Dawn Of The Dead

[MAX]

I liked the original... however, I'm REALLY looking forward to the remake. Sarah Polley is in it (from GO). I am sure a lot of people are going to bash it for being a remake before they even see it. Just keep in mind... it's a ZOMBIE movie... not a film like Amalie or Chocolat... lol

Anyway.. here's the site with theatrical and teaser trailors. I like the theatrical trailor in Large Quicktime the best!

http://www.dawnofthedeadmovie.net/

[Monkeylord]

I also strongly urge you to look up "Shaun of the Dead" - it's a new british comedy-zombie movie by (and starring) the creators of the critically acclaimed comedy series "Spaced" (hope that show made it Stateside 'cos it's the dogs danglies!).

You can see a postage stamp sized trailer at the Working-Title films website

It looks amazingly good!

[MAX]

Oh, I saw that trailor too, it's looks quite funny. I enjoyed the part of the trailor when they were going through thier record collection to pick out what they would and wouldn't use against the zombies. lol

I'm more excited for the DotD remake though... I hear that they pulled almost all the stops when it comes to the gore factor. I love gore..

[Monkeylord]

HAHAHA - I loved that bit... deciding which ones to hurl at the zombies and which to keep :DThe guys who wrote/star are comedy genius's. If you've ever seen "Spaced" you'd know the kind of thing to expect. Amazing!

I'm also really looking forward to DotD. The trailers look great!

[Wh|tE gUy]

Is spaced that office commedy, kind of like a real life Dilbert?


Anyways, can someone please refresh me on what created the zombies in DotD (story the same in the remake?)

[Monkeylord]

You're thinking of "The Office".

http://www.spaced-out.org.uk/

[MAX]

Originally posted by Monkeylord
You're thinking of "The Office".

http://www.spaced-out.org.uk/


I think he means "office space", thats my guess.

What created the zombies in the first DotD? I think the movie started with the zombies already being around, because it was a sequel to Night of the Living Dead. I don't remember why they started coming back to life in the NotLD. The tag line for the remake is "When there's no room in Hell, the dead will walk the earth" ... so who knows WHY they came back. I think that the focus of the story won't be the WHY they are there, but HOW to survive it. Which will be more entertaining.

[Professor Go]

I believe in the original NOTLD, radioactive fallout from an aborted rocket launch was the premise for the dead coming back to life, but whether or not that was the real reason for the dead returning hasn't really been answered. But who cares really :)

As for the remake of DOTD, i am very much looking forward to it, but I don't know about RUNNING zombies.. that pisses me off.. zombies are shufflers and groaners and slow-moving monsters.. the reason they are scary is because when they get you in packs, you have nowhere to run so your death is slow and tasty!

But I will be the first in line anyway :D

[MAX]

I LOVE the fact that they can run now... I think that makes it creepier that they are more agile...

[Professor Go]

Yes but it makes no sense! You'd think after rigamortis set in that they'd be a little creaky, but these new DOTD zombies are qualified to run in the NYC Marathon!

[Boondock Saint]

the zombies are going to be both styles in the film...slower ones and faster ones. just as i imagine it would really be...hmm...

[Professor Go]

I got to be a zombie in my friend's zombie movie "Stink of Flesh" - it's fun I suggest everyone try to be a zombie in a movie at some point in their lives. I even got to see a naked zombie girl's daisy!

[MAX]

lol... there should be at least ONE zombie in every movie made

[Professor Go]

Even The Passion had a zombie.. I mean technically Jesus is a zombie.

[MAX]

Thats true... wasn't there one in Night of the Living Dead too? I think Passion was a spin off of that movie.

[Boondock Saint]

probably. i mean, at least night of the living dead is a film i care about...

[MAX]

There are like 3 different trailors for DotD Remake... It makes me really look forward to this movie! Sarah Polley is gonna kick some a$$ in this movie.. I know it.. I feel it in my deepest reaches of my inner being..,

[Boondock Saint]

as i was reading that, i thought you were going to say 'inner thighs'. i guess i'm just a perv.

and secretly gay for wanting you to say that.

[MAX]

5 MORE DAYS!!!!!!

Everyone needs to go see this movie!!

[Advance]

Originally posted by Boondock Saint
as i was reading that, i thought you were going to say 'inner thighs'. i guess i'm just a perv.

and secretly gay for wanting you to say that.

LMAO. This guy rocks.

[Boondock Saint]

well thanks. could you PM both Madskill and Matt and let them know i'm not just an ******* :)

[Messiah]

haha :D,
........oh yeah Dawn of the Dead is gonna rock!!

[MAX]

I'm going to go get my free poster and tickets tomorrow =))))

[MarioMoonshine]

patrick tells me not to see it. he says it's gonna blow, to go see the actually new NOTLD that romero is making....

[MAX]

Huh? Slap your roomate for me. This movie is going to be really good. Sarah Polly is in it, thats reason to go see it there! I didn't understand your post, is Romero remaking Night of the Living Dead? I promise you, I have good instincts on movies... and I have a feeling DotD is going to be pretty intense.

