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.
They passed an old woman who was just opening the door of a brown Cadillac. An old man was already sitting in the passenger seat. The car had a personalized plate with the letters “J-U-S-P-R-A-Y”.
“That stuff work?” Israel said to her.
“‘Scuse me?” the little old woman said, clutching her keys.
“The spray. Does it keep them away?”
“Keep who away?” She looked confused.
“I gotcha.” Israel gave her a conspiratorial wink.
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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?
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.
They passed an old woman who was just opening the door of a brown Cadillac. An old man was already sitting in the passenger seat. The car had a personalized plate with the letters “J-U-S-P-R-A-Y”.
“That stuff work?” Israel said to her.
“‘Scuse me?” the little old woman said, clutching her keys.
“The spray. Does it keep them away?”
“Keep who away?” She looked confused.
“I gotcha.” Israel gave her a conspiratorial wink.
www.feelmyghost.webs.com
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.
They passed an old woman who was just opening the door of a brown Cadillac. An old man was already sitting in the passenger seat. The car had a personalized plate with the letters “J-U-S-P-R-A-Y”.
“That stuff work?” Israel said to her.
“‘Scuse me?” the little old woman said, clutching her keys.
“The spray. Does it keep them away?”
“Keep who away?” She looked confused.
“I gotcha.” Israel gave her a conspiratorial wink.
www.feelmyghost.webs.com
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.
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.
They passed an old woman who was just opening the door of a brown Cadillac. An old man was already sitting in the passenger seat. The car had a personalized plate with the letters “J-U-S-P-R-A-Y”.
“That stuff work?” Israel said to her.
“‘Scuse me?” the little old woman said, clutching her keys.
“The spray. Does it keep them away?”
“Keep who away?” She looked confused.
“I gotcha.” Israel gave her a conspiratorial wink.
www.feelmyghost.webs.com
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.
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.
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.