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Ariza posted:I liked Zombieland. I don't know if it was good and I think the pacing was off in some places, but I enjoyed it for what it was. It was a lot of fun to see in a loud packed movie theater. The stuff attached to it is pretty good though. But it's all very much dependent on the big cameo and Woody Harrelson.
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Zombieland is carried by the principal cast in general. All four of the leads do very solid work.
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Nov 23, 2014 18:21
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It's a great cast, but I do think that second half is pretty weak from a plot standpoint. Our hero already receives a more nuanced catharsis when the pilot ends and he learns to live. I didn't need him to learn how to be a hero. But who gives a poo poo because (HUGE SPOILER) Billy Murray and Woody Harrelson hanging off of one of those spinning swing rides while gunning down zombies.
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Nov 23, 2014 20:07
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My fading memory of Zombieland is that it wasn't as fun as I was expecting. Hooray to a subjective viewer experience, y'all! But I will reiterate, LIFE AFTER BETH is the best zombie film of the past five years.
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Nov 23, 2014 20:42
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Timeless Appeal posted:It's a great cast, but I do think that second half is pretty weak from a plot standpoint. i'll definitely agree with that. the whole theme park climax relies on Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin's characters making hugely idiotic decisions for no reason.
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Nov 23, 2014 21:02
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Zombieland did come out about a month after Pontypool so it counts, but I didn't really think it was all that great.
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Nov 23, 2014 21:06
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I was gonna say zombie strippers but its six years old. Curses
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Nov 23, 2014 21:39
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off topic, but Pontypool and Feast would make a good double feature.
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Nov 23, 2014 21:41
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schwenz posted:off topic, but Pontypool and Feast would make a good double feature. You mean Feast and Slither
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Nov 24, 2014 01:11
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Have you guys seen Juan of the Dead?
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Nov 24, 2014 01:30
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Timeless Appeal posted:That's because Zombieland is a failed TV pilot with some other stuff attached to it. Really, watch the movie again with that in mind. There is a clear first episode ending just around the 43 minute mark when the TV pilot would have ended. That makes so much sense and explains the problems I had with it. Didn't they end up making a TV show on some weird network? Was that any good? I assume the cast has better poo poo to do since they're all moderately famous now.
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Nov 24, 2014 01:47
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Little_wh0re posted:I was gonna say zombie strippers but its six years old. Curses Cockneys Versus Zombies. 
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Nov 24, 2014 01:47
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Jedit posted:Cockneys Versus Zombies. Not even nearly close to Juan of the Dead.
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Nov 24, 2014 02:06
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Jedit posted:Cockneys Versus Zombies. I tried to watch that once but I couldn't unroll my eyes long enough to look at the screen.
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Nov 24, 2014 03:59
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Robawesome posted:You mean Feast and Slither ooooh. I wonder if Gunn will ever return to insane horror. Was The Ghouls any good?
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Nov 24, 2014 04:08
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Ariza posted:That makes so much sense and explains the problems I had with it. Didn't they end up making a TV show on some weird network? Was that any good? I assume the cast has better poo poo to do since they're all moderately famous now. I think it was made for Amazon you could probably find the pilot pretty easily, it wasn't great but had potential from what I remember.
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Nov 24, 2014 04:15
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Saw The Babadook a little while ago and that was loving terrifying. I very rarely get scared by most modern horror movies, but that one was just creepy as poo poo. Very well done, and I won't be sleeping tonight.
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Nov 24, 2014 07:22
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Zombie Chat: Okay, Life After Beth was loving great. 1. life After Beth 2. Juan of the Dead
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Skywalker OG posted:Have you guys seen Juan of the Dead? I have, it rules. Edit: haven't seen Life After Beth yet, but it's on my list. I thought The Dead was pretty but boring as poo poo. gey muckle mowser fucked around with this message at 11:14 on Nov 24, 2014 |
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Nov 24, 2014 11:12
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Skywalker OG posted:Have you guys seen Juan of the Dead? I'm pretty burned out on zombie stuff but adored this.
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Nov 24, 2014 15:44
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Hey if any of you are into found footage I put up this short (30 min) film about a couple during hurricane sandy. The footage is real and shows just how willing people are to film during danger. It gets pretty intense! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tcp8AfJW-mY
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Nov 24, 2014 16:04
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Skywalker OG posted:Have you guys seen Juan of the Dead? I honestly find it surprising that a regime that still arrests dissidents actually funded a movie that so openly mocks the politics of Cuba.
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Nov 24, 2014 17:04
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Laying aside zombies for the moment, has anyone seen A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night? It was at a recent film festival, but I didn't get to see it; I wanted to because I was interested in the concept of a vampire in Iran. Is it any good?
