28 weeks later

[bat_collector]

Originally Posted by Johnneeukca

Not wanting to hi-jack this thread but do you think that's it or maybe it's just that Romero was good in his time and he's not got any better. Perhaps, these days we expect more that that?

I think they should have given him money for the last one years ago.

[William Paquet]

Originally Posted by Johnneeukca

Not wanting to hi-jack this thread but do you think that's it or maybe it's just that Romero was good in his time and he's not got any better. Perhaps, these days we expect more that that?

I really don't think he was ever all that great, and I like his films. His best film by a long shot is Martin, followed by Creepshow. Land of the Dead was pure dribble. What a crap way to end a franchise. Total crap, garbage, sh!t, etc. Show me one decent film he did since Day of the Dead. 1985, over twenty years ago.

Maybe I'm just pissed cuz the Dead films remain among my faves and he ruined the end. Although you could be right too, that his time has simply passed, as has apparently been the unfortunate case for Carpenter as well.

I'm a disgruntled Horror freak that longs for the days of- Tombs of the blind Dead, The Thing, Dawn of the Dead, ReAnimator, etc. along with the great and obscure Italian and Spanish productions by Bava, Fulci, Argento, etc.

[Johnneeukca]

Originally Posted by William Paquet

I really don't think he was ever all that great, and I like his films. His best film by a long shot is Martin, followed by Creepshow. Land of the Dead was pure dribble. What a crap way to end a franchise. Total crap, garbage, sh!t, etc. Show me one decent film he did since Day of the Dead. 1985, over twenty years ago.

Maybe I'm just pissed cuz the Dead films remain among my faves and he ruined the end. Although you could be right too, that his time has simply passed, as has apparently been the unfortunate case for Carpenter as well.

I'm a disgruntled Horror freak that longs for the days of- Tombs of the blind Dead, The Thing, Dawn of the Dead, ReAnimator, etc. along with the great and obscure Italian and Spanish productions by Bava, Fulci, Argento, etc.

Yes, Yes Yes. the tihng is an all time fave of mine and I think one of Carpenter's best. Surely you must have a fondeness of Cronenburg too, though? And Yuzna's Society is one of the freakkiest movies I've seen.

Like I said, didn't want to hijack this thread ...

[bat_collector]

Originally Posted by William Paquet

I'm a disgruntled Horror freak that longs for the days of- Tombs of the blind Dead, The Thing, Dawn of the Dead, ReAnimator, etc. along with the great and obscure Italian and Spanish productions by Bava, Fulci, Argento, etc.

What do you think of films like Saw, Hostel, and Grindhouse?

[Sniper]

going to see this one in the flicks, missed out and saw it for the first time on DVD and I was blown away,

[William Paquet]

Saw was passable. Having seen it once was enough. Hostel I heard nothing good about from friends that are genre freaks like me, so I passed on seeing it.

I heard some good and bad about Grindhouse. The good being the homage that is to real grindhouse cinema, the bad being Tarrentino's annoying self-love for his own writing. I'm used to being annoyed with his too cute, too "look how clever I am" dialog. I hate it, but I know if I see one of his movies it's par for the course. I will not even bother renting Grindhouse, but will just go ahead and buy it from the way it was described to me by friends whose taste in films echo mine.

I should say, there is some good stuff coming out today, but not from the likes of Eli Roth and his MTV ilk. Too many stupid F-bombs in the scripts, and juvenille attempts at humor. Not my cup of tea, but then again I'm an old man. Seriously, I think there's a generational thing in likes and dislikes. Realize that many modern films steal directly from stuff I already know and love, so there is a built in bias.

I liked High Tension, The Eye, The Ring, Deathwatch, some other good stuff. That film Audition got raves from the horror crowd, but I honestly didn't think all that much of it. Rob Zombie has some good ideas, but I don't really care for his directing style. Devil's Rejects though was way better than House of 1000 corpses. I am NOT anxious to see his Halloween.

Consider this thread now hijacked and demanding ransom.

[bat_collector]

Deathwatch? May have to check that out.

[endsongjen]

high tension was crazy!!!!!! good movie

[William Paquet]

Originally Posted by bat_collector

Deathwatch? May have to check that out.

Highly recommneded. Creepy, claustrophoblic, stylish. Superior acting and art direction as well. A pic-

[pdashnut12]

Originally Posted by batman1180

Nice, I'll have to check this out.

After I see spiderman 3 that is.

You still havent seen spiderman 3???!!!!!! your crazy man!