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TIFF! Magoo Returns With Reviews Of NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN and Romero’s DIARY OF THE DEAD!

love me some Coen Bros & Romero-ness!~ by Amy Chasing	Sep 9th, 2007 09:14:50 PM
first btw
sweet. . .dead. . .meat by karamazov80	Sep 9th, 2007 09:21:05 PM
I really hope that this guy is right about Diary. But my expectations for any Romero will be so high. . .as it shall be for No Country.
sweet by genesis495	Sep 9th, 2007 09:29:36 PM
Finally a zombie film worth getting excited about, hopefully the guy is right and Romero is back in form.
September 9th, Shambled Around, Ate Some Brains. by Smerdyakov	Sep 9th, 2007 09:39:51 PM
September 10th, Shambled Around, Ate Some Brains. September 11th, Shambled Around, Ate Some Brains...
There have been 100 zombie movies, by jfp2007	Sep 9th, 2007 09:44:58 PM
You sure? Maybe there have been 101 or maybe 98?
NOTLD was scary? by jfp2007	Sep 9th, 2007 09:46:36 PM
Pussy.
we see what the major corporate media empires don't wan by jfp2007	Sep 9th, 2007 09:50:14 PM
This is bullshit. These so-called "empires" don't show this kind of thing (real world equivalents) because they'd get their asses fined off for showing it, plus little kids might be watching, and it would be outright irresponsible for that fact alone. It has jack and shit with "hiding" the truth from us poor little, ignorant small fry.
could The Borg assimilate a romero-verse Zombie? by Boomers_Lips	Sep 9th, 2007 09:52:45 PM
well could they?
stations reported about black families "looting" by jfp2007	Sep 9th, 2007 09:54:18 PM
They were. If you steal items from a store, no matter the circumstances, you are looting. Again, more horseshit semantics and trying to make America look like some police state. Most of the turds reporting this type of shit aren't American citizens and don't have a single clue about what they're talking about. It's pure hate and based on made up information or 2nd hand hearsay at best.
they heard about Martin Luther King Jr. being assassina by jfp2007	Sep 9th, 2007 09:56:24 PM
Yes, it's been mentioned a million times including the DVD commentary. Welcome to 5 years ago.
Boomers_Lips by The Dum Guy	Sep 9th, 2007 10:07:42 PM
The Borg can assimilate anything... Actually, I have no fucking idea, but I'm now wishing I would have taken the spoiler warning more seriously for No Country.
woo by maluquiro	Sep 9th, 2007 10:11:13 PM
i've been waiting for diary of the dead reports all day. yes i'm a nerd. i didn't know about the king thing, but i'm not a douche-bag...
It will take about 67 more glowing reviews of "Diary" by mr.underwater	Sep 9th, 2007 10:16:55 PM
To get me interested. "Land" was shitty, it had some moments, but not the "return" of the great Romero anyone was hoping for. The guy hasn't made anything worthwhile since the mid '80s, and somehow I doubt he was just biding his time until this very moment. I'm even originally from Pittsburgh and was born with this built-in soft spot for the guy. But c'mon, "Land" was his big golden opportunity to prove he was still a worthwhile filmmaker and he blew the hell out it. My built-in soft spot suddenly hardened the moment the credits started to roll on that one.
remember the punk chick from Return of the Living Dead? by Boomers_Lips	Sep 9th, 2007 10:19:58 PM
her name was Trash. but when she became a zombie, her face got ugly.
could The Borg assilimate a Cylon? by Boomers_Lips	Sep 9th, 2007 10:21:13 PM
not the toasters, but the bio-lons like Six, D'Anna, and the Final Four?
That NCFOM ending by ButtfuckZydeco	Sep 9th, 2007 10:34:28 PM
sounds entirely consistent with the book. It really threw me when I read it. Read it a 2nd time a year later and it really worked.
i liked land of the dead by maluquiro	Sep 9th, 2007 10:40:58 PM
sue me.
i liked Land of the Dead too! by Boomers_Lips	Sep 9th, 2007 10:47:24 PM
especially all the talking.
Looking forward to both of these... by Sulla	Sep 9th, 2007 11:18:12 PM
I'm a Romero fanatic and No country for old men looks like a nice return to the old days for the Coen Bros. Can't wait.
like the part by maluquiro	Sep 9th, 2007 11:25:11 PM
where this headless zombie walks up to the car, and everyone's like, 'what the hey?', then suddenly the zombie lurches forwards, and his head swings over his neck, barely attached by thin threads of skin, and he bites the guy on the arm. that part was awesome. god forbid we have a movie with talking. and romero movies never have lots of talking.
i dunno... by maluquiro	Sep 9th, 2007 11:30:25 PM
i just don't get the hate for the movie. sure, there were some cheesy parts and it wasn't perfect, but it was a great movie.
