LAND OF THE DEAD IS FUCKING AWESOME

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Like Dawn of the Dead good.

― C0L1N B... (C0L1N B...), Saturday, 25 June 2005 04:51 (twenty years ago)

Dawn of the Dead 2004?

― Eric H: not a troll, with one exception (Eric H.), Saturday, 25 June 2005 05:14 (twenty years ago)

No, the original.

― C0L1N B... (C0L1N B...), Saturday, 25 June 2005 05:14 (twenty years ago)

How stupid am I for thinking Dawn of the Dead ain't all that?

― David R. (popshots75`), Saturday, 25 June 2005 05:47 (twenty years ago)

Dawn of the Dead 2004?

― Gear! (Ill Cajun Gunsmith) (Gear!), Saturday, 25 June 2005 05:48 (twenty years ago)

No, the original.

― Ô¿Ô (eman), Saturday, 25 June 2005 06:10 (twenty years ago)

How stupid am I for thinking Dawn of the Dead ain't all that?

― Gear! (Ill Cajun Gunsmith) (Gear!), Saturday, 25 June 2005 06:25 (twenty years ago)

What is "all that" if Dawn of the Dead ain't? Just curious!

― -rainbow bum- (-rainbow bum-), Saturday, 25 June 2005 06:27 (twenty years ago)

ah see you broke the flow.

― Gear! (Ill Cajun Gunsmith) (Gear!), Saturday, 25 June 2005 06:29 (twenty years ago)

xpost - Dawn of the Dead 2004?

― Ô¿Ô (eman), Saturday, 25 June 2005 06:36 (twenty years ago)

No, the original.

― jaymc (jaymc), Saturday, 25 June 2005 06:39 (twenty years ago)

*bows*

― Gear! (Ill Cajun Gunsmith) (Gear!), Saturday, 25 June 2005 06:50 (twenty years ago)

*curtsies*

― Ô¿Ô (eman), Saturday, 25 June 2005 06:55 (twenty years ago)

http://ruthlessreviews.com/pics4/dawnofthedead2004a.jpg

― Ô¿Ô (eman), Saturday, 25 June 2005 07:03 (twenty years ago)

we're seeing this tomorrow!

― kingfish (Kingfish), Saturday, 25 June 2005 08:08 (twenty years ago)

Night, Dawn and Land are apples, oranges and pears, respectively. It was a very good pear, I liked it.

― miccio (miccio), Saturday, 25 June 2005 11:37 (twenty years ago)

It seems the only difference between Asia Argento and Moira Kelly is that Argento slips into an Italian accent at random moments. Which is really hot, btw.

― miccio (miccio), Saturday, 25 June 2005 11:41 (twenty years ago)

For a minute i confused Moira Kelly with Moira Steward the BBC news presenter.

― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Saturday, 25 June 2005 12:37 (twenty years ago)

But is it Day of the Dead good?

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Saturday, 25 June 2005 15:16 (twenty years ago)

Day of the Dead 2004?

― Aaron A., Saturday, 25 June 2005 15:41 (twenty years ago)

No, the first one, the debut, the... what's the word?

― Ô¿Ô (eman), Saturday, 25 June 2005 15:49 (twenty years ago)

The template.

― Eric H: not a troll, with one exception (Eric H.), Saturday, 25 June 2005 15:58 (twenty years ago)

I wish it was Maura Tierney.

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Saturday, 25 June 2005 16:02 (twenty years ago)

Maura Tierney 2004?

― Eric H: not a troll, with one exception (Eric H.), Saturday, 25 June 2005 19:30 (twenty years ago)

2 stars. Not good.

― Stoner Guy, Saturday, 25 June 2005 19:40 (twenty years ago)

We're gunna try to shotgun this with batman, assuming my friends are up for it.

― kingfish (Kingfish), Saturday, 25 June 2005 19:47 (twenty years ago)

Batman 1989?

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Saturday, 25 June 2005 23:11 (twenty years ago)

I can't believe that this is as good as Dawn of the Dead because it doesn't take place in a MALL (does it?). I still can't wait to see it though.

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Saturday, 25 June 2005 23:12 (twenty years ago)

Batman 1989?

well, if that was showing at the local multiplex, then yes.

however, not this time.

― kingfish (Kingfish), Sunday, 26 June 2005 00:28 (twenty years ago)

I can't believe that this is as good as Dawn of the Dead because it doesn't take place in a MALL (does it?). I still can't wait to see it though.

