Survival of the dead reviews thread

[sirjacktorrance]

hi, i think that it´ll be more simple to put all the new reviews in a single thread , we can sum up all the reviews that are coming from external sites... http://www.metronews.ca/calgary/ente...article/309927 positive monrozombi review at dreadcentral! positive!! http://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/survival-dead-2009 thanks man!! negative mini review another about lame script,acting and CGI http://www3.timeoutny.com/newyork/to...s-new-horrors/ another negative comment .he only say that the movie is shit http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/09/13/g...-report-day-2/ - Video review.i cant watch it but i guess that its´negative http://www.horror-movies.ca/horror_16455.html -Another negative http://twitchfilm.net/reviews/2009/0...ead-review.php -another negative...i´m fearing the worst, guys.... http://www.tiffreviews.com/2009/09/1...l-of-the-dead/

[Neil]

Another from AICN:- http://www.aintitcool.com/node/42341 VERY negative - "I can't even really say I was disappointed by Survival of the Dead. Angered and offended is probably closer to the mark."

[MinionZombie]

Another from AICN:- http://www.aintitcool.com/node/42341 VERY negative - "I can't even really say I was disappointed by Survival of the Dead. Angered and offended is probably closer to the mark." You have to wonder with these negative nancies - what on earth do they want?

[bassman]

You have to wonder with these negative nancies - what on earth do they want? Apparently not comedy...

[sirjacktorrance]

there´s lots of horrible reviews..i´m a bit worried.i trust millionzombie and the guy from venice who says is the "carpenter" romero´s movie.... another negative review... http://www3.timeoutny.com/chicago/bl...l-of-the-dead/ another report-review .with heavy spoilers!!! of course, negative http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/awar...-the-dead.html

[Ghost Of War]

Seems like a lot of bandwagon-jumping to me. Once the majority of initial reviews sway one way, the rest follow suit. I'd much rather make my own mind up.

[Fecunditatis]

The Fangoria review (by the guy who did the short one for Metro News): "SURVIVAL is Romero in full-on DAWN OF THE DEAD playtime mode. This is pure, old-fashioned pulp, breezy and designed to entertain and filled to the bursting point with bizarre, outlandish plot twists and buckets of sloppy, gruesome splatter. Which is not to say it lacks for eerie, disturbing moments". "The film is as much RIO LOBO as it is Fiddler’s Green, and those who fail to grasp the comic-book cheekiness of it all simply aren’t getting the gag (witness the recent, post-Venice Film Fest review from Variety for a particularly obtuse analysis)". http://www.fangoria.com/reviews/2-fi...lm-review.html

[sirjacktorrance]

big horror movie sites are getting good reviews that's good!!

[AcesandEights]

You have to wonder with these negative nancies - what on earth do they want? Flying zombies! OOH-WAH-AH-AH-AH! Yeah all these mainstream reviews just seem to jump on each other's self-aggrandising bandwagon. The only reviews I'm interested in are those from the horror movie press, and even then I'll make up my own damn mind.

[darth los]

Seems like a lot of bandwagon-jumping to me. Once the majority of initial reviews sway one way, the rest follow suit. I'd much rather make my own mind up. Agreed. I've been of that mindset for over 20 years. I recall seeing a "film critic" talk about how awful and far fetched back to the future was and that it should be avoided. It ended up being one of my top ten films of all time....

[sirjacktorrance]

another positive, but reminds BAD CGI issue.i hate ****ing CGI! http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/2008-12-...-s-zombie-saga -and another negative: it´s curious how they talk now about the lack of social commentary and that there´s is not evolved zombies,the thins that was so criticated in land and diary as well http://www.lucidforge.com/reviews/16...ead-2009-.html - another negative: it´s curious how they talk now about the lack of social commentary and that there´s is not evolved zombies,the thins that was so criticated in land and diary as well http://www.lucidforge.com/reviews/16...ead-2009-.html -a fan very dissapointed: http://veryfrankpictures.blogspot.co...e-romeros.html

[Fecunditatis]

it´s curious how they talk now about the lack of social commentary and that there´s is not evolved zombies,the thins that was so criticated in land and diary as well Well, in my opinion, being who he is, and with the kind of baggage he carries, Romero just can't please everyone. By the way, regarding his visual style or lack thereof... I'd like to point one particular scene in "Land of the Dead", the shoot-out in the club, when they free Slack. Just compare the theatrical version to the extended DVD cut: very few directors nowadays are able to do action scenes as clear and effective as that one. No shaky camera, no string of close-ups: we know where is everybody and who does what to whom. Romero was a pioneer in fast-editing (again, compare "Dawn" or "Martin" to most of their contemporaries), but his style had more to do with Welles than with what the MTV generation later brought.

[sirjacktorrance]

negative ,4/10 http://movies.ign.com/articles/102/1024701p1.html and another... http://phantasmicblog.blogspot.com/2...rvival-of.html another negative http://www.killerfilm.com/film_revie...f-review-13741 i don´t know, its gonna be THAT BAD??? i don´t know how to think consider i loved Diary ... positive from venice i think is the same guy of the post "a fan review" http://cimpher.wordpress.com/2009/09...l-of-the-dead/ a zombie mini review, positive,... http://www.prettypoopie.com/?p=308 -another AINTITCOOL negative http://www.aintitcool.com/node/42364 (i hope harry saves the day with this movie...)

[darth los]

about the ign review: ouch dude. Obviously written by someone who doesn't get that GAr's films have never really been about the zombies. I can racall in dotd about a half hour stretch where there were virtually no zombies in it all and we only reminded what the situation was when Peter drops tennis balls off of the roof. Amazing accomplishment really. Furthermore, in DAy there wasn't all that much zombie action either save for the last 25-30 minutes.

[sirjacktorrance]

there´s new things that worried me: -the confusion about the action.some people says is a ride some says that it´s boringg and without zombies...   janet muldoon.a lesbian?,twins?,introduced playing with herself??? sounds chessy as hell!!