My review of Survival of the Dead

[Yojimbo]

Thanks for the review. It leaves me with hope that this one will be awesome!

[darth los]

It's tough to go on reviews. On one hand monro is a huge fan so his opinion has to be skewed. If he was a judge he would have to recuse himself from the case. On the other you might have haters or those who just don't "get GAr" and shit all over his films. So as was said before I'll make my own mind up. Doesn't mean I don't appreciate the review monro. And for the record you're preaching to the choir on this one.

[Monrozombi]

It's tough to go on reviews. On one hand monro is a huge fan so his opinion has to be skewed. If he was a judge he would have to recuse himself from the case. On the other you might have haters or those who just don't "get GAr" and shit all over his films. So as was said before I'll make my own mind up. Doesn't mean I don't appreciate the review monro. And for the record you're preaching to the choir on this one. Trust me i know that people are going to see the review that its from me and think that, I don't blame them. I wouldn't say my opinion is skewed as much as i am excited at the fact that Romero is continuing to make his films his way just as he's done for 40 years and is still getting recognition for it. Sure I will stick up for this film as I always will with Romero, he's my favorite director. But i, as a person, am an optimistic so I will always tend to look at the positive aspects of films, books, people etc. Do i think this is George's best work ever? No, but I believe its his best film effort since probably Day of the Dead. Like I said I will go more indepth when this film gets some sort of theatrical release so as to not give too much away. I have my problems with the film, but compared to his previous 2 films in the last 4 years, they are not as numerous as LOTD & DiOTD. I would rank this as the best GAR zombie film in this new wave of films but it is still nowhere near the caliber of his earlier films and zombie films in general. We have to remember that these are different films in a different generation so they're never going to be like his previous films. I think the "hating & not getting GAR" is kind of the in thing now. In the 12 or so years I've been here up until Romero started making LOTD we all couldn't wait and kept Romero on the front burner of all of our minds and hoped for the best. He released LOTD and it was a much different zombie film then anyone was expecting and I think it left a bad taste in a lot of people's mouths and they almost seem like they refuse to see otherwise because "they" feel cheated or let down by George. I don't think thats fair to George.

[AcesandEights]

I think the "hating & not getting GAR" is kind of the in thing now. The above is also a very "in thing" for people to say from what I've seen. Really, as I've said before, it's just a divergence of tastes.

[MoonSylver]

The above is also a very "in thing" for people to say from what I've seen. Really, as I've said before, it's just a divergence of tastes. What's kinda weird though is that it seems like somehow it's become not ok to admit something is flawed & isn't perfect & that overall though you still like it. If you do any thing other that call his latest movies names & scream how loudly they suck you get branded as a fanboy or something. And if you disagree with anyone who DOES feel that way they'll explode in a fit of...

[Monrozombi]

The above is also a very "in thing" for people to say from what I've seen. Really, as I've said before, it's just a divergence of tastes. I would agree with you more if we weren't talking about Romero on the biggest Romero forum on the internet...

[AcesandEights]

I would agree with you more if we weren't talking about Romero on the biggest Romero forum on the internet... Not really sure how opinions should change based on where one is expressing them. How they are expressed, is another conversation all together. Moon, truth be told, it goes both ways. You can't be critical of much without getting called out for it and you can't truly admit you like something without being called out for it. Calls of Fanboy are always met with calls of Hater and vice-versa . It's not just with GAR, either. It's usually easier to slag everything off all-together (very popular nowadays) or throw one's self wholeheartedly into believing something is the greatest, as opposed to being genuinely open-minded about the good and bad of what a given project brings to the table. But, then again, these are just movies after all and if you can't hate a shitty movie you truly don't like, even though everyone else does (Gladiator, for me--and for the most trivial of reasons) or love a movie unabashedly, then we're all truly taking things too seriously. That said, over-simplifying matters is also annoying and I hate to see either the tag fanboy or hater too easily applied.

[MoonSylver]

Moon, truth be told, it goes both ways. You can't be critical of much without getting called out for it and you can't truly admit you like something without being called out for it. Calls of Fanboy are always met with calls of Hater and vice-versa . It's not just with GAR, either. It's usually easier to slag everything off all-together (very popular nowadays) or throw one's self wholeheartedly into believing something is the greatest, as opposed to being genuinely open-minded about the good and bad of what a given project brings to the table. Mmm...good points.

[Trin]

I think the "hating & not getting GAR" is kind of the in thing now. I think it's easy to pass off "not liking it" as "not getting it" when in fact, as Aces says, it's more likely just a difference in taste. I think a lot of it boils down to what you want out of the movie. Do you want to bask in the social commentary and message or do you want a plausible set of characters acting out a zombie survival scenario? In the olden days GAR gave us both - which was great - so this distinction was not so important. He released LOTD and it was a much different zombie film then anyone was expecting and I think it left a bad taste in a lot of people's mouths and they almost seem like they refuse to see otherwise because "they" feel cheated or let down by George. I don't think thats fair to George. I felt like Land fits with the original trilogy better than Diary. I didn't like the movie overall (and the reasons are well documented. *g*) but it didn't leave me feeling like it was different than what I expected - just worse. I'm going into Survival open minded but cautious. I'm just about ready to see the dang thing now *stomps foot and looks at the calendar*

[clanglee]

I heard that "The Return of the Living Dead" was based on a real case. What do you think? Time to break out my cousins Leroy and Bibb again.. .

[MoonSylver]

Time to break out my cousins Leroy and Bibb again... Yer cousins must've scared off the post you're quoting Clang...I can't find it anywhere!

[MinionZombie]

Yer cousins must've scared off the post you're quoting Clang...I can't find it anywhere! T'was a filthy spammer...

[DjfunkmasterG]

Posted over at DreadCentral.com http://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/survival-dead-2009 Kinda biased Monro... since you did play a zombie in it.

[Mike70]

The above is also a very "in thing" for people to say from what I've seen. Really, as I've said before, it's just a divergence of tastes. yep. accusing people of "not getting" something is the very first refuge of the fan boy. romero's work isn't math where there is a right answer, a wrong answer and the twain never meet. people take away whatever meaning from fictional films they want to take with them. there are no right or wrong answers in fictional interpretation as long as you back up your opinion with a rational argument. saying someone doesn't "get it" is also arrogant because you are implying that you do "get it" and that your opinion of a fictional work is more valid than someone else's. well, it isn't. period. as soon as fanboys can get that through their heads, the better off the internet will be. this is the main reason that while i love star trek, i cannot stand being within 200 fucking feet of most star trek fans.

[DjfunkmasterG]

But isn't the internet built on Bitching about movies and sharing porn?