The Crazies

Ok, I know I promised a review of The Crazies over a week ago. I've been a little distracted with family matters, plus I wanted to give myself time to digest the movie and write a good review. I realized today that I can't do that. I'm just too darn biased. First of all, there's this:

I mean, seriously now. I'm in love with the dude! So, of course I'm going to spend the whole movie drooling over his cuteness, and thinking about what a good job he's doing. And there goes *that* critique.

Plus, I think it's pretty well known my love for zombie/epidemic type movies. I have a hard time disliking anything with the living dead. And there goes *that* critique!

I will say this though: as horror/thrillers go, this one's good. I do recall jumping and squealing a number of times. Now that I've got some distance between me and my initial excitement a few things have started bugging me. To be honest, when I think about it, there were a few holes in the "disease". Like how it spread, it's progression and symptoms and stuff like that. Maybe I was so focused on Timothy Olyphant's non-existent hips (the boy *does* need to eat a burger or 10) that I missed some details. But, I don't really care cause.... it's Timothy Olyphant and zombies and horror and I'm still buying it when it comes out on DVD. I might even go see it again on the big screen. Can't go wrong with a twenty foot head shot of Timothy Olyphant!

All in all: I loved it. But then again, I was pretty much guaranteed to love it! If you're into horror/thrillers then this will be perfect. If that's not your genre, then you really won't like it.