ROTLD... why does everyone despise it so?

**Cody** · 31-May-2007

*gasp*

**Mutineer** · 31-May-2007

Return is all nostalgia for me and everything that is good in filmmaking and movies

over the top dialogue, killer soundtrack, perfectly constructed storyline, wonderful B List actors getting leads ...

I watch this film atleast 3 times a year (along with some other go to films; JAWS, Cop Land, et al ...) and just laugh outloud at each characters reactions during the scenes

Dan O Bannon is a great writer and it was good to see him get to helm a project for the first time. I hope everyone here watched it in Widescreen to really enjoy it.

**darth los** · 31-May-2007

Now that i think about all the other ones, ROTLD does have one of the better zombie film Soundtracks.

**MontagMOI** · 31-May-2007

Originally Posted by darth los

All of those are subject to you're opinion... As to the films you mentioned, well?.....

Of course it's my opinion. Thats what this is about: opinions. So you are not a fan of zombie films? And what films are NOT zombie films? Fair enough Nightmare City isn't a living dead film but what else isn't? I am only responding to your request to name 3 better zombie films.

**JohnoftheDead** · 31-May-2007

I do really enjoy ROTLD, my real problem with this film however is that it was sort of marketed as a follow up to Romero's films, & it also played a large part in the overall failure of Day of the Dead since they were released within a month of eachother.

**darth los** · 31-May-2007

Originally Posted by MontagMOI

Of course it's my opinion. Thats what this is about: opinions. So you are not a fan of zombie films? And what films are NOT zombie films? Fair enough Nightmare City isn't a living dead film but what else isn't? I am only responding to your request to name 3 better zombie films.

They are only better in your opinion, not definitively like the original dead trilogy. I think you have a hell of a time getting the people on this forum to reach a consensus that any 3 of those films on your list are hands down better than ROTLD.

P.S. The evil dead are not zombies, they're people who are possessed.

**sgrosse** · 31-May-2007

this was actually the first Zombie movie that I ever saw. I saw it back in like 89 or something to that effect. I remember being nine years old and it scaring me alot. After that, it was on as far as zombie movies are concerned. Couldnt stand the second or third movie, but I did enjoy the fourth and fifth ones that came out on the Scifi channel.

**darth los** · 31-May-2007

Originally Posted by sgrosse

but I did enjoy the fourth and fifth ones that came out on the Scifi channel.

seriously?...

Really?

**sgrosse** · 31-May-2007

Originally Posted by darth los

seriously?...

Really?

Hey before yall start throwing stones at me, I said I enjoyed them.

Meaning that compared to the second and third ones I enjoyed them.

**darth los** · 31-May-2007

I'd never knock someone for they're opinion, you're entitled to that and it should be respected. That's real kindergarten sh1t. I was just taken aback because I never heard of anybody liking those films. I thought it was an attempt at humor.

**sgrosse** · 31-May-2007

Originally Posted by darth los

I'd never knock someone for they're opinion, you're entitled to that and it should be respected. That's real kindergarten sh1t. I was just taken aback because I never heard of anybody liking those films. I thought it was an attempt at humor.

Naw, I wasnt joking, but judging from what I have seen on this board concerning those two particular remakes, I can see why you would think that. Its just that, I cant express how much I hate the second and third ROTLD films. At least not in words. So when I saw those two, I thought, well, its better than the second and third movies. Of course to some thats like saying "After being shot in the gut, and then being shot in the face, being stabbed wasnt so bad"

**darth los** · 31-May-2007

Interesting reasoning. lol I too was disapointed in the second. People have to remember, if you're going to do a sequel and pretty much tread over the same ground as the original you have to push the envelope, go above and beyond, do everything that the previous film did only better. Part 2 failed to deliver in those catagories.