Wall of Mouths

Deep down, I did’nt think so.:(

I’m sorry this is late( it only just occured to me to check these boards about this, well, let’s just say it, massacre), but my condolences to the people of London.

Christ, when is this crap gonna end?

Well, it’s Saturday, 6:33 P.M. as I type this, and I’m still happy as hell about yesterday. I’ve finally seen a new Romero zombie movie(and in a theater, no-less), and I cant wait to go back. So here is my quick, little review:
LAND OF THE DEAD is one HELL of a good time. We get zombies, and plenty of them, as well as some compelling main characters, a hallmark of Romero’s films. Romero also up’s the scare factor by introducing a new concept: smart zombies. Now, their not doing math problems or yacking about politics or nothing, but, under the leadership of one particular zombie called Big Daddy, they band together and slowly make thier way to Fiddler’s Green, a walled in city were many people try to lead regular lives despite the fact that theres a whole world of zombies just outside. And once the “stenches”(as the zombies are referred to a few times)get to the city,its one of the scariest sights I’ve seen, ever.
Acting-wise, I have no complaints. Simon Baker does a good job as Riley, the some-what hero of our story who dreams of a world of no-walled-in cities or zombies. John Leguizamo is great as Cholo, Rileys right-hand man who has ambitions of his own, and will go to any lengths to achieve them. Robert Joy, who played the killer in Russell Mulcahy’s thriller RESSURECTION, is great as the slow-witted but eagle-eyed Charlie, who is extremely loyal to Riley.
Asia Argento rocks, although I wish she had more to do, and Dennis Hopper was great as Kuafman, who rules over Fiddler’s Green with an iron fist. Lastly, Eugene Clark is wonderful as Big Daddy, a role that could have been cheesy in the wrong hands.
Effects-wise, all the zombie make-up is awesome, and the gore effects that made it into the film is kick-ass, although this film is not as gory as the original DAWN OF THE DEAD or DAY OF THE DEAD. About six minutes of stuff was cut out to get an R-rating and will be put back for the DVD.
Most of it will be gore effects.
Now, the film is’nt perfect and I do wish it was longer(it’s around 90 min.), but it is still a HELL of lot better than sitting through most of the crappy horror flicks that have been released lately(CURSED, HOUSE OF THE DEAD, ect.).
And the fact that Romero has finally made a new zombie feature overshadows the very few complaints I have. I’m not sure where I would place it in the Living Dead series, but repeated viewings will help that decision.
I think I could handle that.:D

In a couple of hours, I will be in a theater watching a George A. Romero zombie flick. I swear to God part of me still can’t believe this is happening. I’ll put up a review for it here later today or tomorrow morning. And if I find out when it’s gonna be released over in Europe, I’ll let you know.

Title: Land Of The Dead

George A. Romero is finally returning to the big screen June 24th with a new Living Dead film! As many times as I’ve seen the trailer I still can’t quite believe it. Can’t wait, can’t wait, CAN’T WAIT!!

Sorry not sure when it will be making it’s way to your side of the Atlantic, hopefully soon.

I’ll go by some of my favorite directors

John Carpenter
HALLOWEEN(but who has’nt seen this?)
IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS
BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA
THE THING(this movie & NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD got me on to horror flicks)
ESCAPE FROM NEY YORK

Dario Argento
SUSPIRIA
DEEP RED
PHENOMENA(a.k.a.CREEPERS in the U.S.)
OPERA
TENEBRE

Stuart Gordon
RE-ANIMATOR
FROM BEYOND
DAGON
KING OF THE ANTS

John Woo All in Chinese
A BETTER TOMMOROW 1&2
THE KILLER
BULLET IN THE HEAD
HARDBOILED(one of the greatest action films ever, imo)

Sam Peckinpah(HUGE influence on Woo)
THE WILD BUNCH
BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA
STRAW DOGS
CROSS OF IRON

Takashi Miike(this guy is FUCKED up!)All in Japanese
AUDITION( I think Martin picked this as a fave a year back)
DEAD OR ALIVE 1,2:BIRDS, & FINAL
ICHI THE KILLER
CITY OF LOST SOULS
FUDOH: THE NEW GENERATION
VISITOR Q(you’re gonna want to shower after this one, I know I did)
GOZU

Lucio Fulci
ZOMBIE (a.k.a. ZOMBI 2)
THE BEYOND
CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD(a.k.a. GATES OF HELL)
NEW YORK RIPPER

George A. Romero
MARTIN
CREEPSHOW
THE LIVING DEAD TRILOGY: NIGHT OF, DAWN, & DAY(coming soon, on June 24, LAND OF THE DEAD!! HOT DAMN!!)
THE DARK HALF

Guillermo Del Toro
CRONOS
MIMIC
BLADE 2
THE DEVIL’S BACKBONE
HELLBOY

Alex Proyas
THE CROW
DARK CITY
GARAGE DAYS
And about THE CROW/ NURSE THING, I kinda lucked into it, I suck at details. And I am a he.

I’ll put up another list later, I just got back from work & I am totally out of it.

It really sucks you guys get these movies so late(it came out April 1 here). If you like the comix, you’re gonna SHIT over the film, Rodriguiz & Miller did an awesome job of bringing them to life. All the actors brought the characters to life just beutifally. There are reports that a SIN CITY 2 may already be filming, with Dwights origin story A DAME TO KILL FOR in this collection.

Both of ‘em RULE, I don’t know how you can de a Zeppelin fan and not have ‘em.

Saw it months ago and my only problem with it that I did’nt see it in a theater( went straight to video here in the U.S).

And, unfortunately, Chump Change is right, ‘cuase the last good were-wolf movie us Yanks made was THE HOWLING.

This movie kicked total ass! It was everything the RESIDENT EVIL movie should have been: consistently scary, relentless, aggressive, creepy( the empty London scenes), and just a DAMN good time at the movies.

Title: SILENT HILL

For me, the first one is better, but the second one still kicks ass. You could buy either one first as, story-wise, the only thing they have in common is the location of Silent Hill. Part 3 still has’nt come out here in the State’s. Sometime last year, I read on a few movie web-sites that there was talk of a movie, but about a month later it was revealed that it was all some kind of hoax. But a few months back, I started seeing MORE talk of a movie. If it does happen, I hope they don’t make a half-assed version of the original game’s story, a-la RESIDENT EVIL, which I kinda liked at first, but I liked less the next two times I watched. Now, I just don’t bother. 28 DAYS LATER was pretty much everything that movie should have been.