Warm Bodies - the movie

According to my friend, it was about a year ago that I discovered Isaac Marion's Warm Bodies on Goodreads. The jacket copy sounded hilarious and absurd, but back then I did no zombies. (This year I'm actually doing a lot of stuff I wouldn't for the life of me before. Like reading Scott Westerfeld's Leviathan (I do no books that feature a Hungarian character but are not written by a Hungarian author. We are always mixed up with Russian people and I hate that.) or Marissa Meyer's Cinder, whose cover instantly captivated me, but I do no non-human characters, either.)

So I had no choice, but to recommend the book to my friend, who has nothing against zombies. Then I learnt that there would be a movie and after watching the trailer I didn't care about the gory bits, I knew I must see the film. It was a scream.

And the movie itself was a scream! The experience was the same as watching The Hunger Games. There, everyone hated Jennifer Lawrence and no one could imagine why she was picked for the role. Here, you heard disappointed reviews, but actually, it was way better than what you'd expected.

As for Nicholas Hoult, I was looking forward to watching him. I saw About a boy, of course, but I haven't seen Skins. And just like with Jennifer Lawrence I haven't expected him to be this great.

As for Theresa Palmer, no one mentioned before, but I think she was deliberately styled and photographed to resemble Kristen Stewart in her role of Bella Swan. It's funny, I haven't heard anyone comment on this so far, but I'm sure it's not only me.

And the scripts! It was amazing, the way words were picked so that the zombie actors could utter them practically without moving their lips.

And at last, but not at least I loved the promotional campaign. Here's the official Facebook page. I especially enjoyed the zombie pick-up lines set, but who didn't, right?

To sum it up: it was a warm, lively, funny movie everyone should watch.

Have you seen Warm Bodies? Warm Bodies or Twilight Saga? Do you watch movies that you'd never read in book format? Let me know in the Comments below. (Mind you, I set all comments to moderate, so it may take a while to appear.)