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I enjoyed LOTD quite a bit.

Pet Sematary II is one that springs to mind as a major disappointment.

Land of the Dead let me down a lot.

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I always have to defend that one when people say stuff about it. It was a major disappointment if you compare it to the original masterpiece that was Pet Sematary. PSII is barely in the same genre as PS. As long as you dont expect it to be the exact same as its predecesor, it isnt half bad.

I thought The Grudge and The Village both sucked major cock

I actually liked the Village but I can easily see how many didnt. The way they advertised it as a horror movie really pissed a lot of people off who saw it.

Dude: RETURN OF THE JEDI. The granddaddy of all letdown movies. So many people were deeply, seriously disappointed when this movie came out and spoiled the taste of the original Star Wars trilogy. I was just a kid, and I think I started aging when this happened.

Everyone here has let me down...




Kill Bill 2 was a pile of shit. I loved Volume 1, but Volume 2... is the biggest overrated, boring pile of dog shit ever

Oh, pfffffffffffffffffffffft! They were both awesome.

i absolutely loved it ..

Under Seige let me down... I was half expecting a decent film, damn boats they're always too big.

the villiage - i totally agree ...

(although you say 'sucked' like thats a bad thing)


but the Grudge was terrific !

We are the same height and weight, but we cant see eye to eye.

thats ok, we can still be lovers ..

Good timing.


Members of Parliament have passed a divisive and contentious bill, putting Canada one step closer to becoming just the third country in the world to sanction same-sex marriage.

After years of debate, the House of Commons put Bill C-38 to a vote after its third and final reading late Tuesday night.

With the Liberals enjoying the support of almost all the Bloc Quebecois and NDP MPs, the legislation passed easily in a 158 to 133 vote.

Land of the Dead
 

I think those who were disappointed in Land of the Dead, while entitled to their opinion, are completely missing the point. What makes Romero's dead trilogy (Quadrilogy?) so important is that each film just absolutely ripped the guts out of American culture at that moment - NOLD hits the whole racial hatred / race riots right on the head; Dawn captures teh whole 70s affluence and malaise while Day bashes the hell out of Reagan-era "EVIL EMPIRE" nonsense. Land of the Dead so absolutely captures the screwed up nature of our "post-9/11" America its terrifying.

In fact, I think the fact that Romero works diligently to keep us from being "scared" of the zombies is part of the political critique at work in this film. The zombies are "just trying to find their way" as we all are. If you make them too horrific and violent, although they are certainly that, then Romero falls into the exact cultural logic he is critiquing - might makes right; the "other" is evil and should be destroyed.

So, for me, Romero's film is just about perfect by not giving us the easy shocks, gore, and thrills we're expecting. More power to Romeros for continuing to make intelligent films in a genre not exactly known for its intellectual pedigree.

Damnit!
ZERO

Zero, don't be condescending, thank you so very much.

If I want social commentary, I'll ready Marx or Nietszche, maybe even a little Aristotle. I don't, however, what that in my horror movies.

I want to be entertained. Maybe, even a little scared...ah that's good. I don't want to play pin the tail on the social ills. Hell, I have to deal with those every day in the news, on the street, etc.

So, don't tell me I missed the point.:mad: If I want that kind of crap, I wouldn't go see a Romero film.

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I don't personally disagree with what you said. I understood the message and it was one of the movies highpoints. What I disliked about the movie was the poor acting, the horrible effects, and a story that pretty much meandered from one point to the next.

Just because Romero throws raw meat out for hard core gore fans that doesnt mean we are all obliged to enjoy it.

Darkness Falls...I expected a bit more

ALL of Full Moon's videos after Castle Freak...They just sucked more and more until I completely gave up after 'Killjoy'

Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things...Promising title...Didn't deliver

HOWEVER...Children Of The Living Dead was pretty good :)

The Exorcist: The Beginning. It was dissapointing, I was hoping the Exorcist curse died out...

shut the hell up you feminist bitch.

what's wrong, your mom got a headache or something?

The Village too.

In what way did her opinion indicate she is a feminist?

