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I can't wait. Been looking forward to seeing this since before it hit the theater. I'll be heading to BB right after work tomorrow.
Tomorrow!!!! Dawn of the Dead!!!!
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Yes! My video store had it for rent last Friday night, but I had to resist since my copy shipped last Friday with 4 other movies that come out tomorrow.
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I agree! I'll be going to BB tomorrow too. Be sure and pick up the unrated Director's cut w/ additional 9 minutes, vs. the "R" version (theatrical).
| Originally posted by Monstermile I can't wait. Been looking forward to seeing this since before it hit the theater. I'll be heading to BB right after work tomorrow. |
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Our Blockbuster will only have the R rated version. There is no other video store within 25 miles of us. So I will be forced to wait for when it is shown on cHBO/Starz, or take a semi-long drive.
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What about ordering it off the web???
Personally - I'd take the long drive (I drive further than 25 miles every day to work)
Personally - I'd take the long drive (I drive further than 25 miles every day to work)
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Sarah Polley is hot. She reminds me of a younger Uma Thurman.
Looks aside, she is a good actress, but because she sticks to Canadian productions, she doesn't get a lot of recognition. Check her out in the Sweet Hereafter - an excellent performance in an excellent film.
Looks aside, she is a good actress, but because she sticks to Canadian productions, she doesn't get a lot of recognition. Check her out in the Sweet Hereafter - an excellent performance in an excellent film.
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Yeah really. bestbuy.com has free shipping and it is $15.99 the first week. If I didn't have a local BB I would probably be ordering most of mine from there because the next closest one is almost an hour away.
John Ballentine: I wouldn't have it any other way. I wouldn't see the sense of buying the regular over the director's cut. Is there even going to be a regular?? All I have seen advertised is the director's cut.
| Originally posted by John Ballentine What about ordering it off the web??? Personally - I'd take the long drive (I drive further than 25 miles every day to work) |
John Ballentine: I wouldn't have it any other way. I wouldn't see the sense of buying the regular over the director's cut. Is there even going to be a regular?? All I have seen advertised is the director's cut.
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Or my favorite of hers, the underrated but insanely funny *Pulp Fiction*-on-Ecstasy flick Go . A beautiful girl, a worthy movie.
Her acting career stretches way back to when she was quite young--at 9 she was given a lot of screen time as the young girl in Terry Gilliam's The Adventures of Baron Munchausen . Interestingly since you mentioned how much they look alike, in that film she had a scene with none other than Uma Thurman.
| Originally posted by Steve Burke Sarah Polley is hot. She reminds me of a younger Uma Thurman. Looks aside, she is a good actress, but because she sticks to Canadian productions, she doesn't get a lot of recognition. Check her out in the Sweet Hereafter - an excellent performance in an excellent film. |
Her acting career stretches way back to when she was quite young--at 9 she was given a lot of screen time as the young girl in Terry Gilliam's The Adventures of Baron Munchausen . Interestingly since you mentioned how much they look alike, in that film she had a scene with none other than Uma Thurman.
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Why would I buy a film I have never seen? There's just no way I am going to do that.
I'm headed to BB too! This is one of the best movies of the year.
Speaking of GO, I picked this up in the bargain bin at BB for 5.99.
Matt- Trust us on this one, it's an excellent blind buy!
Speaking of Sarah Polley, check her out in a movie called "No Such Thing". She's awesome!!
Speaking of GO, I picked this up in the bargain bin at BB for 5.99.
Matt- Trust us on this one, it's an excellent blind buy!
Speaking of Sarah Polley, check her out in a movie called "No Such Thing". She's awesome!!
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Funny thing is, you'd probably spend less buying it than you would going to see it in a theater with a popcorn and drink. I'm with version on this one... instead of going to the movies - I buy movies that I haven't seen all the time.
Hope Dawn of the Dead is a good one.
Hope Dawn of the Dead is a good one.
Depending on how hooked on George Romero you are, and how open-minded you are, you may or may not dig this flick.
I still can't decide if I love it or hate it....I think its a little of both.
On the one hand, the original Dawn was entirely character and story driven. You got to see all the main characters before they were thrust together, you got to see their character flaws throughout the movie (they weren't just stereotypes), and there was the whole adventure-thing of living inside a mall. And of course....the impending "doom" of more and more and more zombies that would eventually overwhelm them. A fantasticly apocalyptic story and amazingly gory FX (for its time).
You don't get an of that with the new version.
The new version sorta throws a bunch of strangers together, all of them stereotypes to make them easy to identify so you dont have to waste any time writing backstorys for them. ..and while that usually spells "major suckage", somehow in this film it kinda works. The editing isn't bad, and there are enough twists and turns are gore to make it interesting.
Actually I was really surprised at what they got away with in releasing the film........I haven't seen gore like this since the 1980's
As for Fast-Zombies, I prefer the slow zombies and a good story...I think the fast-zombie-types worked well in 28 Days Later, but in this movie its only so-so.....still......dont think too much about the old version and the new version isn't that bad at all. in fact, its kinda good.
In that MTV Music-Video kinda way.
THE REAL PAYOFF is the fact that the success of this flick got George Romero the funding and now he's off shooting LAND OF THE DEAD......so for that reason alone this movie here deserves props.
I still can't decide if I love it or hate it....I think its a little of both.
On the one hand, the original Dawn was entirely character and story driven. You got to see all the main characters before they were thrust together, you got to see their character flaws throughout the movie (they weren't just stereotypes), and there was the whole adventure-thing of living inside a mall. And of course....the impending "doom" of more and more and more zombies that would eventually overwhelm them. A fantasticly apocalyptic story and amazingly gory FX (for its time).
