Land of the dead - Movie review

[wacki]

After much anticipation (maybe too much) I finally saw the movie. It was good. You could easily tell it was a Romero flick due to the politics/psychology of the characters. It wasn't like 28 days or Dawn of the Dead (2004). I don't know if I would consider this Romero's masterpiece but it was one of his better flicks. If you're a Romero fan you will most likely love this movie. If you are a 28 Days fan I can see you enjoying this flick but not getting terribly excited about it. I can also see you loving it. If you are a survivalist kind of person you will probably love this movie.

On a side note:

Normally when I watch these flicks I'm drunk and it's late at night which I think adds to the effect of the movie. This is the first time I saw a movie like this in the theater (and during daylight). I think that was a mistake. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] I think I'm going to keep the tradition of getting drunk off of wine and then watching a scary/zombie movie. Then again, I'm not a big fan of movie theaters anyway. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

EDIT: really good review on rotten tomatoes.

[Alobar]

if you have to have alcohol in order to enjoy things, you have a problem wacki




I'm just giving you [censored] dude [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Im supposed to go watch this tonight, ill let you know how it is drunk and in the dark [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Willluck]

what else has Romero done?

[Alobar]

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what else has Romero done?

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if you have to ask....

[thirddan]

all the dawn of the dead, day of the dead, night of the dead movies...

i saw this yesterday, and while not a big zombie movie guy i thought it was enjoyable enough...

[wacki]

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what else has Romero done?

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He created the Zombie genre

Night of the dead (original and remake)
Day of the dead
Dawn of the dead (original and NOT the remake)


Plus a ton of other movies and the TV series Creepshow
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001681/

He has another zombie movie scheduled to be released in 2007.

And Alobar. I hate you. None of my Bloomington friends are Zombie freaks. [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

[Blarg]

Another one in 2007? What's that one going to have going on in it, Wacki? Will it be a continuation of this one somehow?

Btw, I agree that seeing scary movies in the daytime isn't the way. Comedies and horror movies both are completely different, and better, experiences when seen with a lot of people, and horror movies are way better seen in the dark. Horror movies are 90% atmosphere anyway.

[whiskeytown]

I just saw it -

thought it was great - Every Romero flick is more then a gore fest - it's a commentary on the times - this is a commentary on how our world is increasingly becoming more of a have/have not society - it MAY take a stab at the use of unnecessary violence in society as well - (don't think so, but the whole mess started cause they shot the hell out of the town for no reason whatsoever) -

I can't wait to see if he gets another one - we gotta see how this does - medium sized budget + major promotion should = major box office draw - I'm hoping -

RB

[wacki]

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I can't wait to see if he gets another one - we gotta see how this does - medium sized budget + major promotion should = major box office draw - I'm hoping -

RB

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http://www.countingdown.com/movies/3504564

[Rushmore]

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