Land of the Dead-who's excited?

[xmas74]

I can't f-ing wait!

“Land of the Dead” is fun, thrilling, scary, meaningful, touching, intelligent and, yes – oh yes – violent, bloody and amazingly, wonderfully, imaginatively gory. It’s almost as if the gore in the film was so over-the-top, so brutally fantastical in its violence, that the MPAA didn’t even know what they were looking at…as if they had no idea of what was being torn apart into bloody shreds of flesh on-screen. "

And more:

At this point, it’s worth noting that each of Romero’s previous “Dead” films served as sly social commentary on the decades in which they were made. The turbulent ‘60s of “Night,” the consumer-driving ‘70s of “Dawn” and the Reagan-era militaristic ‘80s of “Day.” Unfortunately, Romero didn’t direct a “Dead” movie during the ‘90s, so “Land” benefits from having two decades to comment on: the corporate, yuppified ‘90s (represented by this film’s Upper Class) and the terrorized post-9/11 world we live in now, reflected in “Land’s” Lower Class. The clash between these two worlds and times works extremely well."

"There is just so much jam-packed into this film: cage matches, corporate politics, pot-smoking skateboarders, pimped-out dwarfs, spectacular missile strikes, hot lesbian action…it goes on and on! It’s almost too much for one movie."

Review link: http://aintitcoolnews.com/display.cgi?id=20418

and trailer link: http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/landofthedead/large.html


Most people only remember how violent Romero's movies are. They tend to forget to watch for all of the subtext. Romero is actually making a statement about the times that we live in with every single one of his "Dead" movies. I can't wait to see and hear what he says about the climate today!

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1. I am!!!

Can't wait either.

I had no idea this was even in the works.

[xmas74]

2. June 24th.

I love Romero!
I hope that it puts 28 Days Later to shame!

[iconoclastic cat]

3. I've encountered cat hairballs that were scarier than 28 Days Later.

[xmas74]

4. Thank you!

I thought that movie was stupid. I hated it.
Let's face it-no one is better than Romero at the zombie genre. No one.

[sundog]

5. well, it is romero

so i am interested... i'd like to see if he gets back to form :)

[xmas74]

6. read the review that I linked.

they say that it is incredible and that there is no way that it should have just gotten an "R".

[nuxvomica]

7. The original "Night" is still the scariest, IMHO

I watched it in a college cafeteria with Romero himself in the room and it still scared the sh*t out of me. The guy who made it was right there and talked about making it after the screening and I was still scared walking back to my dorm. That's a filmmaker.

[xmas74]

8. It is still the best.

It's one of the best if not the best horror film of all time.
You are so lucky that you got to screen w/ Romero! I would have died over that.
I am still very excited about LofD. I really want to see how he interprets today's climate.

[nuxvomica]

10. The trailer looks good

I'm actually not a big zombie movie fan but I'll probably see this one. You're thinking Romero might infuse the movie with sociopolitical subtext? That's probably a pretty safe bet. ;-)

[xmas74]

11. previews says that he has.

He always does.

[ghostsofgiants]

9. Looks badass

[xmas74]

12. I know!