Saturday, September 21, 2013

Steve and World War Z

So, rented a movie last night.  Kind of a ritual when I'm home: rent a movie, make dinner, and we all sit down and watch.  But last night was particularly entertaining for the following reasons. *I have not exaggerated any of this*
  • Steve asked "What are we watching?" as I put the disc in.  I replied "World War Z, the new Brad Pitt movie."
  • A trailer started playing for the new Scorcese film which isn't even in theaters yet and Steve said "Ah, this looks good.  It has DiCaprio in it.  Should be good.  Is this what we're watching?"  I replied, "No, that's just a trailer."
  • Steve then said "Oh, so are we watching the Django movie?  I think we've seen that."  To which I responded, "No, we are about to watch a movie called World War Z.  It has Brad Pitt in it."
  • After the trailers were finally over I pressed the PLAY button and, as anyone who has seen a movie in the past 10 years knows, several production company logos began to come onscreen.  One came up called PLAN B and Steve immediately said out loud..."Plan B.  Is that what this movie is called?"  I said, "No, that's just a production company logo."
  • Steve then said, "Look at the imagination that goes into these things.  Wow.  You know what I like about creative people?  The way they can just..."   I waited about 45 seconds before finishing his sentence.  "...imagine things before they create it?"  "Yes!  I've always admired that."
  • Finally the movie begins and it starts with a montage of news reports about a virus and strange behavior, etc.  But of course my mom and Steve are talking over all of this (even though the captions are on as well).  Then, about 5 minutes into the movie, some crazy shit starts to go down.  Brad Pitt and his family are stuck in the middle of it.  People are turning into zombies and shit goes wild.  To which Steve says "what the heck is happening here?".  To which my mom answers, "I think it's just mass hysteria".  Mass hysteria.  People are biting each other and turning into the undead and so far my mom and Steve think it's just mass hysteria.
  • I calmly turn to my mom and ask "did you hear the news reports talking about a virus that's spreading?"  Steve answers, "oh, so it's a virus?".  Finally I simply say to both of them..."THEY'RE ZOMBIES."
  • Once my parents were back on track and able to follow the complex plot, there were only a few more minor incidents.  Like my mom asking "How do you kill a zombie?" and Steve wondering why people don't just run away.  
  • Sidenote: The other night I rented Now You See Me and ten minutes into the movie...TEN MINUTES...Steve asks "Who's in this movie.  What is it about?"