Dawn of the Dead 2004?

― cutty (mcutt), Sunday, 26 June 2005 00:32 (twenty years ago)

OF COURSE ITS FUCKING AWESOME. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A BAD ZOMBIE MOVIE.

― kephm (kephm), Sunday, 26 June 2005 00:36 (twenty years ago)

OTM

― cutty (mcutt), Sunday, 26 June 2005 00:58 (twenty years ago)

There is a mall.

― miccio (miccio), Sunday, 26 June 2005 02:32 (twenty years ago)

dude, zombie movies are like pizza and sex, it's true.

― Gear! (Ill Cajun Gunsmith) (Gear!), Sunday, 26 June 2005 02:33 (twenty years ago)

pizza and sex 2004?

― Ô¿Ô (eman), Sunday, 26 June 2005 03:03 (twenty years ago)

i want to see this someone take me on a daet

― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Sunday, 26 June 2005 03:17 (twenty years ago)

There is a mall.

YES! Awesome!

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Sunday, 26 June 2005 04:59 (twenty years ago)

THIS MOVIE WAS FUCKING AWESOME

far more entertaining that Star Wars, even

― kingfish (Kingfish), Sunday, 26 June 2005 04:59 (twenty years ago)

the '00s Star Wars films?

― Gear! (Ill Cajun Gunsmith) (Gear!), Sunday, 26 June 2005 06:11 (twenty years ago)

http://www.splicedonline.com/02reviews/scotlandpa_.jpg

― Gear! (Ill Cajun Gunsmith) (Gear!), Sunday, 26 June 2005 06:13 (twenty years ago)

Episode III, that is. Which was the last flick i saw in a theater.

― kingfish (Kingfish), Sunday, 26 June 2005 06:17 (twenty years ago)

How stupid am I for thinking Star Wars ain't all that?

― Gear! (Ill Cajun Gunsmith) (Gear!), Sunday, 26 June 2005 06:18 (twenty years ago)

Star Wars 2004?

― harshaw (jube), Sunday, 26 June 2005 06:24 (twenty years ago)

no, the original

― Gear! (Ill Cajun Gunsmith) (Gear!), Sunday, 26 June 2005 06:30 (twenty years ago)

Strawberry Shortcake 2010

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 26 June 2005 18:09 (twenty years ago)

anybody else get the "prime-era Winona" vibe from Asia?

http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/universal_pictures/george_a__romero_s_land_of_the_dead/asia_argento/landofthedead5.jpg

― kingfish (Kingfish), Sunday, 26 June 2005 18:31 (twenty years ago)

actually, fuck it. here are the rest of the shots from that Yahoo dir:

http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/universal_pictures/george_a__romero_s_land_of_the_dead/asia_argento/landofthedead1.jpg http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/universal_pictures/george_a__romero_s_land_of_the_dead/asia_argento/landofthedead2.jpg http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/universal_pictures/george_a__romero_s_land_of_the_dead/asia_argento/landofthedead3.jpg http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/universal_pictures/george_a__romero_s_land_of_the_dead/asia_argento/landofthedead4.jpg

― kingfish (Kingfish), Sunday, 26 June 2005 18:32 (twenty years ago)

also, according to the box office reports, this flick helped knock Episode III (and fuckin' Madagascar, of all things), out of the U.S. Top 5:


1	1	Batman Begins	Warner Bros.	$26,770,000	$121,697,000	2	3858	
2	-	Bewitched	Columbia Pictures	$20,200,000	$20,200,000	1	3174	
3	2	Mr. & Mrs. Smith	Twentieth Century Fox	$16,750,000	$125,438,000	3	3265	
4	-	Herbie: Fully Loaded	Walt Disney Pictures	$12,750,000	$17,787,000	1	3521	
5	-	George A. Romero's Land of the Dead	Universal Pictures	$10,233,000	$10,233,000	1

no doubt Lucas is crying into his beard.

― kingfish (Kingfish), Sunday, 26 June 2005 18:35 (twenty years ago)

Three films that should not be, two that might; four remakes, one original; two TV shows and two superstar couples; one superhero and one zombie and one witch and two secret agents and one animated car; irony is overrated.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Sunday, 26 June 2005 19:20 (twenty years ago)

Irony 2005?

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Sunday, 26 June 2005 22:17 (twenty years ago)

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mercy boocoo

― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 19:26 (twenty years ago)

What do we want?!

