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Wednesday, 29 June 2005
LAND OF THE DEAD
A George Romera zombie movie iz like an episode of South Park.It'z fun to figure out who and what the characterz reprezent and what messeges are being made using bizarre situationz to mask them.And I'm guessin' the average movie goer seez the blood n' gutz and explosions,but misses what it'z sayin' under all that noize.But if your one of thoze zombiez who shutz off yer brainstemz and gaze at the flashy fireworkz instead of looking for commentaries on our own land of the dead,LAND OF THE DEAD will work for ya too.
To some,the symbolizm iz blindly obvious,and that makez it work also.And it doezn't come off az preachy cuz it workz on both levelz.It'z entertaining AND thought provoking.Course,I'm sure there'z fanz on both sides of the thought processes that could bicker about it too no end cuz that'z what uz geekzterz do.Romero,who iz the Godfather of the zombie film-hell,he'z the freekin' KING of the zombies,so hiz fanz take hiz zombie moviez mighty seriously!
Zombie moviez have alwayz been a fave of mine,but I'm not really sure why.I'm not what ya'd call a gorehound,in fact I like my horror to be more moody,subtle and serious-which Romero's "Night Of The Living Dead" iz,which,az a kid,waz creeped out when seeing still photos of it in issues of Famous Monsters Of Filmland,cuz,well,it looked so damn real with it'z black and white documentary look."Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things" quickly became one of my all time favorites after seeing it on some Saturday afternoon creature feature show.It waz just so atmospheric and wacky with it'z gay ass hippies and low budget.In fact,it seems like zombie moviez alwayz work better in low budget.
Course,over the yearz I caught the other Romero filmz and various other zombie movies-movies where zombiez vs.sharks,wear Nazi helmets and walk around with thier head in thier handz.
The mid 80's "Return Of The Living Dead" waz the one that really won me over.God,I loved that movie!Perfect soundtrack,kick ass black dripping zombies that cried out for brains,and a hectic nervous cast of characters that seemed very real to me.
Nowdayz,zombies are runnin' and drooling messes of decayed madness,making them even more frightening."28 Days Later" waz ok,but the remake of "Dawn Of The Dead"easily made it to my second fave zombie movie of all time cuz the first 10 minutes waz fuckin' intense!!
I'm pretty happy with the new Romero flicky.The zombies are slow and shufflin',but they're gettin' smarter.and we see a modern day struggle of Cro-Magnon Man vs.Neanderthal Man wrapped tightly in a post 9-11 viewpoint.
A few problemz,like the ending,which shoulda ended 5 minutes earlier,and my confusion of why money actually could have any worth whatsoever after the death of modern society,knocked it down a few notches,but I liked all the parables and nods to the former Romero filmz and it waz cool seein' zombies slowly emerging from the water,only this time without the Nazi helmets.
Not az good z the Dawn Of The Dead remake,but almost.
And that'z good enough for me!
Git down wit' da sickniss!
Ragz Rates It A:8.0
Posted by ragzdandelion
at 12:41 AM PDT
Updated: Wednesday, 29 June 2005 12:49 AM PDT
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