tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post2065189904813655004..comments2024-03-27T17:57:27.840-04:00Comments on Final Girl: The Blair Zombie ProjectStacie Ponderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07784074536271206501noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-62449494724033584932008-02-16T10:32:00.000-05:002008-02-16T10:32:00.000-05:00I didn´t see it yet, but i think it´s a "must see"...I didn´t see it yet, but i think it´s a "must see", considering your comments.Rey Nova https://www.blogger.com/profile/14874235700835240678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-71319210826827612142008-02-14T14:39:00.000-05:002008-02-14T14:39:00.000-05:00*sigh* a bad review of a Romero movie has the genr...*sigh* a bad review of a Romero movie has the genre sunk that far :(<BR/><BR/>No comment on the movie as it hasn't opened Downunder and probably wont. But to wit the stating the obvious. That's all down to the post MTV mall generation who don't listen to dialog, have no idea what metaphor is, and probably search for irony in a hardware store. Yes I'm blaming U.S teens who have the attention span of a radish. Throw in a "gnarly death" every five minutes and they will be happy, as long as there's a big neon signpost blazing away with what they should take from the current scene.<BR/><BR/>Maybe Zack Synder will ride in on a white horse and save us all ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-34128892251503376402008-02-14T11:20:00.000-05:002008-02-14T11:20:00.000-05:00REC is not a zombie movie strictly... But anyway,...REC is not a zombie movie strictly... But anyway, is a great terror film. Hope you guys enjoy it and see the spanish one, not the Hollywood´s remake!<BR/>RegardsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-49827710730356616572008-02-13T12:40:00.000-05:002008-02-13T12:40:00.000-05:00That's too bad you didn't like it Stacie. I caugh...That's too bad you didn't like it Stacie. I caught it at the Toronto Film Festival last year and everyone really seemed to enjoy themselves. Oh well. I can affirm your hopes about REC though. I saw it recently and it is a far superior film (one of my faves from '07 actually).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-48754107911601177782008-02-13T09:37:00.000-05:002008-02-13T09:37:00.000-05:00I felt the exact way about Land of the Dead- loved...I felt the exact way about Land of the Dead- loved it in the theatre, couldn't finish it at home. Has Dennis Hopper been in a good horror movie or just insanely bad sequels? I guess Water World is pretty terrifying.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00926822130283094820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-9377599552169766862008-02-09T12:15:00.000-05:002008-02-09T12:15:00.000-05:00You guys missed the funniest part of Stacie's post...You guys missed the funniest part of Stacie's post:<BR/><BR/>"I'm not one to nitpick a film, really I'm not."<BR/><BR/>HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!<BR/><BR/>It's okay, we still love you:)Joseph Emmerthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12662107341202094895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-10160175231445157732008-02-09T00:07:00.000-05:002008-02-09T00:07:00.000-05:00Also, [REC] looks kinda cool. If only my Spanish ...Also, [REC] looks kinda cool. If only my Spanish didn't suck so much, I could understand more of the trailer. Still, those look like some seriously fast zombies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-81515314711136392202008-02-09T00:03:00.000-05:002008-02-09T00:03:00.000-05:00Hey, there's been some pretty good stuff on Master...Hey, there's been some pretty good stuff on Masters of Horror. Not John Carpenter's stuff, but some good episodes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-5305520652277584832008-02-08T21:29:00.000-05:002008-02-08T21:29:00.000-05:00Well, that makes it you and Devin Faraci vs. every...Well, that makes it you and Devin Faraci vs. everyone else on the internet, and yet I know deep down that you two're right.<BR/><BR/>I actually like "Land" quite a bit (only because I can mentally wall it off from the trilogy), but I stopped expecting greatness from Romero when he said he was keen to remake The Thing with CGI. And the way he was talking up Diary, I could tell he let the subtext become the text, which is just shitty storytelling.<BR/><BR/>Oh well. Worth noting that he staved off the late-period suckfest a lot longer than most of the genre icons. To wit: Showtime's Masters of Horror series.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-72820733760427339652008-02-08T18:50:00.000-05:002008-02-08T18:50:00.000-05:00*sigh*Well, at least I hope George got a good payd...*sigh*<BR/><BR/>Well, at least I hope George got a good payday. Maybe this is his kiss-off to zombie movies?L. Rob Hubbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11539336724694374785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-35114737858595717942008-02-08T16:50:00.000-05:002008-02-08T16:50:00.000-05:00I don't so much mind that everyone's a hottie; it'...I don't so much mind that everyone's a hottie; it's about college kids, and college kids these days are all disgustingly attractive and life's not fair. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, <I>awesome</I> review and it hits on all the parts of this movie (and <I>Land</I>) that I didn't like. And I'm glad to see JA get a safe place to express his dislike as well.Joe Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06825174217179302019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-51963270005588240612008-02-08T16:39:00.000-05:002008-02-08T16:39:00.000-05:00Sigh.Oh well, going in with a lowered bar is prefe...Sigh.