BRAIIIIINNNNS.

When do we want them?!

BRAIIIIINNNNNNNS.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 20:30 (twenty years ago)

i thought that leguizamo was sort of a hammy overactor in roughly half of this movie anyway (altho totally redeemed by that "other side lives" line -- which should have been the basis of MORE of his characterization, that nihilistic blow it up and see what happens attitude which is v., again, late 70s early 80s). the whole cholo character was more of a macguffin to get to the real point which is just ZOMBEEZ EET EVERYONE. i actually really like how much of this film was just like dicking around.

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 20:32 (twenty years ago)

four weeks pass...

Alex was right, the Devil's Rejects was better.

― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Wednesday, 3 August 2005 02:33 (twenty years ago)

in retrospect, that plan to send the skateboard kid to be the lookout... well let's just say i wouldn't be signing up for that shit.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 3 August 2005 03:44 (twenty years ago)

not even if your name was MOUSE?

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 3 August 2005 12:44 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

Just saw this - fucking AWESOME, yes!

― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 27 September 2005 22:37 (twenty years ago)

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 27 September 2005 22:39 (twenty years ago)

Let's argue about the money thing again.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 27 September 2005 22:45 (twenty years ago)

I liked it although I agree with what was said upthread about it perhaps having been a bit longer. Too many loose ends got tied up too quickly and in a strange way I reckon it would have made a better TV series or somethign where you could really get into the world of zombies.

Great idea though, making a post-zombie film. So many of these movies end without telling you what happens AFTER all the zombies take over the world.

― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 27 September 2005 22:51 (twenty years ago)

I was interested in the political messages too. At first I thought it was kind of pro-war yet anti-Bush.

― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 27 September 2005 22:52 (twenty years ago)

hey, we only just got this film in the uk.

― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 27 September 2005 22:55 (twenty years ago)

Fairly good piece in Cinema Scope:

http://www.cinema-scope.com/cs24/cur_sicinski_dead.htm

― C0L1N B... (C0L1N B...), Wednesday, 28 September 2005 17:42 (twenty years ago)

I liked it. It's not as good as his other films, but is far superior to most horror or indeed action films released these days. It has a great bleak atmosphere and some lovely moments of invention.

― chap who would dare to thwart the revolution (chap), Wednesday, 28 September 2005 17:56 (twenty years ago)

Sicinski is so awesome.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Wednesday, 28 September 2005 22:42 (twenty years ago)

two months pass...

The DVD director's cut had a richo of Fiddler's Green hanging himself from a chandelier, dying, instantly zombifying, and trying to kill his wife. Ebert's wish for more Fiddler's Green footage comes true...sort of.

― Abbott (Abbott), Thursday, 8 December 2005 03:41 (twenty years ago)

It's alright, not a classic though by any means. Some pretty good zombie gore deaths, which is what I wanted. And slow zombies! Yey!

― Ste (Fuzzy), Thursday, 8 December 2005 09:18 (twenty years ago)

Incidentally has anyone seen screenshots of a game called Dead Rising, on Xbox360 out next Feb ? It looks pretty damn the business as far as zombies are concerned.

― Ste (Fuzzy), Thursday, 8 December 2005 10:12 (twenty years ago)

not sure where that 'space' came from in the link, try this one

― Ste (Fuzzy), Thursday, 8 December 2005 10:17 (twenty years ago)

To me the commercials for Fiddler's Green served as a carrot-on-a-stick for the poor unwashed people below who dreamt of one day living the good life, even though in reality they would never be allowed to. You could say that ads for Fiddler's Green = the myth of the American Dream if you were really cynical.

I really enjoyed this movie. The only thing I thought was lame was that they let the zombies go at the end. Zombies are parasites, and no matter how much they evolve, they will feed on humans. They should have nuked the bridge and taken off, or gotten devoured by the zombies before the credits rolled. Still a lot of fun, though.

― recovering optimist (Royal Bed Bouncer), Thursday, 8 December 2005 18:29 (twenty years ago)

The movie gave me an extra-terrifying zombie nightmare with elements of 'Spirited Away.'

The PC game of it had two hours or so of playing time...a real disappointment. Not everything can be 'Tron 2.0' tho.

― Abbott (Abbott), Friday, 9 December 2005 00:04 (twenty years ago)

dissapointment of the year

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 9 December 2005 02:29 (twenty years ago)

Check out the Dead Rising videos on teamxbox. Holy crap.

