My final thoughts on Land Of The Dead

[Mike70]

This is what happened to Day! People 'round these parts HATED Day with a passion back in the late 90's. There was nothing but bitching about it. Day was the red headed step-child of the Dead universe. Now, mostly everyone thinks Day is pretty cool. day has always been my fav of the original three. it is dark, nasty, claustrophobic and disturbing on several levels.

[bassman]

land was bound to be a major disappointment for lots of folks after the long wait between dead films. personally, i like both land and diary, despite their flaws. i don't like big daddy at all but i find riley a character i can identify with, he has remained human despite the things he's witnessed and done. Ah. Someone I can agree with here. Well said Mike.

[Philly_SWAT]

This is what happened to Day! People 'round these parts HATED Day with a passion back in the late 90's. There was nothing but bitching about it. Day was the red headed step-child of the Dead universe. Now, mostly everyone thinks Day is pretty cool. I have to agree partially with this. While I didnt hate Day with a passion, for a while I put it a distance, not close, third behind Dawn and Night. I found the film to be too much sitting around and talking, even though the FX were quite superior. But upon repeated viewings, I grew to appreciate Day a lot more than I did previously. One of the things I found so distracting at first was that the actor who played Miguel was so obviously gay, and has this creepy deep voice, and is the only guy in the movie getting any poon-tang. Once I was able to suspend my disbelief about the sexual preference of one of the actors, I was able to enjoy the story more.

[mista_mo]

Land of the dead was the best film in the entire series. all the others are shite compared to its eternal greatness.

[Mr.G]

I always liked Day too. I never understood the complaints and assumed it was the vocal minority on the internet. I have given Diary two additional viewings....not much growth but hopefully like vegetables, the more I try the more I'll enjoy.

[Thorn]

I'm very tempted to post my final thoughts on this film. How much hate would "land" my way if it was mostly a good review? I'm honestly scared to post it here at HPOTD after reading previous comments regarding this "CLASSIC". Yeah.. I said it. Classic! Never be afraid to post your opinion man, it is not right or wrong it is your opinion/thoughts and you are entitled to them. If people disagree so be it, you can agree to disagree or debate. We do not all always agree around here but it is a great community there is no one I dislike and I think we all of us to a woman/man love that we can post freely here EVEN if your post gets some flames. It is still a great chance to talk to good people about something we are all passionate about. As for Land I have given my opinion many times. I liked land. It was not perfect, but it was what I expected it to be for the most part. I WANTED it to be more but you know we are all fans of Mr. Romero and this genre so we have high expectations. Hard for any film to really live up to that. How long between Day and land? 20 years? That is a long time for you to allow your expectations to build.

[archivesofthede]

Never be afraid to post your opinion man, it is not right or wrong it is your opinion/thoughts and you are entitled to them. If people disagree so be it, you can agree to disagree or debate. Yeah, I just didn't want to piss everyone off, lol.

[Philly_SWAT]

Never be afraid to post your opinion man, it is not right or wrong it is your opinion/thoughts and you are entitled to them. You are totally wrong. j/k

[MikePizzoff]

philly is living in the past. far out man. I don't know why, but this made me laugh really hard.

[Thorn]

You are totally wrong. j/k Now that made me seriously LOL, leave it to Philly!

[Trin]

I think that was a well-written and thoughtful review Archives. I still hate Land. I think it was GAR squandering his opportunity to make a really great finale to the series. And, no, my 20 years of expectations were not at fault. That ruined sex for me, not zombies.

[Thorn]

I think that was a well-written and thoughtful review Archives. I still hate Land. I think it was GAR squandering his opportunity to make a really great finale to the series. And, no, my 20 years of expectations were not at fault. That ruined sex for me, not zombies. It is funny you would say that, I had a whole sex analogy typed into the initial post that I deleted. I thought to myself "even bad sex is pretty good" so I erased it. It is a great point though Trin. I just think that when you wait FOREVER for anything... when you finally get it there is bound to be some let down. How can anything live up to twenty years of expectations? At that point land would have to come over to my house cook me dinner, have sex with me, give me a bath, tuck me in, make me breakfast the next day on it's way out of my house the next day, and STILL be a damn good movie to boot.

[MoonSylver]

I just think that when you wait FOREVER for anything... when you finally get it there is bound to be some let down. How can anything live up to twenty years of expectations? See...it's weird...I went into that movie with NO expectations, because I honestly NEVER thought there would be another dead film, EVER, EVER, EVER. We discussed that in great depth on here way back in 98? 99? So I was just happy there were going to be more made. I'm still shocked Diary came so quick, & ...of the Dead right behind it.

[krakenslayer]

One of the things I found so distracting at first was that the actor who played Miguel was so obviously gay, and has this creepy deep voice... You know, that never really dawned on me until you mentioned it there. I had genuinely never noticed, but in retrospect it's difficult to see how I could have missed it!

[Thorn]

Oh he is gay. We have had some epic discussions around here about it, but there is no doubt in my mind the dude is gay and he was cast as the only guy in the movie getting any. or if you prefer...