<torrino> booohooooooooo!
<torrino>
<torrino> you'd think this is a perfect time for an attack
<torrino> the gal's getting used to the guy. they're getting comfortable. she's stil crying, but
there's a relationship deeeeveloping
<torrino>
<RogueCommander> Lol
<RogueCommander> This is silly
<torrino> where are you in it?
<RogueCommander> sooner or later someones bound to come and get us out?
<RogueCommander> you?
<torrino> woman studying clock
<torrino> *radio
<torrino> the killers ARE eating the flesh
<RogueCommander> 2 more people just showed up
<RogueCommander> This movie is so silly and funny
<RogueCommander> why exactly *is* it a cult classic???
<RogueCommander> Torrino talk to me

torri? how many times have you seen this movie? Yeah, the broadcast starts hitting that home really hard. BTW, I wonder why Romero forgot about the woman upstairs. I was so sure she was going to come alive and come down the stairs too. He totally forgot about the early attack victim, which is odd considering how much attention is given to her shredded face *ewwwww*


someone ask rogue how he's feelin' about the color version right about now? how's the color? synthetic or natural looking? neo, are you watching this with them right now?

<RogueCommander> why exactly *is* it a cult classic???
<RogueCommander> Torrino talk to me
<torrino> blah
<torrino> because it rocks
<torrino>


Right now i'm not watching it.. but i'm doing everyhting possible to procrastinate.. I have a 16 page essay due tuesday


<RogueCommander> Hmm I guess
<RogueCommander> Its kind of bland compared to his other film
<neostorm> 7,0"dolce said this " torri? how many times have you seen this movie?
7,0Yeah, the broadcast starts hitting that home really hard. BTW, I wonder why Romero
7,0forgot about the woman upstairs. I was so sure she was going to come alive and come
7,0down the stairs too. He totally forgot about the early attack victim, which is odd
7,0considering how much attention is given to her shredded face *ewwwww*

? Rogue thinks this is funny? It seems a bit over the top now, but remeber what year this was, this was probably a pretty new approach no? I thought Italian Zombie flicks were even more over-the-top and had less to do with tension and more to do with costume and makeup? This was pretty scary when you think about it. I think Romero did a decent job by making Barbara so off her rocker that the entire time I thought she was suddenly going to attack Ben or another person in the house.

<RogueCommander> I know I compare it to Dawn of the Dead a lot
<RogueCommander> But I can't help thinking that film was superior
<RogueCommander> Maybe it is just me.

<RogueCommander> Tell Dolce dadadadadum...I'm loving it

Yeah, got my biblio outline due tuesday too, I'm not doing it righ tnow either. Just looked over the B&P edits you sent me. Thanks dude, you caught alot of my errors. I'm almost afraid to go back to my old reviews and see how bad they are without the second pair of eyes. Thanks so much.

BTW for the whopping four people that come into this forum, Neo and I are now partners in Movie Review writing crime. Say hi to *TeH EdItoR*

Rogue, seems like DotD has a social criticism that NOTLD dead doesn't. This is just an all-out tension horror flick. Its not about anything larger than surviving the night (Unless you count the last 5 minutes as being something else). I think for what it is, he did pretty good. I wasn't bored, but I do see how this doesn't really have any far-reaching power.

<RogueCommander> Don't be afraid of me...I'm Helen Cooper...Harry's wife
<RogueCommander> So let's all smoke now...LoL...Harry Cooper cracks me up
<torrino> Eh
<torrino> I'm falling asleep
<RogueCommander> Yeah me too.
<torrino> Anyways, Rogue
<RogueCommander> Tell Dolce I'm tired.
<torrino> it's good we didn't start at 10:30
<RogueCommander> Tell her next time to pick a better film
<torrino> we'd both be sound asleep in 30 minutes
<RogueCommander> See I told you!!!
<torrino> LOL
<torrino> NOTLD ROCKS
<torrino> SHUT UP
<torrino>
<torrino> See...well...
<torrino> It's cheesy and all, but it happens to be entertaining. I never * usually * lose
interest while watching it

<RogueCommander> Well I am
<RogueCommander> Sorry..but its just not as good
<torrino> its jsut not as good?
<torrino> you really shoulda stuck with the b and w version
<torrino> it would've fit the cornyness better
<torrino>

Edit:

<torrino> copy that, btich
<torrino>
<RogueCommander> Its 1) not as good as I was hoping
<RogueCommander> 2) Not as good as Dawn of the Dead (1978)
<torrino> lol. you just did
<torrino> dawn of the dead is good
<torrino> buuuuut
<torrino> notld was groundbreaking. you've got to understand what horror films were like
then and what they became after notld
<torrino> dawn of the dead didn't DO much for horror films, notld did

Edit:

<RogueCommander> Hmm maybe
<torrino> from the build-up and everything
<RogueCommander> Maybe thats why Dawn was better
<torrino> bleh
<RogueCommander> What build up?
<torrino> no

Edit:
<torrino> how the zombies attack the people
<torrino> in the beginning...
<torrino> laughter leads to horror
<torrino> EVERYTHING
<torrino> has been copied

Edit:

<torrino> EVERYTHING
<torrino> has been copied
<torrino> dawn of the dead was a better movie, but was it more original? nah.
<RogueCommander> True
<RogueCommander> very true there
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<neostorm> 7,0i believe i'm the official transciber

Bwahahahaha! You guys are cuttin' out early? That's what you get for doing running commentary during a horror film. You can't get into it. And who is blaming me for pickin' it? You guys voted. Anyways, I already have swell ideas for a different style horror for the next one, because I want to keep them varied (every one different).

