Land of the Dead was meh

LoneSage · Post by **LoneSage** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 2:11 am

Was never really shocked or horrified. Hell, I’d much rather classify the film as a look on society (as was with the original Dawn of the Dead..good ole Romero) than a horror.

I loved the Lenny & George (Of Mice and Men) schtick going on between Riley and Charley; Charley was my favorite character in the film. Kaufman was a real douche, got what he had coming to him. The only funny part in the film I thought was when his manservant left him, reminded me of the same thing in that Venture Bros. Episode when the manservant said “Yo man I just work here.”

Another interesting aspect was the rebirth part of the zombies. It was like they were trying to get back into their old lives, but could only imitate what they once were. Hope for them to be rational and not bloodthirsty is what I felt was predicted.

Other than that, remake of Dawn of the Dead blows this out of the water.

sethsez · Post by **sethsez** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 2:51 am

Romero's movies have always been heavy-handed social commentaries first, horror movies second. Night was the only one that really tried to be scary.

it290 · Post by **it290** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 4:47 am

Yeah, but even that had the whole 'gotta learn to trust the black man' thing going on.

I enjoyed Day quite a bit, especially the ending.

sethsez · Post by **sethsez** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 5:12 am

it290 wrote:Yeah, but even that had the whole 'gotta learn to trust the black man' thing going on.

Oh, I know, but in that one it was still trying to be a horror movie with social commentary and not the other way around.

I enjoyed Day quite a bit, especially the ending.

I'm not a huge fan of Day. Some parts are great, but other times the bad acting and cheesy elements pile up too high for me.

flux · Post by **flux** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 5:21 am

I just saw the Dawn of the Dean (the remake) for the first time today. I'm surprised that I enjoyed it as much as I did, so now I need to find someone to drag with me to see this. I always though I'd hate 'zombie' movies untli I actually started watching them.

jp · Post by jp » Sun Jun 26, 2005 3:17 pm

As a long time Romero fan... I highly disagree. My boss and I went to see LotD yesterday, and we both loved it. Mind you, we both typically prefer Fulci to Romero, but hot damn Romero came through. At first it didn't seem much like a Romero zombie flick, but towards the end... yeah, he definitely came through as far as I'm concerned. I mean, I'm tired of running zombies... thats not a zombie... thats just stupid... thank you George for making the first good zombie flick since before Fulci died.

Andi · Post by **Andi** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 6:20 pm

It was pretty cool. The setting (post zombie invasnion Earth) was considerably more developed than his previous movies, however, the characters were all pretty flimsy.

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 6:02 pm

I thought it was entertaining but a bit dissapointing. Really i wasn't even all that pumped about it to begin with. I loved the original three but i kinda called this one on being lesser years ago when they first started talking about it.

It just seemed a bit dumbed down as compared to the other three films. Like, the last three films weren't action movies for one. (snicker) This one was just filled with a bit too much pop culture.

It's not a bad movie. Really i enjoyed it - but only because i really didn't expect it to live up to the other three to begin with. Of course - i don't think Romero was trying to live up to the other three. I'll probaly get it on DVD when it comes out.

On the other hand - 'Dawn of the Dead' the remake rocked my socks. Awesome movie.

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 6:04 pm

Oh, i forgot to mention! - "Zombies, man... they really creep me out."

I laughed my ass off!

highlandcattle · Post by **highlandcattle** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 9:15 pm

You guys should check out Shaun of the Dead which is really funny and 28 days later "the inventor of fast zombies" their actually people who have a mutated dog ravies

jp · Post by jp » Tue Jun 28, 2005 10:32 pm

Shaun of the Dead is sheer zombie excellence.

Jon · Post by **Jon** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 10:38 pm

I just recently saw the Dawn of the Dead remake and was completely caught off guard by how much I enjoyed it. Hands down the best horror movie I have seen in a long time. How does 28 Days Later compare to it? Every person I ask seems to give the same "they're both good" response when I ask which film is better.

Andi · Post by **Andi** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 11:02 pm

Jon wrote:I just recently saw the Dawn of the Dead remake and was completely caught off guard by how much I enjoyed it. Hands down the best horror movie I have seen in a long time. How does 28 Days Later compare to it? Every person I ask seems to give the same "they're both good" response when I ask which film is better.