Sounds like Zombie Diaries to me... by voxmortis	Sep 9th, 2007 11:48:24 PM
...although no doubt cost more than the Brit effort (6000 quid!). Fortunately as it was made in the UK, Zombie Diaries is not a zombified Crash-style 'Racism for Dummies'.
i heard zombie diaries was crap by maluquiro	Sep 9th, 2007 11:59:03 PM
that's what i heard.
Crap as in... by voxmortis	Sep 10th, 2007 12:03:46 AM
shot for 6000 quid and unfortunately marketed as a zombie action film (not the filmmaker's fault), when in fact it's more of a Blair Witch meets nihilistic view of what people are driven to do when confronted with disaster? Zombie Diaries is worth watching, but don't expect a zombie horror flick. You have to be willing to forgive 2 bad acting performances too!
oh... by maluquiro	Sep 10th, 2007 12:07:09 AM
i want it to be good, cause i love zombie movies. i was just reading about it on imdb, and the response generally wasn't favorable.
blair witch comparisons always make me cringe by maluquiro	Sep 10th, 2007 12:09:37 AM
still i have faith that i will enjoy diary of the dead. hopefully i'll see the zombie diaries too and will enjoy it. but has anyone heard about flight of the living dead? it's a real movie!
It's a great achievement by the filmmakers... by voxmortis	Sep 10th, 2007 12:13:10 AM
...but if you're not interested in indie filmmaking, then I doubt it'll be of much interest. Trouble is Zombie Diaries is being pushed as a Romero-style zombie actioner - the artwork, synopsis, everything... so all these ADD tweeny horror fans are buying it from their local Tescos (after seeing the fantastic DVD artwork) and wondering why there are no hordes of zombies attacking London :)
sounds interesting by maluquiro	Sep 10th, 2007 12:18:29 AM
i'll have to check it out. even though i don't know what a tesco is.
Flight of the Living Dead = Plane Dead by voxmortis	Sep 10th, 2007 12:21:21 AM
I've seen it, and it's fun (it's on Channel BT). Way better than Snakes on a Train ;) I dunno when it got trendy to hate on Blair Witch - I guess it's tall poppy syndrome, being the most profitable film EVER. Maybe saying it was like Cannibal Holocaust would've been better.
something else we can agree on by maluquiro	Sep 10th, 2007 12:21:22 AM
fangoria? it's run by retards. i was watching an interview with romero about dotd and it was not pretty. during an interview with one of the actresses they kept cutting to stills of asia argento in lotd, as if they were the same actress. and the host interviewer guy was a total date rapist.
i don't hate blair witch or anything by maluquiro	Sep 10th, 2007 12:26:20 AM
i'm sure it's really scary. just that when other filmakers use it to describe their movie it seems kind of unoriginal and gimmicky. kinda like snakes on a train. romero said it was something like 'first person subjective'.
You had me at Romero... by voxmortis	Sep 10th, 2007 12:38:00 AM
First person subjective - makes it sound posh. Blair-style is cheap, so the style is used mainly by people who've got an idea but no money. Tescos is a supermarket in the UK. Avoid ALL films by Asylum - Snakes, Invasion of Pod, Transmorphers etc, they're just made to sucker money off people who can't read.
haha by maluquiro	Sep 10th, 2007 12:41:20 AM
transmorphers.
on a side note by maluquiro	Sep 10th, 2007 12:44:38 AM
i'm gonna see modest mouse play with rilo kiley tomorrow! i love their old stuff, but their new stuff is kinda iffy, especially rilo kiley's. and i heard one of their songs on the radio the other day, so they kinda sold out. romero, however, hasn't sold out. he doing it his way, on his terms, like a true knightrider.
the zombies in LOTD sure caught up with the people..... by Boomers_Lips	Sep 10th, 2007 01:29:25 AM
awfully quick. especially since the people inside the Emerald Tower were running. and the zombies were just...walking.
LAME OF THE DEAD... by evilnerdamp	Sep 10th, 2007 04:08:03 AM
..They're just looking for a place to stay. Just like us".
Romero does not exist in this dojo by Cobra--Kai	Sep 10th, 2007 06:01:43 AM
Under the conditions this guy describes seeing DIARY OF THE DEAD it sounds like it would be impossible not to have a great time with it. That doesn't necessarily mean it's a great movie. I think I will wait for calmer mouths and more considered opinions before I lay my cash on the counter.