Hey torri, why is this on your top 100? The entertainment or for fear. I think its pretty tightly directed, and there were some nasty scenes, but I wouldn't say it was the smartest movie on the block.


edit*** X, are you watching it now too?

Rogue, was the color very off?

I'm watching it again and I don't know why it's on my top 100...

It used to be a favorite, but I'm barely watching it now. If I focused, perhaps, but, if it were Rocky Horror, Ferris Bueller, or Say Anything... playing, focusing wouldn't be a problem...

My top 100 is, basically, my 100 favorites. NOTLD is a favorite. It's got great rewatchability. Is it the smartest movie? No. Is it the funniest? No. Is it the scariest? No. But, usually, the B&W doesn't bother me and I'm aaaalways enjoying it.

Ugh. Expect it to be out of my top 100 tomorrow. Last time I watched this was in October...

<RogueCommander> Thanks for scribing neo
<RogueCommander> Dolce, the color isn't too bad. Its not great either...kinda like THe
QWizard of Oz (you know the way overblown color)

Perhaps we will find a way to replace it with another horror pick? :wink:

Honestly, you guys are giving it a bad rap. I thought it was pretty tight for not being a movie about suspense. Kinda like Collateral, its almost more of a drama. It about the people freaking out and turning in on themselves. How Ben and Harry don't trust eachother, and how much they doubt staying upstairs rather than going downstairs. How Barb is seriously out of it. Geesh, can't believe I'm standing up for it more than you guys. In the end though, it was a well directed movie, and that compensated for the fact that its just not that smart a movie. I won't be watching it again, and I'm surprised you gave it that watchability mark. If I want to watch a domestic situation implode on itself, I'll watch Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf.

Anyone else get to see it? Comments? How'd you all feel?

<RogueCommander> Its a good movie sure...but its just kinda too strange
<torrino> anyways, they're all around the fire.
<RogueCommander> Ok "OK TOSS EM"
<torrino> teehee
<RogueCommander> Burning zombies
<RogueCommander> Teehee...I love it
<torrino> have you gotten to teh part where baldy helps sophisticated, smart guy at the
door?
<torrino> with the hammers?
<RogueCommander> No
<RogueCommander> They are driving the truck
<RogueCommander> And black dude #1 is waving the flaming thing
<RogueCommander> Truck/zombies in the field
<RogueCommander> At the gas pump
<torrino> lol
<torrino> i'm half asleep
<RogueCommander> lit the truck on fire almost
<torrino> now, when torrino is forced to do something when relaly tired...
<torrino> you might as well be talking to a stoner
<torrino> sooooo
<RogueCommander> Yeah I can tell
<torrino> tataaaaa
<torrino> continue watching it
<torrino> lol
<RogueCommander> Stones Torri
<RogueCommander> Ditching the truck
<torrino> you bitch
<torrino> :-D
<RogueCommander> My jacket's caught
<RogueCommander> KABAAM
<RogueCommander> Bye bye
<RogueCommander> Saw that coming from a mile away
<neostorm> 7,0Honestly, you guys are giving it a bad rap. I thought it was pretty tight for
7,0not being a movie about suspense. Kinda like Collateral, its almost more of a drama. It
7,0about the people freaking out and turning in on themselves. How Ben and Harry don't
7,0trust eachother, and how much they doubt staying upstairs rather than going
7,0downstairs. How Barb is seriously out of it. Geesh, can't believe I'm standing up for it
7,0more than y4 [msg continues in 22 secs]
<neostorm> ou guys. In the end though, it was a well directed movie, and that
compensated for the fact that its just not that smart a movie. I won't be watching it
again, and I'm surprised you gave it that watchability mark. If I want to watch a domestic
situation implode on itself, I'll watch Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. 4 [msg complete]
<RogueCommander> LoL...fake punches
<RogueCommander> I'll drag you out there and feed you to those things
<RogueCommander> Is it almost over Torri?
<RogueCommander> Eww...eating the entrails
<torrino> yeah
<RogueCommander> Dang the coloring on this part is freaking insane
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<RogueCommander> LoLoLoLoLoL
<torrino> like 15 minutes left
<RogueCommander> Dang...still? How long are the end credits?

<RogueCommander> *BLEEP*
<torrino> byyyyyye
<torrino> enjoy the ending, *rogue*
torrino Quit (torrino)
<RogueCommander> Is there anybody else still in here?
<RogueCommander> Please???
<RogueCommander> Don't leave me...this is getting scary???????
<RogueCommander> PLEASE???????????????
<neostorm> 7,0i'm here
<neostorm> 7,0LOLOL

<RogueCommander> Thank god
<neostorm> evillaugh
<RogueCommander> I was beginning to think I was gonna have to be scared
<neostorm> scream
<RogueCommander> LoL...
<neostorm> 7,0LOLOLOLOL
<neostorm> 7,0sry i had to :$

Eating the entrails is when I finally had to cover my eyes. I was good 'til that point, but I have my limits.

dolcevita,

That evil neostorm is censoring something from your eyes.

neostorm, you bastard!

'Night, people...

<RogueCommander> Interesting ending to this movie
<RogueCommander> Good grief Romero is psycho


I'm not censoring anything... I'm canadian.. I would do no such thing. We have no FCC here.

Dolce, just finished it. Interesting film. Not quite sure what to say though. The ending was...odd.

Yeah, but I saw it coming when they get near the house and shoot everything that's carbon-based life form. I just think he was a bit umb not to try and draw attention to himself first. Announce to them somehow that he was there. The ending was the best part. I don't usually say that, but it was.

And i officially have no other form of procrastination.

if you think that was gross, watch dawn and day of the dead

.. a believable looking cast... special effects also realistic.. So I liked the (insert french word) feel of the film..

So...who besides me thinks it was well-made, but just not scary?