Zombieland

[SephYuyX]

Shortly after finishing the filming of Zombieland, Woody Harrelson had an altercation with a TMZ photographer at New York City's La Guardia Airport. His defense was that he was still in character and thought the cameraman was a zombie.

Fuckinlol.

[Odesseiron]

I think Romero felt the need to change the way his zombies where portrayed since 28 days later came out with charging zombies and rush the movies out and that was his first mistake. Although I guess you can point to Dawn of the dead and later in day of the dead as progression in terms of zombies.

In NoTLD they were portrayed as walking mindless zombies in DoTD they started referencing how they retained memories and in DoTD they had Bub lol. I guess it was only logical to conclude that he was gonna eventually end up with the steaming piles of shit that where LoTD and Diary of the dead much to my shagrin.

Except in 28 Days/Weeks later, they aren't really zombies.

Don't get me wrong, I love the old Dawn of the Dead for it's campyness and ridiculing society, but I will take the newer Dawn of the Dead any day of the week. The last two films Romero put out were shit. I have given up on him.

[wipers]

All I need to know is that Woody Harrelson is in it to know that it isn't the movie for me.

[Brill Weave]

If you're a zombie movie fan you can't just give up on Romero. His last two flicks weren't great. But they didn't exactly take away from the genre. Land of the Dead was alright. Diary of the Dead, not so much. The last good original zombie movie I watched was Dance of the Dead which was fairly low budget and still pretty damn good. I think sometimes people forget that zombie movies can be well done and not have a huge budget. It seems like whenever they get a larger budget things tend to go wrong.

[Qalbert]

If you're a zombie movie fan you can't just give up on Romero. His last two flicks weren't great. But they didn't exactly take away from the genre. Land of the Dead was alright. Diary of the Dead, not so much. The last good original zombie movie I watched was Dance of the Dead which was fairly low budget and still pretty damn good. I think sometimes people forget that zombie movies can be well done and not have a huge budget. It seems like whenever they get a larger budget things tend to go wrong.

Boy eats Girl, and Fido are both worth watching, for campy goodness.

[kuronosan]

I didn't mind Diary of the Dead so much. Land of the Dead wasn't as good for me. I also watched the old Dawn of the Dead versus the new one, and while I prefer the new Dawn of the Dead's story (mostly because the old one had such a campy ending) the classic Romero films were better overall because they weren't so focused on special effects.

I want a zombie movie where the zombies are slow and still a threat but the movie doesn't focus on special effects, they focus on the suspense of it. Kind of like how Roger thought the zombies were slow enough to not make a difference or harm him but then he gets bit in the arm anyway because he was careless. That's the kind of attacks that are expected, but suspenseful because you wonder if the character is going to get it.

Fast zombies, there is some suspense, but after Day of the Dead I don't want anymore.

[Brill Weave]

I thought Boy Eats Girl was alright. Fido was amusing. I had watched them both before I watched Dance of the Dead though. There aren't too many zombie movies out there that I haven't seen.

[Elcura]

Fast zombies, there is some suspense, but after Day of the Dead I don't want anymore.

28 Day had the only fast zombies I cared for.

[Eticket]

I'll probably go see this one, but I usually like Woody. Mila Kunis isn't in it after all though.

[Myrrh_Quetz]

Just saw this. It was pretty fucking good.

[Rhinox]

Romero is making a new entry into his saga It has potential.

[BadKarma]

Boy eats Girl, and Fido are both worth watching, for campy goodness.

Fido was fuckin awesome.

I cant stand Samantha Mumba so i didnt watch boy eats girl.

Dance of the Dead is great, they need to make the sequel they so obviously set up at the end though.

[travOtaku]

I am so excited for Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin kicking some zombie ass. Only reason I'm going to see it since I don't give a shit about Harrelson or that Michael cera wannabe.

[Pantimic]

Great movie as long as you don't care about the bigger picture. Kept me laughing the entire way through.

[Brill Weave]

I'm actually fairly surprised they haven't made the sequel for Dance of the Dead yet. But I'm also kind of on the fence about it. It always seems like most lower budgeted movies that gain a bit of a cult following always fuck up the sequel. I would still happily go see it just based on how awesome Dance was.

Almost all of Romero's movies have potential. But the thing with Romero is that he refuses to adapt to the Hollywood standard. Which is a double edged sword for him. It was that stance that made him be able to get Night and Dawn out there in the first place. But now it seems like the public is always looking for the next big blockbuster anymore. So when Romero attempts to make another quirky entry into the field, most people hate it. Granted it also seems like Romero's writing hasn't adapted to the way the world is now. Which I definitely think impacts his films in a negative way. I'm not saying completely tear down his legacy of slow moving zombies etc. But if you look at some of the directors who worked on other good zombie flicks they were successful because they bled other aspects into their films.

Robert Chomiak(Fido), Joe Ballarini(Dance of the Dead), Zack Snyder(Dawn remake), Simon Pegg & Nick Frost(Shaun of the Dead), and Danny Boyle(28 Days Later) all incorporated something new into their films.