Scarface was a huge let down for me. Everyone told me that movie was great and that it would be my favorite but it's probably one of my least favorite movies ever. It's the same thing with Monty Python's Holy Grail. All of my friends regarded that as some super funny movie but it was about as dry in humor as Dude, Where's My Car? :(

No no...He's very perceptive. I am, in fact, a femenist bitch. He just forgot to add "brilliant" as in "Shut the hell up you brilliant feminist bitch.":p :D

:D

I rather liked zwoti's rebuttle. I think that said things better than i could've

oh good, another asshole ...

i thought we were one short.

Nope. All sphincters are present and accounted for.



"Are you staring at me, Browneye! You look sick! Yougonna throw up Boy? Speak uP! Godamn, your breath stinks."

Hmm- I feel a bit out of place responding to Haunted after the whole "Feminist B..." side-conversation but . . .

First, how does stating my opinion (that critics of the film are wrong) condescend to you (or anyone else). I even acknowledged that all are entitled to their opinion (a fact so obvious its not even really worth stating) but offered what I felt was the main thrust of the film - i.e., my opinion.

Second, I'd suggest that if you don't want politics but just gore and thrills (and good acting) then the LAST place you'd go is a Romero film - he has ALWAYS focused more on the political subtext than either gore or scares. (I think people confuse Romero with some of his imitators at times). Dawn of the Dead is incredibly long and, in many ways, boring - tedious. The eventual climactic slaughter is played, largely, for laughs and the whole film subverts the usual conventions of the genre.

So - I hope stating my opinion (and god forbid using full sentences and words like "subvert") doesn't seem too condescending. At the end of the day, you can love, hate, or poop on any film you want. I, for one, come to this forum to *discuss* films with other folks. Disagree with me, please, but don't accuse me of being obnoxious or condescending (at least until you meet me in person and see my looking down my nose at you).

Damnit,
ZERO

Well...I was gonna step up to your defense...But, it looks like it's been handled...lol



Anyway...I was GONNA say........Heather may be a bitch when she feels like it...BUT...Never a feminist...She shaves her legs AND her armpits...AND she's beautiful...So, she couldn't POSSIBLY be a feminist...lol :p

Thank you, Rayne. I forgot about the prerequisits for being a feminist and how I don't meet them. I also take showers on a regular basis, and I like to wear things that smell good.

I think he was just really intimidated by my innate brilliance.:D

certainly not a feminazi, thats for damn sure

OH YEAH...Then there's that, too....I haven't ever witnessed an overwhelming abundance of intelligence within the 'feminist' masses... :rolleyes:

i'm a feminist !


i love feminines :)

My introduction to the term "feminist" was while watching the show "Sledge Hammer" back in the 80's

evil bad lady runs out of bullets and throws down her gun. Sledge hammer points his big ass gun at her
"You wouldnt hoot me, im a woman."
BLAM! *woman falls down dead*
"Im a femenist."

Much funnier once i knew what one was.


i worked with some EVIL hardcore feminazis when i was 20....

Feminazi Vegan liberal facists to be specific....


Jesus, if you joked about ANYTHING, they came down like a nbag of hammers....

So one day, to shut them up, i took a bunch of the boys to burger kling for lunch, then we went back to work, sat down next to the gaggle and loudly talked about how GOOD they were. Told soem off color jokes.


for the record "Liberal facism" or "liberal nazism" refers to PETA like people who think you should accept their point of view, and will do everything in their power to take away your right to disagree with them, even though they just want freedom and whats best for the world.

That whole post was condescending and to ME as a matter of fact.

Maybe you should look up "condescend" in the Dictionary. Also, maybe you should never ever ever insult my intelligence.

Everyone on this forum knows that I don't argue with people over the internet. So, I'm ending this conversation.

Oh, and kiss my witchy ass.

yes you do

Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones


I did mildly enjoy them both just because I like the lightsaber fights and all the different characters but they still let me down.

Jar jar binks was definately a good reason to call for George Lucas to be castrated...

Heh...You should wash off that stick now...lol





Dammit...I just got caught......I'll be back later :D :D :D

arg, you should have been caught sooner ... you runined it ! :(