What's so good about cemetary man?
 

That probably seems like a negative...I haven't actually seen it at all yet.
I've recently decided to download (yes, I download some movies I am not certain about, with full intention of later purchase if they meet my personal standards...and no, I don't give a good god damn about it) some horror titles I've seen discussed on the forums that I've never seen myself.
*Phantasm
*Lifeforce
*Cemetary man/?dellamorte dellamore?

...So CM is the one that's finished downloading, I'll need to wait 'til my speed's uncapped again in 2 days for the others.

I've been considering watching CM with a friend tonight, and I was just wondering what makes this stand out for a zombie film?
There seems to be nothing but good things said about it, but yeah...why?

- Everett's character is badass, IMO.
- It has a really absurd sense of humor - certainly not for everyone, but I found parts of it hilarious.
- The ending. Craziness.

If you like your movies to be straightforward, I can see this one being pretty unenjoyable. Its off the wall and really strange, doesn't make a lot of sense, but the visuals are cool and some of the thematic interpretations are really cool.

Oh, I go for weird.
Cool...I'll let you know what I/we think.

I just liked when he started shooting people like crazy and when the bus hit everyone.

It's far and away the strangest zombie movie ever made - as long as you're in the right mindset, I think you should dig it.

two words

Anna Falchi


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i enjoyed it quite a bit, im a fan of weird movies, and zombie movies too, so it was a perfect mix.

it's atmospheric, beautiful to look at (typically italian - where art means something) its funny, bizzare....some great performances..
it's a lot of fun

oh yeah:cool:

I think the worst thing about this movie is how much it gets built up. I, too, hadn't seen it until about a year ago and I had seen it rated so high and with so much acclaim that it set my expectations TOO high.

I also didn't realize that it was an artsy flick, so while I was watching it I was totally confused. The ending is a mindfuck, which I didn't hate because of that reason....just that I was in the mindset for a different type of movie (i.e "zombie film"...do not think of it like that).

In the end, it's not a favorite of mine. I suppose I can see why people like it...but I'll personally never watch it again. Just did nothing for me. I still think a lot of people just liked the chick in it.
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Since you listed them, I personally enjoyed Lifeforce and Phantasm a million times more, but again vastly different types of movies.

-D

Phantasm has some definite similarities...the atmosphere is similar, and it's not particularly straightforward either. More coherent than Dellamorte Dellamore to be sure...but still, not exactly mainstream storytelling.

Honestly, I think I also prefer Phantasm; but I do love both. Have yet to see Lifeforce, so I'm afraid I can't comment there.

Lifeforce isn't really comparable except for the fact that there is a chick who is naked a lot...but it's still a great flick. Some surprisingly good practical effects for the time period.

-D

I was disappointed with Cemetery Man. I thought that it started out really strong, had some fantastic elements of Dead Alive in there (the best parts, in my opinion)... Everett was fantastic in his role, but I thought that, ultimately, the Gialli absurd was a little uneven.

Then again, I'm starting to learn that I'm just not a big fan of Gialli. And this one, in some ways, seemed heavily influenced by Vertigo, which I also thought was a fairly uneven film.

I think that Cemetery Man would have been better if it either went complete Giallo artsy OR went splatterpunk crazy. I don't think that it mixed the two very well.

there's no way in hell we'll ever be able to watch movies together.

looks like it'll be a purely physical relationship.