With Chomiak he brought in the idea of interacting with zombies as servants with a tinge of black comedy. Joe Ballarini brought in high school kids as the main protagonists(which is almost never done, teenagers and zombies killing people is usually frowned up by mainstream media) and still managed to craft a humorous gore filled movie. Zack Snyder brought in the terror aspect in his remake of Dawn. He was able to make people squirm and jump in their seats with well timed scare/startle tactics. Simon Pegg and Nick Frost made a zombie movie that will probably go down as one of the funniest ones ever made. A zomedy is a hard thing to make. You still need to respect the genre by making it gory enough to keep hardcore zombie fans happy. But you also need to make it, ya know, funny. Otherwise it falls into the pile of mediocrity. Danny Boyle managed to make a fairly disturbing "zombie" movie with the excessive violence and the almost nonstop action. Which kept the movie tense the entire time it ran.

The only guy that I see being able to pick up Romero's legacy once he stop making films is Tom Savini. I've known him my entire life. When I was a little kid I would literally spend hours in his workshop in Lawrenceville. He has worked with Romero since he first began acting/directing. He did a fantastic job on the remake of Night of the Living Dead. Some people(including myself) actually like it more than the original. The problem with Savini is that he wastes his time with some absolute garbage films. Instead of taking the time to put together another great zombie film, he works on things like Children of the Living Dead(one of the worst zombie flicks ever made.) He has the talent and the experience necessary to pick up the torch should Romero falter and finally leave the scene.

Sorry I rambled on there for a while. And yes, I've met George Romero through Tom Savini and spoken to him a couple of times over the years. Savini still talks to my mother once or twice a year since my father passed away(my father had known him for years.)

[Rhinox]

I'm actually fairly surprised they haven't made the sequel for Dance of the Dead yet. But I'm also kind of on the fence about it. It always seems like most lower budgeted movies that gain a bit of a cult following always fuck up the sequel. I would still happily go see it just based on how awesome Dance was.

Almost all of Romero's movies have potential. But the thing with Romero is that he refuses to adapt to the Hollywood standard. Which is a double edged sword for him. It was that stance that made him be able to get Night and Dawn out there in the first place. But now it seems like the public is always looking for the next big blockbuster anymore. So when Romero attempts to make another quirky entry into the field, most people hate it. Granted it also seems like Romero's writing hasn't adapted to the way the world is now. Which I definitely think impacts his films in a negative way. I'm not saying completely tear down his legacy of slow moving zombies etc. But if you look at some of the directors who worked on other good zombie flicks they were successful because they bled other aspects into their films.

Robert Chomiak(Fido), Joe Ballarini(Dance of the Dead), Zack Snyder(Dawn remake), Simon Pegg & Nick Frost(Shaun of the Dead), and Danny Boyle(28 Days Later) all incorporated something new into their films.

With Chomiak he brought in the idea of interacting with zombies as servants with a tinge of black comedy. Joe Ballarini brought in high school kids as the main protagonists(which is almost never done, teenagers and zombies killing people is usually frowned up by mainstream media) and still managed to craft a humorous gore filled movie. Zack Snyder brought in the terror aspect in his remake of Dawn. He was able to make people squirm and jump in their seats with well timed scare/startle tactics. Simon Pegg and Nick Frost made a zombie movie that will probably go down as one of the funniest ones ever made. A zomedy is a hard thing to make. You still need to respect the genre by making it gory enough to keep hardcore zombie fans happy. But you also need to make it, ya know, funny. Otherwise it falls into the pile of mediocrity. Danny Boyle managed to make a fairly disturbing "zombie" movie with the excessive violence and the almost nonstop action. Which kept the movie tense the entire time it ran.

The only guy that I see being able to pick up Romero's legacy once he stop making films is Tom Savini. I've known him my entire life. When I was a little kid I would literally spend hours in his workshop in Lawrenceville. He has worked with Romero since he first began acting/directing. He did a fantastic job on the remake of Night of the Living Dead. Some people(including myself) actually like it more than the original. The problem with Savini is that he wastes his time with some absolute garbage films. Instead of taking the time to put together another great zombie film, he works on things like Children of the Living Dead(one of the worst zombie flicks ever made.) He has the talent and the experience necessary to pick up the torch should Romero falter and finally leave the scene.

Sorry I rambled on there for a while. And yes, I've met George Romero through Tom Savini and spoken to him a couple of times over the years. Savini still talks to my mother once or twice a year since my father passed away(my father had known him for years.)

Tom no spring chicken himself. He is getting up there in age as well. hes in his what 60's now? makes you wonder how long he wants to keep at it himself.

[Marajade]

Saw the advance screening. Amazing movie, probably funniest movie I've seen all year.

[Brill Weave]

Yeah that's definitely the downside of Savini. He's getting a bit long in the tooth as well. If he was going to try to advance the genre past Romero, he would have done so by now. I guess it's a young man's game now. And it's now more about zomedy's rather than straight up zombie gorefests.

[grantlogan]

Saw this movie today expecting alot but came away disappointed overall. The two highlights for me were 1) surprise guest appearance by big name celebrity & 2) Emma Stone is godamned hot.

If you really wanna know the answer to 1.,

Spoiler: show

It was Bill Murray. He's so funny & his scenes just couldn't be topped.

[aduidarnenye]

Saw this tonight. Pure awesome. Very funny. Non-stop action. Great movie.