P.S., Slap Patrick across the face with a white glove... like they did in the old days of France.

[Boondock Saint]

i love the original, and i will probably like this remake as it seems to have a whole lot tweaked and changed from the original.

no, he's not remaking NotLD... romero's been working on a fourth dead film for some time now, but as usual he's having troubles with funding:)

oh well, when it comes out, it will rock, just like the other three...

[MAX]

3 DAYS!!!!

I'm SO excited... 1 hour and I'm gonna go get the tix!!

[Boondock Saint]

yeah. this movie will own. it will hopefully fully reinvigorate the horror genre and force them to stop making "fun" horror flicks and deal with the real ****.

[MAX]

I'm really excited because Sarah Polly is in it. I really like her acting... hopefully the director was good. Isn't he a music video director? That makes me nervous... but it depends on the videos he's done I guess.

[Boondock Saint]

sarah polley's awesome. i loved her performances in 'go' and 'weight of water'. she's a very indie actress...i was very taken aback when i heard she signed on for this flick initially. i'm glad, though, b/c she needs some mainstream success.

did you know she was also in the classic 'the adventures of baron munchausen'? i just found that out on imdb.com...

[MAX]

I did not know that... but I anticipate that this movie will be really good. I mean.. it's a ZOMBIE movie. Zombie movies are the only movies that cause me to jump... I had to do laundry in the basement last night...and I started to make myself jump, I have a wicked good imagination.

[Boondock Saint]

agreed. i have a soft spot for zombie films. even the really bad ones like all of the ones released by full moon in the past couple years...

[MAX]

Duuuuuuuuude... that website for free tix said to pick them up by 7:30 today... um... LIES! The advance screening started at 7:30!!! The tickets were all gone.. and now I have to wait until friday.

[Boondock Saint]

sorry dude. you should've gone to pick them up at like...five this morning. like if you were wanting to see star wars.

i'll be seeing it this weekend as well, hopefully...

[Professor Go]

Just got back from the free screening. As I expected the wait to get in had already started when I got to the theater two hours early - by half an hour before showtime the line wrapped around the theater.

I got the seats I wanted most and sat down for a ride.. and what a ride it was. The audience's reaction was AWESOME. There is something beautiful about an audience that is into the movie, and this is a movie that you should try to see with a packed audience.

I guess first off there will be comparisons to the original Dawn of the Dead, and to me, they can only really be made in name. The original Dawn of the Dead doesn't exist here - this movie is the original Dawn of the Dead on crack and caffeine with lots more sinew and guts with a side of holy ****.

THESE ZOMBIES WILL MESS YOU UP - Military supporters, if you see this movie, your pipedreams of ganging up with your military buddies to fight off a zombie attack are going to float away like My Little Pony getting her *** chewed up by a wolverine.

I loved the movie, go see it, if you wanna get your pants scared off, and if you want to laugh nervously at some funny lines and most importantly, if you love zombies, this movie will make you happy, IMO.

I will see it again opening night.

[Boondock Saint]

i envy you. this movie will be seen (by me) this weekend.

[Wh|tE gUy]

*MERGE*

Does its ending leave a blatent opening for a sequel?

[Professor Go]

Hm... blatant? Not exactly.. there is no THE END.. it's hard to explain without spoiling but there's no reason a sequel couldn't be made at all, but then the sequel would be Day of the Dead.

[Messiah]

I envy all of you. Its gonna be a while before we see anything of this movie down in AUS. Hmm...at least i can get some feedback about what its like from you guys first, which is a good thing.;)

[Wh|tE gUy]

By blatent I mean like Resident Evil's ending that made it obvious that a sequel would be made.

I think most people are expecting a sort of open ending without a concrete resolution (IE no "We killed all the zombies, yay!"), I'm just wondering if it ends on a note that makes the prospect of a sequel undoubtable

[Boondock Saint]

well, all of romero's films end like that, even the non-'dead' flicks.

so, it would be conceivable that this film, a remake of a romero film, would end sort of open-ended...

[Serj]

If this film is anything like Day of the Dead then I might think about seeing it. Now that was an awesome film --~

[Boondock Saint]

well, it's a remake of DAWN of the dead, not day of the dead, so i think it'll be different.

day of the dead was the last installment thus far.

i really hope romero gets his next one off the ground.

*EDIT* - i forgot to mention that i bought the dvd the other day for the original. the special edition was just released. talk about sweet...now it's in full digital gory goodness. yippee!

[Monkeylord]

Just seen my 1st UK ad for DotD :D (it was on the side of a bus). Nothing on TV yet... but it's just a matter of time!

[Lovebird]

don't see it, wait for the new film by romero himself...it'll kick arse

[Monkeylord]

Knowing me, I'll watch them both :D

I'm (fairly) indiscriminate when it comes to movies... especially zombie ones!

[Lovebird]

still...it's not gonna be good. just like 28 days later, which is basically a remake of day of the dead...