― adam (adam), Friday, 9 December 2005 02:48 (twenty years ago)

four weeks pass...

Just saw this today. It fucking rules!

Was the Simon Pegg zombie actually meant to look like Al Bundy, or is this just a coincidence?

― M Carty (mj_c), Sunday, 8 January 2006 20:08 (twenty years ago)

I wanted the zombies to win soundly.

― David R. (popshots75`), Sunday, 8 January 2006 20:33 (twenty years ago)

Ditto. I had a pretty visceral reaction to the scene of the people living in luxury in the mall.

― Chris F. (servoret), Monday, 9 January 2006 02:20 (twenty years ago)

The scene in the beginning where the head zombie's watching his "friends" get mowed down kinda choked me up! (I'm so emo.)

Didn't notice Pegg Zombie, but I did see Savini Zombie's rampage.

― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 9 January 2006 02:30 (twenty years ago)

Just finished: It was pretty bright for a zombie movie and made my girl freak out a lot, so score!

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Monday, 9 January 2006 03:27 (twenty years ago)

did it all have to be done at night time though?

― Ste (Fuzzy), Monday, 9 January 2006 09:49 (twenty years ago)

noticed Land Of The Dead / Shaun Of The Dead double dvd box thing in town today. had a bit of a wtf? moment but then realised it'll be cheaper than me buying both individually

― koogs (koogs), Monday, 9 January 2006 13:50 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

That was quite nice, even if the social commentary was a teeny bit heavyhanded. I was quite impressed by the Hawksian ensemble, particularly Asia Argento and Robert Joy (!) as the scarred sharpshooter. (Too bad Leguizamo didn't get any funny lines til "I always wanted to see how the other half lives.") Was expecting Big Daddty to give a Peter Boyle-style Young Frankenstein speech at the end, though.

(And I'm sorry -- you STILL gotta shoot the zombies at the end.)

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 27 February 2006 14:34 (twenty years ago)

The movie did scare me. I forgot to shift into third gear on the freeway as I drove home from the theatre because it haunted my mind. "So scary, it almost ruined my engine!"

― Abbott (Abbott), Monday, 27 February 2006 22:43 (twenty years ago)

Ranking the Deads:

1. Day
2. Night
3. Dawn
4. Land

But they're all pretty great.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Monday, 27 February 2006 23:20 (twenty years ago)

I forgot how great this thread started out.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Monday, 27 February 2006 23:24 (twenty years ago)

HILARIOUSLY.

― Abbott (Abbott), Monday, 27 February 2006 23:30 (twenty years ago)

1. Night
2. Dawn
3. Land
4. Day

― C0L1N B... (C0L1N B...), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 00:18 (twenty years ago)

1. Night/Dawn (tied)
3. Day
4. Land

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 00:22 (twenty years ago)

what alex said

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 02:53 (twenty years ago)

1.Night
2.Dawn remake
3. Dawn
4. Day
5. Land

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 02:59 (twenty years ago)

THIS IS FASCINATING

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 03:45 (twenty years ago)

haha more interesting than this shitty movie at least

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 03:53 (twenty years ago)

The shitty movie 2004 or the original?

― Abbott (Abbott), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 04:37 (twenty years ago)

land

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 04:40 (twenty years ago)

I like s1ocki's tenative mixed reaction 2005 better than the frothing dismissal 2006.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 04:44 (twenty years ago)

i knew i'd get called on that

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 04:44 (twenty years ago)

anyway my opinion aged like a fine melty cheese

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 04:45 (twenty years ago)

I lol'd at "let's flee up north to Canada" after Robert Joy and Simon Baker had emerged from the Pittsburgh subway, played by the Toronto subway.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 28 February 2006 14:22 (twenty years ago)

eleven years pass...

Land of the Dead is pretty dope, on rewatch

― Neanderthal, Thursday, 3 August 2017 00:01 (eight years ago)

six years pass...

Day of the Dead would be much grebter if it was only the first 20 minutes and the last 30

― Iacocca Cola (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 11 June 2024 21:47 (one year ago)

I don't really find Bub to be interesting because who gaf about the behavioral conditioning of human behaviors in a dead thing that used to be human, like...if you get a cow to do calisthenics come find me

― Iacocca Cola (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 11 June 2024 21:48 (one year ago)

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