When will film makers stop treating the viewing audience like evacuees
from the land of pink fluffy sparkly things?
My advice to anyone tempted by Land of the Dead is to rent the dvd and
watch the pre-film montage, it's much better than the film. Do not by
any means select "Play Film" unless you are one of those people who
watches a gore-filled, flesh-tearing, brain-splattering horror film for
the happy ending where the heroes skip off into the sunset and live
happily ever after weaving baskets and discovering their inner child in
woodland glades.
Maybe it's just me, but when I watch a zombie film, I want the zombies
to win; that's the point of a horror film. I don't want to read the
credits feeling everything's good with the world. Shaun of the Dead had
more balls than this film.
Personally, my favourite part of Deep Blue Sea is when Samuel Jackson is
eaten by a huge shark in the middle of his "we can do this" rousing
speech.
Forget audience demographics - who the hell answers surveys truthfully
anyway? I know I don't. I like to think my contribution to the
demographic survey of Val Kilmer's version of The Saint helped in some
small way to ensure that it sucked far more than it already actually did
and made sure it never even approached being a success.
There's a reason why films like The Wicker Man and The Blair Witch
Project are cult classics; it's not the acting, it's not the story, it's
because they don't wimp out at the end and treat the audience like
6-year-olds who might have nightmares.
Get a grip, Hollywood!
Nexie, who really should have posted this in a film forum, but can't
abide pretentious film-nerds, despite being one.
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