What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[vipco]

Originally Posted by pedromonkey

im shocked at the dislike of Land and Diary, when you think Land was the first zombie film he made in 20 years, i thought it was awesome, good script although a lot was cut from the original script. a pretty good cast, good gore, i just thoroughly enjoyed it, as for diary, at first i was a bit unsure but after a few more viewings it's actually a better film than most people give it credit, Even though not as successful as Land, Romero's zombie flicks still out rank anything done in this genre.

I too love Land of the Dead . A brilliant film imho, though I wasn't so keen on Dairy of the Dead, but i've only watched it once and I did'nt hate it , so i'll give it a repeat viewing soon.

The missus enjoyed it though and she normally dislikes zombie films.

[nekromantik]

I am shocked people here like Land

Romero himself said that he did not like the movie that was released as it was the version the studios wanted and not his own vision.

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Wolf

Land Of The Dead was shockingly terrible.

Didn't bother watching Diary... after someone said it was worse.

Guessing he's just lost it.

I liked Diary a lot better than Land too Wolf. I found Land okay though. I bought it on release in 2005, and have only watched it once though.

Anyone going to pick up his latest: Survival of the Dead released in March?!

[42ndStreetFreak]

"Land" is okaaaaay, but it's such a fall from the other 3 films that the plummet really hurts it. And coming from a guy that helped push 'real' FX in his films the CGI blood and gore was unforgivable.

"Diary" is just Christ awful nonsense though not worthy of any kind of analytical thought in my humble opinion.

[vincenzo]

Originally Posted by 42ndStreetFreak

"Land" is okaaaaay, but it's such a fall from the other 3 films that the plummet really hurts it. And coming from a guy that helped push 'real' FX in his films the CGI blood and gore was unforgivable.

"Diary" is just Christ awful nonsense though not worthy of any kind of analytical thought in my humble opinion.

Fully agree.

[antmumford]

Originally Posted by 42ndStreetFreak

"Land" is okaaaaay, but it's such a fall from the other 3 films that the plummet really hurts it. And coming from a guy that helped push 'real' FX in his films the CGI blood and gore was unforgivable.

"Diary" is just Christ awful nonsense though not worthy of any kind of analytical thought in my humble opinion.

I totally agree with 42ndstreetfreak on this one. 'Land' was a bit disappointing but all in all not a bad film. I think it's just because we had expectations from George and unfortunately it didn't live up to them. If it was from someone else then I doubt it'd get as slated.

As for 'Diary', I cannot understand how anyone enjoyed that pile of tripe. I watched it in the cinema and came out laughing with my friends because it was that bad. Mid way through we were looking at each other wondering if any of us were gonna make the first move to get up and out of there.
I didn't want to dislike it so much so of course I bought the Limited Edition Tin version and decided to give it another try, after all other people did say it might grow on me. I watched it with my girlfriend as she hadn't seen it and she loved Romero's previous work too, even though she's not into Horror films that much (Just shows the impact his films do, I mean used to, have on people)
Needless to say, I just about managed to sit through an hour before we both looked at each other and decided enough is enough. We just couldn't handle the incredibly poor acting any longer thus off it went. It's a real shame because I really wanted to like it, I did try so don't be mad at me but it just wasn't working.

[DeadAlive]

Whiteout - Competent thriller that doesn't have anything original on show but does have some cool effective moments. To be honest I'd watch it just for Kate Bekinsale's talents. Especially when I heard there was a shower scene.


Dead Set - A revisit for me to this impressive Channel 4 made horror that blends the real horror of "Big Brother" with a zombie apocalypse. At times it quite liberally steals from Romero, but in the nicest possible way.

[antmumford]

1990 The Bronx Warriors (Shameless Screen Entertainment) - Slow paced but good moments in it. The campest lead role I've ever witnessed and it's stopping me from taking it too seriously but I'm loving the 'fact track'

Autopsy: A Love Story (Brain Damage Films) - Oh my god! Avoid at all costs. It's based on a guy who works at a morgue and he falls in love with one of the corpses. It's very, very low budget and the acting is... well... obviously bad. The funniest thing about is that you could see the corpse constantly breathing and her eyes were flickering all the time. So boring and the make-up effects were just unbearably bad.

Sherlock Holmes (Guy Ritchie's version) - Highly entertaining. Robert Downey Jr as brilliant as ever. Thoroughly enjoyed this film, good fight scenes, good set pieces and comical too. Great fun!

[Rob Strange]

Originally Posted by antmumford

Autopsy: A Love Story (Brain Damage Films) - Oh my god! Avoid at all costs. It's based on a guy who works at a morgue and he falls in love with one of the corpses. It's very, very low budget and the acting is... well... obviously bad. The funniest thing about is that you could see the corpse constantly breathing and her eyes were flickering all the time. So boring and the make-up effects were just unbearably bad.

Sounds quite a bit like Living Doll (1990).

[antmumford]

Originally Posted by Rob Strange

Sounds quite a bit like Living Doll (1990).

That does sound exactly the same, I'd hope Living Doll is a better example of what is actually a good concept for a thought provoking horror film.