[Monkeylord]

28 days Later was a stonkin' flick!

[Lovebird]

i'm not sure wat that meant...lol...but have you seen day of the dead? 28 days is basically the same film

[Serj]

Originally posted by PatrickMugan
still...it's not gonna be good. just like 28 days later, which is basically a remake of day of the dead...

DUDE! 28 Days Later sucked, unlike Day of the Dead. And to me, they beared no relation to each other at all. Day of the Dead was an amazing zombie flick, 28 Days Later just tried it's best to be but failed

[Lovebird]

you honestly see no resemblence of day of the dead in 28? hmmm...are you blind?

[Serj]

No. For starters, totally different setting. Day of the Dead was an underground army base. Secondly, the storyline wasn't "mental AARGH Kill the Zombie BLAM BLAM" and thirdly, the Day of the Dead had better gore skillz
I'm sorry, but 28 Days Later < Day of the Dead

[Lovebird]

are you sure you saw day of the dead? IT WAS AN UNDERGROUND ARMY BASE YOU MORON! jesus.]
btw, i hate 28 days...you implied i liked it

[Serj]

Originally posted by PatrickMugan
are you sure you saw day of the dead? IT WAS AN UNDERGROUND ARMY BASE YOU MORON! jesus.]
btw, i hate 28 days...you implied i liked it
I said it was an underground army base

[Lovebird]

sorry, i thought you said 28 days was

[Serj]

Don't worry about it, I don't know about you but I'm just confused by the whole thing. [my opinion]The way I see it, there is no relation between Day of the Dead and 28 Days Later[/my opinion]
I'm just hoping that Dawn of the Dead isn't dissapointing

[Boondock Saint]

it won't be...


...and just for the record, 28 days ruled all last year...

[Serj]

Originally posted by Boondock Saint
it won't be...


...and just for the record, 28 days ruled all last year...

C'mon man, 28 Days was inferior to Freddie vs. Jason! The two kings of horror squeezed into ONE film. What's more, they kill Kelly Rowland WOO! No annoying singers were killed in 28 Days :(

[Boondock Saint]

that doesn't make fvsj the superior film...

at all.

[MAX]

28 Days is an awesome movie. Awesome cinematography, awesome acting (unlike FvsJ). Great storyline with great political undertones. Day of the Dead was a good film... but not as good as 28 Days Later. Dawn of the Dead remake will be far superior to the original (which I love, don't get me wrong). PatrickMugan is wrong on it sucking. There will be better technology used to make this film. It might not have the same great message that the original had, but as a stand alone Zombie movie.. I think it'll rule until the 4th installment by Romero (crosses fingers) comes out.

[Lovebird]

why was 28 just basically the same as day of the dead you ask?
A) civilian vs. military ring a bell?
B) remember that scene in the city in day of the dead? basically the same exact scene in 28
C) military has a zombie chaiuned up in 28, samne in day

oh, and BTW, wtf is up with the whole, "they got a disease! WE SWEAR it's not zombies!" that was just ridiculous...i thinhk i am the only person i know who thinks this movie sucked. it was nothihng new, and had terrible acting IMO, and also for my reasons above.
but watever, if you insist that THERE IS ABOSOLUTELY NO RESEMBLENCE,(which i find hard to believe) then think it's a great film if you insist. but it is, by no means(in my book), anything new/exciting or worth wathcing...
i still don't think the remake of dawn of the dead will be much to rave about, i'll see it, but i don't expect anything from it.

[Professor Go]

28 Days Later was awesome, it was a zombie movie with no zombies and was scarier than any movie probably in the past five years excluding Italian and Japanese horror.

And 28 Days Later, if anything, borrowed from ALL of the zombie films.

[Lovebird]

no, not borrowed, stole. almost exactly the same. besides, this is about dawn of the dead, which is gonna be crap

[Jaga]

these movies sound like sequels to Resident Evil

[bountyhunter]

........except they're retarded(just like the RE movie).

[Professor Go]

Originally posted by PatrickMugan
no, not borrowed, stole. almost exactly the same. besides, this is about dawn of the dead, which is gonna be crap

You're a moron, please refrain from ever having children.

And Jaga what are you talking about, please explain, if only for my amusement.

[Lovebird]

you're a jerkwad, to believe that i am making these accusations with no bearings,,,
the scene when they're in the city in day of the dead, there is a scene, just like that, in 28
in day, there is a zombie, kept in the military base, chainged up, same exact thing in 28
and the civilian vs. military plot is stolen from day of the dead
agree or not, those are valid points, you may believe they are just "borrowed" however, i believe the writers lacked the creativity to come up with something new, so not only took parts of the ideas from day of the dead, took entire ideas and implemented them into their own. but i wil drop it because clearly i am the only one who believes this on, not only this site, but anyone i know. so, no more arguing for me! so excuse me for being the only one using empathic listening(or reading...iguess) lol

btw, for you to tell me not to have children because i am a moron, according to you, was quite rude and inconsiderate, maybe you should go think about what you have said(lol). besides, i've already explained my homosexuality have i not, and i don't know if i've said this but i do not want children. so don't worry, i won't make any children tat have their own ideas and opinions and back them up even when they are clearly overwhelmed with dissapproval...so i have one thing to say to you...www.wellexcusemeprincess.com...hahaha

but you know i'm just playing with oyu docta, i love you...hahaha...no, seriously...haha

[Professor Go]

I'm not sure what you said but I think your point was that 28 Days Later was just a copycat movie, and when I am very sure it was very much conscious of its decisions and was a love letter to zombie fans and the zombie genre in general.