They're both good!

I prefer 28 Days Later myself. It's a lot more inventive. It has the disease instead of living dead, and the setting is a bit more elaborate and realized.

However, it does borrow liberally from Romero's movies. For instance, there is a military outpost making a last stand against the zombie apocalypse, and in this outpost, they want to the last live woman to procreate with them. She refuses and then it turns into a man vs. man plot with the zombies as just a device.

Much like Day of the Dead.

Acid King · Post by **Acid King** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 2:00 am

Andi wrote:
They're both good!

I prefer 28 Days Later myself. It's a lot more inventive. It has the disease instead of living dead, and the setting is a bit more elaborate and realized.

However, it does borrow liberally from Romero's movies. For instance, there is a military outpost making a last stand against the zombie apocalypse, and in this outpost, they want to the last live woman to procreate with them. She refuses and then it turns into a man vs. man plot with the zombies as just a device.

Much like Day of the Dead.

I liked 28 Days Later until they left the city which is where I think it took a dive. Still worth watching but I don't think it's as great as a lot of people make it out to be.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 2:07 am

flux wrote:I just saw the Dawn of the Dean...

Sorry, no way I'm leaving that typo unpunished.

steveovig · Post by **steveovig** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 2:46 am

I just saw it a couple hours ago. I went in there expecting the worst and I got a pretty decent flick. I think it's just as good as Day of the Dead, maybe even a little better. I like the storyline of them building a new city that's a sorta democracy, much like it was pre-zombies. You'd think with the new "city" it'd be more run by everyone.

neorichieb1971 · Post by **neorichieb1971** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 4:11 am

Now now, why go to the cinema. Just have the real thing

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15 ... 62,00.html

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 5:10 pm

Wha!?! I would believe that if not for the extremely hokey snarling dog photo.

Andi · Post by **Andi** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 5:25 pm

neorichieb1971 wrote:Now now, why go to the cinema. Just have the real thing

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15 ... 62,00.html

Blah, everyone knows that Russians have been killing dogs and bringing them back to life for years.

http://www.archive.org/details/Experime1940

DEL · Post by **DEL** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 4:08 pm

Of course I'm a Dawn/Day Romero fan + Fulci's Zombie Flesh Eaters. So I will see Land of the Dead no matter what.

After reading this Topic I went out and bought the Dawn Remake by Zack Snyder and I'm glad I did! I also bought the Japanese "The Happiness of the Katakuris", billed as; The sound of Music meets Dawn of the Dead. Well it is 99% Sound of Music and 1% Zombies & is to be avoided unless curiosity gets the better of you. The only character I liked in it was 'Richard'.

Shaun of the Dead had its moments - like the Sikh Corner Shop. Apparently Tarantino lists Shaun of the Dead as his favourite movie of 2004, not quite sure why? - Maybe its because most Hollywood films these days are made as money-making engines and very little pride or thought is put into making them (AVP anyone?). So I suppose there's not much competition for a half-decent film.

I haven't seen 28 Days Later due to mixed reviews.

MadSteelDarkness · Post by **MadSteelDarkness** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 12:24 am

I just saw Land last night, and being a big Romero fan from way back (see avatar and sig

), I though I'd offer my two cents.

The film's not perfect by any means, but that's okay because none of George's films are. It is, however, enormously entertaining, and features everything that a good GR film should have: copious amounts of gore and social/political commentary (some subtle, some not-so-subtle). There are also tons of in-jokes relating to earlier films in the series. Good stuff.

I also though it was nice to see that someone would bankroll old George for one more Dead film after all these years.

LoneSage · Post by **LoneSage** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 2:15 am

LMFAO @ Dawn of the Dean. It woulda been great if it was a gif and showed him eating a head or something.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 2:18 am

Heh heh, thank you. Sorry bout the lack of GIF-ness, 'fraid I'm not quite that technically accomplished. I'll toss this up next to "Strom Blade"...though I'm still wondering whether I should try "GW Bush Generations," as was suggested to me some time back.