Somerset House - Shaun of the Dead\Land of the Dead
Hey,
Anyone else go to the double-bill of Shaun of the Dead\Land of the Dead last night?
I've seen Shaun of the Dead before on DVD but it was so good to soak up the atmosphere and watch it on the big screen - loved it even more. Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright and some of the other gang were there too. I'm a big Spaced fan, so this film was never going to disappoint.
Different story with Land of the Dead though. Boy, it was shoddy. Very little dialogue and what there was proved cliqued and embarassing, such as this nugget "leave them alone [the zombies], they are only trying to find their way, same as us." The smallest thread of a storyline with Dennis Hopper picking up his pay cheque in his typically typecast baddie role. And to top it all Romero has suggested that this is his attempt at some post-9/11 slant, what we got was an haddled together script that had scarily Republican overtones, as the zombies learn to take up arms there is this suggestion of a stupid underclass (pointing fingers at the 'crudeness' of terrorism and possibly the middle east too). It was all incredibly simplistic and lacked the kitsch cult feel of the earlier Romero films. Nothing to see here, move along people.
Somerset House screenings are a great idea though, open-air cinema and a real sense of being involved in an event.
Kel
Hey,
Anyone else go to the double-bill of Shaun of the Dead\Land of the Dead last night?
I've seen Shaun of the Dead before on DVD but it was so good to soak up the atmosphere and watch it on the big screen - loved it even more. Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright and some of the other gang were there too. I'm a big Spaced fan, so this film was never going to disappoint.
Different story with Land of the Dead though. Boy, it was shoddy. Very little dialogue and what there was proved cliqued and embarassing, such as this nugget "leave them alone [the zombies], they are only trying to find their way, same as us." The smallest thread of a storyline with Dennis Hopper picking up his pay cheque in his typically typecast baddie role. And to top it all Romero has suggested that this is his attempt at some post-9/11 slant, what we got was an haddled together script that had scarily Republican overtones, as the zombies learn to take up arms there is this suggestion of a stupid underclass (pointing fingers at the 'crudeness' of terrorism and possibly the middle east too). It was all incredibly simplistic and lacked the kitsch cult feel of the earlier Romero films. Nothing to see here, move along people.
Somerset House screenings are a great idea though, open-air cinema and a real sense of being involved in an event.
Kel
