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The Crazies *Minor Spoilers* - GeraldRice - 02-28-2010
Just saw this today. There's a touch of The Thing in there, a dab of The Mist, maybe a little zombie. My only complaint, and this is a minor spoiler, is the swamp. THERE IS NO SWAMP IN IOWA! A couple decent scares, and the main characters are paranoid of one another almost to the end.
The Crazies *Minor Spoilers* - Tyler Edwards - 02-28-2010
Would you recommend it? I was worried that it was another zombie movie like quarantine turned out to be. How do you mean The Thing? The paranoia?
The Crazies *Minor Spoilers* - Yeratel - 02-28-2010
GeraldRice Wrote:My only complaint, and this is a minor spoiler, is the swamp. THERE IS NO SWAMP IN IOWA!
There are swamps, marshes, and other wetlands along the Mississippi flood plain around Port Louisa and Odessa.
The Crazies *Minor Spoilers* - GeraldRice - 02-28-2010
Tyler Edwards Wrote:Would you recommend it? I was worried that it was another zombie movie like quarantine turned out to be. How do you mean The Thing? The paranoia?
I'd recommend it. Better than average for horror. And yes, the paranoia. Imagine, you don't know whether or not the person next to you is infected. That person can act normal for a while, well as normal as can be expected and even in fullblown infection can have periods of lucidity.
The Crazies *Minor Spoilers* - PicardRex - 03-01-2010
You guys know that this is a remake right? The original is an 1973 Romero film, funny that you mentioned a little zombie then. If it actually shows the infection and its effects instead of just talking about it, it is bound to be better than the original.
The Crazies *Minor Spoilers* - GeraldRice - 03-01-2010
PicardRex Wrote:You guys know that this is a remake right? The original is an 1973 Romero film, funny that you mentioned a little zombie then. If it actually shows the infection and its effects instead of just talking about it, it is bound to be better than the original.
I know it's a remake. I'm trying to request this through the interlibrary loan system in Michigan.
The Crazies *Minor Spoilers* - PicardRex - 03-03-2010
GeraldRice Wrote:I know it's a remake. I'm trying to request this through the interlibrary loan system in Michigan.
All I can say is don't get your hopes up, I thought it was pretty lame and I was predisposed to liking it. A lot of the movie is set in a room where a couple of guys, the doctor and an army guy, are arguing about how to deal with the situation, instead of actually showing the infection and how it is driving people crazy. However, the parts that they actually show the infection, few and far between, are pretty good. Who knows though, you may end up enjoying it more than I did.
The Crazies *Minor Spoilers* - GeraldRice - 03-03-2010
PicardRex Wrote:All I can say is don't get your hopes up, I thought it was pretty lame and I was predisposed to liking it. A lot of the movie is set in a room where a couple of guys, the doctor and an army guy, are arguing about how to deal with the situation, instead of actually showing the infection and how it is driving people crazy. However, the parts that they actually show the infection, few and far between, are pretty good. Who knows though, you may end up enjoying it more than I did.
Hm, reminds of Day of the Dead. Romero wanted to do a lot more than he was able as he was hampered by budgetary restrictions. They were supposed to have had some success with dealing with zombies as they had trained some of them to attack other zombies.
The Crazies *Minor Spoilers* - saynomore - 03-10-2010
This is not a movie about people going "crazy." It's about the gov't trying to stonewall an error and the people caught between a rock and a hard place, namely, a deadly virus and a National Guard hit squad.
If you want to see a people going crazy movie, go rent "Impulse." Or go read The Fog by James Herbert.
I liked The Crazies, but it just wasn't the horror movie advertised in the trailers (which not once show a soldier).
AC
P.S. On the double bill, I saw The Wolfman. Rent it, then fast forward it, and then rewatch the original.
The Crazies *Minor Spoilers* - PicardRex - 03-10-2010
saynomore Wrote:This is not a movie about people going "crazy." It's about the gov't trying to stonewall an error and the people caught between a rock and a hard place, namely, a deadly virus and a National Guard hit squad.
If you want to see a people going crazy movie, go rent "Impulse." Or go read The Fog by James Herbert.
I liked The Crazies, but it just wasn't the horror movie advertised in the trailers (which not once show a soldier).
AC
P.S. On the double bill, I saw The Wolfman. Rent it, then fast forward it, and then rewatch the original.
That was actually the point of the original that Romero was trying to make, which was why he had most of it take place in a room with 3 guys disucssing the outbreak. Of course after Night of the Living Dead, it was going to be compared to that and judged as a horror movie, even if that wasn't necessarily the point of the movie. Of course the remake of the Crazies, which I actually liked better because it was more of a horror movie than the original, was even less subtle of a social commentary, much like the remake of Dawn of the Dead lost its consumerism subtext and became all about speedy, ravaging zombies.