i just watched land of the dead. finally after watching every single other romero zombie movie i finally decided to buy Land of the Dead. mainly because it was on sale at 50% off at suncoast's closing out sale. but i digress...
HOLY SPIZZLE!!!! this movie was just..... AMAZING!!! maybe its because i was a tad disappointed with the ending of romero's day of the dead (although truth be told day of the dead was an all in all great movie). i would say my opinion is based in large part on the fact that i had just watched zack snyder's dawn of the dead about a week ago and was horribly HORRIBLY disappointed. but man! i just watched Land of the Dead... WOW! This movie was outstanding.
it had everything! the classic george romero plot line. As with all of his other zombies movies, the story revolves mostly around the living characters and how they interact amongst one another. in this case, the world is completely full of zombies and a small city is left with the last of the world's living inhabitants caged up in a walled city. The zombies are used merely as a tool to set the stage for a survival struggle. It also did a fine job reflecting economy struggle and social content. And to top everything all off with a candied cherry (although i rather hate candied cherries so lets just say strawberry) it had a great cast! i always felt that many of george romero's previous movies suffered from horrible acting. but this was definitely not the case with this film. john leguizamo pulled off a spot on performance of the rebellious lone wolf figure, while simon baker's good guy role was played out perfectly. Dennis Baker was a bit on the cheesy villain side, but hey, thats how it was written and he pulled it off.
all in all i do believe romero finally created the full budget dream film he set out to create since his first film "night of the living dead".
kudos to you george. kudos.
HOLY SPIZZLE!!!! this movie was just..... AMAZING!!! maybe its because i was a tad disappointed with the ending of romero's day of the dead (although truth be told day of the dead was an all in all great movie). i would say my opinion is based in large part on the fact that i had just watched zack snyder's dawn of the dead about a week ago and was horribly HORRIBLY disappointed. but man! i just watched Land of the Dead... WOW! This movie was outstanding.
it had everything! the classic george romero plot line. As with all of his other zombies movies, the story revolves mostly around the living characters and how they interact amongst one another. in this case, the world is completely full of zombies and a small city is left with the last of the world's living inhabitants caged up in a walled city. The zombies are used merely as a tool to set the stage for a survival struggle. It also did a fine job reflecting economy struggle and social content. And to top everything all off with a candied cherry (although i rather hate candied cherries so lets just say strawberry) it had a great cast! i always felt that many of george romero's previous movies suffered from horrible acting. but this was definitely not the case with this film. john leguizamo pulled off a spot on performance of the rebellious lone wolf figure, while simon baker's good guy role was played out perfectly. Dennis Baker was a bit on the cheesy villain side, but hey, thats how it was written and he pulled it off.
all in all i do believe romero finally created the full budget dream film he set out to create since his first film "night of the living dead".
kudos to you george. kudos.