ModdedCentipede
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Post by ModdedCentipede on May 5, 2019 13:48:06 GMT
chosen by: Balder  Year: MMVII Starring: Michelle Morgan, Josh Close, Shawn Roberts, Amy Lalonde Director: George Romero Producer: Romero, Peter Grunwald, Sam Engelbardt Writer: Romero Star sign: Romero Gender: Romero Car: Romero Occupation: Romero Religion: Romero Date of birth: Romero
Come on, people. I need more suggestions. We don't want this to be Balder's movies all the time. |
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Balder
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Post by Balder on May 5, 2019 15:23:18 GMT
No, why are we discussing this? I sent you both Land of the Dead and Diary of the Dead, let's do them in order. Diary is the sequel.
Edit: Anyways, I'll guess we'll do them out of order then, and I'll express my opinion on Land of the Dead next week or whenever we discuss it.
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scipioafricanus
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Post by scipioafricanus on May 5, 2019 20:44:45 GMT
Never saw this one. When this came out, I thought the zombie thing had run its course. And Romero was kinda a one trick pony at this point anyway.
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centipede
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Post by centipede on May 6, 2019 2:34:21 GMT
There was a guy named Romero,
Whose father wore a sombrero,
His flicks are flesh and gore,
With human and undead at war,
Blood splashing on the front row
But Balder is salty,
That my movie order is faulty,
If only I knew,
Which first to do,
Maybe he would like some malt tea?
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Dlotn
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Post by Dlotn on May 6, 2019 6:34:39 GMT
This is what I wrote on my Letterboxd review. Really hated watching this one.
"It still baffles me how the guy that made three of the best Zombie movies ever, went on to make some of the worst ever. After watching this I went home to find my brother and his friend watching Need for Speed. They were at the end of the movie, so I joined them. I really didn't like that movie when I watched it a month ago. But now, after watching Diary of the Dead, Need for Speed looks like a fucking masterpiece. I think that says a lot about how crap this shit is."
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Balder
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Post by Balder on May 6, 2019 7:53:27 GMT
Here's my thoughts on this trash film:
"George Romero what the hell happened to you man? This was absolutely gutter trash. Romero always has social commentary in his films, but this is just so painstakingly obvious and more of an old man rant/"These damn kids nowadays". I get it, people use social media and news channels film too much, but it comes off so tasteless and boring. And boring is the right word, nothing interesting ever happens. It has a terrible cast and performances, awful story, abysmal production value with the worst visual effects Romero has had yet and it is mostly judt painful to watch. He perfected gore effects with Day of the Desd, why is it all shit now? Where are all the cool, quirky and interesting characters? With the original three of the Dead films, he never spent much time introducing the zombie apocalypse, it all had either happened or we learned about it in an interesting way. Here on the other hand, he spends forever to go through all the boring tropes of them learning to shoot them in the head, accepting that they are not people anymore but dead etc. I have seen all of this shit before Romero, give us something new. I honestly feel like there are no redeeming qualities what so ever in here. I had no idea Romero could go on to disappoint me more after Land of the Dead, but this goes to show that anything can happen." 0.5/5
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stratogustav
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Post by stratogustav on May 6, 2019 13:33:44 GMT
Zombies are so overplayed. I still don't know why the concept even became so popular. In my opinion succubus should be more popular than zombies.
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Post by Armored Core Raven on May 6, 2019 15:17:37 GMT
Zombies are awesome and this movie is good. Haters gonna hate.
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Balder
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Post by Balder on May 6, 2019 17:03:13 GMT
Zombies are awesome and this movie is good. Haters gonna hate. You always have these weird opinions on movies, but I'm curious now as to why you like this movie. Please elaborate. |
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Post by MeleeMonk on May 9, 2019 18:12:35 GMT
Zombies are awesome and this movie is good. Haters gonna hate. You always have these weirf opinions on movies, but I'm curious now as to why you like this movie. Please elaborate. What I think is really weirf is that you suggested a horror movie in May. Guess you just couldn't wait for October, huh? |
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Balder
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Post by Balder on May 9, 2019 18:19:51 GMT
You always have these weirf opinions on movies, but I'm curious now as to why you like this movie. Please elaborate. What I think is really weirf is that you suggested a horror movie in May. Guess you just couldn't wait for October, huh? Honestly who the hell cares? Why should anyone restrict a generic genre of movies to a month? It's horror, it exists for people to watch all year. One of the most famous horror movies ever made was released in the summer, Jaws. And spawned a new cinema season. |
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Post by Cervantes on May 23, 2019 22:25:24 GMT
This was such a disappointment. Especially after watching the spanish [REC], which is an infinitely better take on the "found-footage with zombies". Romero sadly went the same way of Argento and Carpenter, producing much weaker movies after the 90s.
I still appreciate that he tried a comeback, though. It was just nice to see him directing again, even if the movies were disappointing.
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