Land of the Dead

[Triadkd]

God damn this movie ****ing sucked. What the hell was george thinking. Fiddlers Green!?!?!?!??! Why do they place so much importance on money theres enough for everyone on the freaking planet to be rich. I know it was supposed to be a social commentary on materialism but no ones that dumb. Thank god for DOTD 2004 or the zombie genre would be dead.

 

[Arcturus]

Land of the Dead was actually pretty good, not as good as the rest of the Dead Series however, IMO.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

God damn this movie ****ing sucked.

No, it f***ing ruled.

What the hell was george thinking. Fiddlers Green!?!?!?!??!

Yeah..."Fiddler's Green". They had a society were they were only "safe" within the confines of a small area, and the wealthy and exploitative made sure they got the best chunk...which happened to be in giant complex called Fidder's Green. What don't you get about that?

Why do they place so much importance on money theres enough for everyone on the freaking planet to be rich. I know it was supposed to be a social commentary on materialism but no ones that dumb.

No, someone is that dumb. The money represented currency just for that microcosm. You couldn't just make a run out to an abandoned bank, grab a box of money, come back and buy a penthouse in Fiddler's Green. You obviously don't understand economics.

Thank god for DOTD 2004

Amen. I loved that movie. I watch it all the time.

or the zombie genre would be dead.

Bulls***.

 

[ToddIsDead]

Land was entertaining enough. I think it's in the range of quality of Romero's other dead films. Far better than DOTD 2004 at least. The DOTD remake was a fun action movie. Nothing more, nothing less.

I'm hoping that Romero's Diary of the Dead will be good. The premise sounds interesting enough.

 

[Cyrusbales]

It was a decent enough film, it has the key elements of a zombie film and evolved romero's narrative further. Also for the less artistic POV, it has lesbians and gore. Not exactly a fantastic movie, but very entertaining, and it's nice to see dennis hopper die, as I hate him

 

[ShadowBoxing]

Land was a criticism of corporations and the wealth driven aspects of society. As most of his movies, it's satire. NOTLD was racism, DOTD was consumerism, DOTD was the military industrial complex, this was corporationism (I guess that is the word).

Fiddler's Green was essentially money in exchange for safety. They made the rest live a relatively fuedal life in exchange they protected them from the zombie hoard.

Often his movies showcase man's shortsightedness and inability to coroporate and work out solutions. This is no different. It also was a homage to the past movies. The constant references to Canada, Tom Savini's Biker Zombie, a few lines which made reference to previous films were all put in.

No, it is not the strongest of the series, but it's still damn good if you can appretiate Romero's vision.

 

[zer00]

I loved Land. It's probably the weakest of the series but still very good IMO.

 

[ToddIsDead]

I loved Land. It's probably the weakest of the series but still very good IMO.

Pretty much sums it up for me.

I just hope Diary of the Dead is as good, if not better than Land.

 

[ShadowBoxing]

Pretty much sums it up for me.

I just hope Diary of the Dead is as good, if not better than Land.

I really think that movie is gonna rule. Especially since it happens concurrently with Night of the Living Dead.

 

[ToddIsDead]

I really think that movie is gonna rule. Especially since it happens concurrently with Night of the Living Dead.

Absolutely. I think it has a ton of potential.

 

[zer00]

Was that confirmed? I thought that was just fan wishing and rumors. I haven't checked up on news on it for a bit.

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

Land of the Dead was awesome. Simon Baker was badass in that movie.

 

[블라스]

Diary of the Dead?

 

[ToddIsDead]

Diary of the Dead?

Here's a little news bit about it. It was first announced a few months ago, I believe.

 

[블라스]

Ok, that sounds badass

 

[Triadkd]

Shadow Boxing you just proved my point. They werent trading money for safety. They basically paid to become slaves for the fiddlers green residents. They were the one's doing the protecting and bringing in the food. If none of them had showed up those people would have become zombie chow a long time ago. Wilhelm Scream what the hell are you talking about. There have only been two zombie pics released in theaters in the 21st century. If not for the potential showed by the dotd remake I wouldnt have even cared enough to start this thread. 28 days later and the resident evil series are not zombie films.

