic cause to the 'Zombie Apocalypse'. This is how it goes:
Scientist working on a zombie. Janitor finds zombie while Scientist goes to vending machine. Janitor gets scared when heart monitor stops working. Janitor then try's to give the Zombie CPR. Zombie wakes up while Janitor gives CPR. Zombie chases Janitor around laboratory while scientist gets his arm stuck in vending machine. Scientist gets his arm out of vending machine and Un dead Janitor is behind him.
That's the basic gist of how humorous the opening scene is, but you'll have to watch it to see the full hilarity.
We are then introduced to our 3 heroes. Scout members Ben Goudy, Carter Grant and Augie Foster. They are on the eve of Augie receiving his Condor badge. However unknown to Augie, Carter and Ben secretly want to quit the scouts.
On a run in with a deer crashing into the front of Ben's car, we meet Carter's sister, boyfriend and friend. We find out that Ben is secretly in love with Carter's sister Kendall. Carter and Ben are then 'Invited' to a secret clubbing event. However Ben has reservations as the event falls on the same night that Augie will be receiving his Condor badge. Carter hatches a plan to ditch Augie after they all fall asleep, got to the event, and return in the morning. Things start to turn weird in the small town when Ben realises the deer he hit with his car has all of a sudden vanished.
Shortly after this all hell breaks loose and the town turns into a post apocalyptic zombie nightmare. It is down to Ben, Carter and Augie to find and save Carter's sister.
Now I thoroughly enjoyed this film. I was laughing from beginning to end. They are down right over the top gags at times from a zombie signing 'Hit me baby one more time' to zombie cats. Yes you here me Zombie Cats!
The film felt revitalised. Injected with more life with its humour. We're living in an age where zombies are big in pop culture. They have infected our films, our TV, our video games and books. This means that zombies are popular and there is a high demand for them. Yet on the other hand having title upon title released with zombies being the prime theme, it becomes exhausting and tiresome. Most films now that has zombies in them lack originality.
They're just constant gore fests!!
The walking Dead only survives because it is a strong character driven show. Video games on the other hand are upon the most overloaded form of media filled with zombies.
However this is a film blog not a video game related blog. What I'm trying to get at here is that this film knew that zombies are big in pop culture so instead decided to poke fun at that idea.
So in conclusion Scouts guide to a zombie apocalypse is a film that goes against the conventions of normal zombie films. It's not a horror. It's a comedy and a good one. Something with originality within a genre that is in no way filled with originality.