What you call a rip-off I call an homage.

[Boondock Saint]

28 days later definitely was an homage film. hell, on the dvd commentary, danny boyle says that he was thinking of all the great movies like 'omega man' (which romero also "ripped off" by your logic, mugan) and even the other zombie films when he did the empty city scenes (think resident evil, which has a scene like that in EVERY game, and was an HOMAGE, you dolt).

rip offs of other movies are things like 'i know what you did last summer' was to 'scream'...homages are things like 'wrong turn' was to 'texas chainsaw'. there's a HUGE difference between rip off and homage. huge.

[MAX]

Also... most movies (I'm not saying all), but most movies have elements from another movie before it. How many original ideas do you actually see being pumped out of hollywood? Not many.


A) civilian vs. military ring a bell?
B) remember that scene in the city in day of the dead? basically the same exact scene in 28
C) military has a zombie chaiuned up in 28, samne in day

A) It wasn't civilian vs. military. It was being stuck in an underground shelter with nutcase scientists and hair-trigger militia all at each other’s throats.

B) Nothing alike, except for the feeling of abandonment and isolation. However, those are typical feelings to be had in horror/thriller movies. Now I'm left wondering what you meant by your comment! You didn't even explain it! That scene in the city.. hmm... no helicopter in 28 Days... no tunnel chase in DotD... 28 Days MAYBE had a nod to George Romero’s classic Dawn of the Dead, in the shopping spree they had. Hmm... I don't know about he rest of you, but they are starting to sound "exactly the same".. lol.

C) The chains are the only things they have in common. In DotD, there is the touching teacher-student relationship Dr. Logan shares with the docile zombie Bud. In 28 Days, that is not the case whatsoever.

With George Romero, you are used to slow, plodding, almost comically dimwitted cadavers that, for some unknown reason, enjoy eating the flesh of living humans. Not only were you used to it, you probably came to see almost no other way of seeing a zombie on the big screen In 28 Days, there are no snappy one-liners from the villains, no wisecracking kids that seem smarter than they should be, and no comically absurd means of killing off various members of the cast. I mean, the characters in 28 Days that were infected (within 10-20 seconds of contact) with the “Rage” virus are snarling, twitching, mindless animals that seem to hunt in packs. They don’t have much of an agenda – not even eating the brains of the uninfected – except spreading the fast-acting germ, and they can be killed as normal humans in movies are killed.

In DotD, there’s little-to-no suspense spent over who will survive and who will be torn limb from limb. Unlike 28 Days, where there is some actual good character build up that makes them somewhat relatable and want to see the protagonists survive.


Switching gears
As far as the new Dawn of the Dead is concerned.. It'll have great moments, and undoubtedly some not so great moments. However, it's those great zombie moments that I am going to see it. I'm sure it will be far superior than the original, only for the fact that it won't have a political agenda within the movie, and will be MUCH more scary than the original somewhat comedic version.

[Professor Go]

The new DOTD is not glossy.. it is serious as a heart attack. At points there are jokes to break the weight of the subject matter, but it is pretty much a trip into Hell. I think some people might be thrown off by some characters not getting enough screen time or the camera shaking during action sequences, but for the most part, it is a gripping ride and a definite zombie classic.

[McBizzel]

So, better than the remake of Texas Chainsaw Massacre then right? --~

[MAX]

Originally posted by Professor Go
The new DOTD is not glossy.. it is serious as a heart attack. At points there are jokes to break the weight of the subject matter, but it is pretty much a trip into Hell. I think some people might be thrown off by some characters not getting enough screen time or the camera shaking during action sequences, but for the most part, it is a gripping ride and a definite zombie classic.

Did you see the advanced screening!?!?!

[Boondock Saint]

i enjoyed the remake of texas chainsaw, if only because it was overly brutal. i think that's what professor go is saying about this movie...it doesn't let up. i like my horror movies like that. overly brutal is always good in a horror flick.

[McBizzel]

I understand, but you and I both know ALL TO WELL why the Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake simply can't live up to the original. --~

[Boondock Saint]

you're right. no bar-be-bag.

[MAX]

I have yet to see the remake to TCM

[Professor Go]

Rott I posted a review of the screening in this exact thread :( - actually I posted it in another thread and anal-retentive White Guy merged it with this one, as if there were too many threads in the Entertainment Forum to keep up with.

