Army Of The Dead, 😱 This layer above layer movie can only be made by Zack Snyder. This movie has not only mindless zombies but some lascivious and some pregnant zombies too. They have a working society. They think for their future too. This movie goes deep in the name of depth of details. This movie has zombies, cyborgs, conspiracies, government and even time travel.
Its A Universe
After so many years of Zack Snyder's direction we have seen that he is visionary director. He thinks not only for 1 movie but a whole universe. Same thing I have seen in this movie too. Picture tells us much but shows us less. For example, in a scene where they enter in infected area thousands of zombies were laying down like dead but one of the team members says that after rain they wake up. That could be the strongest shot we ever able to see that. This movie has time travel too which could be the biggest part of the movie. It could be the huge universe in future.
Diversification
Anyways, with judging externally if we just look at its epilogue then we will be able to understand that this movie just shows us diversified zombies. Different zombies for different scenarios. Mindless zombies, body builder zombies, dancer zombies and even pregnant zombies. Every zombie have a rank like humans have in their working society. I really liked the diversification of zombies other than same mindless zombies. I can't say that this movie is one of the best movie of Zack Snyder but this movie really a pop corn entertainment movie. This movie makes you think about zombies.
Length
Due to its 2;30h length I love this movie as well as hate this movie. I hate its length because some scenes are seems forcefully added. Movie could be more tight by deleting some meaningless scenes. And I love its length because they showed more depth of the characters. We have more time to understand every character and get emotionally attached to them. That's why every character in this movie feels important. Every character is important for the mission they are going to proceed. At the time you feel attachment to any character, that character killed.
Saturation
Zack Snyder always do something different with his visual style. And Vegas set makes his visual style unique. No specified color is given importance in the movie but all colors are shown in exclusive way. By the way this is not Zack Snyder's style as Snyder usually use the color palette in desaturated manners. But in this movie he did a different approach to colors which is beautiful too.
High Octane Action
Movie showed high octane action. In some cases while it seems end to the character but still they manage to survive. It shows the real struggle of the characters in the worst situations and we actually start thinking that "what he is going to do now?" And the Zack's style of slow motion is inevitable. Movie's fight choreography is very intense even in one sided fight. For example, valentine's scene we know that this is a one sided fight but still it was intense and I really enjoyed that.
Humor/Comedy
Movie has humor, alot humor. And that humor was not forcefully added but it was really worth laughing. I love this thing because this is the only thing Zack was lacking. It's great to learn from your mistakes. I liked Dave Bautista in glasses.
Dave Bautista is awesome even at this age. He must get solid recognition.
I really laughed out loud at pregnant zombie's scene. Although that scene was serious and intense but oh my dirty mind 🤣🤣😂 this thing is different from other mindless zombie movies, so.
Mythology
Movie has a very strong mythology on its own. I mean if we start nitpicking then we will realize that this story is very detailed and have a lot of questions to be answered. The movie has a lot to say. The movie has many types of zombies, diplomacy, government, conspiracies and even time travel.
Ending
Zack Snyder has his own way to end the story. Zack Snyder's story never ends in a single movie. He did same thing in the movie again. The ending cliffhanger scene is not so special in the movie. Although it is important scene for the movie's future but a 10 minute long scene seems not so special.
My Thoughts
This movie has some weaknesses too. The movie didn't present itself in to much seriousness like others movies. For example, movies like John Wick present itself a entertaining but they are to much serious in depth. But the movies like Army Of The Dead, are fully packed entertaining with spices. If you try to understand its symbolism and meaning then it has some detailed meanings. But if you just watch it for some entertainment then definitely it will give you that more than expectations.
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