Zombie viruses have strange reasons, but too much dialogue to drive the plot is too boring

Zechariah 2022-01-31 08:01:54

In the small town of Pontypool, Canada, a virus spread by language has occurred, and the infected people have become cannibal zombies. A radio presenter discovers the solution and saves the town.
The story of the film basically takes place in a radio studio. The storyline is developed through the dialogue between the show host and the outside world and the narration of the people who enter the studio. There is only a picture of zombies breaking into the radio station in the back, but they leave soon. . The whole story is basically told by task dialogues, so it seems very boring and boring. The real zombie story will start after an hour, but there are not many zombie scenes, so we still have to rely on dialogue to develop the plot. Although it's a low-budget movie, it's too tedious to unfold the plot in this way.
The film probably wants to satirize the contradiction between the language and its content, but it is extremely boring to express it in a way of simple scenes and verbose dialogue.

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Extended Reading
  • Bridgette 2022-03-27 09:01:21

    I don't even want to say that I've seen this movie, this Nima sucks, and it's also a zombie movie

  • Beth 2022-03-26 09:01:13

    Very fresh way of acting, but it would be better if it had some impact. New horror style.

Pontypool quotes

  • Grant Mazzy: Is not understanding what disinfects it? See, that's the question. If it disinfects it, then how - without distorting, how do you do that?

    Sydney Briar: You kill the word that's killing you.

    Grant Mazzy: Oh, you kill the word that's killing you! That's good! You repeat it. Yeah, I remember as a kid, I used to, uh, I used to repeat words over and over again till they were incomprehensible. You think that's what it is? Is that why they're repeating things? Is it some kind of immune system response?

    Sydney Briar: You have to kill all the killing.

    Grant Mazzy: But it doesn't work, because they repeat the word and then they still get sick. So how do you make it unrecognizable? How? And what word?

    Sydney Briar: Kill.

    Grant Mazzy: Kill.

    Sydney Briar: Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill.

    Grant Mazzy: Syd?

    Sydney Briar: Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill.

    Grant Mazzy: Are you okay? You okay?

    Sydney Briar: Kill, kill, kill.

    Grant Mazzy: Ok. Syd? Sydney, I, - I think you got an infected word. You - you're infected. But we know the word.

    [Sydney cries]

    Grant Mazzy: Don't say anything. No, no, no, stop. We know the word.

    Sydney Briar: [Crying] Kill, kill, kill.

    Grant Mazzy: Ok, kill isn't kill. Sydney, kill isn't kill. It isn't kill. Kill isn't kill. Kill isn't kill. Kill isn't kill. Kill isn't kill. Kill isn't kill. Oh, god. I don't know, I don't know. I don't know. Uh, uh, ok. Kill is blue. Kill is wonderful. Kill is loving. Kill is baby. Kill is Manet's Garden. Kill is a beautiful morning. Kill is everything you ever wanted. Kill is, kill is, uh, kill is kiss.

    [Sydney begins calming down]

    Grant Mazzy: Kill is - kill is - kill is kiss? Kill is kiss. Is that it? Kill is kiss? Kill is kiss. Kill is kiss. Kill is kiss. Kill is kiss! Kill is kiss? Kill is kiss. What is kill?

    Sydney Briar: Kiss. Kill me.

    Grant Mazzy: What?

    Sydney Briar: Kill me.

    [Kisses Grant]

    Sydney Briar: Kill is kiss. Kill is kiss. Kill is kiss. Ok. Ok, I feel better.

  • Grant Mazzy: Let's get out of here.

    Sydney Briar: Where are we going?

    Grant Mazzy: I can't play by the establishment rules any longer. My patience is worn thin. We're breaking the limits, stealing cars, leaving the world behind to figure out what they believe is black and white.

    Sydney Briar: But what about...

    Grant Mazzy: What about what about? It's not a good anti-establisment way to begin a question.

    Sydney Briar: My name.

    Grant Mazzy: My name, too.

    Sydney Briar: Johnny Deadeyes.

    Grant Mazzy: Hmm. Lisa the Killer.

    Sydney Briar: Where we going, Johnny?

    Grant Mazzy: To a new place that isn't even there yet.

    Sydney Briar: And then?

    Grant Mazzy: Then we steal the loot and knock boots in the free world, baby.

    Sydney Briar: Ok. Ok, baby.

    Grant Mazzy: Shh!