Land of the dead

[Shaolinlueb]

who saw it and what you think? my only complaint was that i think the zombies were too smart and didnt decay enough.

[rogue]

I liked so much of it but hated somethings about it. I hated the smart zombie. I liked the zombies re-enacting their lives. I hated that somehow the people in the city managed to survive while being really stupid which made no sense. I hated the live and let live ending.

[sk8fool]

The movie was meant to be a cool vombie movie, but also be a social commentary on the post 9/11 united states
...excert from see I'm not keen enough yet to figure it out on my own
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/entertainment/11984468.htm
``Land of the Dead'' is a have and have-not story -- timely, given the current focus on the chasm among classes in the United States. An elite few live the good life in a skyscraper while the masses suffer in squalor. Mercenaries scour the suburbs, gunning down zombies and foraging for groceries for the urban privileged.
The wealthy use fear of zombies to control the living population, an angle Romero uses to comment on the post-Sept. 11 world.
``Since 9/11, a fear came into it, and people have capitalized on how productive fear can be as a device,'' co-star Baker says.

[mickey]

Greetings,

Smart Zombies are not such a bad idea and is a logical continuation. Bub in Dawn of the Dead (the original one) was the first. It shows that they are evolving.


mickey

[Buddy]

I saw it yesterday and really enjoyed it. I envision the zombies evolving to the conciousness of a caveman (sorry to all you sensitive cavemen) where the live humans become advisors or wizard like guys who help each zombie warlord. Until they all have to band together to fight the aliens.

[PangQuan]

Greetings,

Smart Zombies are not such a bad idea and is a logical continuation. Bub in Dawn of the Dead (the original one) was the first. It shows that they are evolving.


mickey

this is true

EDIT: i thought it was day of the dead though

[Shaolinlueb]

this is true

EDIT: i thought it was day of the dead though

it was day of the dead. just a misspelling.
yeah the zombies were too smart. basic stuff like chopping with knife and stuff. but their brains are decomposing. but it makes sense for them to remember stuff. surprised the water didnt have walls either. if they were smart humans, they would have put up walls around the water too.

[mickey]

Yes Gentlemen,

It was definitely Day of the Dead. Thank you for the correction.


mickey

[Shaolinlueb]

anyone hear of that movie undead? its coming out today teh 1st, but i guess only in la and nyc. :( boo hoo

[mickey]

Shaolinlueb,

I read a review of the undead and it was trashed. Then again, cult classics often do get trashed.

Remember "Showgirls"? Now a cult classic. The two things I abhorred about that movie was that horrible rape scene and the director's inability to balance what we saw there with what Nomi did to the singer later. I desperately needed to see everything she did to that guy after that scene and it was simply left to the viewers imagination. The rape scene could have been handled similarly.

A future cult classic: Bubba Ho-Tep

But I digress.


mickey

[bonetone]

Anyone see Shaun of the Dead? That's the best zombie movie besides maybe the original Night of the Living dead. Even Romero said "Shaun of the Dead is sweet".

[Vash]

A future cult classic: Bubba Ho-Tep



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[Shaolinlueb]

what is this bubba ho-tep?

it sounds interesting.

[SimonM]

One of the BEST MOVIES EVER! Bruce Campbell as Elvis. A guy I can't remember playing JFK but he did a brilliant job. He also was black. Evil mummies who suck the life out of old folks because nobody will notice!

[mickey]

SimonM beat me to it.

The Guy who played JFK was Ossie Davis, who passed away a few months ago. I don't want to say more because I would spoil it. Just see it. Great stuff.


mickey

[SimonM]

Thank you! He died? How sad, he was a decent actor.

[mickey]

Very good movie,

A few homages to other movies:

1-Shaun of the Dead (bonetone, I thought this movie was hilarious)

2-The Omega Man

3-Soylent Green

4-Dawn of the Dead (the remake: the armored truck)

5-Fistful of Dollars

6-Escape from New York

7-Zombi


I thought the evolution of the zombies was on target. It was the hundred monkeys theory meets the quickening on the level of consciousness.

Romero has still left much room for the zombie saga. And through his homages, he seems to have opened up the door for others to contribute to his zombie saga, instead of competing with it.

The fireworks seemed to signify America (Star Spangled Banner--"...bombs bursting in air") and the zombies' scant memory of it. The zombies' resistance to the distraction seemed to signify the end of illusion and a new awakening. That was the strongest reference to 911 for me: the shattering of the illusions that we have been offered through the propaganda machine.

mickey