Here it is again just so you don't have to scroll :P

Just got back from the free screening. As I expected the wait to get in had already started when I got to the theater two hours early - by half an hour before showtime the line wrapped around the theater.

I got the seats I wanted most and sat down for a ride.. and what a ride it was. The audience's reaction was AWESOME. There is something beautiful about an audience that is into the movie, and this is a movie that you should try to see with a packed audience.

I guess first off there will be comparisons to the original Dawn of the Dead, and to me, they can only really be made in name. The original Dawn of the Dead doesn't exist here - this movie is the original Dawn of the Dead on crack and caffeine with lots more sinew and guts with a side of holy ****.

THESE ZOMBIES WILL MESS YOU UP - Military supporters, if you see this movie, your pipedreams of ganging up with your military buddies to fight off a zombie attack are going to float away like My Little Pony getting her *** chewed up by a wolverine.

I loved the movie, go see it, if you wanna get your pants scared off, and if you want to laugh nervously at some funny lines and most importantly, if you love zombies, this movie will make you happy, IMO.

I will see it again opening night.

[MAX]

OH MY GOD! I CAN'T WAIT A WHOLE DAY!!!!! I WANT TO SEE IT NOW!!!

[Jaga]

well it sort of sounds liek a sequel to Resident Evil because if you've seen RE, the end of the movie shows the heroine outside in a place that is all deserted because all teh zombies have taken over the earth and like taken over the people

[Professor Go]

Jaga, sometimes I think you post things to guarantee you will get most retarded post of the week.

RESIDENT EVIL is a damn homage to the original Romero zombie movies in which there is a zombie apocalypse that envelops the world. This new Dawn of the Dead is a Remake of the original Dawn of the Dead which spawned movies like Evil Dead, Return of the Living Dead and Glitter. Resident Evil did not and will not inspire any movie in the future except Resident Evil 2.

[bountyhunter]

I thought that was you proffesor.

[Professor Go]

Me what.. whachu talkin about willis?

[MAX]

jaga, jaga, jaga....I have no words...

[Professor Go]

It's a ruse I tell you!!!

[MAX]

I'm going... at 4:50


Here is a look at the first 10 minutes of the movie.. I'm getting anxiety attacks already!

http://www.freshdeadflesh.com/_wsn/page3.html

[Boondock Saint]

i must wait until 12:50 tomorrow afternoon to see it. tonight we'll see 'eternal sunshine of the spotless mind' instead. and then on sunday, 'dawn of the dead' again...yay!

[MAX]

I hope the zombie baby isn't cheesy..

[Professor Go]

How about a spoiler tag sweetheart?

I can't believe the movie is keeping an 80% fresh rating on http://www.rottentomatoes.com - a lot of people are genuinely liking this movie, which makes me nervous :P

[Boondock Saint]

that doesn't really make me nervous. people genuinely like this movie because when you see a good movie, you're in love, but when you see a really good HORROR movie - one that far surpasses your last scares - then it's like finding the holy grail. the fact of the matter is that EVERYONE likes horror movies and being scared, so a good one is naturally loved and adored...

[MAX]

Duuuuuude... this movie was incredibly scary. This has got to be the BEST zombie horror movie ever... me and my freinds were constantly jumping... it was action all the way through. GO SEE IT!


It even beats out Glitter in scariness factor...

[Messiah]

Horror is my favourite genre, definately. I love the gore, i love the suspense i love the feeling they give you. Everyone thats seen it says the DotD remake is mighty good. I'm definately watching this one.

[MAX]

It surpasses the original, imo

[Messiah]

Well i'm going to have to see it now, must be very very good. lovely

[Matt]

Is it still possible to get free tickets?

I'm going to see it anyway, but free tickets are always nice.

[MAX]

if someone buys the ticket for you.. then it's free... =D

[Messiah]

haha, or you sneak in.

[Professor Go]

Or you go back in time.

[MAX]

or you own the theater

[Boondock Saint]

FINALLY i'm going to see this today. i'll post about my thoughts later on. tomorrow, i'm already planning to see it again. awesome.

[Matt]

Ok I will go back in time, buy the theater and then sneak in :)

[MAX]

It's worth it... do it!!!

[Boondock Saint]

saw the movie last night, loved it, and am going to see it tonight again (with different people).

man, i love horror movies. love them.

[Messiah]

Yes horror movies are the best easily. I'm practically the only one out of all my mates who likes them.

[Boondock Saint]

...same here, really. i mean, some people i know enjoy them, but i'm really the only one who LOVES horror movies. i think it's because i find that it's very respectable when one is done right, because it's very hard (compared to other movie genres) to make a good horror flick. they just don't get the respect they deserve a lot of the time...

