Number Rolled: 92
Movie Name/Year: The
Truth Behind Zombies (2010)
Genre: Documentary
Length: 45
minutes
Rating: TV-PG
Director: National
Geographic
Writer: National
Geographic
Actors: Chip Bolcik,
Wade Davis, Max Brooks, Kim Newman, Roland Littlewood, Ori Goldstein
Zombies. The mere word brings either chills or excitement or
scholarly interest. I’ve had conversations about zombies with forensic
dentists, retail personnel, environmental scientists, receptionists, lawyers,
theatre personnel, and reporters. It’s a hot theoretical topic to discuss. More
people than you realize are out there developing plans and strategies for a zombie
apocalypse. It was even a reoccurring theme on the recent first season of “King
of the Nerds” as well as in other TV shows such as “Doomsday Preppers” and the
all-popular “Walking Dead.”
I am pretty much obsessed with Zombies. Romero is a god. I
loved “Lollipop Chainsaw,” I have a bug-out plan with my boyfriend and a nearby
friend for the possibility of an outbreak. I have the “Zombie Survival Guide”
by Max Brooks practically memorized. So when I saw a documentary about the
subject, you bet your ass I jumped on it.
What I want to know, my biggest question, is how National
Geographic managed to make this subject so utterly boring to me. Of all the
subjects for a documentary to make boring, how the hell did they do it with
zombies?
I won’t lie. I fell asleep for about five minutes. This is
my problem with documentaries, and why there aren’t that many on my Instant
Queue. This was heavy on facts, but it felt like a boring high school lecture.
You know, the kind where you really wanted to find a seat in the back of the
room so that you could nod off without getting in trouble.
My suggestion? Hit up Wikipedia and you’ll learn more about
zombies than this movie teaches, with less chance of falling asleep.
Overall Opinion – 1.5/5
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