Land of the dead

[alkytrio666]

Originally posted by Posher778
Agreed, I thought it was trash. Complete... utter... trash. Romero is losing touch, like some other directors. I really loved the Dawn remake too, way better than Land, even though not by the same director (me thinks...?)

You thinks correctly.

Although I think it's sad that they had to remake 'Dawn', it's better than 'Land'.

[Tat2]

Zombie films in general, are my favorite sub-genre, so I tend to be a little more forgiving then alot of HDC members when it comes down to the like/dislike choices. I agree that LOTD definately takes a back seat to the DOTD remake, but I still liked it, although that probably puts me in the minority.

I also have to agree that this was well below par for Romero. He could have done a hell of a lot more with it. Romero set his own bar very high with the original DOTD, which IMO, is the best of the best Zombie flicks. Sometimes when you start out so high, the only direction you are able to go in afterwards, is down.

[noctuary]

Originally posted by Posher778
Agreed, I thought it was trash. Complete... utter... trash. Romero is losing touch, like some other directors. I really loved the Dawn remake too, way better than Land, even though not by the same director (me thinks...?)

I liked the Dawn remake more than Land as well. Romero's films have always had a political subtext (and that's not necessarily a bad thing) but I think he went a little overboard with it on this one. The "smart" zombies seemed rather lame to me. That's probably the one thing that really bothered me about this film.

[urgeok]

its a good zombie movie
it's a weak romero zombie movie.

[The_Return]

Originally posted by urgeok
its a good zombie movie
it's a weak romero zombie movie.

Very well-said Urge.

[Zero]

are we really going to rehash this again - - -

ok - without my reasoning - LOTD was a BRILLIANT film - smart, politically pointed, and ABSOLUTELY Romero. This film fits perfectly with the Romero tendency to make the Dead films reflect a critical vision of contemporary America and the current American political situation was BEGGING for a film like LOTD - that people would rather wave the flag and hate the enemy with a film like War of the Worlds than be confronted by Romero's critical vision is a sad commentary on our country (the film actually did quite well in Europe, which is the same thing that happened with Night - weak initial US box office but then hailed as a masterpiece in Europe and given a second lease on life in the US where it has become a classic).

[urgeok]

nothing wrong with liking a film for your own reasons ..


the reason why i didnt consider it a typical romero zombie film is ..

too slick - too many recognizable actors.
the past 'dead' films used unknown actors ..
I find that when i'm seeing people for the 1st time and cant tie them or compare them to previous roles it adds an air of credibility to the story. they become - to me anyway - more real because of this.
it added to the rawness of his films ... they were more edgy because the dialogue was looser "they're all messed up'
You never felt you were listening to a script

i didnt find that the social commentary was that clever in Land. it was pretty much in your face - the whole class structure thing - and nothing we havent seen before.

it just didnt feel like a romero film... it suffered from 'progression'
I dont mean the progression of the zombies .. although i dont think that was handled too well (zombie angst ...hmmm)
i mean the progression into a more professional looking film.
I think that hurts a zombie film ...

[bwind22]

LotD was not well received here because I think all of us, myself included, had our hopes and expectations set so much higher that it turned out to be quite a let down.

Like urge said, by general zombie genre standards it's not a bad movie, but by Romero standards it's a piece of shit.

At least that's how I look at it.