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Movie: "Zombieland"

Unread postby Revi » Thu 01 Oct 2009, 19:33:05

Anybody seen it yet?
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Re: Zombieland

Unread postby Consensi » Thu 01 Oct 2009, 22:29:00

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Revi', 'A')nybody seen it yet?

LOL, looks like a news scene of the terrified pedestrians running from
the collapsing World Trade Center. Yeah, I've seen it already.
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Re: Zombieland

Unread postby frankthetank » Fri 02 Oct 2009, 00:28:17

That is a clip taken from the first outbreak of superbug h1n1...

i want to see it...looks good
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Re: Movie: "Zombieland"

Unread postby PrestonSturges » Fri 02 Oct 2009, 12:37:29

Dude in the foreground needs some torso makeup
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Re: Movie: "Zombieland"

Unread postby Carlhole » Fri 02 Oct 2009, 14:01:14

Couldn't think of a more boring way to spend 2 hours.

I never understood the staying power of vampires or zombies in literature or movies. Some themes are just way too old and hackneyed to suspend one's disbelief long enough to sit through a whole movie's length.
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Re: Movie: "Zombieland"

Unread postby Nefarious » Fri 02 Oct 2009, 14:57:26

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'C')ouldn't think of a more boring way to spend 2 hours.


Watch golf.
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Re: Movie: "Zombieland"

Unread postby Carlhole » Fri 02 Oct 2009, 15:13:12

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Nefarious', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'C')ouldn't think of a more boring way to spend 2 hours.


Watch golf.


Ya thought you had me there, didn't ya?

Bit I thoughtfully considered which would be more boring to me - a zombie movie or a watching golf - before I posted . And I concluded that I would be more bored watching zombies.
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Re: Movie: "Zombieland"

Unread postby Jotapay » Fri 02 Oct 2009, 18:08:18

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Carlhole', 'I') never understood the staying power of vampires or zombies in literature or movies. Some themes are just way too old and hackneyed to suspend one's disbelief long enough to sit through a whole movie's length.


I love me some zombie movies. Love 'em. They are so campy but creepy/guy turning at the same time. My favorite is the Resident Evil series.
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Re: Movie: "Zombieland"

Unread postby Maddog78 » Fri 02 Oct 2009, 18:25:06

Zombie moves are cool. I'll probably go to this.
I like the Romero classics and the newer ones too, like Resident Evil.
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Re: Movie: "Zombieland"

Unread postby Revi » Sat 03 Oct 2009, 11:58:13

I Am Legend was a great zombie movie. What's not to like? Deer hunting from a Mustang in NYC.

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Re: Movie: "Zombieland"

Unread postby Revi » Sat 17 Oct 2009, 21:17:54

Well I finally got to see the movie. The first 5 minutes were a bit gruesome, and then I became accustomed to the gore.

Woody Harrelson plays the superbad zombie killer who is always looking for a twinkie.

I don't think it will win any awards, but it was a pretty funny movie.
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Re: Movie: "Zombieland"

Unread postby hardtootell-2 » Sat 17 Oct 2009, 22:34:07

the best Woody movie IMHO is "the cowboy way"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109493/

sorry for going off this serious topic Mod :roll:
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Re: Movie: "Zombieland"

Unread postby Jellric » Sun 18 Oct 2009, 21:50:12

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Carlhole', 'C')ouldn't think of a more boring way to spend 2 hours.

I never understood the staying power of vampires or zombies in literature or movies. Some themes are just way too old and hackneyed to suspend one's disbelief long enough to sit through a whole movie's length.


With the best movies of the genre it's not about the monster.

It's about people's reaction to the monster. The crisis allows the director to turn the lens on the character's psyche and the cultural attitudes that shape them.

I really enjoyed the 1968 classic 'Night of the Living Dead' for doing this so well. The two leads, a black man and a white man, had opposite ideas on strategy and their conflict held the movie together in spite of not-so-good special effects.

Interestingly, the zombies were never actually called "zombies" in the movie- just "those things".
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Re: Movie: "Zombieland"

Unread postby WildRose » Mon 19 Oct 2009, 15:08:47

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With the best movies of the genre it's not about the monster.

It's about people's reaction to the monster.


And that's what Zombieland is also. It's much more about the human
characters and their journey, rather than the zombies. It was funny. I enjoyed
the guest appearance!
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Re: Movie: "Zombieland"

Unread postby Revi » Mon 19 Oct 2009, 21:32:33

Even Kunstler couldn't resist Zombieland:

http://kunstler.com/blog/2009/10/marchi ... .html#more
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Re: Movie: "Zombieland"

Unread postby eastbay » Thu 22 Oct 2009, 18:03:58

Just saw it. Thankfully it was only an hour and 20 minutes long. I was constantly checking the time for the final half hour, much like waiting impatiently for the class bell to ring. No socially redeeming value in this movie whatsoever. We had free passes, so at least we didn't have to pay.

A total waste of time.
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Re: Movie: "Zombieland"

Unread postby Nefarious » Thu 22 Oct 2009, 18:54:57

I saw it. It was "ok", had some funny moments not many. For a good comedy zombie film I recommend Shaun of the Dead.
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Re: Movie: "Zombieland"

Unread postby Revi » Tue 27 Oct 2009, 19:54:42

Okay, so maybe Zombieland won't win an Oscar.
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