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Old Jun 24th, 2005, 06:02 AM        Land of the Dead, Today
Got to see the midnight screening of the new Romero flick.
Must say, this film was the coup'de'grace of all pretenders to the Romero zombie legacy.
Brilliant one liners, such as "aaaarrraarrrrghhh."
It easily bypasses the Dawn of the Dead remake, and even squeaks past Shawn of the Dead as my favorite Zombie movie ever. Not as intense as DotD, and not as funny as SotD, the movie finds a great balance in humor, thrills, and overall suspense. You even find yourself feeling for the zombies during some of the scenes. Romero gave them emotion, gave them hopes, and gave them countless people to munch on.
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Old Jun 24th, 2005, 10:30 AM       
I've heard great things from horror fans, and Romero fans. You end up having some naysayers, who just can't get into the film, because they're not fans. But if you go in WANTING to see this movie, it supposedly will not disappoint.

Also, be sure to look for a few cameos, one of which being a returning character from Romero's original trilogy.

I just hope Rog will like it. After all, it's no Resident Evil.
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Old Jun 24th, 2005, 01:17 PM       
David, are you saying that DotD remake is one of your favortie zombie movies? I'm not saying that it sucked or anything but it definitely didn't live up to a decent Romero remake.
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Old Jun 24th, 2005, 02:22 PM       
I saw the midnight showing too and there were was only one or two parts that detracted from the brilliance of this film.



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Old Jun 24th, 2005, 02:45 PM       
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I just hope Rog will like it. After all, it's no Resident Evil.
I can't wait to see it actually... but yeah Milla's not in it.
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Old Jun 24th, 2005, 05:50 PM       
Shaun of the Dead.

Shaun of the Dead.

Shaun of the Dead.

No W, but a U.
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Old Jun 24th, 2005, 07:38 PM       
Excuse me for not caring much about the spelling of a side noted movie while I was up at 3 much to excited about the Land of the Dead.

When you watch the movie, stick in for the Romeroisk type credits at the end.
Fence Fry Zombie had me in stitches.
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Old Jun 24th, 2005, 11:39 PM       
Holy fuck was that disappointing. I love George Romero 'n all, but I think this movie was weak as far as zombie movies go. There were like two good kills and that's about it. The ending was HORRIBLE. I think overall there just wasn't enough zombie attacks in the movie... far too much downtime.

Major letdown. :/
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Old Jun 24th, 2005, 11:57 PM       
I agree with Rog on this one, it was a pretty good flick but with a title like "Land of the Dead" you would expect a lot more zombie battling going on... they used the same group of "featured" zombies throughout the entire movie. It did have some pretty decent gore but that doesn't really say much. Basically I though it was good but there could have been more...


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Old Jun 25th, 2005, 12:11 AM       
they were the chained up zombies. don't worry, not a spoiler.
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Old Jun 25th, 2005, 09:48 AM       
OH NOES ITS SPOILED!!!

anyway, the uk doesnt seem to get it for two months for some bizarre reason. oh well, bit torrent will soon sort that out...
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Old Jun 26th, 2005, 12:05 PM       
I saw it last night. It sucked, especially the ending. The theatre was pretty packed, and everyone started laughing when one guy said, "Let's go to Canada! There's no people there!" Then they all took their zombie-squashing gun truck and went north, leaving all those people on foot to fend for themselves.

I never saw the first movie, so maybe someone can fill me in. Why wasn't there a concentrated effort to exterminate the zombies? I mean, everyone rides into that little town shoots a few zombies and then rides away. Why not go on a killing spree? Or use fire?
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Old Jun 26th, 2005, 12:30 PM       
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I never saw the first movie, so maybe someone can fill me in. Why wasn't there a concentrated effort to exterminate the zombies? I mean, everyone rides into that little town shoots a few zombies and then rides away. Why not go on a killing spree? Or use fire?
There was. But presumably, it just didn't work. Too many zombies too kill, too much panic, communication is limited so widespread planning isn't possible, differing opinions on what to do, etc.

Watch the first movie, it's legally free on the Internet now;
http://www.archive.org/details/night_of_the_living_dead
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Old Jun 26th, 2005, 01:23 PM       
Once again, looking to feature this movie this week, so if anybody would like to write up a review today of it (be totally honest whether you liked it or hated it) I'll feature it on the main page of the site when we update it at midnight tonight.

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Old Jun 26th, 2005, 02:54 PM       
As far as I could tell, by Day Of The Dead they had the zombie problem mostly controlled, and just one installation that monitors them got taken over. :/
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Old Jun 26th, 2005, 03:27 PM       
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As far as I could tell, by Day Of The Dead they had the zombie problem mostly controlled, and just one installation that monitors them got taken over. :/
In Day of the Dead, the setting was a military base that had lost contact with headquarters (presumably because there WAS no more headquarters), and all they could do was try to survive, while still carrying on with their last orders in hopes that it lead to an answer and an escape.

That installation DID have the problem mostly controlled, by being sealed in underground and keeping the zombies at bay in the tunnel with a gate. But they were going to run out of supplies, and the tensions between the two groups (soldiers and civilians) were coming to a head, causing destruction from within.
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Old Jun 26th, 2005, 07:31 PM       
land of the dead SUCKED. worst storyline, period.

for blood and gore it was great, but for storyline it was pure trash.

shaun of the dead and the remake of dawn of the dead will always own.

romero's main message in the film "have sympathy for the zombies, they're just trying to live...even if they are trying to kill you."
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Old Jun 26th, 2005, 10:38 PM       
It seemed like Romero was more concered with the underlying theme of the movie than the actually plot... for example the "we don't negoiate with terrorists" line, among other things, seemed kind of forced.
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Old Jun 27th, 2005, 07:20 PM       
I thought that line was more of a joke then anything
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Old Jun 27th, 2005, 07:25 PM       
I didn't like the movie either, but I hate to agree with bigtimedouche. :/
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Old Jun 27th, 2005, 07:29 PM       
btw i don't like him very much
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Old Jun 27th, 2005, 11:22 PM       
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I thought that line was more of a joke then anything
Yea I think it was, but it kind of seemed like it came out of nowhere... maybe it's just me :/
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Old Jun 29th, 2005, 08:29 PM       
I thought the movie was great except for like IS said with the zombie commander that was gay as shit. I dont know why you people are bitching about story line and plot...its a god damn zombie movie do you expect the plot to be like lost in translation or somthing you just expected to much out of it, it was a great movie.
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Old Jun 30th, 2005, 03:06 AM       
i expect it to have either no plot and just lots of zombies or a plot that actually MAKES SENSE.
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Old Jun 30th, 2005, 01:46 PM       
what didnt make sense to you? The only question I was wondering about is why did he want money so bad because i would figure that money would be useless except in the fiddlers green
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