All we wanna do is eat your brains

Vancouver's hosting an onslaught(er) of zombie-themed events

By Angela Espinoza

re you tired of communicating
A: a civilized manner? Does

the thought of conforming to
society’s standards sicken you? Wouldn’t
it be nice to just kick back, relax, and
munch on a few brains? Well faithful
reader, you’re not alone. The city of
Vancouver has heard your plea, and has
answered with a chorus of monotonous
wailing. When there’s no more room in
hell — which will apparently happen in
August — the dead will walk Vancouver.

2™ Annual Dead on Film

Competition: The greatest little indie
theatre on Commercial Drive is hosting
its second zombie-themed film festival.
On August 19, the Rio Theatre will be
screening their top ten independent short
films as part of the night’s competition.
The winner will be selected via audience

vote, with the grand prize including the
coveted Z-Oscar trophy and $1,000 in
cash! I don’t know about you, but I’d :
KILL to be there.

. Vancouver Zombie Walk 2011: They
did come back to walk the earth, after all.
For a number of years now, Vancouver
has hosted one of the most well known
zombie walks around. On August 20, the
zombified and zombie-slayers alike will
be meeting at the Vancouver Art Gallery
for an afternoon of gut gushing and limb
dragging. Keep in mind that this is meant
to be a family-friendly zombie gathering,
so respect your fellow dead babies. Doing
so will reward you with a 19+ Zombie-A-
Go-Go after party at Sanctuary later on!

George Romerothon:-This lovely
decay-filled weekend concludes back at
the Rio on August 21 with the most epic
of marathons. From 4:30pm—11:30pm, the
theatre will have back-to-back screenings

of Night of the Living Dead (1968),
Dawn of the Dead (1978), and Day of
the Dead (1985). You of course have the
shameful option of viewing just one or
two of the films, or you can be awesome
and marathon the... well, the marathon.
Seriously, you’re dead, where else do you
really need to be? :
However you choose to spend
Vancouver’s zombie-filled weekend,
know that these gruesomely delicious
options are available to you. Further
details, such as the Zombie Walk route
and Dead on Film times, can be found on
each event’s respectful Facebook page.
You know the DRILL, lock those names
in the search engine; you'll DIG them
up eventually. Remember to aim for the
head, and enjoy your month of the living
dead!

AUCUST 20

 

 

Captain America: The Last Cinematic Avenger’s Origin Story

By Kenny Chia

jorgoing editing on my final papers,

I went to see Captain America:

The First Avenger as soon as I
could. Any decent geek would know
that Captain America is one of Marvel’s
premier and oldest heroes, paralleling
Superman from the DC mythos. Thus,
in a somewhat odd move for Marvel, his
modern movie outing came out last after
establishing other heroes such as Hulk,
Iron Man, and Thor.

Directed by Joe Johnston, the movie
is about the journey of a Brooklyn kid,
Steve Rogers, becoming the patriotic
and morally uncompromising Captain
America during World War 2 era. The title
character is played by Chris Evans, who
does a great job in giving Steve Rogers a
rather likeable personality and is certainly
the movie’s strongest feature. Besides

that, he did a good job in distinguishing
Captain America from another Marvel
character that he played, the Human Torch
(RIP). Furthermore, some fantastic CGI
was used to show a frail and small Steve
Rogers, but Evans made it evident that
his valour and heart was hardwired in him
before the Super Soldier serum.

However, I was utterly disappointed
with the film’s main antagonist, Red
Skull, played by the brilliant but wasted
Hugo Weaving, as I expected him to steal
every scene in the movie. However, this
isn’t on Weaving, but rather the character
just wasn’t well developed on screen (he
gets a pretty cheesy montage to explain
his origin) and also the writing for him
was rather flat and uninspiring. The
supporting cast does a pretty decent job
as well in fleshing out Captain America’s
story.

As for the movie itself, I think it

faltered mainly in the second half because
most of it was bland Hollywood action
movie affair as there wasn’t any real
standout scene that people will geek out
on after seeing the film. Also, the editing
for the movie was a bit sloppy as there
is one notorious scene where Captain
America jumps on a hanging chain,
swings with the momentum. ... and the
next cut shows him running on the ground
again.

Splitting hairs here, but it did
take my focus away from the movie
as I pondered about the missing scene
showing the jump off the chain, and
whether this was a more modern version
of Hollywood cutting or just cookie cutter
editing. Not trying to bury the movie here
but I didn’t enjoy his romantic sub-plot
either and cringed at their conversation
near the end of the movie. On the other
hand, I suppose the movie’s best scenes

are when Captain America is leading
his Band of Brothers-esque team and
storming Red Skull’s bases.

As much as it pains me to say,
I found this story less engaging than
Marvel’s other summer movie, Thor,
which I actually quite enjoyed. While
the potential for the character is clearly
developed in this movie, you don’t really
see it here; thus it ultimately feels like
the movie’s only purpose is to serve as a
cinematic prelude to a future ensemble
(hint, hint) movie.

 

 

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