Plot Summaries, Warm Bodies.

Hello Bookworms!
Today I am first explaining what plot summaries are. It's basically when I review the entirety of a show, movie, or book, examining the fundamental aspects of whatever work I am examining, all from a writing perspective. I am hoping to be doing more of these later on. Anyway, today I am posting on a favorite movie of mine, Warm Bodies. Please keep in mind, I haven't seen the movie in a few months, so I am going on memory. Anyway, enjoy my analysis!
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Some people like the movie for the romance. Some like it for the zombie apocalypse setting. There are even a few people, (like my sister) who like it for the social commentary. All of these are brilliant reasons, and I fully agree with all three of those ideas. However, my favorite aspect in the whole movie is the undertones that I recognized before my sister. (Yes, there is sisterly rivalry!) That aspect, is the subtle details that lead me to realize the entire plot was Romeo and Juliet in the zombie apocalypse. (I'm really surprised that no one had tried it earlier.) If you didn't see it before, that's ok. Most people didn't notice it. Anyway, right now I am analyzing it from several of those views, along with looking at my own list of 'necessary film criteria'.
I will be skimming over the romance, as I'm only good at writing it, not analyzing it. They did a good job with it, but when you're following the plot of the bard, it's hard to go wrong. The main point is, (from someone who has never read the play, (I'm getting around to it!) and only seen about ten different adaptions) They seemed to keep the main aspects. Except the part where they both end up dead, but in all fairness he was dead already.
From the aspect of a zombie apocalypse, it was slightly confusing. According to accuracy it didn't do so well. But, for changing the nature of zombies, (as several people do these days) they did it well. The idea of there being two stages of zombies was completely inaccurate, but I don't see any other way to still keep a real villain. I'm not sure if people become zombies only if their brain isn't eaten, that may very well be accurate. Still,  for the most part they kept to the main concept as well as they could. So far there is no confirmed cure for zombies, they are generally viewed as evil by nature. Still, they did a brilliant job keeping the scariest sides of zombies. (Although they sense humans by more than their smell.)
From the view of a social commentary, this was fascinating. The main concept I could find was that modern society was causing the destruction of humanity, and spurring on the zombie apocalypse; taking this view, the cure was unity between people, families, and society in general. So, yes. Please spend more time with people, and prevent the zombie apocalypse!
From the story of Romeo and Juliet, I have nothing to say, except to point out the few references I could see. R. stands for Romeo, Julie stands for Juliet. Perry represents Paris, and Marcus is a reference to another of the Bard's characters. (I'm sorry, I don't know who!) Oh, and then the scene on the balcony.
Anyway. Now, it's time for me to analyze a few small things that I feel all stories need.
1. Character developement.
They did a good job with this. Not only did they visibly show R's development, but they also showed a slight change in Julie's mindset of depression, to that of wonder. Never underestimate character development. It's what makes the whole plot mean something.
2. Mid-range-predictability ending.
Some people write these stories, and you know exactly where they're going, and exactly how they are going to do it. This isn't good. But, the other is worse: having an ending that there is no way to predict. The best way to write a startling ending is to layer it in. If you read or watch something a second time and you think, "There's no way I could have seen this coming!" Then it's a terrible ending. They did it right. You kind of knew where they were going with it, but you didn't see exactly how until it actually happened. You knew that they would likely live, but you didn't see her dad changing quite like that. You knew the societies would come together, but you didn't see her dad having a part in that.
3. Humor.
One of the reasons I hated super-hero movies until a little while ago was that all those super-heroes were too strict, rigid, and single minded that they never seemed real. Their conversations were superficial, and they always seemed to grasp the devastation at hand without ever stopping to think, "This is funny, I should laugh!" Luckily, this movie allowed you to have your laughs, and also your epic danger of the world moments. Actually, it had a lot of laughs. That was really good!
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Anyway, thank you for reading that randomness, I hope that you keep reading my posts! I'm hoping to post tomorrow about a book idea I had, but we'll see.