Giantrobo

This looks pretty good. I did a search and although some of you have heard of it there's been no trailer posted.


http://www.apple.com/trailers/lions_...ido/trailer1a/

Brent L

This movie is great - highly recommended.

I would've put "zombie-comedy" in the title, just to get even more people to check out this thread. Just by going by the title one would think it's a typical family flick about a dog.

Matthew Chmiel

When it comes out on June 15th, Lionsgate only has it scheduled for NY and LA.

I'm hoping when this film goes wide, Vegas will get it that instant (like last year's Hard Candy).

Giantrobo

Yeah I thought about that but I had already put a lot already.

project86

So... it's basically taking the end of Shaun of the Dead and making it a whole movie.

Brain Stew

The premise sounds funny, but the trailer made it look like they were trying too hard.

Peep

Saw an advance screening for this yesterday and really enjoyed it. Sadly, the screening was only about 1/5 full. I only heard about it this past weekend when I saw a trailer for it with "Day Watch".

Lionsgate has done a really crap job promoting this.

Seantn

Yeah, when I first heard about this and read about the praise it was getting, I assumed it would get promoted and released with a bit of anticipation from zombie fans....but LionsGate seems to be trying to hide the film and is sort of dumping this thing in theaters.

Zodiac_Speaking

I only know of it due to the internet. I can't wait, think it might be cool. i need to see Daywatch this week too.

Usually, not matter what film good or bad, LGF does a good enough job of marketing.

The Bus

I only heard of this yesterday because it was on Apple's site. Way to NOT promote a movie, LGF.

MartinBlank

Anybody get a chance to see this yet? I guess it opened in limited release this weekend.

Sitting at 66% on RT, 82% from "users".

vasb

Caught it today. Fitfully amusing with some funny verbal and visual gags but not very good overall. I can see how a lot of the lines and jokes are funny in theory (and would probably make a promising screenplay) but most of them just didn't work for me. Most of the humor is supposed to be derived from the situational humor of zombies being used as slaves in a (I think unspecified) Pleasantvillesque time period. The problem is the filmmakers seem to rely on what they feel is the inherent humor of this concept and never really take it farther or do anything really creative. Additionally, the characters seemed to lack motivation for the majority of their actions resulting in many seemingly nonsensical responses to various situations. The film left me with the weird feeling that the filmmakers were simultaneously trying too hard (as Brain Stew mentioned) and not trying enough.

All of that having been said, I did enjoy the opening educational film parody, some of the commercials seen on tv, the neglect of Timmy by his oblivious father, the character of Mr. Theopolis, and a couple of clever one liners. And the acting all around was quite good (except for the kid) - especially Connelly, Baker, and Nelson.



Overall, I'd give it a very mild recommendation if the premise interests you.

B-

Peep

vasb, I totally think you missed the point of the movie. Part of the humor involves the low value of human life. There are plenty of cases, not just Timmy, where this is in evidence.

And I don't think this movie was meant to be laugh-out-loud funny. Just really fun.

vasb

I definitely understand that aspect of the film


To be fair, I forgot to mention the first scene in your spoiler - it was one of my favorites and one of the funniest in the film. I loved how casual Nelson's character was about the whole thing.

Even though I agree with you that the low value of human life is a large part of the humor, to me it became old and I felt it should have been the groundwork for the humor, not the sole element of humor (at least for much of the film). The concept of the worthlessness of life is a great one to underlie the humor and/or point of the film, but it needed to be built upon and not simply referred back to ad nauseum.

But then again, I may have enjoyed the movie much more if I was a huge fan of zombie movies. As it stands, though I did laugh out loud a couple of times, the movie just wasn't a great deal of fun. I'm not trashing it at all, it was a mildly enjoyable way to spend a couple of hours - I just don't think it is worthy of some of the praise it is getting and I don't see myself ever wanting to see it again.

Peep

Fair enough. I am a huge fan of the genre and like seeing something new done with it.

I may or may not catch it in the theatre again, but I'll be buying it and watching it a few more times.

Mikey

David Edelstein reviewed it for NPR and he gave it lots of praise.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...oryId=11114376

Giantrobo

It's playing at The Nuart here in West LA.

redskull

I really want to see this movie, but I have a feeling that since my city is still devoting multiple screens to the summer schlockbusters*, I'll end up having to wait and see it on DVD.


*One local SIXTEEN screen megaplex is only showing SIX different films.

A-aron

has there been any news on this one? Never seemed to get a wider release, and there hasn't been any DVD info yet. anyone?

Seantn

DVD was just announced a few days ago. October 30th.

True_Story1011

has there been anything announced for HD formats?

islandclaws

Watched this in HD on Netflix yesterday...

I really liked it. The story could have been stronger (I'm assuming it felt so "small" due to budget), but I absolutely loved the '50s aesthetic and the characters. I think it's great they got Connolly to play a mute part, wandering around looking like Bub from Day of the Dead's brother. Carrie Anne-Moss was solid as the frustrated housewife. Loved Dylan Baker's role. It felt a lot like a zombie version of Pleasantville.

I'll likely pick up the Canadian Blu-ray, since that's the only release in HD thus far. There were some incredible shots in the film that I can't get out of my head.

Larry C.

5 year thread bump. I didn't think you had it in you KillerCannibal. BTW good flick.

islandclaws

After getting a Roku, I'm so hooked on Netflix that I'm finally catching up with tons of titles I'd been meaning to watch for years. Expect many more!

Larry C.

Nice. Lets see if you can get all the way back to 1999.