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Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Thu Mar 9th at 5:47pm 2006

? quoting Crono
I wouldn't, Land of the Dead was a ridiculous movie. Maybe he changed something amazing between the theatrical and DVD cut, but, last time I checked, that movie sucked donkey balls. The entire plot of zombies becoming smart: LAME!

There are so many flaws in it too. Besides the zombie learning to get revenge ... God what a f**king terrible movie, how in God's name could you think it's good? Seriously, that is just beyond me.

I HATE THAT MOVIE. I hope George Romero never makes another movie, period. Which has already been denied, since he's making "Diamond Dead" and wrote "The Crazies", which are both takes on zombies ... again ...


Personally -- I felt that the changes he made were good, they (pardon the pun) breathed some life into a stale genre, just as the fast zombies from 28 Days Later did. Which reminds me, 28 Days Later is in my top 4 somewhere, maybe in front of Land of the Dead.

I just enjoyed having a different zombie experience. I don't know if you're a zombie purist or what, but the acting, script, cinematography were all above average (Dennis Hopper was awesome by the way, and John Leguizamo was better than he usually is in movies, ie. Precinct 13... blech) so I don't see where you can really criticize the movie. If you don't like the changes he made to the zombie formula and that ruined it for you, I can understand. But I liked the changes, the scenario (human cities surviving with a system of protection, and the idea of fiddler's green), the acting, the lines, the special effects, the pacing, and the pure entertainment of it all.

I just really enjoyed watching it... and it didn't drag like Undead did.




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Posted by Crono on Thu Mar 9th at 7:36pm 2006

The idea of the city was good. The gore was decent. The Zombie's learning was stupid ... just like it was stupid in Day of the Dead. I like Dennis Hopper too, he was the best part of the movie. The entire plot of the movie could have been better. And no, the acting wasn't good in the least. The only thing worse was the dialog.

Undead wasn't meant to be serious. If Land of the Dead was meant to be a joke, I wouldn't be so hard on it. Because ... it's pretty damn stupid, to be perfectly honest.


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Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Thu Mar 9th at 8:24pm 2006

*shrug* I liked the dialogue and the acting. It was better than the dialogue in 28 Days Later anyway.




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Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Fri Mar 10th at 11:08pm 2006

I watched Citizen Kane last night, for the first time. Not really out of interest, but because I got chastized in one of my film classes for never having seen it before.

I liked the shots in the beginning with the stark lighting and the smoke. I liked how deep some shots were. I also liked the long takes and the fluid mobile camerawork. But overall, I didn't enjoy the story or find the movie very entertaining. I like Joe Cotton as an actor (watch Shadow of a Doubt and you will too) but I didn't really like the other characters. The women were just downright irritating.

Anyway -- I wouldn't watch it unless you're a wannabe film buff <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">




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Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Sun Mar 12th at 3:58am 2006

I just watched I Heart Huckabees and I have to say I enjoyed the middle bits the most... the parts where Mark Wahlberg and Jason Schwartzman are hanging out together.

Overall -- it was a pretty zany movie. I'm not sure how I feel about it... but I don't regret watching it, but I wouldn't buy it.




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Posted by SpiKeRs on Sun Mar 12th at 10:58am 2006

Splashed out on the 8 disc box set of This Life, an ace TV series from the 90s. Should keep me occupied for a while <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif"> Did anyone else ever watch it? Everyone I know seems to have heard of it but never seen it.



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Posted by reaper47 on Sun Mar 12th at 5:43pm 2006

I'm not a general anime fan but there are a few that are just so wonderfully weird. Saw "Mindgame" yesterday and it's a total mindf**k. I didn't get a thing but it's just so far away from anything you'd see in a western movie that I actually enjoyed it.



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Posted by Orpheus on Mon Mar 13th at 3:01am 2006

Today was a lazy day. Watched several movies.

"Walk the line" Much better than I imagined it would be considering the topic.
"Yours, Mine and Ours" Great remake.
"Monte Walsh" Great Western.
"What Lies Beneath" Never thought Harrison Ford could pull off this type of movie. Very out of character.
"Dark Water" Great Movie. 'Nuff said.





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Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Mon Mar 13th at 6:18am 2006

I just watched Band of Outsiders for a paper I have to write. It's a French New Wave film by Godard. A few bits I liked, but overall this movie really dragged for me.

Tomorrow morning I have to go back and watch choice bits so I can take enough notes to support a paper. :S




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Posted by Hugh on Tue Mar 14th at 12:13pm 2006

I watched Schinder's List the other night 'cause I have it on VHS and never watched it. Kind of hard to follow, maybe 'cause I was watching at 3 in the am, but he seems all content during the whole movie and then just has a Jew-loving breakdown at the end and it's like where the hell did that come from? Good movie, though.