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Skywalker OG posted:Zombie Chat: Okay, Life After Beth was loving great. Okay, someone else has seen "Life After Beth", so I will elaborate. My gripe with zombie films (and zombie-related media) is just that the majority of films are recycled garbage at this point. It's rare that a film does anything with the genre that is interesting. "Life After Beth" does this, mostly by being a zombie film that doesn't adhere to zombies as we understand them. While people are rising from the dead all over the place, the main focus never strays far from the central two characters. Of course, this film is a thinly veiled allegory of the difficulties of getting over a relationship, as the process is similar to grieving the death of someone. Of course, my memory is a bit spotty, as I watched it three or four months ago. On the other end of the spectrum, the two worst zombie films I have seen, have been "The Zombinator" and "Die-ner (Get It?)". "The Zombinator" features a guy who looks like a terrible Arnie (at one point in the film, someone asks if he is The Terminator). It is also a found footage film, but drops that aspect about halfway through the film, as the cameramen get shots that would be impossible without the "bad guys" seeing them. For example, the "bad guys" arrive in a small bathroom to find one of the survivors, and the cameraman hides behind a corner in the small bathroom. The film never establishes how many cameras they have either, so there's scenes with three different perspectives. They also have a boom mic guy, who I believe leaves the film, by getting fed up with what's going on. "Die-ner (Get It?)" was watched because of its title. I have no memory of watching the film, but I have established a rule that I will never watch a Netflix film I have never heard of because of its title or poster.
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Nov 25, 2014 22:23
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I'd like some more movies where sadness/sorrow play a big part of the story, or character's who are very sad. Think like Lovely Molly or The Babadook
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Nov 26, 2014 01:35
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Kvlt! posted:I'd like some more movies where sadness/sorrow play a big part of the story, or character's who are very sad. Think like Lovely Molly or The Babadook Lake Mungo Lake Mungo Lake Mungo
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Nov 26, 2014 02:30
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Kvlt! posted:I'd like some more movies where sadness/sorrow play a big part of the story, or character's who are very sad. Think like Lovely Molly or The Babadook Devoured is really good, kind of a downer though.
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Nov 26, 2014 04:56
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The Babadook was really, really well done. I hope the director keeps working in the horror genre because I want to see more of it. I also want that drat replica of the book.
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Nov 26, 2014 05:23
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Kvlt! posted:I'd like some more movies where sadness/sorrow play a big part of the story, or character's who are very sad. Think like Lovely Molly or The Babadook Everything from the '70s but mostly Don't Look Now. (And, obviously, The Exorcist is like one of the saddest movies ever made)
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Nov 26, 2014 05:52
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Personal favorite melancholic horror movies: Antichrist, Martin, Eyes Without a Face, The Fly. I don't think a lot of people will walk away with the same feeling but I was honestly more sad watching Jacob's Ladder than I was "scared."
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Nov 26, 2014 06:47
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I found Mama to be really heartbreaking throughout the entire film.
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Nov 26, 2014 07:24
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Possession.
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Nov 26, 2014 08:41
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The Devil's Backbone is a great melancholy ghost story.
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Nov 26, 2014 11:36
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The Ring, The Changeling , the descent, Donnie Darko Can we just call Requiem For a Dream what it is? a horror movie Certain ones with the original endings intact. I was reading that the alt ending to The Butterfly Effect he gies back to the womb and strangles himself with his own umbilical chord. that's bleak.
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Nov 26, 2014 12:12
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If Donnie Darko is a horror movie, The Room is a horror movie.
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Nov 26, 2014 12:29
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HaroldofTheRock posted:I found Mama to be really heartbreaking throughout the entire film. As did I.
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Kvlt! posted:I'd like some more movies where sadness/sorrow play a big part of the story, or character's who are very sad. Think like Lovely Molly or The Babadook Vinyan is about two sad parents trying to find their lost child in Thailand. Antichrist is about two sad parents mourning their dead child. Absentia deals with a woman being pretty sad about her disappeared husband. Citadel is about a guy both mourning his wife and trying to save his child from hobos. A giant amount of We Need To Talk About Kevin features Tilda Swinton being sad on a couch and at work.
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Nov 26, 2014 15:21
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I know Pumpkinhead was supposed to be about revenge, but I found it quite sad. Seconding Citadel; I hadn't heard of it until I saw it on Netflix, but it's quite a gem IMO.
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Nov 26, 2014 16:14
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I liked Citadel as I was watching it and it's got a great atmosphere to it, but it seems to present an idea of the poor/homeless as being scary, violent animals in a way I'm uncomfortable with.
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HaroldofTheRock posted:I found Mama to be really heartbreaking throughout the entire film. HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:As did I. Mama is so good.
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