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Land of the Dead (2005)
Awesome! Well Worth the Wait from the Master!
I know some may disagree, and try to take it apart bit by bit, but you gotta remember, this is a ZOMBIE movie, so suspending a certain amount of disbelief is mandatory to start with. But that being said, George did a great job with this. It follows his whole theme well, the acting was superb, and there were enough one liners to keep us going for years...... I know some think that Dawn of the Dead (the new one) competes with this.... IMHO, it doesn't.... I love them both for their own merits, and they are both kick ass movies.....just coming from different perspectives. But Land of the Dead is awesome, definitely go see it in the theater, I know I'm going to see it a few more times, myself, before it closes, and will be adding the DVD to my shelf as soon as its released! And hopefully a Directors Cut, so George can show us even cooler stuff he couldn't for a general public release! Go see it NOW!!
Dracula Rising (1993)
Unbearable Angst...........
If it were an intentional comedy flick, I'd rate it higher. And the best thing about this was the burning at the stake scene, which looks pretty good. I think they spent the entire budget on that, which didn't leave anything left for the rest of the scenes. Draculas dead pan continuous monotone voice is just plain boring. I've heard computer voice programs from the 80's that had more life and character in them! And as someone else posted, it's truly a yawn of a plot, Vampire meeting reincarnated "Lover", and struggling with the (God help us all) Vampir-y ANGST.....(Oh, the unbearable lightness of being Dracula!) of not turning the girl he's waited hundreds of years for into a "horrible" creature like himself..... yeah yeah, blah blah blah, whatever........ Do us all a favor and drive a stake thru your own heart before we all die of Eternal Boredom, will ya, Drac baby? Geeezzz........ And the fireball throwing session in "Hell" or whatever it was supposed to be literally had me rolling on the floor howling at the comic ridiculousness of it....... I say its worth alook with a heavy fast forward thumb, to enjoy the unintentional hilarity of the fireballs, and the pretty cool burning scene. Then pop in something good....... ;-)