The Official Land of the Dead Thread

[LaurenM]

Here is where we post reviews *w/spoiler space if needed*, thoughts, pics, other reviews, etc.

have fun.
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i'll go first:
an article:
www.torontosun.com/Entertainment/Movies/2005/06/23/1100792-sun.html

[LaurenM]

here's the mini-review from IMDb:

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Studio Briefing
24 June 2005

Movie Reviews: 'Herbie: Fully Loaded'
In reviewing Herbie: Fully Loaded, Chicago Sun-Times critic Roger Ebert makes what ordinarily would be considered an unpardonable sin for critics. He admits that he never saw The Love Bug, the original Disney film on which the sequel is based. He suggests that many adults probably won't be seeing this newest model either, writing, "The movie is pretty cornball. Little kids would probably enjoy it, but their older brothers and sisters will be rolling their eyes, and their parents will be using their iPods." Stephen Holden in the New York Times suggests it's difficult to write a serious review about such a film. It's "a perfectly silly movie for a silly season that in recent years has forgotten how to be this silly," he writes. And that may be the most favorable comment about the film. Ty Burr in the Boston Globe says that he found the movie "exactly as blandly noisy and inoffensively average as he thought it might be. So there's something to be said for lowering your expectations." Numerous critics refer to the large number of product-placement ads in the film, with Robert K. Elder writing in the Chicago Tribune: "The title Herbie: Fully Loaded perfectly describes the amount of product placements weighing down Disney's attempt to jump-start an old franchise. In an era when onscreen advertising is routine -- even unobtrusive when done well -- the makers of Herbie use every opportunity to stick a parade of Cheetos, Pepsi, Dupont, etc. in your face. Not only is this supremely distracting, but Disney's hyper-marketing even slows the dialogue as actors struggle to say such things as 'Nextel Cup Series' as if they're reading off cue cards held by stern-looking corporate lawyers."

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Movie Reviews: 'Bewitched'
Clearly the filmmakers behind Bewitched have bewitched a number of critics. A "surprisingly delightful rethink" is the way Jan Stuart describes it in Newsday. Glenn Whipp in the Los Angeles Daily News writes: "It might be going a bit far to use the word 'enchanting' when discussing Nora Ephron's frothy remake of the TV series Bewitched, but the movie is indisputably a cut above such rote efforts as The Honeymooners and Charlie's Angels. Ephron's Bewitched actually contains ideas. Some work better than others, but there's enough originality and solid laughs here to call this a charmed effort." Nicole Kidman is receiving the kind of passionate praise for her performance in the movie that is usually reserved for actors appearing in "important" films. "It's pleasant just to watch Ms. Kidman float through the movie's sets like a visitor from another land," writes Manohla Dargis in the New York Times, adding, "She's as adorable as E.T., though her voice is as baby-breathy as that of Marilyn Monroe. ... The kittenish delivery adds a crucial softness, a sense of comfort, that doesn't come naturally to this actress." On the other hand, Ann Hornaday writes in the Washington Post: "Shocking as it is to say, Kidman -- who is usually a big part of what's right in her movies -- is a big part of what's wrong with Bewitched, which is a misfire in pretty much every other department, too." Lou Lumenick in the New York Post brands the movie as an "un-magical, unfunny and unromantic alleged comedy." And Michael Wilmington in the Chicago Tribune concludes that the new Bewitched is "bothered and bewildered, an uninspired misfire of a TV-series knockoff that, despite its great cast and smart filmmakers, never manages to scare up much magic."

Movie Reviews: 'Land of the Dead'
Ordinarily studios don't even bother showing horror movies to critics in advance of their release. But director George A. Romero, who has become a virtual legend in the film business with such fright films as Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead, is obviously an exception, since he commands the kind of respect that other film makers of that genre only dream of. It's all evident in many of the reviews of his latest film, Land of the Dead. "The godfather of the modern zombie flick shows us how it's done right: With fleet pacing, well-timed shocks and a stealthy satiric edge," writes Gene Seymour in Newsday. David Hiltbrand in the Philadelphia Inquirer declares: "The zombie king ... returns with his most ingenious and ambitious zombie film yet." Bob Strauss in the Los Angeles Daily News hails the movie as "certainly the best-crafted film Romero has ever made." But Bob Longino in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution isn't about to accept Romero's credentials as a master filmmaker, writing: "Aside from the sick ick, there's really not too much 'master' going on here." And Steve Persall concludes in the St. Petersburg Times: "Romero originally planned a trilogy; this fourth movie takes us to the flesh trough one too many times." "
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heheh..this movie is getting better reviews than the other ones that are out today. HAHHA IN YO FACE!!

[LaurenM]

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!! he's just as yummy as he is in CM. the movie was GREAT!! i liked it better than Dracula 2000.

mmmmmmunch. *drool*

anyway, he had more shots/scenes than in CM. and he had like..maybe..4 lines. in the script, he had like one line..and he was supposed to look like Popeye. YAH RIGHT! i'm glad he didn't. he had an anchor tattoo on his left arm..and spoke some sailor talk ...and that IS him in those pics i post.

anyway, he was in the Dead Reckoning vehicle scenes. he was one of the operators or whatever...battling zombies.

did anyone else see it?

oh oh oh, forgot to mention. this one girl, was sitting 3 seats away from me, is my new friend. there was this one shot of him and it was the close up of his face (mmmm) and she said, "he's pretty hot" and i said, "REALLY? you think so?" and we started to talk about him. so, i converted another Tony fan. she might join this board. i gave her my email, phone #, etc.

i'm having a great summer. GO TONY YOU RULE MAN!!

[HailStorm]

Cool! I don't know whether or not I'll see it as I fear the zombies... but it's great that he's doing more stuff - especially stuff like this - cult is always good ^^
LoL! "I converted another Tony Fan" hehehe... Go Lauren!

[LaurenM]

well there is quite a few surprise zombie BOO I GOT YOU! scenes that might make you scream or whatever..and lots of gore..if you can handle that you can handle this. the zombies are quite funny, though. even ones that play musical instruments. and one retarded one *still has the image of that woman who went URRRGH to me at the movie theater the other night heehee*

she called me today and said, "wasn't he on Jett Jackson?" and i said yah..she said, "OMG i loooooved the Rat. he was cool"

mmm Tony the sailor. with a tattoo...*drool*