Watched Jarhead last night... didn't expect or need to see Jake Gyllenhaal's ass. Not sure what I think of it since there wasn't much of a plot so much as character development. Least violent war movie I've ever seen... I don't think they shot anybody in the whole film. Crazy.




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Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Tue Mar 14th at 6:13pm 2006

I haven't seen Jarhead yet but a film critic for the New York Times said the problem with the movie was that the director never really took a stand either way... ie. war is bad or good.

Would you agree?




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Posted by Crono on Sat Mar 18th at 11:09pm 2006

Saw V for Vendetta last night.

So relieved. I was afraid it would be screwed up and made into an action movie, but it was incredibly faithful to the Moore/Lloyd book.

I really enjoyed it. And for first time, taking the head, director James McTeigue, did a really great job. However, I can see how working on the matrix films rubbed off on him (no not bullet time, you ass) the overall camera work is much like Wachowskis, actually, it's usually steady long shots, with lots of panning. In otherwords, everyting on screen is what they wanted you to see. So, a huge kudos, also, to cinematographer, Adrian Biddle for that.

The only thing I didn't like about the movie, is that the parts they cut out from the book were my favorite parts.
[SPOILER OF MOVIE AND BOOK]
The idea of "The Head" block in downtown London, except "The Finger" and fingermen, is gone.
The idea of the computer "Fate" telling "The Leader" everything that will happen, that's all gone
So, obviously, V doesn't have control of Fate.
About 5 characters aren't introduced, at all (which were pretty important)

Everything else they changed or added was pretty good. I especially enjoyed the character, Deitrich (Stephen Fry) and the whole Benny Hill-esq sketch.

Changing Evey's past was alright too ...

The important things (besides Fate) they got right and did very well. (The death scene of Dr. Surridge is almost word for word.)
[/SPOILER]


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Posted by Orpheus on Sat Mar 18th at 11:54pm 2006

Just finished North Country.

Damned fine movie, if you like that sort.

5 stars.





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Posted by Hugh on Sun Mar 19th at 1:17am 2006

Morphine - Takes me 4 days to read stuff I guess. Anyhoo, no, I don't think he really took a stand, he basically shows how it can suck (getting shot/stabbed/killed/blown up, etc.), how it can be, eh, cool (get to see stuff that you'd never otherwise see, i.e. burning oil fields), and that it sticks with you the rest of your life.


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Posted by Orpheus on Sun Mar 19th at 2:49pm 2006

Watched Jarhead this morning. Frankly, it wasn't that great. The basic training was fairly representative of Marine basic though.

Honestly speaking Full Metal Jacket had a much better representation of basic training, albeit Army Basic.

Jarheads are notoriously stupid folk so, I assume the Marine basic scenes to be accurate judging from what I know, and what they portrayed.





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Posted by Orpheus on Mon Mar 20th at 12:04am 2006

Just finished Howl's Moving Castle.

Good storyline. Typical Japanimation.





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Posted by Hugh on Mon Mar 20th at 11:11am 2006

Watched The Machinist tonight, seemed Fight Club-ish in a few parts, but this one's more confusing. The end explained most of it but I still don't get some of it soooooo, I don't know. Hah. The guy's soooooooooooooooo skinny in it, it's friggin' ridiculous. So, I guess watch it if you like creepily skinny guys and crazy movies.


One day you'll know what you're talking about, I can hardly imagine

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Posted by Agent Smith on Mon Mar 20th at 11:31am 2006

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Watched Jarhead this morning. Frankly, it wasn't that great. The basic training was fairly representative of Marine basic though.

Honestly speaking Full Metal Jacket had a much better representation of basic training, albeit Army Basic.


Couldn't agree with you more Orph. I got to the end and thought, so what, Full Metal Jacket did this better, and with a reasonably coherent plot, rather than a few cinematic sequences strung together. Actually in terms of Gulf War related movies, Three Kings beats this hands down.

Saw Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, bit shaky at the start, but over all a pretty good film, Val Kilmer is actually good in this, as opposed to his latest string of flops and B-grade rubbish. Though Mind Hunters wasn't bad and he was in that.

NightWatch was good as well, took a fairly generic type of plot and made it something different and interesting. A bit hard to follow in some parts though with not much description of some of the key concepts. Overall a big hand to the Russians.

Also saw a rather strange sci-fi called Immortal, about egyptian gods and such. Interesting and strange, but not necessarily bad.

Just finished watching the Family Guy movie, lots of laughs and some great moments. Kinda like a giant episode, or watching 4 episodes back to back.




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Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Tue Mar 21st at 3:23pm 2006

I watched V for Vendetta last night and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I would definitely recommend watching it.





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Posted by French Toast on Wed Mar 22nd at 12:13am 2006

I want to sooo badly... have to wait to rent though <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/sad.gif">





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