Thurston Howell on Gilligans island once said that message movies do not make any money. This was a message movie that was not any good.
Disney can do interesting and socially relevant. (think the color of friendship) What can't be done is make that into a happy musical designed to be funny. You can do that low key thoughtful like Decendants II, but you cannot try to apply a message with a sledgehammer and the movie be any good.
It was an attempt to hit all the boxes. Cute actors dancing, yeah got that. Attempt at catchy songs, yes. Zomibies WERE the thing, so lets do that. Anti trump tolerence message, sounds like fun. Put it all together and bake it you have dreck that is Zombies. Any one of those themes would have been fine and could have made a good movie, but all of them together with no focus is not.
I will give this movie one positive point (spoiler). At least they did not win the state cheer competition at the end too to hit every possible cliche that you could have a movie. Pretty girl falls for outcast guy. He is really deep and special. Friends and family do not like it and causes friction. There is a big competition, job, role, etc. on the line that the relationship effects. The heros win in the end, well at least not here.
The movie was an insult kids intelligence, cheerleading, football and zombies.
Disney can do interesting and socially relevant. (think the color of friendship) What can't be done is make that into a happy musical designed to be funny. You can do that low key thoughtful like Decendants II, but you cannot try to apply a message with a sledgehammer and the movie be any good.
It was an attempt to hit all the boxes. Cute actors dancing, yeah got that. Attempt at catchy songs, yes. Zomibies WERE the thing, so lets do that. Anti trump tolerence message, sounds like fun. Put it all together and bake it you have dreck that is Zombies. Any one of those themes would have been fine and could have made a good movie, but all of them together with no focus is not.
I will give this movie one positive point (spoiler). At least they did not win the state cheer competition at the end too to hit every possible cliche that you could have a movie. Pretty girl falls for outcast guy. He is really deep and special. Friends and family do not like it and causes friction. There is a big competition, job, role, etc. on the line that the relationship effects. The heros win in the end, well at least not here.
The movie was an insult kids intelligence, cheerleading, football and zombies.