You don't get an of that with the new version.
The new version sorta throws a bunch of strangers together, all of them stereotypes to make them easy to identify so you dont have to waste any time writing backstorys for them. ..and while that usually spells "major suckage", somehow in this film it kinda works. The editing isn't bad, and there are enough twists and turns are gore to make it interesting.
Actually I was really surprised at what they got away with in releasing the film........I haven't seen gore like this since the 1980's
As for Fast-Zombies, I prefer the slow zombies and a good story...I think the fast-zombie-types worked well in 28 Days Later, but in this movie its only so-so.....still......dont think too much about the old version and the new version isn't that bad at all. in fact, its kinda good.
In that MTV Music-Video kinda way.
THE REAL PAYOFF is the fact that the success of this flick got George Romero the funding and now he's off shooting LAND OF THE DEAD......so for that reason alone this movie here deserves props.
Dawn of the Dead original - was great.
Dawn of the Dead 2004 - was fun but certainly didn't live up to the classic Romero film.
I'm not to excited about Land of the Dead. I thought Day of the Dead was passable but not up to Dawn. I'm just not sure George still has it. I guess I'll have to wait and see.
Dawn of the Dead 2004 - was fun but certainly didn't live up to the classic Romero film.
I'm not to excited about Land of the Dead. I thought Day of the Dead was passable but not up to Dawn. I'm just not sure George still has it. I guess I'll have to wait and see.
(Puts on his review cap)
Dawn Original = a masterpiece....creepy, gory (enough), apocalyptic storyline, great soundtrack by Goblin....well shot, and an interesting and desperate storyline. The shots of things like them playing arcade games, warming up to each other in the beginning...bonding...and then growing on each others nerves, really made it a good movie to get into. And who didn't want to have free-reign over a Mall in the 70's (when Malls were all the rage).
Dawn New = None of that...you dont really care about the characters...they're just props.....when they die, most of the time you're pleased because all but 1 or 2 of them are just stereotyped and paper thin...the "Angry Street Thug", etc.
I think the biggest problem with the Dawn remake was that the movie just moves along too quickly....it hurries-up to get everyone into the mall, then once this group of people are there...doesn't really do anything with them except expose them all as paper thin.
Since they are all stereotyped (the white guy is either a total male testosterone scumbag, or a mousy and meek guy, one girl is a ditzy ***** and the other is the brains of the outfit, the african american is either a cop or a Drug Dealing Street Thug...blah blah blah) it starts to feel more like an episode of THE REAL WORLD than an actual movie about a group of people.
There's just something disconnected about the cast of this movie.....Still, for what it is, its not bad. Certainly watchable.
Tho...28 Days Later was "creepier" for me than this movie...
Dawn Original = a masterpiece....creepy, gory (enough), apocalyptic storyline, great soundtrack by Goblin....well shot, and an interesting and desperate storyline. The shots of things like them playing arcade games, warming up to each other in the beginning...bonding...and then growing on each others nerves, really made it a good movie to get into. And who didn't want to have free-reign over a Mall in the 70's (when Malls were all the rage).
Dawn New = None of that...you dont really care about the characters...they're just props.....when they die, most of the time you're pleased because all but 1 or 2 of them are just stereotyped and paper thin...the "Angry Street Thug", etc.
I think the biggest problem with the Dawn remake was that the movie just moves along too quickly....it hurries-up to get everyone into the mall, then once this group of people are there...doesn't really do anything with them except expose them all as paper thin.
Since they are all stereotyped (the white guy is either a total male testosterone scumbag, or a mousy and meek guy, one girl is a ditzy ***** and the other is the brains of the outfit, the african american is either a cop or a Drug Dealing Street Thug...blah blah blah) it starts to feel more like an episode of THE REAL WORLD than an actual movie about a group of people.
There's just something disconnected about the cast of this movie.....Still, for what it is, its not bad. Certainly watchable.
Tho...28 Days Later was "creepier" for me than this movie...
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I want to thank you guys for spending my money for me. This morning I received an email from Best Buy for "Buy 3 DVD's for $20", so I did that, then I remembered I needed another Toslink cable, another $20. Now I read this thread and there goes another $15. Oh well, it's only money and I can pick them all up from the same store. Can't wait to see it, I'll probably wait until Saturday night to watch it along with Bubba Ho Tep on Voom.
Well, I just got done watching this on the Unrated DC DVD purchased at Wal-Mart. All I can say is WOW! On my system the PQ and sound are first rate. Even though the direct comparisons to the original "Dawn" will be made, my take is that they are two very different movies. I have been and always will be a Romero fan and enjoyed every one of his entries in his Zombie Trilogy. While the 1978 version was excellent, I also think the 2004 version is excellent too, but in a different way. The original has places which are calming amid the mayhem, where as the new version sort of grabs you by the throat and doesn't let go very much. In a nutshell, the new version is satisfying horror and satisfying action all rolled into one!! What's not to like!!!
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That is my logic when I buy a DVD. If I even remotely considered seeing it in the theater (I really don't like theaters) I have no problem buying it on DVD. A helluva lot cheaper and if it is really good I can watch it as many times as I want.
| Originally posted by David_Larkins Funny thing is, you'd probably spend less buying it than you would going to see it in a theater with a popcorn and drink. I'm with version on this one... instead of going to the movies - I buy movies that I haven't seen all the time. Hope Dawn of the Dead is a good one. |
That is my logic when I buy a DVD. If I even remotely considered seeing it in the theater (I really don't like theaters) I have no problem buying it on DVD. A helluva lot cheaper and if it is really good I can watch it as many times as I want.
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