[Serj]

I'm a huge horror fan. I prefer the teen ones myself (Final Destination, Scary Movie, Scream). Though to be honest I enjoy any stalk and slashers. I tend to watch Slashers whenever I can. I love any horror films really, though I'm not that scared of them anymore because it's getting easier to predict outcomes and endings. Definetely the best genres by far

[Boondock Saint]

that's good. but i find that the slasher sub-genre is the least satisfying of them all...although in recent years i've become re-enthralled with them, especially with the remake of texas chainsaw (which was excellent) and the great freddy vs. jason...i just want another wes craven freddy movie. then i can die a happy man...well, from the slasher genre, that is...

what i really want is a movie where someone can see ghosts, but the ghosts don't want their help...they just want to kill the people. i hate bull**** like that in the sixth sense.

[Serj]

I usually hate ghost stories because they get too unrealistic and all of the suspense is dropped. When they're good, they're really good. But when they're bad, they suck ***

[Boondock Saint]

i agree. completely.

god, i wish i had someone to disagree with.

sucking each other's ****s, while enjoyable, just tends to get old after awhile.

where are the posts i can respond to and finally get banned from these ******* forums?!?

[Serj]

I made a post in Anything Thread about your sig to keep you on track for disagreeing with people ;) (That's my excuse anyway ;) )

[Messiah]

Hey Boondock, your the one who likes Franka Potente right. Well you be happy to hear she's singed to do a horror movie entitled "Creep". Potente plays plays Kate, a woman who falls asleep at a station waiting for the last tube home. When she wakes up the station is deserted, but a train pulls up and she gratefully jumps on. That's when things take a sharp turn for the worse with the train juddering to a halt and all the lights going off.
http://www.empireonline.co.uk/site/images/image_index/433.jpg

[Serj]

Has anyone seen Urban Legend? Stars Robert Englund, Tara Reid, Joshua Jackson. That was on TV the other night and it was awesome. If you don't see DotD, you should definetely see Final Destination or Urban Legend. They're kind of different from DotD but good nevertheless.
Dawn of the Dead is now #1 in the movie charts which is excellent!

[Messiah]

i've seen Urban Legends and too tell you the truth i thought i was a bit shallow, though i can see how someone would like it. It has a sequel right? i remember this death where a girl wakes up in a bath of ice and she's had some of her organs removed. When she tries to escape out the window the killer grabs a hold of her wound and starts pulling her back in. I could feel every tear and yank of her skin, then he slams the window shut and it chops her head off, it was.......awesome. Seriously though, was that in this movie or am i thinking of another film.

[Boondock Saint]

Originally posted by Messiah
Hey Boondock, your the one who likes Franka Potente right. Well you be happy to hear she's singed to do a horror movie entitled "Creep". Potente plays plays Kate, a woman who falls asleep at a station waiting for the last tube home. When she wakes up the station is deserted, but a train pulls up and she gratefully jumps on. That's when things take a sharp turn for the worse with the train juddering to a halt and all the lights going off.
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thanks. i hadn't heard of this yet (though i'm sure i would have sometime in the near future)...

she was in a rather excellent german flick called 'anatomy' awhile back. did anyone see that?

[Monkeylord]

See it? I bought it :D It was rather poorly dubbed (but I can always watch it in the original German with subtitles if neccessary), and some of the effects were poor, but it was a cool film :D

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[Boondock Saint]

haha. awesome.

yeah, i tried to watch it with dubbing (after i did subtitles first - as it's the only way to really watch foreign cinema), and it was pretty bad.

i've been thinking about buying it lately, as i enjoyed it, and it wasn't completely original, but had enough things i hadn't seen before to keep me interested.

they made a sequel sometime last year, and franka was in it, but didn't even play the same character. i hate when series' pull that shit. anyways, i'm interested (just a little) in seeing the sequel...but really not all that much...

[Monkeylord]

It was cool when that guy woke up and found his arm had been torn apart and partially embalmed - not sure if it was supposed to look that way, but it was so plasticy that I had no choice but to asume (it was that or laugh fiercly!)... hehehe, he even tried to wiggle his fingers, lmao!

Shouldn't laugh, it was serious and supposed to be shocking - but it seemed so damn absurdly amusing at the same time.

--~

[Boondock Saint]

well, if you're anything like me, you only felt that way from seeing sooo many horror films. but yes, i enjoyed the scene in all actuality. it was certainly something US horror flicks don't delve into all that often. a little too macabre for our shores, i suppose.

[Monkeylord]

Probably... worth watching though!

I may have to sniff out the sequel.

[MAX]

Originally posted by Messiah
i've seen Urban Legends and too tell you the truth i thought i was a bit shallow, though i can see how someone would like it. It has a sequel right? i remember this death where a girl wakes up in a bath of ice and she's had some of her organs removed. When she tries to escape out the window the killer grabs a hold of her wound and starts pulling her back in. I could feel every tear and yank of her skin, then he slams the window shut and it chops her head off, it was.......awesome. Seriously though, was that in this movie or am i thinking of another film.

Sounds like a cool flick (the girl in the tub of ice), but it wasn't in Urban Legends, lol Urban Legends was.... entertaining... but can't be considered 'horror' in my book. HOW can you be scared of the NOXZEMA GIRL!!!

