The Best Zombie Movie
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I dont usually post on forums because I dont have much that is interesting to say, but zombies is something that I love. I'm obsessed with zombies, I should probably go and talk to a therapist about it, but that's another thing.
Alot of people here are saying Shawn of the Dead and Zombieland. These are good films. They parody zombies quite well. I really enjoyed both these films.
But 50 years from now, will people still talk about them, the way they do about the original Night of the Living Dead ? I dont think so personally. They will be remebered fondly for making us laugh, but The original Dead trilogy of Romero made people think about socity and how things were, they were powerful messages. Racism, consumerisim and militry rule, three things to make us think.
If you want to find the best zombie movive ever, it would probably be better to put films into sub-genres. Best zombie horror. Best zombie comedy. Best message in a zombie film.
Me, I'd say my favourite zombie film was Night of the Living Dead. It put the whole zombie film genre in the public eye, before this film zombies were the creatures of witch doctors (See White Zombie - 1932) it gave the world of cinema a new creature to be scared of, at a time when racism when was rife, Romero tackled it head on, you really care about the characters and are emotinaly attached to them.
However if I want a good laugh I watch Evil Dead 3 : Army of Darkness. Bruce Campbell as Ash is absolutly fantastic
But there's no zombies, just living dead things, if you've not seen it, watch it, you'll get what I mean then.
PS : Big shout out to Lucio Fulci, he's been criminally undermentioned on this thread. He was a master of zombie horror.
Alot of people here are saying Shawn of the Dead and Zombieland. These are good films. They parody zombies quite well. I really enjoyed both these films.
But 50 years from now, will people still talk about them, the way they do about the original Night of the Living Dead ? I dont think so personally. They will be remebered fondly for making us laugh, but The original Dead trilogy of Romero made people think about socity and how things were, they were powerful messages. Racism, consumerisim and militry rule, three things to make us think.
If you want to find the best zombie movive ever, it would probably be better to put films into sub-genres. Best zombie horror. Best zombie comedy. Best message in a zombie film.
Me, I'd say my favourite zombie film was Night of the Living Dead. It put the whole zombie film genre in the public eye, before this film zombies were the creatures of witch doctors (See White Zombie - 1932) it gave the world of cinema a new creature to be scared of, at a time when racism when was rife, Romero tackled it head on, you really care about the characters and are emotinaly attached to them.
However if I want a good laugh I watch Evil Dead 3 : Army of Darkness. Bruce Campbell as Ash is absolutly fantastic
But there's no zombies, just living dead things, if you've not seen it, watch it, you'll get what I mean then.PS : Big shout out to Lucio Fulci, he's been criminally undermentioned on this thread. He was a master of zombie horror.
It was either Night of the Living Dead, or Dead Alive, but in the end I think I'll go with Night of the Living Dead.
We don't take kindly to them Swedish persons, and we don't like to be mistaken for them either. Nah, just kidding. I'm Norwegian myself and I do know a lot of people gets us mixed up, no worries. But just so you know, we are hell of a lot better than them!the_anderspawn said:
But on the serious non Swedish hating side, I liked Zombieland. That movie was pure awesomeness. Right now, that's on the top followed by Dawn of the Dead, 28 Weeks/Days Later, Dead Snow, Shaun of the Dead, Diary of the Dead.
George A. Romero makes good zombie movies, almost the only guy who continues to make them, but they are still good.
Zombieland. Closely followed by Shaun of the Dead. Closely followed by Planet Terror.
I rarely watch serious zombie movies. Zombies don't scare me so I find them hard to take seriously. That's just me, though.
EDIT: Crap I forgot one of my favorite zombie movies ever. Fido. That was an excellent movie that like no one has seen.
I rarely watch serious zombie movies. Zombies don't scare me so I find them hard to take seriously. That's just me, though.
EDIT: Crap I forgot one of my favorite zombie movies ever. Fido. That was an excellent movie that like no one has seen.
Actually, the reason I got them mixed up is not because I can't tell the difference between Swedes and Norwegians (I'm on a cross-country ski team, so its hard to avoid Scandinavians), but because I haven't seen the film in quite a while and I don't remember very much about it. I see now the grievousness of my error. I'm a little surprised at how many Norwegians and Swedes have replied, but I suppose that I've always assumed that the majority of Escapees (is this the proper term?) are American, and we Americans don't exactly have a reputation for being intelligent. My last sentence of tangent shall state that anyone who thinks Swedes are inferior (not that you do, Arcanz) should read Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon, which isn't really about Scandinavia anyway, and that anyone who is not racist in the manner described above should read the book anyway.Arcanz said:
I digress, however. I am sorry to say that I haven't seen very many zombie movies, so I don't know if I can make a qualified judgement.
Nothing comes close to Shaun of the Dead.
And that crappy copy-cat Zombieland film can go screw itself.
And that crappy copy-cat Zombieland film can go screw itself.
What, Zombieland?TeaBaggin said:
I'm actually rather looking forward to Zombieland. Saw a few scenes from a shitty cam version I found on the 'Bay, can't wait to see it in theatres... Next year. :| Living in the Netherlands sucks.
That said: Diary of the Dead. You have to see that movie, it's great.
Didn't Goblin only do the Italian version? Or am I confused again?WanderFreak said:
Either way, yes, Dawn of the Dead was awesome. The remake was good, but completely different.
My personal favorite, however, is 28 Days Later, for the camerawork, score (compliments of John Murphy), atmosphere, pace, Cillian Murphy, and the ending.
Seriously, I love that ending.