<BR/><BR/>Oh well, going in with a lowered bar is preferable to going in with high hopes that are to be cruelly dashed.Craig Blamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04700447209134787468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-4678862514553806182008-02-08T16:35:00.000-05:002008-02-08T16:35:00.000-05:00REC truly is amazing. Even though I had no idea wh...REC truly is amazing. Even though I had no idea what anyone was saying because i do not speak spanish, it still freaked the hell out of me. Screams translate into any language and all you really need to understand is ZOMBIE=YIKES to get the movie. The imagery, especial toward the end of the film is unsettling and disturbing in a way that has been neglected in zombie movies of late. For example in RESIDENT EVIL: EXTINCTION you know how all the zombies are all uniform, mostly white tough guys. What was up with that? I need zombies of all walks of life, oldsters, kids, all sizes and shapes...that's what works for me. REC just has those normal folks gone zombo thing that I think is just so much creepier then the video game looking dudes that are now the norm.kindertraumahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07176839856388835793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-16090875723193049942008-02-08T16:25:00.000-05:002008-02-08T16:25:00.000-05:00Oh, I forgot, I liked Samuel the Deaf Amish guy. E...Oh, I forgot, I liked Samuel the Deaf Amish guy. Even though even that was handled kind of clunkily. But he still kinda kicked ass all the same. I wanted HIS movie.<BR/><BR/>Some of the CG was just BAD too - like a couple of those gunshots to the head were TERRIBLE, they looked like somebody drew a wound in with a red sharpie.Jason Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18254334131909339157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-74440612251810015192008-02-08T16:05:00.000-05:002008-02-08T16:05:00.000-05:00Thanks for filling me in, JA. I can only imagine ...Thanks for filling me in, JA. I can only imagine how much time CGI saves, but it looks lame. LAME! If it's all pixels, I just...don't usually care.<BR/><BR/>And sacrificing characters for a message is about the worst idea I've EVER heard. Didn't he learn anything from his own movies? Which was more effective, <I>Night</I> or <I>Land</I>? Dammit George!<BR/><BR/>There were a couple of moments here and there that were okay...the eyeballs you mentioned, for example. By and large, though, I really REALLY disliked this film. And that sucks! I'm a Romero fan...but I guess that doesn't translate to loving everything.<BR/><BR/>Rural, I was hopeful because, with the exception of Shawn Roberts, I didn't recognize any names on the cast list. After the Dennis Hopperization of Land, I was looking forward to Romero getting back to his roots, so to speak. Unfortuantely, "unknown actor" certainly doesn't mean "good actor". Sure, they were all "pretty", but beyond that, they all stunk stunk STUNK.Stacie Ponderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07784074536271206501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-7054694131754198782008-02-08T15:57:00.000-05:002008-02-08T15:57:00.000-05:00I knew this was doomed from the moment the cast wa...I knew this was doomed from the moment the cast was announced. The beauty of those original movies was, whether financially driven or not, the cast looked like real people. They could be your nieghbours. Even in the Dawn of the Dead remake, they cast a lot of 'that guy's and 'oh . . . I saw her on law and order's, if you know what i mean. Character actors that weren't movie star glamorous. This looked like a bunch of models.RJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00960849284510182412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-12828962705628582032008-02-08T15:35:00.000-05:002008-02-08T15:35:00.000-05:00Man, that's a hilarious, well-written review. I go...Man, that's a hilarious, well-written review. I got nothin' to add.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-54691499392092370552008-02-08T15:28:00.000-05:002008-02-08T15:28:00.000-05:00I couldn't agree with you more, Stacie. I saw it W...I couldn't agree with you more, Stacie. I saw it Wednesday night and Romero was at my screening and was so adorable at the Q&A afterwards that I haven't been able to really type anything up on it because I love the dear man so very much... but yes, yes to you on every count. <BR/><BR/>Somebody at the Q&A asked him about all the use of CG and he said it basically came down to a time thing - that it's just so easy and gets your shooting done so much faster if you can fix it all up in post, and he seemed to miss the hands-on gore stuff but at the same time was, unsurprisingly, totally practical on how much time it saved him and how much faster he could get the film shot by just relying on the CG stuff. <BR/><BR/>That was part of what made me, like, mentally incapable of really writing anything on the film, was that he seemed totally aware of its flaws and limitations. He laughed about how sometimes he just couldn't resist an out-of-place goof or being corny. Which yes George, that's fine, endearing even, but then he went on to actually say the phrase "the characters don't matter" when asked about what comes first, his theme or his story (he answered theme), and I was like, yeah, obviously the characters didn't matter here, george, because you just filled the screen with a bunch of douchebags. <BR/><BR/>Sigh. I did really like the final shot (if only it'd been sans ANNOYING voiceover) and the zombie getting her eyeballs blown out with the defib machine rocked. So there was <I>that.</I>Jason Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18254334131909339157noreply@blogger.com