[Serj]

Originally posted by rottwylor
Sounds like a cool flick (the girl in the tub of ice), but it wasn't in Urban Legends, lol Urban Legends was.... entertaining... but can't be considered 'horror' in my book. HOW can you be scared of the NOXZEMA GIRL!!!

NOXZEMA girl? Was that in the sequel or something?

[Messiah]

Originally posted by rottwylor
Sounds like a cool flick (the girl in the tub of ice), but it wasn't in Urban Legends, lol Urban Legends was.... entertaining... but can't be considered 'horror' in my book. HOW can you be scared of the NOXZEMA GIRL!!!

Yeah dude, i know it was'nt in Urban Legends, i was asking if it was in the sequel. I couldent remember if it had a sequel or not but i remebered that death scene.

Bought 2 new horror DVD's today, 28 Days Later... and the Texas Chainsaw Massacre Remake (i've got the original too). I havent watched 28 Days later yet, i'll probably watch it tommorow

[Serj]

Originally posted by Messiah
Yeah dude, i know it was'nt in Urban Legends, i was asking if it was in the sequel. I couldent remember if it had a sequel or not but i remebered that death scene.

Bought 2 new horror DVD's today, 28 Days Later... and the Texas Chainsaw Massacre Remake (i've got the original too). I havent watched 28 Days later yet, i'll probably watch it tommorow

Yes there was a sequel

28 Days Later?! No dude, don't torture yourself with that!

[Messiah]

You seriosly hate that movie dont you. I saw the first 10 minutes on a dvd i got with a magazine and i thought it looked pretty spooky. The scenes where he's walking around desserted London were were very realistic.

[Serj]

Originally posted by Messiah
You seriosly hate that movie dont you. I saw the first 10 minutes on a dvd i got with a magazine and i thought it looked pretty spooky. The scenes where he's walking around desserted London were were very realistic.

With hardly any clothes on ;) Believe me man, you just can't imagine how lame it is later in the film.

[Messiah]

Well i just have to watch it to see wont i

[Serj]

...Erm...<<...>>.....NO! I don't know. Maybe you'll like it and I'll have opposing views about it with another person. I was just so annoyed at how lame it was compared to other films with this genre.

[Messiah]

What was it too slow paced, too corny...what, what made it so crap? --~

[Serj]

Too corny I guess, it just didn't have any tension or affect on me whatsoever

[Messiah]

Oh ok, i'll watch it and report back tommorow on what i thought.

[l33t_fiend]

I haven't seen Dawn of the Dead yet. I want to quite badly, though. I don't even know why, really.

28 Days Later was good. I'm sorry, but I must hardily refute anyone who says otherwise. (Even though they're still entitled to their opinion, of course). :)

[MAX]

Originally posted by Serj
NOXZEMA girl? Was that in the sequel or something?


Yes.. Rebecca Gayhardt (sp?) was the "killer" in Urban Legend. She's also the girl in the Noxzema Commercial. They make a joke about it at the end of the movie if you pay attention....

Also... 28 Days Later was what I consider a horror film.. not movie. It was more artistic, and didn't really feel hollywoodish... thats why I think a lot of people don't like it. I personally like it a lot. I even own the DVD.

[Messiah]

I 'll watch it tonight. The DVD has quite alot of features for a standard released version. Lotsa stuff to look at.

[Serj]

Messiah, did you watch? Did you hate? lol

[Professor Go]

The commentary on the Dawn of the Dead DVD is excellent, learned a lot about the movie I had no idea about. It's definitely worth the 13 bucks it's generally selling for.

[l33t_fiend]

I have the original Dawn of the Dead dvd. The one that just came out a couple weeks ago. You're right, the commentary is well worth it. And it's a good flick to boot! :)

[MAX]

Originally posted by Serj
Messiah, did you watch? Did you hate? lol

He's watching it over and over cause he, like 99 percent of everyone else, liked it!

[Messiah]

Yep, Rotties right. I thought it was awesome, i dont see how you would'nt like it. Great script with quality acting, good balanced sory, nice twists and turns, had alot of chilling scences and sequences, Alot of gore (always good). The only thing though, the digital camera, i wasen't a fan. I know he (Danny boyle) was trying to set a mood but it just made it harder to see.hmm oh well, only a small gripe, but overall a great film. Sorry Serj

[MAX]

I personally liked the digital filming.. but it worked better on the big screen.

[Messiah]

hmm, it was alright but compared to the camera the use at the end of the movie, i thought it was a little lacking. I never got to see it at the cinema, they nevr brought it in for some goddamn reason

[MAX]

make sure you go see dawn of the dead now!

[Messiah]

We have to wait til it gets to the Cinema first. One of the disadvantages to living in Australia :(

[l33t_fiend]

Originally posted by rottwylor
I personally liked the digital filming.. but it worked better on the big screen.

I was a fan of the digital camera work as well. I think it definitely works with a horror or action film, but not so well with comedies. That's just my take on indie filmmaking, though, of course.