 

[ToddIsDead]

Shadow Boxing you just proved my point. They werent trading money for safety. They basically paid to become slaves for the fiddlers green residents. They were the one's doing the protecting and bringing in the food. If none of them had showed up those people would have become zombie chow a long time ago. Wilhelm Scream what the hell are you talking about. There have only been two zombie pics released in theaters in the 21st century. If not for the potential showed by the dotd remake I wouldnt have even cared enough to start this thread. 28 days later and the resident evil series are not zombie films.

*cough*Shaun of the Dead*cough*

 

[ShadowBoxing]

Shadow Boxing you just proved my point. They werent trading money for safety. They basically paid to become slaves for the fiddlers green residents. They were the one's doing the protecting and bringing in the food. If none of them had showed up those people would have become zombie chow a long time ago. Wilhelm Scream what the hell are you talking about. There have only been two zombie pics released in theaters in the 21st century. If not for the potential showed by the dotd remake I wouldnt have even cared enough to start this thread. 28 days later and the resident evil series are not zombie films.

They were not keeping zombies out, that is what the electric fence was for. They were scavengers who went and found food in exchange to be able to live in the city and have a safe a secure place to live.

Had you watched the franchise you'd realize the zombies were not smart and unorganized for the first three films. In this film they discovered they still had innate abilities and skills that could be put to use finding and foraging for food.

This was the first movie they ever figured out they could walk through water.

If Simon and his men had decided they did not want to pilot Dead Reckoning and get and retrive supplies they could instead live in the "outside world". So yes, My and Wilhelm's point stands.

And BTW, the DOTD remake kind of sucked. It ruined the zombie franchise. Fast turners, fast moving, super strong zombies in movies with non sensical plots do not a zombie movie make.

 

[Cyrusbales]

zombie movies of the 21st century that spring to mind:

Shaun of the dead
DOTD
LOTD
House of the dead

i know there's more, but can't think of them now....

 

[Flexo]

Land of the Dead is a worthy addition to the Romero films. It's interesting, it's bloody, it's entertaining. In my eyes, George hasn't lost his touch.

As for Dawn of the Dead 2004... that was a pile of garbage.

 

[ShadowBoxing]

Land of the Dead is a worthy addition to the Romero films. It's interesting, it's bloody, it's entertaining. In my eyes, George hasn't lost his touch.

As for Dawn of the Dead 2004... that was a pile of garbage.

I did not think it was garbage, however I say this having read the original script which was complete garbage. We can thank the zombie gods that Zack Synder got a hold of that because he was responsible for making a lot of the changes needed (such as taking out the zombies who could climb walls like Spider-Man...or having the zombie baby attack them) and even completely took out some of the far worse scenes that could have showed up.

DOTD remake is a popcorn flick. Romero's are actually great films on top of it.

 

[Flexo]

I did not think it was garbage, however I say this having read the original script which was complete garbage. We can thank the zombie gods that Zack Synder got a hold of that because he was responsible for making a lot of the changes needed (such as taking out the zombies who could climb walls like Spider-Man...or having the zombie baby attack them) and even completely took out some of the far worse scenes that could have showed up.

DOTD remake is a popcorn flick. Romero's are actually great films on top of it.

So Snyder watered the film down from being so campy it was entertaining to... just campy enough to be bad?

 

[ToddIsDead]

I did not think it was garbage, however I say this having read the original script which was complete garbage. We can thank the zombie gods that Zack Synder got a hold of that because he was responsible for making a lot of the changes needed (such as taking out the zombies who could climb walls like Spider-Man...or having the zombie baby attack them) and even completely took out some of the far worse scenes that could have showed up.

DOTD remake is a popcorn flick. Romero's are actually great films on top of it.

The directing in the movie was just about the only plus. I like Snyder, from the decent action movie that he made out of that crappy DOTD remake concept, and what I've seen of 300. I just hope this guy really nails Watchmen.

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

It sucked.

 

[Triadkd]

I counted lotd and dotd. Shaun of the dead is a comedy not a straight zombie film. And did you really just say house of the dead? I dont consider that a movie let alone a zombie movie.