FANTASTIC! ROMERO IS BACK ON TOP! by HarryBlackPotter	Sep 10th, 2007 06:23:15 AM
When I first heard about Diary I thought, meh. But now! Holy s**t. I need to see Diary of the Dead so badly. Need to find out when it's coming to UK cinemas!!!
So when we get Romero's 'Tea Time of the Living Dead' by Dr Gregory House	Sep 10th, 2007 07:41:06 AM
Brits gottaeat...errrrr...drink.
Re: "Looting" by Ray Garraty #47	Sep 10th, 2007 08:47:23 AM
I didn't know people could eat televisions, Cadillacs, and electronic equipment to survive. I will update my Boy Scout handbook immediately. Puh-lease.
Black families "looting" by riker33	Sep 10th, 2007 10:19:17 AM
Just to be clear, the point was that in the news reports, black s were coming out of a grocery store carrying bread and water after "looting" it, but whites doing the same thing were "searching for supplies". I saw the reports myself and couldn't believe the bias. I was also at the screening Saturday night, and the reviewer missed mentioning that there were several "zombies" in attendance. They were members of Toronto's "Zombie Walk"group and were a lot of fun! I too was very leery about the whole "Blair Witch" angle, but was VERY pleased with the final product! DEFINITELY worth checking out, folks!!
Yes there defenitely was looting by kilik777	Sep 10th, 2007 10:40:27 AM
I had family living in the area around Katrina and believe me there was "looting" going on. Not bread and beans but stealing TV's, dvd players, stereos from businesses and houses! I was disappointed in Land of the Dead overall but this movie sounds pretty good. Ill give it a change at Fantastic Fest in a few weeks. http://tinyurl.com/pv8do
Sounds Great by cheezwhipper	Sep 10th, 2007 11:44:14 AM
Ever notice these First-person, "recovered" footage movies are always done by someone just starting out in their careers? Romero has the chops to fully realize the potential of this gimmick and create something unforgettable. Land of the Dead was just OK in my book,which is fine, but this looks to be something special.
Black people gotta eat.. by maverick68	Sep 10th, 2007 11:45:39 AM
and I hear that color TV's and Air Jordan's taste better when you melt a lil' government cheese on top. As far as the media reporting the same activity differently, maybe it's because it's a little more rare to see white folks "looting" ...
Off topic by cheezwhipper	Sep 10th, 2007 11:46:02 AM
Anyone else watch Zombie's Halloween a second time and discover that it's not a bad timewaster compared to the PG-13 crap we all got used to?
lived through Katrina up close and personal by liljuniorbrown	Sep 10th, 2007 12:25:44 PM
Very few of the people looting (black and or white and latino) were carrying out food and water. The people that were carrying food and water were being helped by police, this is not something told to someone who knew someone, I was there and saw it with my own two eyes. The people looting were taking all kinds of electronic equipment and sporting goods. I watched two young men being chased out of Footlocker carrying all different kinds of Nike shoes and jerseys, when the cops stopped them and handcuffed them, people were screaming "racists" and throwing debris at the officers. Living on the Gulf Coast during that week you could see the worst (as i mentioned above) and the best of people. Spike Lee didn't show any of the good people did for each other on his HBO documentary. He showed people telling stories of how the mean whites from the suburbs pulled guns on innocent blacks looking for food and water. He didn't show the young black men helping older white women who were too old and weak to carry what little supplies they had,or the white mothers helping the black mothers feed there children and care for there elderly. I like zombie movies but if you want to skewer pop culture,show zombies attacking one of these spoiled idiotic bitches from MTV's My Super Sweet 16,show the zombies eating brains and flesh at that party while the Paris Hilton wannabes are screaming "dad make the zombies stop ruining my party,are they like retarted or something", now that would be awesome.
WTF?! by 1 And Only Son Of Tony	Sep 10th, 2007 01:13:31 PM
How the hell are you going to turn a talk back about (what will hopefully be an awesome) Romero zombie flick into some sort of "Well I know someone who lives with someone who worked with..." trivialised (sp?) comment on what happened with Katrina??? I do agree with liljuniorbrown though, get the zombies running round hoovering up the "But I wanted the red Lexus daddy!!" brigade, now that WOULD be class, lol!!!
Zombies are inherently rascist! by The Dum Guy	Sep 10th, 2007 02:57:38 PM
I think my brain is going to hurt if I try and rationalize that in any coherent way...
