![]() ![]() R is awfully sweet and sensitive for a brain-devouring ghoul, and Julie is. Once R has Julie safely on his abandoned airplane full of collected knickknacks - snow globes, vintage records - the pair, of course, begins to bond. Their ability to do so tends to increase or decrease depending on the needs of the scene. Oh, yeah, the zombies can occasionally choke out a few words. Heeding some long-dormant romantic instinct, he opts to protect Julie rather than eat her, smearing her in zombie goo so the others can't smell her and grunting at her to come with him. ![]() R, who narrates his thoughts in voiceover that runs at the surprising speed of Charlie Kaufman in Adaptation, is immediately captivated upon setting dead eyes on Julie. She and her young compatriots - including Dave Franco as her militaristic boyfriend and Analeigh Tipton as her snarky best friend - are out beyond the walls of their fortified, post-zombie apocalypse city when they are beset upon by R and his crew, a bunch of moaners who spend most of their time milling about the airport. ![]() Yes, the new film Warm Bodies, adapted from the novel by Isaac Marion, tells the Romeo & Juliet-inspired tale of a zombie named R (Nicholas Hoult) and the living girl named Julie (Teresa Palmer) with whom he falls in love. Today marks the birth of a new breed in the young adult horror-romance trend: the zombie love story. We just finished suffering through the vampire romance craze, and yet I'm afraid there is no rest for the supernaturally weary. This article is from the archive of our partner. ![]()
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