Warm Bodies, is a surprisingly delightful comedy, with a good story line, and well though out jokes. In an age where vampires, werewolves, witches, and zombies are a big craze, it is nice to see an orginal take on zombies, and even nicer to see a movie get it so right.
Warm Bodies, directed by Jonathan Levine, is the story of an unlikely romance between zombie R, and human Julie. Nicholas Hoult, does a great job of portraying R, and despite the lack of dialogue, he is still able to make the audience connect with his character. Teressa Palmer also does a good job, playing the guarded Julie, a human who fears zombies, but soon realises that there is more to them, then she has been led to believe.
At first glance, the resemblance between Julie, and Bella from the Twilight series is striking, in fact, Julie, looks like a blonde version of Bella, but that is where the similarities end. What Twilight lacks in an engaging story line, Warm Bodies makes up for. In fact, the muttered conversations of the zombies, are far more interesting than some of the lines from the vampire movies. Warm Bodies, has played with what it means to be a zombie, and R, does not try to hide that he is one.
It is great to see, R’s development throughout the film. How he slowly, gets back his humanity, becomes more human.
The apocalyptic world has been created perfectly. The zombies, look real, but not exaggerated, and the ‘bonies’, zombies who are not conflicted about killing humans, are hauntingly frightening. Credit, should be taken, for the fantastic makeup job, allowing the character, although dead, to come to life.
Warm Bodies is a movie I strongly recommend. It has a strong storyline, believable characters, and engages the audience from start to finish. A deserving 8/10.