Message-throat-shoving by PotSmokinAlien	Sep 10th, 2007 04:37:59 PM
dude Romero is not known for subtlety, i mean check out Dawn of the Dead. but whatever, in this fucked up day and age somebody's gotta have the balls to shove a message down an audience's throat (in a fun way and not a Crash-esque finger wagging, overserious way). shove that message down there George A Romero, shove away!
I love Romero... by TheRealSeveren	Sep 10th, 2007 05:08:58 PM
and have met him several times and he is a great guy. That being said I am amazed at the apotheosis of this guy as a director. Even he has said that he is overrated. People waiting hours in line and giving him standing O's wherever he goes. Im sure Ill see it again on the 20th. It's a mystery...
It only takes a couple of masterpieces... by KanekoFan	Sep 10th, 2007 05:17:35 PM
Whatever folks may think of Romero's output of the last two decades (personally, I really enjoy Land of the Dead, but I haven't cared for anything else since Day, and even Day gets a mixed response), the simple fact is that genre fans are always going to demonstrate a certain fervor for the man who brought us Night of the Living Dead, Martin, and Dawn of the Dead. Even with 20 years of sporadic productions of near-complete crap to his credit, I still count Romero as one of my favorite directors of all time, based on that handful of masterpieces,
NCFOM: Sounds true to McCarthy by Tripster2001	Sep 10th, 2007 08:41:05 PM
Cormac McCarthy who wrote the novel and who is an amazing author ended the story in a very similar way. The book has a sub-text element that is going to be very hard to put in the film. Its all about how society is helping to create a whole new breed of bad guy. What Magoo described sound right. Having Jones play the defeated Sheriff will be a switch and I am exiceted to see him do it. He is the old school character that can make this movie work.
"the underlying message isn't shoved down our throats" by thegreatwhatzit	Sep 10th, 2007 09:08:16 PM
Say what? NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD's "racial" diatribe was communicated rather subtly (concluding 5 minutes when Duane Jones is shot and incinerated). But Romero's political platitudes have subsequently been shoved up our asses (shameless in the tepid LAND OF THE DEAD). DAY OF THE DEAD was dreadfully cartoonish, its politics mired in caricatures (military/bad, woman/good, ad infinitum). At least the "satire" of DAWN OF THE DEAD was dismissed in a single line of dialogue. The worst, to date, has been the NIGHT OF THE DEAD remake (central female character stares into the camera and drones, "We are them and they are us". UGGGHHH!).
rassmguy by Bob of the Shire	Sep 10th, 2007 11:45:15 PM
Moriarty didn't write that review retard, he just introduced it. The name of the author of those reviews is in the title of the article, learn how to fucking read.
Land of the Dead is a great film and will stand the... by Kirbymanly	Sep 11th, 2007 02:25:54 AM
...test of time. Yeah, the same style od editing from the previous pics was not there... but think of this this way: it was 20 some-odd years inbetween films. They're not going to look the same. I have to admit, I had doubts about WHY I liked it after everyone was trouncing on the film. I went back, dipped into film school mode and realized... Land of the Dead is no different from any of the other Romero zombie films in terms of style and writing. Technology changed and our love of the "orginals" didn't. Its jarring to see a Romero film in today's age because he hadn't made one in almost over a decade. Take a look at "Land" again sometime... Halloween is coming up and odds are you'll be able to find it in the 9.99 section of Target. I stand by my love for this film and hope others will in the future.
New Romero flick? by SebastianHaff	Sep 11th, 2007 02:53:33 AM
I think I just filled the cup.
VIVA ROMERO VIVA THE "DEAD" MOVIES by Daddylonghead	Sep 11th, 2007 05:00:25 AM
Wow, what a heartening, thrilling, and well-written review. I hope this gets theatrical release, goddamn it!
I agree with Kirbymanly, I loved LOTD by Daddylonghead	Sep 11th, 2007 05:08:05 AM
and I don't understand how or why other people don't love it.
Romero is overrated by Cruel_Kingdom	Sep 11th, 2007 10:45:32 AM
The acting in his movies sucks and LOTD was shite. Also Day of the Dead was rather boring. The man has one true classic under his belt, a cult classic of gore, a near-miss, and several boring films, including MARTIN. That shit was boring.
amen to the land of the dead love by maluquiro	Sep 11th, 2007 05:57:26 PM
amen.
NO COUNTRY DIARY FOR OLD DEAD MEN! by MrMysteryGuest	Sep 11th, 2007 09:43:38 PM
Directed by George Romero, starring Tommy Lee Jones!

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