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  1. 30-Sep-2013 #1
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    A very old and negative review of Day

    Siskel and Ebert Movie Review: Day of the Dead - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvYzHp-gTPE&t=1m10s
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  2. 30-Sep-2013 #2
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    Thats not far from the way I felt when I walked out of the cinema all those years ago. I've since realised, like many others, that my problem was expecting Dawn 2.
    IMHO Day is a GOOD film.
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    Quote Originally Posted by kidgloves View Post
    Thats not far from the way I felt when I walked out of the cinema all those years ago. I've since realised, like many others, that my problem was expecting Dawn 2.
    IMHO Day is a GOOD film.
    IMHO, each film in the original trilogy just got better, and the character of Sarah? She should rank up there with the likes of Lt. Ridley and Sarah Connor ... absolutely. I had a serious fan boy crush on Lori Cardille for the longest time - and I'm smiling just thinking about that.

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    what a load of rubbish that bloke talks. Day is up there with Dawn for me!
    Get that damn screwdriver out of my head!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Geordie9 View Post
    what a load of rubbish that bloke talks. Day is up there with Dawn for me!
    Yep, over the years I've come to like it more and more I think it's aged well!
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    Day of the dead is not only the best in romero's original trilogy, it is one of the finest horror films ever made.
    Nothing in the genre since has come even remotely close apart from maybe The Dead in all its bleakness.
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    While I love, love, LOVE Dawn, Day is my favorite of the trilogy.
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    Quote Originally Posted by krisvds View Post
    Day of the dead is not only the best in romero's original trilogy, it is one of the finest horror films ever made.
    Nothing in the genre since has come even remotely close apart from maybe The Dead in all its bleakness.
    Preach on. Day is head and shoulders above the other flicks. it is a thoughtful (which is what ruins it for a lot of people) look at human group psychology. It is a fabulous movie for the way it explores how people react under conditions that are beyond anything expected.

    I really like the way zombies disappear entirely from the movie for what, 40 mins or so if not longer?? and the film turns its focus squarely on the human characters and their interactions.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bassman View Post
    While I love, love, LOVE Dawn, Day is my favorite of the trilogy.
    *crosses eyes*
    "hey Bassman, got any cigarettes?"
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    Noooooooo. Dawn is the best.

    Fight. Fight. Fight

    I must admit, I really enjoyed watching the new Collectors Edition of Day. Pic is outstanding, even with the colours ramped up to max.
    Its growing on me more and more. Richard Liberty just oozes class throughout.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike70 View Post
    *crosses eyes*
    "hey Bassman, got any cigarettes?"
    His response to Stephen's "Straight up" is probably the greatest acting in the history of cinema...
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    I can just imagine George...

    "OK...take 142....oh fuck it, forget it, we'll go with that"

    How anyone could think that 'Day of the Dead' was a bad film is totally beyond me and I am always blown away by negative reviews of the film. Even when I saw it as a kid, I could figure out that it was something really special.
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    Quote Originally Posted by kidgloves View Post
    Noooooooo. Dawn is the best.

    Fight. Fight. Fight

    I must admit, I really enjoyed watching the new Collectors Edition of Day. Pic is outstanding, even with the colours ramped up to max.
    Its growing on me more and more. Richard Liberty just oozes class throughout.
    if you really want to start a fight, simply assert that "Land" is the best of the lot.
    "The bumps you feel are asteroids smashing into the hull."
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike70 View Post
    if you really want to start a fight, simply assert that "Land" is the best of the lot.
    Land IS growing on me as well

    Or maybe Im just going senile
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike70 View Post
    if you really want to start a fight, simply assert that "Land" is the best of the lot.
    hahahahaha
    Get that damn screwdriver out of my head!
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