[Serj]

Originally posted by Messiah
Yep, Rotties right. I thought it was awesome, i dont see how you would'nt like it. Great script with quality acting, good balanced sory, nice twists and turns, had alot of chilling scences and sequences, Alot of gore (always good). The only thing though, the digital camera, i wasen't a fan. I know he (Danny boyle) was trying to set a mood but it just made it harder to see.hmm oh well, only a small gripe, but overall a great film. Sorry Serj

Oh well :(

I agree with you on the point of the style of filming though, that was actually one of the reasons why I didn't like it. I didn't think it suited.
Oh well, I'll just have to stay right here in the "Minority Corner"

[Fresnokila]

I enjoyed it much....as for going to the movies and watching it....not to own though and though I enjoyed it my friends hated it.....ha...

So I guess it's all to thier opinion...

[Jaga]

dawn of the dead is on DVD already?

i heard it was good by some and bad by others

[MAX]

the original is.. from 1960 or whenever...

[Freak of Kane]

OMG. What can I say...? WOW. Are you people serious? I watched it with about 12 people last night...and I thought it's the worst film I have seen in freak knows how long! Honestly, I'm being serious.

I've never seen the original, but I thought this one was just crap...bar the neat gore scenes here and there.

SPOILER ALERT - Highlight the following white space to read

You could so tell the baby that woman was gonna give birth to was gonna be a zombie from the moment you saw her!

End spoiler.

There were like 150 people in the theatre along with me and my friends and I'm being totally honest when I say that approx 70-80% of the people there thought the movie was crap. Where was the storyline? Either I fell asleep cause it was so crap, IMO, or there wasn't much at all. All I remember is [SPOILER - highlight to see] the guy who plays Kenan's dad (Roger?) in Kenan and Kel saying something along the lines of "when there is no space left in hell, the dead walk the earth."[END SPOILER]

One thing that was neat though was this was the first movie I've seen that damn near everyone in the theatre stood up and watched all the way through the credits. Then talked about how awful the picture was afterwards.

I was giving my friends the "I told you so" crap the rest of the night. I wanted to watch Passion of The Christ, damnit.

[Professor Go]

For the love of God, please tell me where you live so I will never have to meet you or those moviegoers in real life for fear of being tainted with uncurable bad taste - no offense.

The original Night of the Living Dead was shown in like 1968, Dawn of the Dead in 1978 and the last, Day of the Dead, in 1985. The original was just re-released on Divimax and will be re-re-released later this year as a super duper edition.

[MAX]

He's making it up.. there's no way he could have polled all the movie goers to come up with that percentage. I went to a packed showing (my second time) and everyone loved it. It's a zombie movie.. what were doing going to a zombie movie if you were looking for deep story lines and character development. That just makes you look stupid, imo. Also.. **SPOILER ALERT** Jesus dies.

[Freak of Kane]

Originally posted by Professor Go
For the love of God, please tell me where you live so I will never have to meet you or those moviegoers in real life for fear of being tainted with uncurable bad taste - no offense.

None taken. I still think it was crap and anyone would be hard pressed to lead me to believe otherwise. I think I can put this movie in the aquired taste section of my brain, it will be joining the likes of camel meat and a whole host of other stuff. IMO, no such thing as bad taste :p

I'd love to tell you where I live...but nah, I have a feeling I'm gonna be living in fear of my life from all of you people who love this movie ;)

P.S. Rottwylor - obviously I didn't poll everyone. I could pick up the general consensus though, what with people complaining half way through the movie and all the groans of boredom and what not. Most people didn't hide their dislike for the film. Get over it, some people just won't like it - and that doesn't really matter anyway. If you like it...that's cool.

[MAX]

At least you will never have to wonder "does she like me for my mind or my wallet" lol

I jest =)

[Professor Go]

I guess enough people liked it here: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/DawnoftheDead-1130898/

And I had the same reaction at my theater - and maybe the groans of boredom were actually zombie moans coming from the THX surround-sound. Although I don't think you should feel the need to change your opinion, I'd say you are in a major minority who out-right hated it.

[MAX]

FofK was just talking out his bungholio...

[Freak of Kane]

Bungholio? Wassat?

[Professor Go]

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[MAX]

here.. i'll point at it...

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[Jaga]

according to Yahoo!, Dawn of teh Dead is number 1 in the box office

[Freak of Kane]

I'm sorry...I'm still lost...? Please put that in words and not ASCII art ;)

[Professor Go]

according to Yahoo!, Dawn of teh Dead is number 1 in the box office

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[MAX]

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professor go

[Professor Go]

Originally posted by rottwylor
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professor go

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[MAX]

oh my god..thats totally the face you made too

[Wh|tE gUy]

Just saw it

meh. It was alright, but it wasn't very scary and the ending sucked (if you consider that an ending). The problem was that you always knew when a zombie was going to come so there really wasn't that much suspense.

[Messiah]

Would you believe that it still aint out here yet?!? It sucks because i really want to see it :(