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| 07/16/08 07:51 AM |
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Re: Diary of the Dead
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I'm going to have to ask that you kindly refrain from using George's name in the same context as Uwe Boll. That's fucking blashemy. While LOTD and Diary are both lackluster when compared to certain films they're both head and shoulders above ANYTHING that Uwe Boll has ever or will ever do. Land Of The Dead being a failure is just an opinion that hold as well my friend. While you may not like it, the film was far from a failure. Land Of The Dead grossed somewhere in the neighborhood of 46 million dollars. That's hardly a failure no matter how you look at it.
One thing that George has going for him is that he's got not one, but two timeless classics under his belt. The fact that he continues to work in the twilight years of his life is pretty fascinating as well. IMO Romero is among pretty prestigious company in the world of horror cinema. He is an icon...
I'm not really trying to say that George is not a better director then Uwe. He is. Just for the fact that he has NOTLD, DOTD, Martin, Creepshow, and to a lesser extent Day of the Dead.
But when you look at Diary of the Dead and Land of the Dead and compare them with those films, I'm sorry, It's not the same guy. Somthing has happend. He has lost his touch. And Diary really is in the Uwe Boll area of classic crap IMO.
And yes Land did fairly well. It was a very anticipated film by us Dead fans. But it Failed in my opinion as a dead film. It was not even close to his original works and was not even as good as the Night or Dawn remakes.
Again I say it's because these two films have George Romero's name on them that they get such a big pass. I know that opinions and tastes are different and it's all up to the viewer but I don't think there is any way that horror fans will be talking about Diary of the Dead a few years from now. Land may still get some love. Not sure how, screaming zombie gas attendents suck. But there seems to be a small cult following for that film. But I still say it's because of the George name on a Dead film.