Neighbors - 惡鄰纏身

Neighbors (惡鄰纏身) is an 2014 film. The movie stars Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, Rose Byrne, and Dave Franco. The movie was made for $18 million and grossed over $268 million worldwide.



Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne play a young married couple that just had their first baby. The vacant house next door is rented out the frat run by Zac Efron and Dave Franco. When a huge party goes on they call the police, a story of revenge starts. The frat has the upper hand most of the time and makes for interesting comedy.

This movie is silly funny and raunchy in some parts. What you would expect from a party movie with frat boys. Since the days of Animal House, the tradition goes on, but each generation will put their spin on.

This movie did so well a sequel is in the works. If you don't want to miss out on the sequel, watch the movie that started it all.

Warm Bodies - 殭屍哪有這麼帥

Warm Bodies (殭屍哪有這麼帥) is an 2013 film. The movies stars Nicholas Hoult and Teresa Palmer. The supporting cast include Rob Corddry, Dave Franco, Analeigh Tipton, and John Malkovich. The movie is based on a novel of the same name written by Isaac Marion. The movie did well enough that Summit Entertainment is starting pre-production on a prequel.

Nicholas Hoult plays "R" a zombie. Teresa Palmer plays Julie Grigio, part of the remaining human race. While on a medicine run, R and his group find this human group and proceed to eat them. R actually eats Julie's boyfriend at the time. While eating the brains of his victim, R gains flashes of the memory left in the brain. As such, Julie's images flash before R, prompting him to save Julie from the other Zombies. When Julie gets back to the human camp safe, she tells of how this zombie is starting to become "human" again.

This movie was really really entertaining. Based on the current Zombie mythos, this version of zombies flips some conventions on its head. First is that while eating the brain, the zombie gains memories of its victims. Second is that zombies can be cured through love. Not some cure as we see in other inclinations (pertaining to vampires as well). Third is that zombie's can dream.

Add to it the extremely beautiful Montreal backdrop, Analiegh Tipton, and Theresa Palmer. Wow. Blown away. However, I find it hard to convince myself that I would re-watch this a second time. Definitely worth a watch though.