George Romero's LAND OF THE DEAD

Boba.Fatt · 06-27-2005

For those who don't know, this is the 4th movie in George Romero's "zombie" world.

1967 Night of the Living Dead (There was a great remake also that I recommend)
1977 Dawn of the Dead
1985 Day of the Dead
2005 Land of the Dead

Being a fairly big zombie movie fan, I have to say that this latest installment was pretty good. It certainly payed homage to all the other movies and I felt it was a solid addition. I'm still not sure if I liked the ending so I'll have to see it a few more times before I say whether or not I hated it. There's plenty of cameos for die hard fans so that was a bonus. There was a very memorable character from Day of the Dead which was a nice surprise as well as a zombie appearance from the father of all gore special effects - Dr.Tom Savini. Simon Pegg (a.k.a. Shaun of the Dead) also had an appearance.
For the younger generation, this may not be the movie for you. I feel you really have to have a good grasp on Romero's world to fully appreciate what Land offers. I highly recommend watching all the other films first before seeing Land. And remember......when there is no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth!

Escape · 06-27-2005

I was talking about this on the chat one day...I love George's work, I persoonally think he is a better director than Spielberg.(however you spell it) I was not impressed with Land of the Dead because the zombies where shooting guns and doing telekenesis by screaming at each other but the blood, gore, Tom Savini making a cameo and those skeleton-looking zombies made up for it big time. I think George has done much better and I think its time for him to hang up the directors chair and settle down with his 16 movies.

Boba.Fatt · 06-27-2005

If you remember Day of the Dead, the scientist was convinced that the undead could be trained/domesticated. How could anyone forget Bub shooting the j'off at the end of the movie. The whole premise of these movies revolves around the ability of the undead to act on primitive instinct and memory. I felt George played this idea out quite well in this final installment.

Escape · 06-27-2005

You have opinions, I have opinions thats what makes the world go 'round.....right??

Boba.Fatt · 06-27-2005

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Originally Posted by George A. Romero

You have opinions, I have opinions thats what makes the world go 'round.....right??

Actually no. It has something to do with gravitational force. :P

<magnum> · 06-27-2005

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Originally Posted by Boba Fat 420

If you remember Day of the Dead, the scientist was convinced that the undead could be trained/domesticated. How could anyone forget Bub shooting the j'off at the end of the movie. The whole premise of these movies revolves around the ability of the undead to act on primitive instinct and memory. I felt George played this idea out quite well in this final installment.

Yeah thats what I was telling him in the chat a couple of days ago. I however have not seen it yet, because they were checking ID's and im 15

...so I saw Batman Begins which I recommend to evryone who is a fan of Batman.

Boba.Fatt · 06-27-2005

Here's a great website dedicated to Romero's "Dead" films...

HOMEPAGE OF THE DEAD

Boba.Fatt · 10-17-2005

Well the unrated DVD comes out tomorrow and I am PSYCHED!

Here's some pics from the movie to tide any Dead fans over until tomorrow......

**CAUTION......VERY DISTURBING HOLLYWOOD GORE!**

CLICK HERE

PS For any Dead fans who live near New Jersey, you can meet practically the entire cast of Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, some of Land of the Dead and Night of thre Living Dead, Tom Savini, AND the man himself GEORGE ROMERO during the halloween weekend. I'll be there all day saturday too!

Here's the link...
CHILLER THEATRE CONVENTION

Swiss Miss · 10-17-2005

Mmmmhmm... and Boba, what super hot chick did you go see THIS movie with? hmmmm?

While I'm not a HUGE gore fan in the least... I thought that this movie was great! I especially enjoyed it because of the fact that not only did Romero take a big chance in "reviving" the Dead series so to speak after such a long time, but he did so successfully without "selling out" to the newfound (and overused) no-so-special effects of today's movie industry.

Since I liked it so much, I think I'll burn Boba's copy of the movie and cherish it for all eternity.

Allstar · 10-18-2005

Ive had this movie for a while due to terms im not supposed to mention. But the movie was great and a perfect addition to My dads and I zombie movie collection. Yes i Have all of the George Romero Movies. They are fantastic and sometimes humorous.