Assignment

Watch Film: Zombieland (2009), and write short-answer for 4 questions below.

(Consider how survivors consume during the zombie apocalypse across time.)

1) What are the different ways that the survivors "consume" while in the Keno Sabe store in Arizona?

2) How would the survivors from Dawn of the Dead have acted differently?

(Fleischer uses an amusement park rather than a mall to make a statement about 21st century consumerism.)

3) What statement is Fleischer making about consumerism, and why is the amusement park central to this statement?

4) How do Columbus' notions of home and family change throughout the film?

Film #11: Zombieland (2009)

Viewing Guide Questions (DO NOT SUBMIT)

You will NOT be providing answers/responses to these questions. These questions are simply to draw your attention to specific actions/behaviors/events in the film that relate to course themes and topics. They will also help you to more effectively complete your critical film response.

1. What caused the zombie outbreak?

2. Why don't the survivors reveal their real names to each other?

3. What is Tallahassee's "one weakness"?

4. What is the one thing that Columbus fears more than zombies?

5. Why are the sisters (Wichita and Little Rock) going to Pacific Playland amusement park in Los Angeles, and how does Wichita truly feel about this plan?

6. When the survivors first arrive at Bill Murray's home in the 90210, what sort of activities do they engage in?

7. What happens to Bill Murray, and how do the survivor's deal with the aftermath?

8. What popular board game do the survivor's play in front of the fireplace, and how have they altered a key element of the game?

9. Once at Pacific Playland, how do the characters use the amusement park attractions to their advantage in killing zombies?

Critical Response #11: Zombieland (2009)

1. Consider how survivors consume during the zombie apocalypse across time.

a. What are the different ways that the survivors "consume" while in the Keno Sabe store in Arizona?

b. How would the survivors from Dawn of the Dead have acted differently?

2. Fleischer uses an amusement park rather than a mall to make a statement about 21st century consumerism.

a. What statement is Fleischer making about consumerism, and why is the amusement park central to this statement?

3. How doColumbus' notions of home and family change throughout the film?