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Originally Posted by PaulD  Good god, was The Card Player 2004? |
I know what you mean; it feels a lot older than 2004 when you look at what else was released that year.
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Originally Posted by PaulD My personal favourite would be, I'm afraid to say bizarre_eye, Shaun of the Dead. It manages to get the perfect balance between a zombie film and the elements of comedy and I really find it hard to fault it at all. |
Bah, where's the unlike button?!
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Originally Posted by PaulD I do think it's important not to forget Saw. Sure, with all the subsequent sequels expanding on the backstory which at the time of the original didn't exist in the creators' mind it's easy to disregard it as another money-churning franchise (for the record I love the first 3 and have some time for the 4th but lost interest when it became The Detective Hoffman Show) but the first film came out of nowhere and what started as a sub-rate Seven quickly became an engaging and horrific experience by the film's end (for me at least). |
Despite some poor acting,
Saw was a refreshing change to the spate of remakes and sequels that plagued some of the early 2000s. It's success as a film can be clearly seen in the number of sequels it spawned; even if they didn't live up to the original (but then again what horror sequel does?)
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Originally Posted by PaulD I also, rather surprisingly, enjoyed the remake of Dawn of the Dead. If you have to remake Romero's classic (and don't get me wrong, I'm not saying you do) then this is how you do it. It stands as a really good film in its own right, running zombies aside and Synder's unique direction (which does involve more than just slow-mo shots, I swear  ) really makes it an enjoyable watch |
Completely agree with you here Paul.
Dawn is unquestionably my favourite remake of the 2000s.
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Originally Posted by PaulD Also enjoyed Hellevator although I was watching it at 5am in a cinema, having been there for a horror marathon since midnight and was rapidly finding it hard to follow anything that I was seeing at that point. Definitely one to revisit now that I've been reminded of it. |
I'd love to have seen it at the cinema - I'm sure it was quite an experience!